My Name

In the early months of 1995, before I was born, there was much discussion about what to name the baby that was soon to come. My parents wanted to keep true to my Irish heritage and name me Seamus. Not only was this about as Irish as you can get, it also means James in Gaelic, which is a family name on my mother's side. There was also the possibility of naming me things like Danial (but my mother didn't like the sound of Danny Doherty), Noah, Brendan, or Bryan. Through a process of elimination it was decided that Seamus was to be my middle and _____ was to be my first name. My parents just couldn't make a decision. Should I be Bryan or Brendan.

The final decision was made based off of how people said it. As the story goes, my parents were driving along during the later months of my mothers pregnancy, and my father suddenly yells out, "Brendan Seamus Doherty!!!! .... Bryan Seamus Doherty!!!! Nah, Bryan sounds better." And so my name was decided because Bryan was easier to and sounded better when it was yelled.

Now the meaning of my name is interesting. As said before Seamus, means James in Gaelic which is a family name. My first name Bryan, however, means strong one (which applies perfectly in my opinion). My last name, Doherty, has an interesting meaning. After going through all the base words, i found that Doherty actually means obstruction. (Once again probably fitting) And so in May of 1995, after much discussion Bryan Seamus Doherty came into being.

p.s. Personally I think my name should have been Seamus Bryan Doherty because then I would have been, James The Strong Obstruction.