Not Jazzmin, it's Hasmean

My name is Jasmin Servin de la Mora. My first name sounds like Jazz-min in English, but my parents named me Jasmin, meant to be said in Spanish. Since my parents are Hispanic, my name sounded better to them in Spanish, plus it made it sound like a completely different name, instead of having a common name. My name is pronounced Haz-mean. My fourteen letter last name, Servin de la Mora, originated in Spain. A few years ago one of my moms friends was interested in names and decided to look up our last name. She found out that it meant servant of the law, or servant of the boysenberry. I am not exactly sure what the meaning of my last name is, but having it been originated from Spain sounds cool to say.  

If you add an ‘e’ to the end of my name it spells Jasmine. Jasmine is a small white flower, which in my opinion smells a little weird. Even though a Jasmine flower is not one of my favorites, it was one of my parents’ favorites. I have asked them before why they named me Jasmin, and they told me it was because they had many Jasmine flowers outside their house, and they always loved the smell of them. When my mom found out she was pregnant she had told my dad if she had a girl she would name her Jasmin. So now, here I am, named Jasmin, like the funky smelling flower.

I am pretty sure I struggled a lot when I was learning to write my name. Most likely it was also very difficult for me to pronounce. My oldest brother has a middle name, but since he would complain that his full name was too long my parents decided not to give myself and my other brother a middle name. Some of my brother’s friends called him five names, and it some how traveled to me. If I had the chance I do not think I would change my name or last name because they both are very unique. My first name is unique in my opinion because it isn’t just Jasmine, it is pronounced in Spanish. Even though Jasmin is not a rare name, I always get complements from people saying I have a pretty name. Little do they know that it is just Jasmine said in Spanish.

My last name is super long in my opinion and I would always be embarrassed when teachers would say my last name because it was always so long and hard for them to pronounce. Since my last name has spaces in between it is always said wrong. Either it be said Servin, just Mora, and even De La Mora. When I was younger I always wished I had a shorter last name, but as I got older I really did not get embarrassed to say my almost sentence long last name, because it was who I was. I got used to my name being so long. Since I am still in school, I get anxious to hear how professors say my last name during role call, usually they just say my name and take a long pause before saying my last name, so I say “here” before they get the chance to say it.