Who Were You Named After?

[Girl_On_Fire]

Were you named after anyone?

My mother loved the show, "The Bionic Woman" so, I'm named after (spelling and all), the character, Jaime Sommers.

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How about you?

[Gráinne]

I was named after my maternal grandmother, Antoinette. I'm Anne, and my cousin is Toni. I used to wish I'd been the older one, because I thought Toni was the prettier name.

My mother's favorite book was Peter Pan, and our surname happened to be the same as the family in the story. She wanted to name me Wendy, after the girl, but my brothers thankfully talked her out of that. They were afraid I'd be hearing "Like Peter Pan!" for the rest of my life.

[PoeticSilence]

My father was named Ronald, and I was the first child, so I was named Ronda. Then along came my brother, and he is a Ronald Jr.

My maternal grandmother is named Jewell, so that covers my middle name.

(None of this has anything to do with the fact I insisted on being called Wally for the first five years of my life, and made enough of a fuss I got to visit a shrink as a child)

I got married a few years ago, her mother named her Jacquelyn after the Onassis girl, middle name Evelyn after a family friend. Her last name Ramirez.

When we got married we got married in Iowa. Two states in the United States allow you to change your first/middle/last names to anything at all, that you desire, at the time of the wedding. They are Iowa and Kansas.

So the wife and I shortened our first names to Ronnie and Jackie. I kept my middle name because my kids insisted. My wife took her paternal grandmothers name Debnam. We were torn about the last name, because we have been involved in archery for a while, so we considered Archer, but then, in the end, we chose Darling. So most folks know us as Ronnie and Jackie Darling, and that's what all of our legal papers say. Yay!

[sis]

Debbie Reynolds & QEII, thus I am officially Deborah Elizabeth, Debbie to my family and people of my generation or older, Deb to everyone else!

Deb

[Gemme]

I was named after a character in a fantasy novel.

[Daktari]

...a girl my Ma nursed when she was training in 1960-62. The little girl had deep ginger curls and a Polish pronunciation of a regular(ish) name.

It turned out that little girl was in the group of kids who all 'played out' on the park at the back of our house. It wasn't until we were teenagers that we discovered that she was infact *that* girl.

I hate my name and I don't allow anyone to use it, apart from my family, who refuse to call me something acceptable to me, even though I've asked them to for oooh 35/40yrs!
If a person really feels the need to use my 'real' name then they are allowed a contraction of it that is acceptable to me. Chey...had to add the Y because folks are easily confused and would inevitably pronounce Che as Chee :rolleyes:

[Sparkle]

A Joni Mitchell Song


The wind is in from Africa
Last night I couldn't sleep
Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave here Carey
But it's really not my home
My fingernails are filthy, I got beach tar on my feet
And I miss my clean white linen and my fancy French cologne

Oh Carey get out your cane
And I'll put on some silver
Oh you're a mean old Daddy
But I like you fine

Come on down to the Mermaid Café and I will
Buy you a bottle of wine
And we'll laugh and toast to nothing and smash our empty glasses down
Let's have a round for these freaks and these soldiers
A round for these friends of mine
Let's have another round for the bright red devil
Who keeps me in this tourist town

Come on Carey get out your cane
I'll put on some silver
Oh you're a mean old Daddy
But I like you

Maybe I'll go to Amsterdam
Maybe I'll go to Rome
And rent me a grand piano
And put some flowers 'round my room
But let's not talk about fare-thee-wells now
The night is a starry dome
And they're playin' that scratchy rock and roll
Beneath the Matala Moon

Come on Carey get out your cane
I'll put on some silver
We'll go to the Mermaid Café
Have fun tonight

The wind is in from Africa
Last night I couldn't sleep
Oh you know it sure is hard to leave here
But it's really not my home

Maybe it's been too long a time
Since I was scramblin' down in the street
Now they got me used to that clean white linen
And that fancy French cologne

Oh Carey get out your cane
I'll put on my finest silver
We'll go to the Mermaid Café
Have fun tonight
I said, Oh, you're a mean old Daddy but I like you
But you're out of sight


© 1970; Joni Mitchell

[Heavenleahangel]

I was named after country singer Tammy Wynette. My biological mom wanted me named Eunice O'dell (OMG NO) but she was unconscious after my delivery, so my maternal aunt jumped in and told the nurse me name "Tammy Marie". Not sure where "Marie" came from. I think because it sounded nice together.

[*Anya*]

I was named after the woman who hosted a Valentine's Day party, where my parents first met.

