My name is Jasdeep. I was born on May 10, 2007 and named the day after that. In my religion people usually go to the gurdwara and they draw a letter and the parents usually name their child with that letter, but my parents let my grandparents choose my name instead. My grandma named me Jasdeep because of what my name meant. The meaning of Jas is a person who sings god's praises and deep means diya/diva lamp. Jasdeep means lamp radiating god's glories. My grandparents either wanted to name me Jasmeet or Jasdeep, but in the end my family chose to name me Jasdeep because 2 of my cousins' names were already Jasmeet. My name originates from India and the ethnic origin of my name is Sikh. My nicknames are Jas, Jazzy and deepu, but I prefer to be called Jasdeep. Everyone in my family calls me Jasdeep, but my mom calls me deepu and some of my friends call me Jas or Jazzy since these nicknames are a short form of Jasdeep. I personally like my name because of the meaning of my name and because it is easy to pronounce and there's no wrong way of pronouncing it. Jasdeep is a unisex name since most names in punjabi can be. When I first came to McClure everyone thought that I was a boy because someone in our school was named Jasdeep and he was a boy. This was the only time that affected how I felt about my name, but I still like it.
My middle name is Kaur and it is a symbol of equality in both men and women in the Sikh religion. Kaur means princess. Kaur was given as a middle name to all Sikh women and Singh was given to all Sikh men in 1699 by Guru Gobind Singh Ji (The 10th guru of the sikh religion). Some people use Kaur as their middle name and some people use it as their last name.
My last name is Brar and it is a Sikh last name that comes from the Jatt caste. Every last name has a different history and some people have last names based on their ancestors' villages or castes. In Sikhi they have a caste system and every caste system has a history. The people in the Jatt caste used to be farmers and they still are. Some of the castes in Sikhism are Kahrti, Jatt, Ramgariha, and Chamar. This was the story behind my name. 
My  
name
 is  
Jasdeep
. I  
was born
 on May 10,  
2007
 and named the day after that. In my religion  
people
  usually
 go to the  
gurdwara and
 they draw a letter and the parents  
usually
  name
 their child with that letter,  
but
 my parents  
let
 my grandparents choose my  
name
  instead
. My grandma named me  
Jasdeep
  because
 of what my  
name
 meant. The meaning of  
Jas
 is a person who sings god's praises and deep means  
diya
/diva lamp.  
Jasdeep
 means lamp radiating god's glories. My grandparents either wanted to  
name
 me  
Jasmeet
 or  
Jasdeep
,  
but
 in the  
end
 my family chose to  
name
 me  
Jasdeep
  because
 2 of my cousins'  
names
 were already  
Jasmeet
. My  
name
 originates from India and the ethnic origin of my  
name
 is Sikh.  
My
 nicknames are  
Jas
, Jazzy and  
deepu
,  
but
 I prefer to  
be called
  Jasdeep
. Everyone in my family calls me  
Jasdeep
,  
but
 my mom calls me  
deepu
 and  
some
 of my friends call me  
Jas
 or Jazzy since these nicknames are a short form of  
Jasdeep
. I  
personally
 like my  
name
  because
 of the meaning of my  
name
 and  
because
 it is easy to pronounce and there's no  
wrong
 way of pronouncing it.  
Jasdeep
 is a unisex  
name
 since most  
names
 in  
punjabi
 can be. When I  
first
 came to McClure everyone  
thought
 that I was a boy  
because
 someone in our school  
was named
  Jasdeep and
 he was a boy. This was the  
only
 time that  
affected
 how I felt about my  
name
,  
but
 I  
still
 like it.
My middle  
name
 is  
Kaur
 and it is a symbol of equality in both  
men
 and women in the Sikh religion.  
Kaur
 means princess.  
Kaur
 was  
given
 as a middle  
name
 to all Sikh women and Singh was  
given
 to all Sikh  
men
 in 1699 by Guru  
Gobind
 Singh  
Ji
 (The 10th guru of the  
sikh
 religion).  
Some
  people
  use
  Kaur
 as their middle  
name
 and  
some
  people
  use
 it as their last name.
My last  
name
 is  
Brar
 and it is a Sikh last  
name
 that  
comes
 from the  
Jatt
  caste
. Every last  
name
 has a  
different
 history and  
some
  people
 have last  
names
 based on their ancestors' villages or  
castes
. In  
Sikhi
 they have a  
caste
 system and every  
caste
 system has a history. The  
people
 in the  
Jatt
  caste
  used
 to be  
farmers and
 they  
still
 are.  
Some of the
  castes
 in Sikhism are  
Kahrti
,  
Jatt
,  
Ramgariha
, and  
Chamar
. This was the story behind my  
name
.