Do you know why your parents gave you your name?

[n2mark]

My name was given to me because my father liked to actress.

[Rick Myers]

1. My middle name was...

beacuse my parents wanted a girl. "Dale" after Dale Evans...

Seriously...

:shrug:

[Seabiscuit]

59. "Nellie" after "Nelliebelle"

nah... just kidding.

[Pirate Smile]

2. I know my father wanted to name me Cinnamon and call me Cindy.

Mom said "no way". Thank you, Mom!

Although, I would have my own song with that name.

[Synnical]

49. Mom named me Cindy Jo

And I grew up in Southern California!

Not Cynthia, just Cindy - after a co-worker.

I hate it to this day.

She tells me she wanted to name me "Nicole" and call me "Nicky", but didn't know the "proper" spelling . . .

-Cindy in Fort Lauderdale

[Pirate Smile]

79. LOL. My Mom spelled my name WRONG on the birth certificate. We

didn't find out until I was 12 and we had to request a new birth certificate for something. Then she said it was unique and she was glad! She stuck in an extra "a".

We had a reason for calling her ditzy while growing up.

I have a lot of stories.

She once thought the key to her Mustang Convertible would work on my boyfriend's (now Husband) parent's Mustang Convertible. All the Mustangs have the same key, right? Haa Haaa Haa.

Hi, Mom (she is a lurker).
:hi:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

3. Named after my departed Grandfather n/t

[Cuban_Liberal]

4. I was named for my grandfather. n/t

[Bertha Venation]

5. I'm named after Kim Novak and/or my Aunt Beverly.

My name is Kimberly. I know the part about Kim Novak is true, because I remember when my mother told me that. I'm not sure how the legend of Aunt Bev got started, or if it's just a figment of my imagination, developed over the last 30 years (since my mother's been dead). I don't remember my mother talking about it but I do remember my aunt saying something about it. :shrug:

I like to tell people I was named after my aunt Beverly to see the bewildered look that comes over their faces. Then I let 'em off the hook.

[Bjornsdotter]

32. So was I

My parents were originally going to name me Ingeborg, but felt it was too foreign sounding for 1960 America....instead I was named after Kim Novak and Yvette Mimieux.

I really would have preferred Ingeborg....so it goes.

Cheers,
Kim

[pbartch]

42. Gees..........my Mother wanted to name me YOLANDA.

gag me

Thank goodness my dad won!

[Xipe Totec]

74. I Think Yolanda is a Sexy Name n/t

[Bertha Venation]

72. Ingeborg or just Inge -- lovely names.

I would've preferred just about anything to Kim (except Bev). Oh, well.

:toast:

[JVS]

6. I was named after an Apostle

If my parents had realized with whom I shared a birthday, they'd have probably named me differently, but they had already kind of picked already before the day of birth

[n2mark]

11. I was named

after an actress of years past named Nancy Carol.

So Du'ers, you don't have to call me a him anymore.

Do anyone of you elders remember Nancy Carol? I don't!

[Richardo]

7. I'm named for my Dad's little brother - killed in the Army in Germany

...about 6 months before I was born.

NOT WWII. This was 1956.

[ET Awful]

8. I was just cause my parents thought the names sounded neat :)

and because it made cool initials (EZ are my initials). My brother (Michael Shaugnessy) was because my dad was a fan of the actor Mickey Shaugnessy. My brother has gone by Shaugn his whole life (Pronounced like Shawn or Sean). One of my sisters was named Michelle so her initials and my dads would be the same (weird reason, but there ya go). My other sister was named Andrea because my mom always loved the name :).

[dr.strangelove]

9. Named after Dad and Gramps

[Worst Username Ever]

10. First name is from my mom's dad, middle name is from my dad's dad.

[amandae]

12. Named EXACTLY after my g-grandmother (with her married name)

She died about 11 years before I was born. It was pretty strange, as a child, to go see her grave and on the headstone was my exact name.

Incidentally, my first child was born on the same month and day as the day my g-grandmother died.

On edit, when I say exact name, I mean first, middle and last.