They each had gone with different dates.

My mom stumbled down the last two stairs coming down from the bathroom (she wasn't drinking, per my mom and I am inclined to believe her as her idea of a party is a glass of Manischewitz wine) and...

...my dad caught her.

My mom's date had too much to drink, so my dad drove her home.

I never did hear what happened to my dad's date.

:wine:

[Bard]

this is a funny story when my mother was pregnant they were sure I was a boy everyone was even her doc.. so I was to be Michael jr after my dad and Joseph for a middle name for my grandpa Joe... well opps it was a girl and a argument ensued they looked at grandmothers names, Elsa (dads mom) and Christine (Moms mom) and my dads mom would have been majorly insulted if they used the other grandmas name not hers ... they the suggestion was Michelle well dad hated that tears flowed from my mother and she reached for a box of tissues knocked over said box and saw the brand name .... Kimberly clark... yup I got the Kimberly but mom was not done for the middle name wait for it ... Joseph... lol... when she went to sleep my dad had it edited to just Kimberly Joe

[Miss Scarlett]

My Mom named me after a male (yes, male...LOL) character in her favorite childhood book "Little Women."

While I use the formal version professionally, my family and friends call me by the more familiar, shorter form that I prefer. For years I considered legally changing it to that shorter form but after Mom died I decided to keep it as is. After all, she chose it and it meant so much to her...

[deb_U_taunt]

Debbie Reynolds & QEII, thus I am officially Deborah Elizabeth, Debbie to my family and people of my generation or older, Deb to everyone else!

Deb

What sis said lol. Debbie Reynolds

[RNguy]

I SOOOOOOOOOO SOOOOOOOOOO SOOOOOOOOOOO lucked out with my name and I thank my parents a lot for it all the time !!!!!!
I love my name but don't like how my mom came up with my first name .

My parents picked out two names bc they wanted to be suprised about my gender .

Boy name : Blake Aaron
Girl name : Courtney Meghan

So I was born a 4lb baby and my parents said I looked like a Blake .
My brother , mom and dad all have middle names with E so they made Aaron to Erin

Blake Erin is my name THANK GOD bc I would make one ugly female name

[cinnamongrrl]

I was named after an old Italian woman who was my mother's neighbor when she was pregnant for me, Angela. My middle name was SUPPOSED to be Nicole, but my aunt was pregnant at the same time as my mom and named HER daughter Nicole...so my mom had to look for a different middle name. She liked some show or another at that time, and the actress who played her favorite character was named Kristina. So I became Angela Kristina :)

[cara]

My name, Cara, is a family name. I'm a seventh generation Cara! :-)

[macele]

I SOOOOOOOOOO SOOOOOOOOOO SOOOOOOOOOOO lucked out with my name and I thank my parents a lot for it all the time !!!!!!
I love my name but don't like how my mom came up with my first name .

My parents picked out two names bc they wanted to be suprised about my gender .

Boy name : Blake Aaron
Girl name : Courtney Meghan

So I was born a 4lb baby and my parents said I looked like a Blake .
My brother , mom and dad all have middle names with E so they made Aaron to Erin

Blake Erin is my name THANK GOD bc I would make one ugly female name



i've never heard of or met a female named blake. i like it. you do have a cool set of names.

[Scots_On_The_Rocks]

With my birth name, I was named after my mother's girlfriend whom she dated before she met my father. No joke. Perhaps that is why my father never really liked me. :|

Now with my legally changed name, it was chosen because of it's meaning. I chose Soren as that it means: "the one who stands apart" :)

[RNguy]

i've never heard of or met a female named blake. i like it. you do have a cool set of names.


Thank you , I LOVE it. I didn't have to change my name at all like a lot of trans folks having to.
Several years back , my boss hired a young woman whose daughters name was Blake .
There is also Blake Arrington from dynasty show in the 70's who is a girl.
( shhhhhh ddon't tell but that is where my mom fell in love with the name bc she loved dynasty ).
;)

[CherylNYC]

My mother wanted to name me Shira and my father preferred Laurel. Cheryl was the compromise.

My father and his brother invented their WASPy last name because they were in the Air Force during WW 2, and felt that their ethnic last name was holding them back from career opportunities. For better or worse, I think they were correct. My uncle would likely never have been chosen to become an Air Force 1 helicopter pilot with his original last name.

[o'queery]

When i was born i was named after my Father's Spanish kindergarten sweetheart.

Then when it was time for a name that fit who i grew into i went to him and asked him if he would like to give me my new name.

