My name

Eugenia, is my name. Eugenia can sound a little bit bizarre and difficult to pronounce but in reality, it means something powerful. My name is a thin spider's web, where you can follow, to get to the centre of it so that we can see the true meaning. Our names can contain the hearts of the sky. Every name has it's own meaning and stands strongly on itself. Eugenia, was originated from Greek, and the form of the name is Eugenius which means "Of noble descent". My surname is Kwon, so if I connect it, it will significance "Kwon's noble descent." which makes it admiring to read. That name, was made by my father. He had related it to my korean name which is You Jin so that people wouldn't get bewildered with my korean name, and english name. Somehow, in the hospital, my mother heard that Eugenia, was a name of a princess. So, I found that the princess was the daughter of Phillips II in Spain but not only that but my name also comes from a plant. This plant comes from the myrtle family. Its' berries are used to make jam, tarts, and jelly and my name, just sounds like a jelly which suits me. Jellies are soft, neatly made, and bouncy. It is similar to my personality. I can be soft like the flow of water, neat like the mountains, and sometimes selfish too. Sometimes, when my mood is cheerful, I can have a soft, calm personality but if my mood is gloomy, there could be some unpleasant news. I can bounce out the argument that someone had with me with great strength, and push back the rage to them. If we press it and leave it, it bounces out. My personality can be a jelly which is from my name Be careful because you might get bounced out if you lean on me!

My korean name comes from the old korean characters which are related to chinese and japanese characters. The "You" means to pile up, and "Jin" means trust. If we connect them into a sentence, it will mean to pile up beliefs and trustworthy deeds. I feel proud of that name. Whenever I hear it, it gives me hope and the courage to myself. If I have a lot of stress, I would repeat my name, until it calms me down from the pressure. My father once tried to make my name, related to my brother, Soon Jae. The name Soon Jae, was chosen by my maternal grandfather who got it from a specialist who deals with the name for the children. His name had to start with Soon because of the relation to the surname, Kwon. Every person has a different name that starts with a korean character but my brother had to begin with Soon. This is a particular, strict rule. We have to follow it because it is how we decide a name for a child in Korea. How complicating! For me, I didn't really have to follow the rule because girls are allowed to choose against it, but the boys must do it. My father wanted my name to be Soon-Hee or Soon-Ju because of the surname rule, but my mom strongly disagreed because it wasn't a name that suited me and I of course, disagree too. So, my father spent a few days of his own life for me. He looked into the books of old korean characters to match up my name, You Jin. Well, I should really thank my father for searching all those books to make up a trusted name for me. Piling up beliefs and trustworthy deeds is what I should become as a person.

The surname of mine is the Korean character, Kwon. This surname, comes from the Andong Kwon Clan. This Clan, was founded by a nobleman named Kim Shin, who helped Wang Gon, who was the founder of the Goryeo kingdom, which is now our country, Korea. With Kim Shin's help, he became the first king. The new king gave Kim Shin a new name which was Kwon and it meant "Authority or Power." However, the Andong Kwon clan’s original surname used to be Hun and the surname Hun was chosen for the Goryeo king's surname in 1197. To prevent having people use the king’s surname, the Hun family were forced to change their surnames to Kwon. The Clan's hope for receiving their original surname Hun, was a hope of a flea. That is the history of the surname, Kwon.