Unfiltered Story #258599

Several months ago, my Spanish teacher was setting up a Kahoot game for my class. I had a habit of getting creative with my usernames instead of using my actual name, which most of my classmates did. This time I used my chosen Spanish name from my first year of Spanish classes, which was Neva. When the name popped up on the roster, however, my teacher spoke up.

Teacher: “Who’s ‘Neva’?”

Me: *nervously raises hand*

Teacher: “[My name]? You’re Neva?”

Me: *still nervous* “Yeah.”

Teacher: “Where did you get that name?”

Me: “I chose it for Spanish 1 last year.”

Teacher: “Ah. I asked because that’s also my mom’s name.”

Now, whenever I think of my beloved Spanish name, I remember that it was also the name of my teacher’s mother. She even asked me after class where I’d found the name because it was so rare!