Steve Jacobs is Spartacus. Steve Jacobs is the Dread Pirate Roberts.
The intent is for the attitude, the spirit, represented by the name 'Steve Jacobs' to gain corporate, cooperative, community traction. And this whether or not the name ever catches on. In my whimsy the name represents an attitude that aspires to groundedness, humility, the virtues and resilience of a Caribbean Creole Village in local interdependence rooted in the soil of a place. Humility, Human, Humus in Latin it all comes from the earth. In Hebrew: Adam from the Adamah. Where Adam is not simply the personal name of the first human but the Hebrew noun for humanity. And Adamah is the Hebrew noun for earth. The earthling from the earth.(this insight probably picked up during the Hebrew Exegesis course on Genesis @ Wycliffe College, Toronto c. 1996. Inadequate citation.)
Steve Jacobs est un "nom de terroir" adopté par Christopher Jorna.
Steve Jacobs is an alias of grounded reflection & action adopted by Christopher Jorna to mark our family's dwelling on St. Croix.
About a year ago (Nov / Dec 2024) a Crucian farmer, a son of the soil, took me under his wing. But it took him a while to get my name straight. He kept calling me Steve. I guess I look like a Steve. It's a good name. Stephen "crown" symbolizing victory. In any case with many layers of amusement and encouragement I took it as a new name to mark me as a new member of this island community as a new apprentice of my farmer friend and mentor.
Later in early 2025 I was recruited of a Sunday to read a Scripture lesson in worship. As is the custom my name was entered in the bulletin as a reader. But the surname came out 'Jacobs' and so I decided to keep it to add to 'Steve' to mark awakening in belonging to a place where I am a newcomer yet perhaps less a stranger with each connection in community.
The above is my natural writing style. Because it tends to overwhelm the reader with dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, obscure allusions, other languages and advanced convoluted grammar MS Copilot AI says that it is at a senior high school / college freshman level. Copilot asked me if I would like it to re write at a Middle School level. The following is the result (MS Copilot accessed Jan 3,2026), slightly modified by this human author. ) (My preaching professor, a Stephen as it happens, advised us to deliver at around a grade 8 level so as not to loose our hearers.)
Steve Jacobs is a name I use. It started when a farmer on St. Croix kept calling me Steve, even though my real name is Christopher Jorna.
I decided to accept it. Later, during church, my name was written as Christopher Jacobs in the bulletin. I liked it, so I kept it.
For me, the name Steve Jacobs is more than just a nickname. It stands for an attitude of humility and belonging.
It reminds me of being connected to the earth, like how the word Adam in Hebrew means both humanity and earth. Receiving this name shows that I want to be part of the community here, not just a visitor. Each time I use it, I feel more rooted in this place and less like a stranger.
And then MS Copilot asked me if I wanted it to rewrite the piece at an elementary school level. Below are the Jan 3, 2026 results slightly edited by this human author:
My name is Christopher Jorna, but A farmer friend kept calling me Steve, and I decided to keep the name. Later, at church, my name was written as Christopher Jacobs in the program. I thought it was funny, but I liked it, so I stayed with it
To me Steve Jacobs is more than just a name. It reminds me that I belong here. It shows that I am part of the community and not just a visitor. Each time I hear it, I feel more welcome and less like a stranger
Photo Credit: Family photo looking North from Carambola Beach Resort at Davis Bay, St. Croix, USVI, c. Dec 8, 2025.
IN another related flight of whimsy it turns out according to Mickey Mouse (aka the great book of surnames at the Epcot centre my real sur name is a Friesian (Northern province of the Netherlands with its own ethnic group and language that bleeds into Denmark and Germany and is connected to Old English and settlements in East Anglia along currents in the North Sea) version of George or Jorge from the Greek Geo Urge 'earth worker' aka FARMER. Son of a Farmer. Who knew.
I did not until about 2019 when I found it in the mouse's book. I'm a bad farmer. With my disability I have difficulty bending down to break the earth. However if a geo grapher is a form of earth worker I can squint to make the name fit because while I never practiced professionally (beyond student internships) that's my training. B.Sc. Physical Geography, York University, Toronto, 1993 (And digital map (Geographic Information Systems) school drop out, COGS, Nova Scotia Community College, Lawerencetown (Annapolis County not the beach) c. 2007 - 2009 but that's another story involving a transcript that sores from A+ to lots of F's due to incomplete due to disability. I meant soars but I'll keep the malapropism 'sores'.).