By now we have all heard about ISIS, or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. It is a terrible thing to hear about all of the horrible events that has happened because of this terrorist group, but it is even worse to be compared to them.

My name is Icces, pronounced just like the terrorist group. I never had thought about my name being anything other than unique. I had definitely never thought that it would be offensive, but now I can not one day without it impacting my routine.

At first people always have this shocked look like I am trying to joke. I always wonder why they'd think that someone would joke about being named after a terrorist group, but it never fails their faces always turn out like this:

After the initial shock they then proceed to hit me with a million questions. "Really?", "What is it like?", "Doesn't that suck?", "Was your mom on crack when she named you?", "How do you do anything?", "Oh, you poor soul bet you can't leave the country, can you?".

It becomes overwhelming and I end up standing in front of them like:

Then of course of the biggest question-- What were you named after? Then I have to go on a tangent about Egyptian history and the Goddess Isis, how mine is spelled different, and how the terror group did not exist when I was born. They then get the hint that I am in love with my name, and I have accepted the fact that I have to live with the questions and socially awkward situations that come with it for the rest of my life.

The worst part is the jokes though. Seriously they drive me completely insane-- especially "Ice Ice Baby" and airport jokes. They have become so unoriginal and bland that it becomes physically painful sometimes. The worst is when people say that I am going to be randomly selected at airports because my name is the same. I become extremely hostile with people when they make remarks, then they end up making even more jokes and then I just end up being like:

Overall having that same name as ISIS is just super annoying, because people make it annoying. If people would respect others names and just accept that everyone is their own person it would make telling me my name a lot less awkward and my catch phrase wouldn't have to be "My name is Icces, but not like the terrorist group."

So please next time you meet someone with an abnormal/unique name don't question it, because they may love and cherish their name and you just sparked an insecurity.

So thank you to my mom, and all other moms that stepped out and broke name barriers-- you go girls!