Tuesday, November 18, 2014

The Origins Of My Name

Updated Oct 25, 2015

Question:  Can you explain your name?
Answer: Yes.
  1. Carter:
    • Carter is my first name. I was named after my grandmother on my mother's side. It was her middle name. My grandmother was born in Alberta, Canada.
    • The ancestral name comes from American Robert "King" Carter [1] and his father John Carter [2] who was originally from England. Even though "King" was Robert's nickname, it was a sign, a foretelling of the lineage to come.
    • Carter (CRTR) is connected with Creator (CRTR).
  2. Wamaitha:
    • I was named after my grandmother on my father's side.
    • Wamaitha is a Kikuyu [3] name from Kenya [4] that means "girl of the Maasai" [5], meaning I was taken from the Maasai into the Kikuyu. Maasai is connected with Messiah.
    • wa, the first two letters of Wamaitha, means of in the Kikuyu language.
    • wa is also connected with the Greek alphabet [6]:
      • w - omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet (lower case).
      • a - alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.
      • So wa means omega and alpha, last and first, as it is written, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End." (Revelation 22:13, NIV) Meaning, the beginning of the quality of bestowal (seeking to benefit others/Nature) and the end of the quality of selfishness (seeking to benefit oneself).
    • Kenya is connected with A Key (an anagram), as it is written "I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open." (Isaiah 22:22, NIV) David is connected with Malchut, the quality of reception, meaning the key will open the quality of reception. Meaning, the quality of reception will be used in bestowal, a state known as Receiving to Bestow. As it is written, "The wolf (reception) will live with the lamb (bestowal) ..." (Isaiah 11:6, NIV)
    • Kenya is on the equator, the middle line, which is also connected with the state known as Receiving to Bestow, using the quality of reception in bestowal.
  3. Kagume:
    • Kagume is also a Kikuyu name from Kenya.
    • Kagume isn't actually my name, it's an adopted name, it's my uncle's name.
    • When my uncle Kagume died, my dad adopted his name as his own. (My uncle Kagume was the 3rd child of 13 children and the 1st male of 7 males. My dad is the 10th child of 13 children and the 5th male of 7 males.)
    • Officially, my name is Carter Wamaitha Kagume.
  4. Ngari:
    • Ngari is also a Kikuyu name from Kenya.
    • Ngari is my actual name because it's my dad's name.
    • Ngari is connected with God because Ngai means God in the Kikuyu language. A Ring is an anagram of Ngari.
    • Technically, my name is Carter (The Creator) Wamaitha (The Messiah) Ngari (God).
That's why my name is Carter Wamaitha Kagume Ngari.

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References:
  1. Robert Carter I. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Nov 18, 2014.
  2. John Carter. www.encyclopediavirginia.org. Retrieved Nov 18, 2014.
  3. Kikuyu people. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Nov 18, 2014.
  4. Kenya. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Nov 22, 2014.
  5. Maasai people. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Nov 18, 2014.
  6. Greek alphabet. www.en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved Nov 22, 2014.
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