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Storm. Typically not a word considered as a name. It’s funny how one of my favorite facts about me, is that my middle name is Storm. Just the looks of disbelief, are stories I could tell on their own. Jaeden Storm Roussey, my name in which only the last two names actually provide interest and backstory. Usually, someone’s name or middle name derives from a close person to one of their parents, but in my case, it’s quite the contrary. My first name, Jaeden, has no backstory or specific reasoning. When interviewing my mom, she told me that sheher and my dad discussed more unique names at the time of my birth. So they settled on Jaeden, even spelling it a unique way. Trust me, I’ve dealt with misspellings of my name all of the time. Even some …show more content…

Turns out my mom had no say in my middle name. My dad chose both my brother’s middle name and mine without really asking my mom. So I also interviewed my dad and asked him where he got the idea for my middle name. He told me that him and my mom watched a movie while my mom was pregnant called “Hard to Kill.” The movie stars Steven Seagal as Mason Storm, and for some reason, my dad just thought it was the coolest thing ever. So without consenting anything with my mom, my dad wrote down Jaeden Storm Roussey as my full name. Over the years though, both my mom and I have grown to love the middle name storm. My mom thinks it fits my personality extremely well as storms can either be calm and collected, or they can be fierce and powerful. To me however, I just brag about how awesome my middle name is compared to everybody else’s. I remember in 8th grade, when Mr. Longenbaugh read everybody’s last names in my class, and he reached mine. I remember him looking up at me and just asking, “Your middle name is Storm? That’s incredible!” I was like the coolest kid in the class for like three minutes and I guess I have my dad to thank for that. Names will always be different for everyone. They all come from a different backstory or a different meaning and my name is no exception. Although my first name doesn’t provide anything interesting about me, I know I have several stories discussing my middle and last name. From all the long and amazing

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