How did your parents choose your first name?

[BeachBaby]

For me, my mom wanted to name me Lisa Marie....because Lisa Marie Presley was all the rage back in 1968. :eyes:

However, my dad won, and they named me after a Beatles song. Nice save, Dad!

Any story behind yours?

[HopeHoops]

1. I was supposed to be a twin - other one either didn't materialize or didn't make it.

Mom's never answered the question.

[Heidi]

2. I was adopted at six years old. My first and middle names were already on the papers.

How anyone in the early 60s (when I was born and named) thought the first and middle names "Melody Maria" would contribute to my future success is way beyond me. :shrug:

[WolverineDG]

36. Well, it's a pretty name at least

:)

dg

[Heidi]

120. Thank you.

I'm not terribly bothered by my first and middle names, but something like Mary or Catherine sounds more adult, somehow. :hi:

[trof]

150. I have a neice named Melody.

Daughter of my sister-in-law.
The whole family is 'Ms'.
Real cute.
Mike & Molly begat Mickey, Melody, Molina, Missy, Mindy.
:eyes:

[av8rdave]

3. I believe my first name is Biblical - named for a prominent OT king

Ironic, given that neither of my parents went to church or read the Bible.

[Left Is Write]

20. There was a King David in the Bible? Who knew?

:rofl:

I'm just being silly.

:D

[dana_b]

4. what's your name - Prudence??

My first name is Dana. My dad wanted a boy and named me after Dana Andrews - the actor. I'm not a boy and my mom wanted to name me Patricia (born the day after St. Paddy's Day) so my middle name is Patrice.

[BeachBaby]

9. LOL! No.

My first name is Michelle - for "Michelle, My Belle".

I like your name! :thumbsup:

[dana_b]

13. Michelle is a beautiful name

thanks - I used to hate my name but am fine with it now.

[Sequoia]

64. That was one of the names I picked out for my child.

But went with another instead. It's a lovely name for a lovely person.

My first name was from a college friend because it was unusual. It's the name of a city in Austria which I found out by chance when I Goggled it one day.

[Bryn]

77. Cool! Dana Andrews was my grandmother's first cousin

on Mom's side. :)

[dana_b]

104. haha! that IS cool!

I just had a hard time with being named after a man when I was young teen. There weren't too many female Danas around at the time. Of course now I like it. :-)

[BeachBaby]

109. That's so strange....

I don't know a single MALE Dana, but I can think of 3 female Dana's I've gotten to know at some point during my life. Also, when I hear the name "Dana", I think of Dana Delaney. :)

[lizziegrace]

5. I have a twin sister

it was between Harriett and Effie (my mom's sister and my great aunt who lived to be 103) or Mary and Martha (my mother's first and middle name). Guess mom lost because we got rhyming names that are unusual. My legal first name is much longer than the name I use every day...

Oh, and when my younger sister was born, they just changed up a few letters. :eyes: What were they thinking?

[MissMillie]

14. OMG!!! Me too! Identical twin.

My twin sister and I share a first name. We have different middle names.

My mom's water broke and she went to the hospital. Throughout her pregnancy, she kept telling the doc that she felt too many appendages for there to be just one baby, but the doc said there was just one heartbeat.

So, mom, with 4 kids already goes to the hospital and they give her an x-ray (!!! I guess they used to do that). The doc tells my mom that he can definitely tell that there are atleast 2 babies, but that there may be 2 more behind.

My mom, prayed that we'd all be healthy, promising to name us after the blessed virgin.

My middle name is the same as my father's mother. My twin's middle name is the same as my mother's mother.

[lizziegrace]

17. My twin and I are as fraternal as can be

She looks like no one in the family. When she was a kid, that made her feel like an outsider. Since we don't age well, she's grateful now! ;)

How's your sister doing? Healed up and mobile??

:hug:

[MissMillie]

18. yes, and no

(btw, the sis w/ the leg issues isn't my twin)

She can walk, but she's in constant pain. There has been some talk once again about fusing the ankle, but her surgeon wants a bit push towards physical therapy.

May 6 makes 3 years since the accident. I don't know how she remains so upbeat.

[BeachBaby]

110. LOL.

One of my girlfriends has two daughters, Amanda and Samantha. When heard from a distance, they sound almost identical. It has been very confusing for those girls. :)

[1gobluedem]

6. My parents planned a completely different name for me

But then my father's mother died seven months before I was born so I was named for her instead.

