If you’re named after somebody, ask about them. You’re carrying a story around every time someone says your name.

A name given on purpose is a sentence somebody chose not to explain. Being named for a grandparent, a saint, or somebody your family admired means a decision was made about who you were connected to, and most people never find out the reason. The story is in use constantly, every time you are called.

Ask the person who chose it, directly, and ask why rather than only who. Get the details while they are available: what that person was like, whether you were expected to be similar. Then decide for yourself what to carry forward, which needs knowing what you were handed.