Fascinating question!
I won't mention my surname but it is derived from the Latin word for truth. Yehuda Halevi spent his life in a quest for truth. And that quest led to his untimely death.
I have outlived him by many years. But my entire life has been one continuous quest for knowledge and truth. Over these many years, there have been numerous times in which I mentally see myself travelling over extended distances throughout the Mediterranean areas and Central Asia. And you are correct in that these scenes take place over many time spans.
While I mostly read American history nowadays, my other main historical interest is Sephardic Spain. Halevi was a Sefardi and his bio is quite interesting.