[BeachBaby]

111. I've seen that happen before.

I think it's so cool to name a baby after a special relative who is no longer with us. :)

[Heidi]

7. Meeeeeee-chelle, my belle? (nt)

[BeachBaby]

12. Ding ding ding! We have a winnah!

:)

[Heidi]

22. That's a lovely name,

and I think the German/French/Italian pronunciation, which sounds like "Mee-shell" is so nice! You're fortunate to have not been given a dorkish name. :thumbsup:

[3.14158675309]

8. Was it REALLY a nice save, Honey Pie?

:hide:

[BeachBaby]

11. Shhhhh!!!!

That was for only YOU to know. :spank:

[MrCoffee]

10. Unless Dad named you Sadie...

then we would wonder...



ellipses sure are ominous, ain't they?

[sarge43]

15. I was named after my maternal grandmother who died shortly

after my mother was born - tribute and memory.

[BeachBaby]

116. I think that's so nice to do.

:)

[sarge43]

125. It is. A century later she's still in a way alive. n/t

[AlCzervik]

16. My Dad's name starts with an R, my sister's name starts with an R.

My Mom's name started with a K, mine starts with a K. Yup.

[Left Is Write]

19. From Catherine Deneuve.

[WinkyDink]

86. Wow! You must've been a beautiful baby....!

[Left Is Write]

93. LOL! I don't know about that. My parents just really like the name. :)

[BeachBaby]

118. Very cool! :)

[Lady Effingbroke]

21. Supposedly for my mother's best friends.

I'm just glad they weren't named Helgra and Grizelda.

[BeachBaby]

119. LOL.

Yeah, I had one of my girlfriend's names listed to be used as a middle name, should I have had a girl; but alas, I had two sons. :)

[Forkboy]

23. I'm a Jr. so they didn't put a lot of thought in it.

:)

[blue_onyx]

142. I'm a Jr. too

I hate it. I think kids should have their own name.

[bikebloke]

24. Ego thing

I was named after my father, thus he expected me to be a lesser clone of himself - his mini-me. Then I outgrew him in height, intellect and common sense.

[Wetzelbill]

25. named after my dad who was named after his grandfather

[Deep13]

26. Named after Mom's father. nt

[TK421]

27. I asked my Mom this question a while back, since I'm the only one in the family

with my name,and never got an answer :shrug:

[charlie and algernon]

28. so your name is either Lucy or Eleanor Rigby?

My parents are big time into Catholicism, so I was named after a saint.

[3.14158675309]

32. It's Honey Pie, but don't tell her I told you because

she swore me to secrecy!

[Lucian]

29. I'm a twin...

and my name rhymes with my twin's name. :silly: :eyes:

[lizziegrace]

57. Same here

don't you hate it??

[bigwillq]

30. I was named after my late grandfather

and my middle name is my father's first name.

[MorningGlow]

31. My mom named me after a girl she admired who lived down the street from her

when she was a child. Apparently this girl did all the things my mom could only dream of, like climb trees and act crazy. (My grandparents were very strict.) My first name doesn't even come close to matching my maiden name; goes better with my married name, thank goodness.

[mac56]

33. I was named after a friend of my dad's.

My middle name is my dad's first name.

[WolverineDG]

34. From a Mitch Miller sing-a-long song

:hi:

dg

[Sequoia]

65. I remember his profile from when I was a wee little tot.

I liked his beard. Seems he came on right after Lassie or Rawhide.

[ceile]

35. Last minute change by my dad.

My name was supposed to be Heather, but my dad came to my rescue at the last minute. Funny thing is, is that people always tell me I look like a Heather.

[laylah]

37. I was named after

Jennifer Jones, a famous '50's actress :blush:

[Javaman]

38. Named after my grandfather who passed away the year before I was born. nt

[3.14158675309]

39. My parents couldn't decide between naming me after

the ratio of any circle's circumference to its diameter and a phone number my dad got off of some wall.

[KamaAina]

40. Their first choice, Francis X. KamaAina, was vetoed

by Mom's Protestant (though not terribly religious) parents. Francis became my middle name.

Pity. The "X" would have suited me to a "T". :-)

[Manifestor_of_Light]

62. Francis Xavier.

Lots of those running around.

Francis X. Bushman, whose house was once on the property where Grauman's Chinese Theater is.

Useless information, I got truckloads of it!!

:D

[Sky Masterson]

41. I was named after my Grandpa's

First and Middle name

[livetohike]

42. I was their first child and they named me after a combo of my paternal

Grandfather and maternal Grandmother's names. But I used to tease my Mom that she named me after her favorite soap star :-).

