Riker's+History+of+a+Name

My name is Riker Patrick Johnson. It's Riker, not Ricker, by the way. I love my name, but people call me Ricker all the time, and then there was that substitute that called me Striker. I love my name, mainly the "Riker" part. I hate following the norm, with people copying each other to "fit in". My name is from Star Trek (First in command is William **Riker)** which my parents love. I'm named after my dad (he's Patrick Johnson) as that's a family tradition. My sisters both have very unusual names: Darbi Xioran Johnson (she's adopted from China) and Tirza Joy Johnson (Tears of Joy, get it?). So, since I have a common middle and last name, I like it that my first name is Riker. I've never met another Riker, and I don't plan to. There's rumors that one of my mom's friends named her daughter Riker, but I hope that's not true. Riker is a boy's name, after all. My mom's the real reason for all of this. She's named Taya, so she wanted to name us uniquely too. In all, I'm very happy with my name. Maybe my last name could be changed to somehting unique too, but I'm fine with it.