Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc.

Like Dick Cheney?

Are you Dick Cheney’s granddaughter?

Don’t shoot me in the face, Cheney!

You like the dick, Cheney?

My middle name is Meaghan and I think that was supposed to be my first name, until my mom was reading a book one day and saw the name “Cheney” in it and thought it was a good name.

It has not turned out to be a good name.

Before this Dick, Dick Cheney ruined my life for some years, I still hated my name.

I was angry when I was a kid and there was never any personalized name things in stores for me, and I was annoyed that no one could pronounce my name correctly, and I was embarrassed when kids made fun of me with the only think they could come up with at that point: Chain Link Fence.

“Hey, Chain Link Fence!” was something I heard a lot in childhood. That sucked.

When I got older I started getting a lot of compliments on my name, about how pretty it is, and how unique, and what a cool thing it is to have a name that no one else shares.

I mean, I know there are some Cheney’s out there, female Cheney’s with it spelled the same, but I’ve never met one, or even heard of someone who’s heard of one.

But I don’t think it’s pretty. I think it’s weird. It’s a weird combination of noises that sound more like an adjective than a name. I’d change it if I could, and I know I could but I think it would be strange after having the name for 43 years.

Heed my warning, parents to be – don’t get too unique with your names, because your kids won’t appreciate it. Think of your children and their future, not what you think sounds cute and trendy one minute that will sound like dumb fluff the next.