Names are strange things.
Rose Tyler- Rose, a noble-sounding name. But was it true? What defined a " noble" person? Bravery? She might have that…
Rose, the symbol of love. No, that wasn't accurate! But perhaps she did have more in common with the flower than she thought: As constant remarks as she walked down any given street reminded her, she was rather lovely.
But how deceiving looks could be, even more so than names! In a different time, a different universe, there was a man- at least him, perhaps others- that could testify to that.
Yes, she had thorns, that was for certain. Thorns were weapons, and many who had seen her fight would agree in a second that she was a weapon, she with the things that were kept hidden in her mind, and, in this universe, only her mind.
But her last name-Tyler- was different. Tyler had no other meaning than what it was- a name. And a fairly common name at that.
There were other ones, too: The most painful of all for her to think about being the most simple: The Doctor. A person who helps people get well, that was it. And a fitting name it would have been, if that was what it was.
No, that was not his true name, but a title. What the ones closest to him (Oh, how she wished it were her!) called him, she'd naught a clue. Perhaps she never would.
There was, of course, her mother: Jackie Tyler; with the same meaningless surname, but a fitting first one: Jackie, something that sounded just as spicy as the woman really was.
And of course, the most fitting of all, surpassing even the Doctor: Donna Noble.
Yes, Rose thought, that was a noble name indeed.