Were you named after anyone?

[Debbie Jean]

The thread on children's names got me thinking.
Were you named after anyone?

My mother always said she just liked the name Deborah... I was a child of the 60's LOL

 

[NMBCFangirl]

Elizabeth on Dark Shadows. I was destined for weirdness.

 

[mjkacmom]

My mom gave me her nun (novice) name.

 

[SC Minnie]

My first name was from a song. My middle name was the same as my mother's.

 

[karmic]

1st name- great aunt- family name from my father’s side
Middle name- my mom

 

[Mysterian]

The thread on children's names got me thinking.
Were you named after anyone?

My mother always said she just liked the name Deborah... I was a child of the 60's LOL

Well well- My mom's name was Debbie too, and her middle name was Jean.

 

[Skywalker3]

Yes, my maternal grandmother. Spelled in a more old fashioned way like hers. It was very uncommon when I was young, but lots more now, but with a different spelling .

 

[Christine]

My mom was trying to decide between Deanna (??) and Christine. I think my birthday shortly after Christmas decided it for her. So I guess I was named after Jesus Christ!

 

[design_mom]

My parents just liked my first name... and actually, the way I hear it, they both had ideas for my first name but couldn't agree so they nixed them both and my name is the compromise.)

My middle name is in honor of my dad's aunt. It is not her exact name though.

 

[disney4us2002]

Yes. I was named after my dad, Carl. Luckily they decided against his middle name or I would've been Carla Eugenia.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

The thread on children's names got me thinking.
Were you named after anyone?

My mother always said she just liked the name Deborah... I was a child of the 60's LOL

My maternal grandmother's middle name is the shortened version of my first name. My middle name was the same grandmother's best friend.

 

[Kitty 34]

Yes.....my Mom

 

[RedAngie]

No, my parents just liked the name Angela. No other Angies in my extended families, not even as middle names.

DDs weren’t named after anyone either.

 

[Kitty 34]

Elizabeth on Dark Shadows. I was destined for weirdness.

Just want to say we LOVED Dark Shadows. I beat walking and running records to get home from school to watch the show.

 

[tvguy]

My parents wanted me known by my middle name, which is the paternal Grandmother's maiden name.
No idea where my first name came from. My parents felt my name "flowed" better with the name they wanted me known as as my middle name.
But it does come in handy when people call, because if they ask for me by my first name, I know they don't know me.

 

[NMBCFangirl]

Just want to say we LOVED Dark Shadows. I beat walking and running records to get home from school to watch the show.

LOL. So did my older sister.

 

[NCRedding]

Named after my great grandparents. I always hated my middle name because it was "a boy's name"

 

[DisneyClassicFan]

Apparently I'm named after a character from The Young and the Restless, Ashley Abbott.

 

[AppleDumpling]

No, only the boys in my family had family names. My mom wanted to name me something different, a name she loved, but my dad and older siblings didn’t care for it. I’m told my paternal grandfather suggested my name and that’s what they chose. In retrospect, I would’ve preferred my mom’s first choice. I don’t dislike my name, but it was super common in my generation (there was often another one in my class), while the name I didn’t get is far more distinctive and pretty as well.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I was supposed to be named after both Grandmas. Then I came along — I’m adopted and my mom said I just didn’t look like the name they had picked out. So they changed a vowel on the end of her mom’s middle name, and that’s mine. Other grandma got shafted