Identity : The Meaning of My Name
Human is human, the living creature with
a lot of uniqueness that lives in society. However, there is something in human
that becomes differentiator of a man to another. It is called identity. Every
human being has the identity, name, address, age, ethnic, etc. From those, the
identity that is often used and commonly important is name. Name is simply used
to call someone for example. If we know the person that we going to call, we
will call his or her name rather that we call them by using their adress, id
number, etc.
Sometimes a name is not only given as one
of identity
for someone, but also as
prayer of parents. Parents often put the name of their child with a set of
hopes contained in a name. For example a girl names Nur or Nura, in arabic it
means light. So the parents hope that their daughter will be a woman who
brightens life. However, there are
many of existing names that do not have meaning.
My
name, Rizki Amalia Witri, is contained
hopes and prayers. Rizki Amalia Witri is taken from arabic words and my
father’s last name. Rizki means rejeki or
sustenance, and Amalia is from amalan means
the deeds or practice. So, Rizki
Amalia is the practiced
sustenance, well, ya approximately it is. Then Witri was taken from my father’s
last name, Witarsa, and Putri (a daughter of). So, witarsa Putri means the
daughter of Witarsa. Yet, before my parents expected or hoped something from
me, I am obviously the sustenance for them.
Now, this name has been in me for 20
years. Well, yes Rizki sounds like a boy’s name but I feel comfort to bear it. I
hope my parents’ hopes and expectation of me can be fulfilled and I can make
them proud of me. If I had a chance
to change my name, I would have to say that i do not want to change it, but if
I had to, I would make it Lutfiana Witri almost the same with my sister’s name
Yusiana Witri. I do not know the meaning of it, but it sounds good. :D