Edit: typo

[Bertha Venation]

43. My name is Kimberly and I was named for my aunt Beverly.

At least that's what Bev said. :shrug:

My mother said she named me after Kim Novak. Hubba hubba!

[Maraya1969]

44. My mother found my name from a girl who was singing on "The Ed Sullivan Show"

And then she found a very unusual way of spelling it so that is how my name is spelled. I end up not bothering to correct people because I just get tired of doing it and most people get it wrong again anyway.

[Redstone]

45. After a WW2 pilot who flew his plane down the smokestack of a Japanese warship.

Also, they wanted me to have the same initials as my grandfather, but not the exact same first name.

Redstone

[SeattleGirl]

46. I was named after my dad and my mom.

My first name is the same as dad's; my middle name the same as mom's.

[Brother Buzz]

47. Before my daddy left home, he went and named me "Sue".

That son-of-a-bitch named me "Sue"! And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him Bill or George! Anything but Sue! I still hate that name!

[TZ]

48. My grandftather (dad's side)

died about a month before I was born. His name was Stanley. So they wanted to name me something starting with an S in his honor.
If I had been a boy, I believe I would have been Steven. They also considered Stacey but ended up with Susan ultimately.

[Esra Star]

83. And if you married Sean Penn......

You'd be Susan Penn-Ultimately

edit:
added the hyphen

[ZombieHorde]

49. Cannibal Boy seemed immature, so they went with Zombie Horde. nt

[malta blue]

50. I was supposed to be Carmen or Sharon if you ask my dad.

But since my dad was in Vietnam when I was born, my mom got to choose what she wanted (she did not care for the choices he left her with)

[Maine-ah]

51. My Mom had a relative by the name of Annie Laurie

my name is a play off of it.

[Midlodemocrat]

52. I was named after my grandmother.

[fizzgig]

53. i was named for my maternal grandmother and my mom's best friend

i have a very common first/middle combination

[ScreamingMeemie]

54. The one they wanted for me was already taken by a cousin.

I hope to Freaking God WannaB doesn't show up on this thread.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

55. It was influenced by my father's name, the dog's name and a celebrity

[Tektonik]

56. If i was a girl, I'd have been named Eléanor, but I'm a guy, so

she named me Tristan, after the character in Tristan & Isolde.

[HopeHoops]

58. The same way all of my Native American ancestors did...

When I was born, father walked out to get some fresh air and the first thing he saw is what he named me. I like being named Two Dogs Fucking.

[tabbycat31]

59. someone who (recently) almost became a senator

[Aristus]

60. I'm named after my father, who is named after his father. I'm the Third.

People seem to think that having "III" after your name means that you're rich. They must be thinking of Thurston Howell III.

I'm definitely not rich...

[Fleshdancer]

61. I was named after Gloria Steinem. n/t

[Bucky]

66. Wow, I didn't know Gloria Steinem's middle name was "Fleshdancer"

But that would explain how she got her start as a Playboy bunny.

[Fleshdancer]

69. That Hef creep is a bad influence

:rofl:

[Arkansas Granny]

63. My folks had a neighbor with a little girl with what they considered an

unusual name. When I looked up favorite baby names for the year I was born, it ranks # 8, so maybe it was just a popular name that year. Nevertheless, they liked it and I got it.

My middle name has a much more interesting story to it. It was supposedly the name of an old girlfriend of my dad's. They broke up years before he met my mother, but he always liked the name, so it was bestowed upon me.

[LibDemAlways]

67. I'm a female junior - same first name as my mom's. My 1st

brother came along three years later. He's a junior, too. Same name as my dad. My second brother came along 5 years after that. His first name is my dad's middle name. My parents were extremely boring and unoriginal in naming all three of us.

[elfrangel]

68. I was named after

my mother...(named for a great English Queen).

My middle name is an amalgamation of my two grandmothers' names: Pearl Leona and Mattie Verlee

[Lydia Leftcoast]

70. My real name was very popular the year I was born

In fact, a famous movie from my birth year has a secondary character with the same name as me.

My mom suggested it, and my dad immediately thought it was great. As it turned out, he had a whole lot of relatives with that name.

My middle name is my maternal grandmother's first name.

