Unit Zero

For years I have had to deal with the name Jennifer Peacock. Jennifer has never really been a bother to me. All throughout elementary and middle school I was always made fun of for having the last name Peacock. I never really understood what people were making fun of. I just thought Peacock was just a bird. What they were saying didn’t make any sense to me until I was in high school. By that time I was old enough to realize that everyone gets made fun of for something. So it didn’t bother me as much. When I started working at Dicks Dock Bar in 2007, Peacock became my name. So from then on I introduce myself as Peacock in the bar atmosphere. When it comes down to it, yes I like my name.

My first name really doesn’t have a special meaning to anyone. My last name is special to me because my father passed away seventeen years ago, and I feel like I am carrying on his name by keeping it. My father picked out my name. My mom tells me he named me after his first grade crush. I really don’t have any nick names, unless you consider Peacock a nick name.

The name Peacock derives from the pre 17th century word “Peacocc” meaning literally a peacock. Peacock which is also recorded as Peacock, Pocock, Peacocke, Peecock and pacock was an early English surname. Originally, Peacock was an occupational name for a breeder of these birds.