[boneygrey]

13. First name from my grandfather

Middle name from my other grandfather.

[Minimus]

14. My first name was chosen by my father

he was a huge Lana Turner fan, and he named me the same thing she named her daughter. Any guesses?

She became notorious for killing one of her mother's boyfriends, supposedly self defense.

I still tease my Dad about naming me after a murderer. :evilgrin:

[Midlodemocrat]

15. I was named for my mom's mom.

[skygazer]

16. All my siblings and I have family names

I am named for two of my aunts who were in turn named for an aunt and a grandmother respectively of theirs.

I have five siblings and all of us are named for ancestors except for my oldest (half) sister whose mother insisted upon naming her Melanie for Melanie Wilkes in Gone With the Wind.

[havocmom]

17. because I was just too damned cute to just yell "Hey, you!" at.

:evilgrin:

[huskerlaw]

18. My mom stole it from my aunt

who was also pregnant. My aunt came up with the name, my mom liked it, she gave birth first...so she stole it. And then to appease my aunt, she used my aunt's name for my middle name.

[sybylla]

19. I always grew up thinking it came from my mom's favorite movie but

it turns out it came from the name of a baby in a Vaseline commercial in the early 60's.

I was so disillusioned when she told me the truth. Sigh.

[Carson]

20. I was named after my grandmother and my aunt. nt

[Ekirh]

21. I was named after my Grand Father

My dad figured since he was named after his grand father instead of his father.. he would do the same.

[Mojambo]

22. As a matter of fact, no.

I'm going to have to ask them. I always figured that they didn't put a lot of effort into it because I ended up with Joe.

[CO Liberal]

23. I'm Not Sure

They decided to go with semi-unusual names. My sisters are Adrienne and Lynn - I'm Wayne. The names they picked also had to go with our last name, which starts with a "Z", and has a "K" in it.

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. Mom had Tourettes, tied in with a stutter

[LDS Jock]

25. I was named after my dad, but I hated it and had it legally changed

sorry, its my life. I didn't wanna live it with an old man's name.

[Philly Buster]

26. I was named after my grandmother

I was a sickly 4lb preemie (with a healthy twin) and in the 50's when I was born we didn't always make it. My grandmother was the only one who thought I would make it.

[CornField]

27. It's never been confirmed, but I I still believe my father was drunk. nt

[TheCentepedeShoes]

28. Middle name same as

my mom's. First name for her favorite actress.

[pres2032]

29. named after a saint

here's a hint: the one the bible names as the first martyr ;-)

[DemBones DemBones]

62. Hi, Stephen!

:hi:

[Left Is Write]

30. It took a few days to name me.

After having had two girls already, they figured I'd probably be a boy, and they hadn't picked out a girl's name.

When I was born, they couldn't agree on a name right away. When I was three or four days old, the nurses were pressuring my mother to fill out the birth certificate papers, because I wouldn't be allowed to leave the hospital without a name and a birth certificate.

Finally, they chose Catherine, allegedly after the actress Catherine Deneuve. My middle name was chosen for my mother's favorite aunt.

[davis_islander]

31. Born on Columbus day...

Thus, I'm Christopher

[5thGenDemocrat]

33. Sure

I'm "John" for my great-grandfather and "Joseph" for my great-uncle. My older brother, Charles, got both of the grandfathers' names.
John
Since I'm Catholic and was born on October 4, mom was originally going to name me "Francis," after St. Francis of Assisi (Oct 4 is his feastday), but family politics prevailed. Probably just as well.

[ronnykmarshall]

34. I'm named after my uncle.

So I was always "Baby Ronnie" when I was a kid.

[tigereye]

35. I'm named after my mom

who was named after her mom. So I'm the third in a line. But I have a son, not a daugher, so I'm the last.

[Z_I_Peevey]

36. My mother picked an absolutely awful name,

in the vein of the JonBenets and Starlishas and Mozambeeks of the world. My father said "Not just no, hell no!" and called me by a more pedestrian name. For which I am grateful.