[DarkTirade]

71. I don't know where the hell they got my first name from, but its obvious that my mom chose my middle

name... because my middle and last name are the name of a composer that her side of the family has been obsessed with for quite some time. :)

[SacredCow]

72. I was named after Mom's favorite soap opera character....

:eyes:

[Jamastiene]

73. My mother wanted me to have waaaay too many names, so I could pick some.

She never had a middle name. She was never given a middle name, then got thrown into an orphanage after brandishing a knife at my biological grandmother at age 8. So, the way it worked out was that my mother spent her entire childhood in an orphanage stewing about not having a middle name and that ship that never came in, or that inheritance from the rich part of the family. So, she decided to have me (after she finished watching the Tom Jones concert, I had to wait to be BORN :eyes: ) and then she proceeded to name me and name me and name me and name me.

I have 5 names. The only reason I don't have 7 names is because the dipshit nurse misspelled my first name and couldn't write small enough to fit Robin and the other one on there. Dammit! I wanted Robin when I was learning to write and remember my string of unimaginably long names as a kid. And my mother refused to listen to my aunt and give me Katrina as my first name. Instead, I got that horrid misspelled damn name I still hate to this day. Stupid retarded redneck nurse. If she had kept her piehole shut, I could have had a cool name like Katrina as my first name. (Duuuuuuh, I can out drink you under the table and cut you from stem to stern with a butter knife, cuz I'm a redneck nurse from Black Bottom, but I can't spell Deana, cuz I'm a moran. Duuuuh.) Stupid stupid stupid! I would have liked Katrina so much better. It would have been so much nicer. Robin would have been even better. The only name I got that I actually like is Kasey. All the rest of my names are unimaginably uncool, weird sounding, hyphenated, got funny little symbols over various vowels just for the hell of it and if I ever meet a rich person and can talk them into loving me for a few minutes, the first present I'm asking for is a permanent name change.

And the worst part of it is, my first name is the only name I don't know the meaning behind. All the rest of that hodge podge of hard to write and hard to remember shit has a reason behind it. That one doesn't, oddly enough. I will always despise the letter, "n" because it's one more stinking letter I have to write in an unimaginably long name. Prince William has less names than I do. Tell me THAT is not a crock of shit.

I guess it's obvious that I hate my zillions of names. :)

[siligut]

138. Funny story really.

However, you don't need to find a rich person to fall in love with you. $39.95 will do it. http://www.namechangelaw.com/

[Broken_Hero]

74. I'm named after both, my grandpa's....nt

mothers dad's my first name, my bio dads father is my middle....

[huskerlaw]

75. My mom stole the name from my aunt.

They were both pregnant at the same time, but my aunt was due a few months later. And yeah, my mom stole the name my aunt had picked out as her girl name. Thankfully, my aunt had a boy. ;)

[XemaSab]

76. My mom was reading Middlemarch when she was pregnant with me

:P

[Lavender Brown]

82. ...George?

:hug:

[XemaSab]

87. Thank God no!

:P

[Lavender Brown]

89. Tertius?!

:scared: :P

[XemaSab]

94. Keep going...

:D

[PassingFair]

124. Dorothea or Brooke? n/t

[ellaydubya]

78. I could have been Brenda- my last name began with BR

But, thank goodness, they came to their senses ( I am not saying Brenda is a bad name- I am just not a Brenda!) I was named after both my parents, mother, Ann, and father, Lee- making my name Lee Ann!! I love it!:applause:

[DemBones DemBones]

79. My mom named me what she swears was an unusual name but

all through school I think there were at least three of us with the same name in every class so apparently a lot of other moms had the same idea that year.

[MountainLaurel]

80. Named after my father's SIL

Wife to the brother he adored.

[bluethruandthru]

81. I was given the feminine version of my Dad's name.

My parents wanted a boy so he would be the Third...but I was the last of four girls so I got his name.

[Parche]

84. they named you long and winding road?

:rofl: :rofl: :hi: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[WinkyDink]

85. Denise, after my paternal grandfather Dennis (which is why I also have a cousin Dennis).

[femmocrat]

88. I was named after my two grandmothers. n/t

[eridani]

117. Same here.. Family tradition. n/t

[BlueIris]

90. They claim they "just thought it up." Which has always kinda pissed me off.

My name is so boring. Maybe if they'd worked a little harder, they could have come up with something more original.

[elshiva]

91. My first name is my maternal grandmother's middle name.

My middle name is my paternal great-aunt's first name.

[surrealAmerican]

92. Like everybody else in my family ...

... I was named after dead relatives. For my first name, my father's cousin who died young, and for a middle name, the grandfather nobody liked.

