Names: Who are you named after?

[_Twinks&Spinks_]

so, who did your parents name you after?
or,
why did your parents name you what you're called?

[imabrat]

My mom's cousin Sonia.
But they switched it around to Sonya.

[Tinkerbell424]

In the Jewish religion, you name your child after a relative who has died.
You can name them after the person or give them a name that begins with the first letter of their first name.

I was named after my great-uncle Art [ I think he was my great-uncle ].
My mom and dad both agreed and liked that name.

So bada-bing, it's Alexis. :)

[HDD]

I'm not named after anyone.

[acesupercoolme]

My mom just liked the name, so she just named me it, and my dad agreed to the name when they were choosing names.

[::Snow_White::]

Soap Opera.
Forgot which one.
My mom watched it and liked the name.

[_Twinks&Spinks_]

my dad named me after bianca jagger, mick jagger's first wife.
yeah, my dad was a big rolling stones fan back then.
i found out that she was friends with and hung out alot with andy warhol.
=o

[disney100666]

Someone just through out the name Bridget to my parents and they liked it but my middle name Catherine was named after my Great Grandmother.

[ComfyinNautica]

No one! :]

[Cassidy]

nobody.

[_Twinks&Spinks_]

okay, well then why did your parents name you what you're called?

[GoofyWaterCoaster]

Nobody

[PosessedEeyore]

well, i am actully named after a street sign in germany. sophies's strasa (idk bout spelling) but, a few years ago, we went to germany, and my mom showed me the street.

my middle name, elizabeth is named after my dads and aunt and my moms mom (my grandmother)

so, that is all :P

[ComfyinNautica]

okay, well then why did your parents name you what you're called?

Because they saw it in a baby book and liked it.

[lpe_bratz]

nobody. my mom just liked my name and my dad agreed to it.

my mom wanted me to name me lauren elizabeth, b/c my great grandmother's name was lillian elizabeth. but my last name is 8 letters long so i would've had a really long full name.

[Princess_Dot]

My aunt. :] Shes an amazing woman.

[llama62]

First name: Grandfather
Middle name: Fathers middle name

[Columba]

My father wanted to give me either an Irish or Christian name and my mother really didn't mind. Supposedly it was narrowed down to Ryan and Michael.

All the men in my family either have John or Joseph as a first middle name and I got Joseph.

[ArielJonasFan]

First Name : My Grandfather and was twisted into a girl's name

Middle Name : My great grandmother

[Pearls]

The song 'Hey Paula' by Paul & Paula. (:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU8YNqGoL8I

its such a sweet song. (:
i like that i'm named after something so cute! haha.

[STOPxmickeytime]

Oh gosh, this is hard to explain.

Okay, so my real name's Mariclaire. (pronounced Mary-Claire)
My mom knew a girl in highschool named that, and hated her but loved the name, and decided right then that she would name her first daughter that.
Then on top of that, both of my grandmas are Mary, and my mom's Claire, so it's kinda paying tribute, too.

My middle name was my paternal grandmother's middle name.

And my nickname, Mickey (which everyone calls me- most people don't even know my real name) was what my maternal grandmother was called as a kid.
Her last name started with "Mc" so she became Mickey.
And they thought "Mariclaire" was too big of a name for a baby, so they started calling me Mickey when I was little and it just stuck.

I know, confusing ;)

[emdaaawg]

well my name was easy to say in japanese =)

but my brother's name (mike) was partly inspired by the turtle called Michealangalo (spelling lol) who's nickname was mikey, from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And yeah xDD

[SplshMtnLvr28]

My great grandfather and the song 'Jessica'. :)

[MrsSparrow..]

Noone, my parents just liked the name "Ashleigh". I could've been called Erin, and since I found out that fact, I have held a small grudge against my parents for not calling me that :o

My middle name "Pat" is after my Nan who died a couple of years after I was born.

[HSMndLKfan92]

An actress. Idk who, though.

And my mom liked my middle name.

[inlalaland]

Both my first and middle name were just names my parents thought were pretty. Yeah, I'm pretty boring. =P

[marypops!]

I don't actually know.

It could be a switch of my dad's names (he's David George) or I could be named after my 2 grandads. One's called George, the other David.

[MrsSparrow..]

I don't actually know.

It could be a switch of my dad's names (he's David George) or I could be named after my 2 grandads. One's called George, the other David.

George! My grandad is called George, and I have a cousin who is called George!

ARE YOU MY COUSIN?! LMAO.

I know your not, because I would be amazed if you were my cousin. A three year old using a computer *gasp*!

[Cinderelli16]

My first name came from this character on Days of Our Lives (my parents were freaks for that show), and my middle name came from my great grandma Rose (:

[diva122094]

nobody. my mom just liked my name and my dad agreed to it.

my mom wanted me to name me lauren elizabeth, b/c my great grandmother's name was lillian elizabeth. but my last name is 8 letters long so i would've had a really long full name.

You think your name is long.My first name is Alexandra,my middle name is Kimberley,and my last name is 12 letters.(it is greek) So my whole name is 30 letters.It is amazingly long!!!!

[Geniefan]

well i was named after two of my aunts

i have a pretty long name too though i think it has about 25 letters

[AmandaSparks730]

Middle name: Katherine = both grandfather's mother's name. But they spelled it with a C. Gram Catherine on dad's side insisted on the K "to be different".