[BikeWriter]

37. Do I know why my parents gave me my name? Yes. n/t

[livinginphotographs]

38. Richard was a compromise between dad and mom.

He wanted to give me a french name, so it was going to be Jean-Claude, but that was just asking for me to get made fun of. Richard was nice and french, so they settled.

My middle name, Justin, is after the Cajun cook, Justin Wilson.

Really. I guarantee.

[catbert836]

39. Named after my grandfather

Funnily enough, that's the same guy my dad's named after (William). My middle name came from one of my dad's medical student freinds who died from AIDS (Michael). At least I didn't have to endure being a III, since both their middle names are Grace.

[yellowdogintexas]

40. I am named for my grandmothers

My mother's mother had died long before I was born, so it was a no brainer that the first daughter was to be named for her.

Ultimately after much discussion, my other grandmother's name became my middle name. It 's a good fit.

I followed tradition and named my daughter for HER grandmothers.

and my oldest niece's middle name happens to belong to both of HER grandmothers.

My other niece is named for her grandfather, however.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

41. My birth name was Lisa

(I've since changed it.) Apparently that was the most popular female name in 1962, the year of my birth, but my parents named me for a TV reporter they liked. I believe there was a Lisa Howard on ABC at that time; maybe it was her.

Well, I just Googled her - I guess this is the source of my name:

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKhowardL2.htm

[Thor_MN]

52. You didn't choose Julie, did you?

Sorry, had to ask......

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

56. And my eyes are blue!

No - Maryam.

[Thor_MN]

60. So Maryouare!!!!

Good for you. I've never really cared for my name, but never thought it worthwhile to change it. To my family, I'm known as Bucky, because my sister couldn't say baby brother and baby bucca just kind of stuck.

[tk2kewl]

43. Named after my paternal grandfather

middle name after Dad

My little brothers middle name was for RFK

[Biased Liberal Media]

44. My mom always loved the name she gave me

and my middle name was after her best friend at the time.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

45. I was named after the actress Maureen O'Hara.

My mother was convinced I was going to be a boy and had an appropriate family named picked out, but when I popped out she was stumped for a few days. Her cousin suggested the name because they had both just seen the movie "The Quiet Man" shortly before I arrived.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

46. My real name (which isn't Lydia) is one of those classic baby boomer

names. In fact, a supporting character in one of the best known movies of my birth year has that name.

My mother suggested it, and my father immediately agreed. It turns out that he has several relatives by that name.

[koneko]

47. It's a family name

It's on my dad's side of the family, and it skips a generation. I was the only girl child in my generation, so I got it. If I have a granddaughter, I hope that one of my children would carry on the tradition.

Of course, this is assuming I have kids. . .

[bigwillq]

48. I was named for my grandfather

who died before I was born.

[Enraged_Ape]

50. Because "Hey, You" got tiresome after a while...

and "Stupid Fuckin' Kid" didn't go over too well with the people at the day care.

[Thor_MN]

51. Named after my dad, never thought to ask my grandmother why I

have two middle names until it was too late.

I have a friend whose father's legal name is Willy instaed of the intended William, due to an older sister providing the name because the father was not able to be there.

I had a teacher who was Clyde for essentialy the same reason, but his mother came up with that under the influence of whatever drugs they used on mothers at the time. Not necessarily on topic, but Mr B. was one of the best teachers I've known.

[kodi]

53. well my daddy left home when i was 3 and didn't leave much for ma and me

i think you know the rest

[silverpatronus]

54. my mother picked my name years before i was born...

she was always determined that her first child would be a girl, and she would name her onika (beloved). i believe that my name is yoruba in origin, but i've honestly never checked. at any rate, mum was right. she's always been an extremely determined woman.

[Renew Deal]

55. It's my dads dads name.

Greek Tradition

[Kire]

57. Great, great uncle - but they spelled it wrong

Is actress a verb?

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

58. apparently it was the trend in the early 80's

(according to mom anyway) to give girls names that could be shortened to boy-sounding nicknames. She named me Nicole to call me Nicky. I always tell her she should've just flat-out named me Nicky, because when I was 3/4, I would always insist, "my name is NICOLE!" and never let anyone call me anything different. :)

I guess Mom's story about the trend was at least true in our area as I did go to preschool with a girl named Stevie.

