Annie's Song

My name is a very common name.  When I look it up, there are a million people who have it.  Although I would not want to change it.  My name is Ann Denk Tuttle.  When I say I look up my name, I look up Annie Tuttle, that is because I do not know anyone who calls me Ann, and I do not particularly like my middle name, or use it that often.  My parents did not name me after anyone in my family, like some names are, but they did name me after something else; a song. 

When my parents were choosing a name for me, they had two options: Liliana, which was my great-grandmothers name, or Annie.  On day, my mom heard Annie’s Song by John Denver, and after that moment that was my first name.

My middle name is special, not to me in particular, but to my Mom’s side of the family.  My middle name is my mom’s last name, which is her maiden name, but she did not switch to my dad’s last name, which is Tuttle. 

Few people actually call me Annie Tuttle.  Most people when they hear my last name  have to take a double take because they hear Turtle instead of Tuttle, so some people just call me Turtle.  My whole soccer team, including my coach, calls me Turtle, and I do not mind.  On my swim team most people call me Tuttle, and few people call me Annie.  Although at school most people call me Annie.  None of these names I dislike, on the contrary I like all of them.  

My name is special to me because it is my name.

~ Annie T.