Jamaica Kincaid birth name was Elaine Potter Richardson, she changed her name because she wanted to feel like she did everything herself and not bound by her mothers chosen name for her, in the interview about why she changed her name She firmly asserts, “You can’t take credit for this,” addressing her mother’s attempts to claim influence over her success. In her Book “Lucy” she implemented that aspect of her. Lucy’s full name is Lucy Josephine Potter. She used to hate all three of those names. The name Lucy was reference to Lucifer Her mother states “I named you after Satan himself.” The name Josephine is after her mother’s uncle Mr. Joseph name, it was because he was rich from money he made in sugar in Cuba, and it was stated that “thought that he would remember the honor and leave something.” The Potter, Lucy said it had have come from the Englishman who owned her ancestors when they were slaves.

In Conclusion The Contrast between Lucy and Jamaica Kincaid is very apparent. Both Lucy and Kincaid hated their names because both names held past scars and meaning about a past they rather not have imbued with them.