Names

Y.w. tells me I'm the first E—— she's met. I tell her she's the first Y.w. I've known. But her name is far less common. I tell her my favorite name is Niloofar, the name of a girl I knew in college. I told her if ever I adopted a cat I would name her Niloo. I tell Y.w. her name is a close second. I told another college friend I would adopt her surname, Skarada, as the name of a band. K. tells us of a student named Ksenia, who told him to call her Kate, but then never responded until he learned to pronounce Ksenia. In Idaho, there was an E—— who lived on the opposite end of my street on the opposite side. Once, A. came to visit New York and we stayed up late going through names in the phone book, looking for the perfect name to name her son. Posted by eku at February 23, 2004 12:01 AM