[yellowdogintexas]

95. Deceased grandmother for first name, other grandmother for middle name

our daughter is named for both her grandmothers, too.

[mth44sc]

96. there was this great grandpa

named Marcus Thomas

So I became Mark Thomas Lastname

[jmm]

97. My mom wanted me to be Melanthe Mignon

but my father wanted to name me Jessie Mae after his mom. My older brother's name is James so my mom didn't want to have Jessie and James. Also she thought Jessie Mae sounded too Southern (yet when she was naming my brother Bubba wasn't too Southern for a middle name) but she loved her inlaws so I became Jessica Mae.

[leftyclimber]

101. Even better than having two kids named Jessie and James,

I went to school with two brothers named Jesse and Frank James. I kid you not.

[greendog]

98. I was named after the German chancellor.

Adolph Hitler Greendog.

You can call me Greenie.

[sarge43]

122. Nice post Hitler. n/t

[Lyric]

99. Mom wanted to name me Megan Elizabeth

but Dad intervened. He'd been drinking a bottle of ginger brandy with his buddies to celebrate my birth, and was absolutely insistent that I be named "Ginger Brandy."

Mom ix-nayed the Ginger part (thank God) but kinda liked Brandy, so Brandy Leigh is what I ended up with. :)

[leftyclimber]

100. I was named after a sweet old lady who was like a grandmother to my dad and his brother

when they were little.

Their grandparents were dead, and this old lady who lived a few doors down had never had any kids. Her husband had died a while ago, and she lived alone.

My dad's dad was very abusive (Dad's in his 60s and you can still see the scars on his back from the beatings) and this lady opened her home to my dad and his older brother and gave them a safe place.

That phenomenalness aside, she was one of those great old ladies who had the same furniture she'd bought when she got married, wore 112 tons of makeup, and was a total riot.

My parents named me after her.

I need some sort of "sentimental" smiley.

[vard28]

102. My dad's sister had two sons

so she told my folks when they found out my mom was pregnant that she just knew they were gonna have " a little Suzie-Q". Luckily, they left the Q out of the equation. My middle name was my grandmother's name on my mom's side.

[Skittles]

103. first and middle names my dads high school prom dates

[Career Prole]

105. I'm named after my dad...I'm Richard Jr.

They called us Big Dick and Little Dick at family gatherings for years until my friends caught wind of it.

[Odin2005]

106. I was named after James Taylor.

Though they flipped it around so Taylor is my first name and James my middle name.

[crim son]

107. Lisa... most popular female name in 1963.

Anne is my christening name and Lynn... I have no idea.

[Xipe Totec]

108. After four years of marriage without children,

they made a devotion to St Gerard Majella, to name their first born after him.

That's why I have no middle name.

[LeftyMom]

112. In a sign that they had no business breeding, there's a southern rock song involved.

:eyes:

[BeachBaby]

113. Bwhahahaha.

You're a riot.

I knew this girl in school who was named Poppy. I think you can figure out why. :eyes:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

143. It's a good song

[Starry Messenger]

114. I am named after the same Beatles song, or so my parents say.

The other story is that I was supposed to be Michael Patrick, but I turned out to be a girl. I used to hate it when people sang the song when they heard my name. Now instead I pretend I've never heard of it and they are the first person to mention it to me. :D

[PassingFair]

126. They named you Eleanor Rigby?! n/t

[Starry Messenger]

131. Of course not, that would be silly.

My name is Norwegian Wood. You can call me Norg.

[PassingFair]

132. I'll crawl off the sleep in the bath now, Michelle. n/t

[schmuls]

115. My ma told me I was named after the queen of the Netherlands..

Queen Julianna

[GoddessOfGuinness]

121. It was left over from my brother

If he'd been a girl, he would have had my name.

They didn't have a boy's name picked out for me.

[PassingFair]

123. Your name is Michelle?

I have my mother's middle name.
Because she HATED her first name,
which is Mina.

[Iggo]

127. My first name's my dad's. My middle name's my gramps's.

I've always been called by my middle name.

Don't know why.

