A Successor Name With an History

Names are our unique identity that differentiate us in the midst of a multitude when being called.
At times we even get to see people with same two names and that's probably where the initiation of third name comes in.
The most alarming is now when you want to register on an app or site which requires you to use a username and most time you get to see the error notification of this username is already existing (like how is this possible?) and until you provide a unique username then you ain't proceeding with the registration.
This is to show how unique we must be with our names or username especially.

Starting my career as a drawing artist back then, I had always wanted a unique name but the names I thought I could used were almost everywhere and I knew that the name I later used was although unique BUT won't be able to serve it's purpose for a long time due to how it was constructed (mhizkennyart) so I had always wish to rebrand it to a permanent name but the issue was that the name has been functioning for a while and I had been known with it even throughout my days in tertiary institution.

On registering for a blogging site before coming here on Hive, I thought about the name to use and I was still tempted to continue making use of the mhizkennyart so it doesn't have to be different on any other platform but then I thought about it every great step requires a great decision.
So I tried thinking around a constant unique name that would sustain it's meaning throughout and not just for a particular time. I want the name that would blend with my art career as well as anything I may want to venture in.

So the results started flashing in:
I'm an African, no matter where I go or find myself in life.
I am a twin, no matter how far I am to my twin sister or choose to change my lifestyle

How do I put this together so it doesn't become too long for whoever wants to call it and would still make sense after shortening it?
Then I thought about replacing the can from African with Ken from my name Kenny giving me the unique I'd of AfriKen.
Coming on Hive as AfriKen, I've had people asked me how I came about my username and I've also had someone complimented on my username to giving a kind of artistic sound which is actually a feedback I was looking out for. The name sounds artistic, exhibiting the culture and uniqueness I had always wanted for my brand.

Hopefully it will be easy rebranding the previously known username most people knew of to my new found unique name Afriken.

I'll be dropping my 🖊️ here on the HiveGhana community prompt on the story behind my username.

Thanks for reading through 🤗
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