First name: ONLY name my parents could BOTH agree on!

But they pronounce it differently...dad says "MEG-han" and mom says "MAY-ghan" (M-e-a-g-h-a-n). I have two friends (one BFF!) with the same name, same spelling. Teachers and subs use both ways. But, (and this was funny) we all ended up in the same Keyboarding class, and purposely sat next to each other! So the teacher just referred to us as "Meg, Meg, and Meg".

Yeah, my friends call me Meg :)

So basically, my name isn't Amanda. But she is a character I made up!

[LizSwann32]

I was named after the actress Hayley Mills she was in the original paret trap back in the 60's, along with the movie Summer Magic, and Pollyanna

[rock.my.socks]

nobody. my mom just liked my name and my dad agreed to it.

my mom wanted me to name me lauren elizabeth, b/c my great grandmother's name was lillian elizabeth. but my last name is 8 letters long so i would've had a really long full name.

lol my name is lauren elizabeth :)

i was named lauren bc both my parents like it, and my middle name is elizabeth after the queen. :)

[Babyjustrun]

I'm not named after anyone. My parents hate the whole naming your kid after a relative thing, so neither my brother or I have family names (well my brother's middle name is the name of my great-grandfather, but it was a mistake, not intentonal).
I think it's mostly because my mum's entire family is named after other relatives. My mother is named after her aunt, both first and middle name. My aunt is named after her aunt (and she changed her name) and I think possibly my uncles are named after people too.

My parents liked my name, and picked the spelling Hilary. I'm not sure if they picked it because that's the one they saw it was spelled or if they were aware of the different varations and chose this way.
As for my middle name, my mother wanted it to be Paige. But she was afraid I'd be made fun of and be called 'Hilroy Page' (it's a brand of looseleaf in Canada).
Sadly enough, even with the middle name Lauren, people still made fun of me and called me Hilroy.

[PurpleDucky]

My first name isn't after anyone.
Originally, my mom wanted to name me Ariel, after Ariel in the Little Mermaid; but my dad didn't like that name so much.
He liked the name Devan, so it was either Ariel Devan, which doesn't flow as much as Devan Ariel
And well-ah, there's the history of my name.

[Cali_Sparrow]

I'm not really named after anyone but I guess my parents liked the song "Sara" by Starship. "Sara, Sara, storms are brewin' in your eyes" and all that.

My middle name is my mom's first name for some odd reason.
I might legally change it soon.

[TinkerTracy]

I'm named after the two people who like got my parents together.

[AbsoluteAwesome1]

They named me Hannah because they thought it was "unique"
OMGLOLYEAHRIGHT

If I was a guy, I would have been "John."

Wow.

[xApril]

My Mom wanted to name me Wendy because she liked the name. But my Dad hated it. They both liked the name April, so they chose that. I wonder if the fact that I was born in April had anything to do with it. ;)

My middle name's Marie. I believe that's my great grandmother's name as well as my grandma's name. My aunt also has the middle name of Marie.

I got lucky, my full name's only 16 letters. ;]

[wilmabride'sdaughter]

I am named after my mum's best friend. She Liked her name because she thought it was unique and unordinary. yeah so that's why i am called Sian.

My middle name is Karyn because so is my mum's.

My sister Rhiannon is named after the song Rhiannon. I wonder if any of you have heard of it?

It's strange that both our names are welsh though.

[jbcheerchick93]

i was named after a dream that my mom had. ahe dreamt. while she was pregnant, that she had a little girl named jesse marie that followed her daddy everywhere.

i was born and voila! jesse marie :)

[llamasrcool]

well...my first name Anne, is after my dad's mom, who i never knew. My middle name Lee, is after my dad, since his name is Leo. Yeah that's about it lol oh and my last name is way too long LOL i pray when i get married, my husband has a shorter last name!! oh and they were going to call me Lydia..but i like my name better lol. If i was a boy, i would have been Zodak...he was a high priest in The Bible =D

[Ampris]

First name: No one. My mom just liked it. She claims that she didn't know it was popular at all, let alone the number one name in the country for baby girls at the time. I guess that it may just have been a subliminal thing-- she heard the name all over the place without registering it, and picked it for the sound without ever knowing. It's a nice name, really, but having the same name as millions of other girls around my age is... a little odd.

My middle name is the same as my mom's. They had decided earlier that I wouldn't have a middle name at all (to match my dad, presumedly) but in the hospital a little while after I was born, he took the papers downstairs to be filed and added my mom's name in tribute. :D

[Cinderelli16]

well...my first name Anne, is after my dad's mom, who i never knew. My middle name Lee, is after my dad, since his name is Leo. Yeah that's about it lol oh and my last name is way too long LOL i pray when i get married, my husband has a shorter last name!! oh and they were going to call me Lydia..but i like my name better lol. If i was a boy, i would have been Zodak...he was a high priest in The Bible =D

If I had been a boy, I would have been named Zachary James.....oh geez thank god I'm not a boy lol

[llamasrcool]

If I had been a boy, I would have been named Zachary James.....oh geez thank god I'm not a boy lol

hahaah yeah im glad im a girl too!!! hah