My final draft of my name

My name

My name is a very rare and special name. It’s Gard. My name is similar to a famous Norwegian Viking named Gerd. In 1999, the year I was born, the name Gard was growing in its popularity around the whole world. Seven hundred and fourty-four people are named Gard in the world. In the Norwegian language, its meaning is ‘fence’ or ‘enclosure’.

When I was 7 or 8, I wanted to change my name because I thought it was dumb. I wanted to change it to Bryal. He was a cool guy my cousin told me about and I really wanted to be like him. I was not much of a fan of my name because people teased me by saying, “Gard the guard, please Gard us.” Even though a guard is strong, I still liked to be called by my name.

I only like being called as ‘Gardy’ by people I know well. Other than that, I prefer being called Gard. The person who decided my name was my sister. She said my name should be either Gard or Matts. Finally, she ended up choosing Gard instead. I like my name now but, did not like it before but now I do. I have no plans changing my name to something else when I get older.