Your Name After Novels & Stories

One year later. I am standing at the window of a corner office that has my name on the door. Not the firm's name. Not a senior partner's name. Mine. Zara Mitchell — Mitchell without the Stone, because I kept my maiden name after the divorce and because the new version of us does not require me to perform a name to prove I belong in it.

Dante announced. “Twerkley, you’re never going to win,” Kimmy exclaimed. “I’ve won the last two contests. I’m going for the trifecta. The baby shall use my middle name, Aurora.” “Aurora is a pretty name,” I said, smiling. “What’s everyone’s middle name?” “Actually, my middle name is Hailee. I use it as my last name for my designs,” Morgan revealed. “How did I not know that?” I said, puzzled.

“It’s a girl power anthem and you can’t tell me anything different.” “That it is, baby. Anyway, we can go through most of this together tomorrow afternoon. Landon isn’t as efficient at letting me know what the most important issues are, so we’ll have to wade through all of it after I sort out the shareholders at Industries.” I abruptly realize it must be weird and strange to call a company by name when you’ve named it after yourself. “Hey, why did you name the company after yourself? You had to realize that would be uncomfortable to say.” Logan looks at me like I just got an answer right to a question I didn’t know he was asking.

"Do they have middle names?" "Adrian's middle name is James," I said. "After Athena's father." "And Arianna's is Rose," Athena added. "After Tristan's grandmother." "Adrian James Hayes and Arianna Rose Hayes," Sarah said, the full names making them sound so official, so real. "Those are strong names. Beautiful names." "Aunt Athena, can I call him Addy?" Lily asked, studying Adrian through the isolette. "Adrian is kind of long." "We were actually thinking of calling him Addy or Adrian," Athena said, smiling. "And maybe Anna or Ari for Arianna."

"Why 'Tony?' and where did you get that name?" "From your name. Your whole name is Treyton, right? So, I got the 'Ton' and simply added 'y' at the last, coming up with the name 'Tony.' I named it after you because if it weren't because of your help aiding him, he wouldn't be as alright as he turns to be now." "Wow!" He raised his brows, but he was genuinely amazed. "I didn't expect that!" "Would you want me to change it? If you don't like it getting based on your first name, it's alright. I can simply search through the internet for other names—"

"Agreed. What should I call you, then?" "I was named before the first great hunter of Aidar. My birthname is Ykar, but they refer to me as Adur Ykar," "What does that mean?" I asked. The people of Tagar seems to have a title for every man and woman. I wonder what mine would be.

“He's sick.” He shrugged, but there was no lightness in it. “Wouldn’t rule it out entirely. He named him Zachary after all. That’s Reginald's own middle name. Our mom got to pick middle names for me and the rest of us—normal, different human choices. But Reginald insisted on Zachary for Reese. And he’s never called him anything else. Ever. Not Reese. Not even once.” “What?”

“In the spirit of our kingdom’s heritage and the strength of our ancestors, we have chosen a name that embodies resilience and grace, a name that will guide our child as they forge their own path.” A hush fell over the room as we announced the name, a name that resonated with our pack’s history and the hopes we held for our child’s future. “We name you Athena, after the wise and powerful goddess who represents wisdom, courage, and justice. May you carry her spirit within you and honor the legacy of our kingdom.”

William said gratefully. “Good. We’ll meet tonight — I’ll give you the check. Just make sure to register it under your name, not mine. Don’t forget,” Jennifer reminded him. “Of course, Ma’am. Got it,” William replied confidently.

‘Name her after her,’ Lena said suddenly. ‘Who?’ I asked quickly. ‘Nyra,’ Lena answered. ‘Name her after your friend.’ My throat tightened. ‘Nyra?’ I repeated. ‘Try it,’ Lena said. I placed both my hands gently over my belly, rubbing slowly. “Your name will be Nyra from now on…” Before I could finish, there was a hard kick, and I winced. “Oh moon! Stop! Why are you doing this to me?” Another kick. ‘Try another name,’ Lena said fast. ‘She doesn’t like it.’