What's in a Name?

My name is Mickenzie Kaitlynn Brock. My mother originally wanted to name me Mikayraylynn Kaitlynn-Marie Brock. The Mikay part was to come from my great grandma Reece. Her name was Chlola Maxine and she went by Maxine but all her friends called her Mickey. My mom wanted everyone to call me Mickey just like my great grandma but she had no such luck. The Ray and lynn are both different halves of two middle names of my Grandma and my Great Aunts. Kaitlynn-Marie comes from the grandparents on my dad’s side. And of course Brock is my dad’s last name. When my mom took them time to come up with this horrendous name my dad absolutely hated it. My dad wanted to name me McKenzie Kaitlynn, and to add a little of her own twist my mom had my name spelt Mick instead of Mac or Mc. Having my name spelt Mick has been quit a difficulty. Every time I get some sort of award or something with my name on it my name was always spelt wrong and it’s always Mackenzie and it just bugs the crap out of me because that’s not my name therefore that is not my award or whatever it was that had my name spelt wrong. Another thing about my name was when we would have a substitute teacher in elementary and they would be doing roll call. For some reason the teachers think that Brock Mickenzie is the name of a little boy in class so every time they call there’s a little bit of shock in there face when they see me, a little girl, raising my hand and yelling here. I have always hated my name and even now I think that it’s nothing but a mouthful. One think that I have found to hate the most is what my step mom would always call me. Kenzie-Kate. The first time she called me that I asked her not to because I did not like it and because I said something about it it’s what she always decided to call me and introduce me as. I still hate it to this day and now that she is gone I don’t have to hear it anymore. My friends don’t know whether to call me Kenzie or just Mickenzie but either way works for me. I honestly prefer just to be called Mickenzie. In a way I do sometimes think that I would like the other name better because it’s so unique and has a whole lot of story behind it but then again I’m pretty content with my name I have now. I’ve had it my whole life so you get used to it eventually.