<3 Which he graciously did.

[betruetoyoursoul]

:::: I was named after my father. My mother wanted me to have part of his name in my full name, so the latter part of my name contains my father's name. My middle name was passed down to the first daughter of the first daughter through generations.
*S I hope everyone is having a great day!!!!

[hagster]

I'm loving the stories behind everyone's names!

I've always believed I was named for my father, as our names are far too similar for coincidence and my first name is not a common one; they both have sworn to me that it's not the case. However, when your dad's name is, for example, Scott Dean and you are a Scotta DeAnn... yeah...

Never, ever liked my name; I was always embarrassed by it and dreamed of what I'd change it to. I've grown to love the nicknames, though, and I embrace that.

My mother recently told me a story about my birth and how the doctor had announced that my parents could expect a boy. Oops. I guess it's just easier to add an 'a' and drop the 'Jr.' I joke that my parents started lying to me at a very early age and god bless my mom, she's stuck with it all these years.

[Rockinonahigh]

Before I was born the doctor told my mother she was haveing twin boys so she was going to name me James Ramon EdwardsJr.Welll when we were born way early I was the eldest and my sis whom I miss to this day didnt make it,being I was so early and weighed one pound and fourteen onces tha my life was on a minit to minit time line my grand ma made a novino to the vergin mary that if she and saint Michael would spare my life that she would promis to see that I had a good life and a good catholic child.So the name Mary Michael became mine.I am so glad she added the Michael cause my first name just never fit me.Infact my grand folks and everyone else called me Mike or Michael from the get go.

[NitroChrys_Butch]

I was named after My father.

I was his last chance for a son. My sister's have very pretty and very feminine names. It was a heated debate between all family members that if I turned out to be a girl... I could not be called Christopher. My mother was done having children. 3 was the perfect number.

My father wanted a son.

What man doesn't I suppose. He got a son but not in the traditional sense. Whether I was aware of the fact that I was to "step into" his son's role or not from a very early age it was obvious that I was not going to follow in My sister's footsteps. Everything they were, I wasn't. And I suppose My father encouraged that. Perhaps he saw in Me what I didn't understand for some time to come.

Chrystopher. The name evolved. Like Me.

My father is a good man. I strive every day to be the best possible son to him.

He got his son. I came into the world in a most unusual way. *S

[TruTexan]

I wasn't named after anyone.

[Girl_On_Fire]

Great stories!

[always2late]

When my parents were considering adopting a child they, like most expectant parents, picked out names. If they adopted a boy, he would have been named after the paternal grandfather, if they adopted a girl she would be named after the paternal grandmother. So...I was named after my grandmother, but I use the American version of the name rather than the Italian version that was hers. The funny thing about this is, after my parents adopted me they got some of my old paperwork from Social Services. In a totally bizarre, twilight zone-y coincidence...the name on my intake paperwork, first name only, that Social Services had for two years before I was officially adopted, was the same name my adopted parents named me.

[not2shygrrl]

My first name is from Audrey Hepburn, my middle name is from my Aunt Grace.......Audrey Grace.....get down here this very minute and clean up your mess.....is how I heard my name growing up! I have to admit I have always loved my name.

[LaneyDoll]

When my mom married, she moved from SC to Alabama. When she got pregnant, two people came to see her-her aunt, Elaine, and her mom, Mary. She decided to name me-Mary Elaine. For most of my younger childhood, I was called "Mary Elaine." But my dad and his dad called me "Laney Girl" which I absolutely loved!

Today, people call me one of two names and you can tell how I know them by the name they use...

~ Elaine - childhood/teenage years friends, all family members (except my sister and her daughter), friends that I had when I was married and anyone who knows me formally.

~ Laney - current friends, lifestyle friends (who do not call me "Ma'am") and my children (they start that around 10 it seems) plus my sister and her daughter.

Riley prefer "Elaine" because it is a more formal name. He introduces me as "Elaine" unless we know that the person is lifestyle, then he just refers to me as "my Owner."

:sparklyheart:

[Queenie]

A work colleague of my mother's came up with the idea of my name. She loved the book, Little Women and the character Amy. So, she told my Mother that she should name me, Amy. My Mother liked it and that's it.
I am so much like, Amy from Little Women. And because of that, for most of my life I have hatted my name.

[Chad]

Hi,

I was named after my grandfather. He was an exceptional man he provided for his family after his father died at age 15, put all 7 of his bothers through college, married my grandmother and provided well for his family. He took me fishing every weekend. We were great friends and I hope that I am half the guy he was.

