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Why I’m named what I am

My real name is Jacob, I prefer Jake though. My parents call me Jake except when I’m in trouble, and then they call me Jacob. They named me Jacob simply because they liked the name, they went through several names before they came across Jacob. That’s the one they liked the most so that’s the one they picked. My mom liked Jacob simply because it is a strong masculine name. The reason my middle name is Riley is because my mother comes from an Irish decent and wanted me to have something Irish in my name. Another reason is that my Great-Grandfather’s name was Riley and they wanted to honor him by giving me his name. It wasn’t until a few years ago that I fully embrace Riley as my middle name. I always thought of it as being a girl’s name, but it was also used as a boy’s name a long time ago. I’m glad to know that I was named after my grandfather. My last name is Capezzuto it’s a very Italian name and if you look it up on maps it’s a very common city name and a very common last name in Italy. Capezzuto goes back to the very early roman legion days it was very popular name back then. The meaning of my last name is Cape means head and Zzuto Means sword and our family crest is a warriors arm holding a lion’s head with a sword through it. Some of our early relatives wanted to change our last name to Capezzuta so people would stop mispronouncing it but my great grandfather told them no we shouldn’t go changing our name so people will pronounce it right.