Colby Wayne Sibley; He who has no name

Colby Wayne Sibley Name Meaning

                Everyone’s name has certain meaning, it’s their self-identity, and how the world knows them and what they were given at birth. When I was born in Las Vegas to mother Brandie Bushell and father Eldon Sibley I’m unsure why they chose Colby as my first name. I understand why my middle name Wayne was chosen because both my Grandfather’s first names were Wayne, but Colby in my opinion is a rare name. I asked them about it and at first they were going to name me Eldon Sibley but my father declined and he once heard Colby and it was close to his middle name which was Craig. I can’t find any correlation with my heritage and my name because I am German, Irish and somewhat Native American.  So they agreed on Colby Wayne Sibley and this began the tale of yours truly.

                As I grew up I never minded my name at all, everyone I knew had traditional names like John, Jordan and Michael but Colby was different. I rarely met another Colby and usually when I did they were female. Colby is originally English but derived from Old Norse which means a dark farm. Wayne, which I enjoyed John Wayne movies, is Old English and means wagon driver. Sibley is a little older from Latin and Greek which was used for pagan prophets who would falsely claim the coming of Christ. I rarely got nicknames and usually they would shorter version like Colb or Sib throughout baseball. My family or more importantly my parents would use Colby Wayne but when they would use that name I definitely knew I was in trouble. I do feel like my name, being rare as it is, has somewhat of an advantage in certain areas over other names. For example during highschool and somewhat of college, my teachers rarely had problems associating my name with my face and I would get somewhat called on more than others.  Jumping onto Sibley because Wayne is rarely ever used, my father grew up in Las Vegas and as well as my older brother and they were very well known in the valley for their achievements in baseball, the world of baseball is a small one, so when people would see the last name Sibley they would associate and ultimately say oh your JC’s little brother. This helped me out moving up in baseball.

                I don’t think I would ever change my name. I feel it’s my identity; it’s me in my good days and in my bad ones. My parents gave me this name because when they put their eyes on me the first time I was Colby Wayne Sibley. I enjoy the rarity of it and I’m proud to own up to this name. I do believe that your name can have certain advantages in our society and I feel mine is easy to remember. I’m unsure what names I’ll choose for my children but I know I will decide on some I feel are memorable, rare and ones they will like to live with.