Alexandra, That's My Name!

I don't like my name that much, Alexandra, it is long, bold and a very common name. My name has always been the longest in the class. Well who would have a name with more than 9 letters! In English everyone says my name as if they were walking on fire. But in Spanish it sounds different, softer and mellow, like when a river collides with the ocean. My name comes from Greek. It means conqueror or protector of humankind. It came from Alexander the Great. He was a young King of Macedonia and conquered Greece and Persia. I really don't think I can conquer anything like Alexander the Great did. Well for starters I'm not even royalty!
I was named after my grandfather who passed away. He was a very talented man. I wish I were more like him, but really, I'm very different. Well that's what I think. My grandfather did a lot of different things that I'm not very good at, for example he wrote poetry and sang! I don't think I can do any of that. Although even though I cant do as many things as my grandfather could I can still do other things that maybe my grandfather couldn't do! For example, can do gymnastics and I can play the piano and the guitar.

Even though my name comes from a long time ago it is still quite a popular up to today, and it is pronounced the same way in almost every language. But since my name is so long I have a lot of nicknames for example, Alex, Ale, Alexa and rarely Lexi. Even if my name is long maybe it isn't that bad. Maybe someday I will grow into it, maybe I will become Alexandra a female conqueror!