What's in a name - Brogan Locksley

Hello All!
  Hope you are all doing well and having a lovely start to the Christmas season! It's hard to believe that Christmas is now only 13 days away!!! I thought I would take a moment and write about my pen name and why I chose it. I really like that as an author or writer that you can give yourself a different name just for the fun of it. There are several writers who throughout history have used pen names. Plus, it is fun to look into names and find one that you like. I found this to be true and very enjoyable.
I used a website to look up ideas. The website is called behindthename.com, which I found out about when a friend sent me the link to the site. I highly recommend the website if you are even looking for a name for book characters or something else. On the site you can search names and it will give you all sorts of "behind the name" information such as where it is derived from, the meaning, gender, etc.
  I remember I was trying to figure out what I wanted my pen name to be, I had been attempting to come up with something for awhile and just hadn't found something that was satisfactory yet. It was early in the morning, I think around 2 am or something like that when i was taking a brake from studying for finals. It was then that I stumbled upon the name Brogan. "Brogan" is derived from the Irish word for shoe which is brog (fun fact of the day) and can be either and male or a female name. For some reason the name really stuck out to me and I liked the sound of it. It was then that I decided that I had finally found the first part of my pen name. I don't know how to describe it, but it just seemed to fit.
  For the last name, I chose Locksley after Robin of Locksley, better known as Robin Hood. Robin Hood was an outlaw who lived with a band of men in Sherwood Forest where they robbed from the rich to feed the poor who were being oppressed by the Sheriff of Nottigham and Prince John which King Richard was away fighting the crusades in the Holy Land. Robin Hood was also a very skilled archer and considered one of the best. He sacrificed much to help the poor and his story of bravery has been passed down through countless generations. I have always liked the story of Robin Hood and admired the courage and the adventures that he had. As it always tends to be with a legend, there are many different versions of the story as it has been passed down from whence it started. My favorite and take/version of the Robin Hood legend is the television series made by BBC. In that version of the story, he is known as Robin of Locksley. Locksley was where Robin came from, and as you can guess it is a place in England.
  And there you have it; the story behind my pen name and how I got it. I was very excited to have a pen name at last to write under and use when I write childrens' stories, short stories, my blog and who knows what else.