My name is...

As you may know my name is Jose Antonio Renteria. To some of you, you might already think or suspect that my name sounds very Hispanic just by hearing it or looking at the spelling. Well you are right! My name is Hispanic and so am I. Today I am mostly going to focus on my first name Jose but I will add some details of my middle name and last name. My first name came from my dad. His name was also Jose, my mother decided to name me like my father because she cared a lot for him and because he was a kind man. My middle name, Antonio, came from my grandma. My grandmother's name was Antonia and my mom decided to give me her name as my middle name because she missed her ever since she came here. My grandma is in Mexico, until today I have not been able to meet her in person only through an old picture my mom has of her. It has been about 20 years that my mom left Mexico to come to the U.S. to have a better life, and ever since then she has not seen or been with my grandmother since she left to come here. My mom also told me that one of her favorite actors back then had Antonio as a first name, and when she put the names together it sounded perfect to her and so she decided to give me the name of Jose Antonio Renteria. My last name, Renteria, is such a mystery to me because I really don't know much about it. It came from my father of course. One day I was on the internet and typed my last name just to see what it meant and I found out that my last name is actually from Italian roots, I don't know if it's true or not but it is still somewhat of Hispanic origin. What does my name mean to me? To me my name means so many things. It means that I am the son of my father, not only am I like him but I have aquired some traits from him. Some of those traits which are kindness, strength, courage, and being a gentleman. I also aquired his height which I am now 5'11". Like I said earlier my name can be easily identified as Hispanic. My name tells me that I am of Hispanic race because there are a lot of Mexicans that are named Jose. If I had a chance to change my name, would I change it? I would have to say no, because my name makes better sense just the way it is. It is the name people have come to know me as. Without my name I don't know how I would be or act. I'd probably feel like if I was a whole different person. The name Jose Antonio Renteria has a nice tempo and accent to it when you say it complete and that name is mine.