[St. Jarvitude]

61. I'm named after my uncle who died a few months before I was born

The strange thing is that people who knew him constantly find elements of his personality in me. My aunt even says that I sound exactly like him :shrug:

I don't have the urge to build strange musical instruments, so I'm not convinced that he's channelling me or anything ;)

[flamingyouth]

63. I'm named for my paternal grandfather's sister Lisa

[DemBones DemBones]

64. Yes, my mother thought she'd give me "an unusual name" -- which

promptly became one of the most popular names for baby girls born during baby boomer years.

I gave my daughter a name that was unusual and the same thing happened, though others with her name are younger.

[Rhiannon12866]

65. My mother wanted to name me Melisande!

:puke:
But my father had a clearer head, thank heavens!:-)

[JohnKleeb]

68. you poor you

[scarlet_owl]

66. I was supposed to be born in December, and that's what

my mother wanted to name me (yuck!). Thankfully I was born in January, so she shortened it to "Ember". I'm not crazy about my name, but it's better than "December".

[JohnKleeb]

67. yep even know why for the middle too

I am named after my grandfathers.

[eridani]

69. Named after my two grandmothers

Old family tradition.

[SCDem]

70. I was a compromise

my father wanted Erin but my mother thought it sounded more like a boys name so my name is something that rhymes with Erin. And then my middle name, well I was raised Catholic so got to put one of those Saints somewhere in your name!

[nuxvomica]

71. I was named after my uncle, whom I never met

In World War II, he was wounded in battle but he managed to carry his more seriously wounded buddy back to safety. Penicillin was scarce and he died when his wound became infected. His buddy made it back home and told my grandmother the whole story. I can't possibly live up to the name but I'm very proud of it.

[jus_the_facts]

73. Yep...my mom read a novel whilst preg. w/ me...'Forever Amber'.....

....she loved the name Amber but didn't think it would sound good with our last name...so she added 'ley' to the end and I became Amberley....she'd told me SHE made my name up and I believed this untill a few years ago when I got a computer and Googled my name...turns out there is a village named Amberley in Sussex, England that's been there since the 600's...tripped me smoooooooth out....so regardless of how original m'momma thought she was bein'....the name had been around quite a long time LOL!! :D

...here's a pic o'the Castle Amberley...maaaaan I'd sure like to be able to visit there one day too...SIGH! x(

[MarianJack]

75. YES!

I was my Grandfther's 24th grandchild (about the 10th grandson) and the first one named for him, JOHN.

The funny thing is, my grandfather and uncle were both John, but my uncle was nicknamed Jack. When my parents started to call me Jack, my mother and grandmother argued. She accused my mom of naming me for her brother, not her father.

Today I consider myself named for 2 great men and honor their memories. My granddad died in 1963, just a few weeks after President "Jack" Kennedy. My uncle Jack died in 1991.

As with many other of my deceased family members, I still love and miss them!

[Bouncy Ball]

76. Um

my mom just liked the name. And she spelled it really differently (THANKS A HELL OF A LOT MOM!!!! THANKS FOR NOTHING!)

Spell the name right, people. Otherwise it's just a big pain in the arse for the kid their ENTIRE life.

Huh.

[corksean]

77. Named after my Dad's brother who drowned when he was 12

He was swimming in a local river and got trapped in some weeds on the river bed. To this day I can't swim and panic if my head goes under water.

[tsakshaug]

78. my story

in my culture, the first born son has the first name of the paternal grandfather, middle name is the maternal grand father, which then makes having your last name your fathers first name followed by -sen (and the name of the town in there too as a secondary last name) manageable.
Being the second son, this did not apply to me. My parents followed this convention for my brother, and my father was determined to call him TJ for short. He never did, because he was never home.
Second son (me) he was agian determined to have a TJ, so they found some names to fit that. I have never been called TJ by the way

[ChickMagic]

80. I was named for my mom's middle name

I was nearly Pricilla. Egad. Where my middle name, Ann, came from I have no clue.