[Blue Diadem]

128. I was legally named after both grandmothers. This is kinda crazy but

my mother insisted on calling me a shortened version of my middle name(her Mom's middle name) because she hated my Dad's Mom and since I shared the same first name as my paternal grandmother, my Mom refused to call me by that name. :crazy: I have two brothers living, one began to call me by my first name about 10 yrs ago, the other still calls me by my middle name as did everyone else in the family. One name by family and one name with everyone else...except when I was in school and some years teachers even used my middle name because there were so many girls in class with the same name, they said it was easier for them. :grr:

I remember asking my Mom once why in the hell did she name me after someone she hated if she wasn't going to call me by that name. She told me she felt I'd grow up to be like my Dad's Mom if she called me by that name. DUH, smacks head with hand...I only saw each of my grandmothers 2 or 3 times in my life. :eyes:

[PassingFair]

134. My name, if named after both Grandmothers....Mina Willamina.

Or Willamina Mina.

UGH!

Glad they went with "Pat".

[RebelOne]

129. My mother named me after her grandmother.

But she also added her maiden name, so I have 4 names, First, Middle, grandmother's maiden name and last name.

[GreenPartyVoter]

130. Jennifer, and I was born in 1971. (I almost was Gwynyfar, but mom was afraid

I'd get called "Whinny" or something.)

[PassingFair]

133. My sister Jennifer was born in 1972....

My parents chose it because it was "unique",
but there were more Jennifers in the early
70's than there were MARYS....

"The Summer of 42", starring Jennifer O'Neil,
and released in 1971
seems to be the cause.....

[GreenPartyVoter]

135. Actually, I think we can thank "Love Story" for most of them, or so I heard from many

other Jennifers in my age range. LOL

[PassingFair]

137. Here is a song for you, it always reminds me of my little sister....

From 1968:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_L0WL_c_Jw

[GreenPartyVoter]

140. My mom used to sing that to me sometimes when I was really little. :^)

[guitar man]

136. I'm named after a great uncle

on my Dad's side. He was truly a great man.

[LanternWaste]

139. Named after my father who was named after his father who was named after his....

Named after my father who was named after his father who was named after his father.

Yup-- I'm a IV. Add to that the unique Italian middle name, the common, though oddly spelled Christian name, and we've got one really pretentious sounding name that looks perfect on a monogrammed sweater that I wear when yachting in Hyannis Port.

(No, not really-- never been to Hyannis Port, never been on a yacht-- but I am pretientious :P )

[fight4my3sons]

141. My first and middle initials had to be the same as my paternal grandfathers.

That is how my parents chose my name. All of my oldest cousins have the same initials. I named my oldest son after the same grandfather, but used my husband's grandfather's name for his middle name.

[Blue_In_AK]

144. My dad, Ernie, wanted to name me

"Ernestine." Gah.... Thank God, cooler heads prevailed.

[crimsonblue]

145. I don't know. n/t

[Mad_Dem_X]

146. My Daddy picked my name from a baby-name book.

He just liked the sound of it. My middle name is my maternal grandmother's first name.

[ChickMagic]

147. My father - what a maroon!

He said they named me after Virginia Dare, the first white girl born in the new world. Whether or not that's true, I don't know. Anyway, a couple of years later I learned that my mom's middle name is Virginia. I suspect I was named after her. :eyes: I still don't know where Ann came from.

[CreekDog]

148. Picked a name they never intended to call me

:eyes: :banghead:

[styersc]

149. My name's "Two Dogs Fucking".

Old joke. Don't ask.

[trof]

151. Easy. They took my dad's name and added a 'Jr.'.

This turned out to be not so cool after the divorce when I was 4.
:shrug:

[Demoiselle]

152. I was named after Carol Lombard.

Or Carole Lombard, I can't remember how she spelled it.
And yes, I'm old.

[LibertyLover]

153. After one dead aunt and one dying

One of my father's sisters had died shortly before I was born and his other sister had been diagnosed with leukemia. This was in 1953 so the cancer thing wasn't good. So, I got named after both of them. And since one of them had my mom's middle name, I was also named after my mom. The one aunt actually only had an infection and lived for 25 or so more years. My name starts with Mary, and because of that over the years places where I've worked have assumed that I am a former nun. One time I was working late copying documents that I needed to make securities filings. The copier was being annoying and jamming on me. I informed it of my opinion of it in fairly obscene terms. A partner who was walking by heard me and professed himself shocked that 'someone with my background would use language like that'. I asked him what he meant and he said that since I was a former nun he wouldn't think I'd know or use bad language. After I stopped laughing, I informed him that I was not a former nun and was no longer Catholic, but a good pagan. He walked off shaking his head. :7

[MrScorpio]

154. My mom's and and my Great grandfather's name and they mashed them up togther

And they got me!