Chad

[Kätzchen]

I am named after no one in my family, like my other siblings. All of my brothers and sisters were named after members of my family or the parents and siblings of my parent's families.

But in my case, as I remember the story recounted to my by my mom's mother: my mother was pregnant with me at the time, when my mother and grandmother traveled to see my mother's grandmother (my great-grandmother) in Ft. Worth, TX (by train). On that train, my mother was reading a newspaper from Texas, that another traveler left on the train. In the bridal section of that particular paper, there was a beautiful photo of a newly-wed couple.

My mother thought she was beautiful, liked her name and that is how I was given my name.

[Cin]

Both my parents are Portuguese Catholic and were brought up very old country. My grandmother on my mother’s side and her siblings all have the same name. The girls are Maria and the boys are Joseph. The only way to tell the difference was the middle names. My grandmother and her sisters were Maria Joseph, Maria of the Rosary, Maria of God and Maria Jesus. My parents and my aunts and uncles did get different names but they were Portuguese names, like my mother is Elvira. But she changed it to Elsie. I don’t see how that was any better and personally I would have gone with Elvira but my mother was interested in being Americanized. So I got what she believed to be an American name. However everyone in the family called me Cintia and whenever they had the occasion to write it that was the spelling they used. It wasn’t until I started school that I understood my name was spelled and pronounced differently on my birth certificate. I don’t think I was named after anyone and I think that was purposeful on the part of my mother.

[DMW]

I was named after a cute little girl that was a student of my mother's in elementary school.
She was had curly hair and Mom adored her.
When I was told that my curly hair (ironically I had) was "cute",by my Auntie M...
I proceeded to grab a chair, climb it, forage for the scissors in the kitchen drawer...
Look around, go to the lowest step in the hallway to the upstairs...
And chop them all off.
My older sister helped me finish off what I had started and wanted done.
God bless my big sis.

I was a 2 year old. He he he.

And I used to masterbate thinking about Lyndsey Wagner. I forget how old I
Was then.

[willow]

Both my parents families opposed the marriage and for that reason my sister and I were not named after any family member. Lord forbid there was any sign of favouring either side. Our names seem to have been plucked out of thin air. Neither myself or my sister liked our names. When I asked my mother why she chose something so horrible she blamed my father. He blamed her. :blink: We didn't even have middle names to fall back on. My sister stuck with hers, I decided pretty early on that I wouldn't. I had it changed legally in my teens.

[RNguy]

Both my parents families opposed the marriage and for that reason my sister and I were not named after any family member. Lord forbid there was any sign of favouring either side. Our names seem to have been plucked out of thin air. Neither myself or my sister liked our names. When I asked my mother why she chose something so horrible she blamed my father. He blamed her. :blink: We didn't even have middle names to fall back on. My sister stuck with hers, I decided pretty early on that I wouldn't. I had it changed legally in my teens.


Well I dig what you changed it too !!!!!
Now , what was the name prior to it being changed ?
You know I'm nosey and will just pm you and ask :)

[DapperButch]

I was named after the woman who hosted a Valentine's Day party, where my parents first met.

They each had gone with different dates.

My mom stumbled down the last two stairs coming down from the bathroom (she wasn't drinking, per my mom and I am inclined to believe her as her idea of a party is a glass of Manischewitz wine) and...

...my dad caught her.

My mom's date had too much to drink, so my dad drove her home.

I never did hear what happened to my dad's date.

:wine:

Similar story. Mom went on a double date with her friend. Mom liked her friend's date and vice versa. My mother ended up marrying the boy she liked (her friend's date), and her friend married my mother's date! The other couple divorced at some point down the line, but Mom and Dad stayed together until he passed a few years ago.

Oh, and I am not named after anyone. I just texted my mother for confirmation!

[Zimmeh]

I have one of the most popular names of the 70's. I love my name! I go by Jen if I'm at work and there are three of us named Jennifer. My middle name is Lynn. When my youngest niece was born, her dad gave her my middle name. Which makes me proud! My niece Rebecca turned seven years old yesterday.

Zimmeh

[Nat]

I'm named after both my grandmothers. First name for my mom's mom, middle name for my dad's mom who died when I was an infant.

[Sweet Bliss]

I was named after my mother's butch lover, they were lovers through high school, my mother's marriage to my father, and for years after their divorce until my mother's lover's death from cancer. My mother's love for Roma continued until her death.

No one ever took the place of Roma.

[Katniss]

I'm sorry, but reading this thread I can't help but think of this little montage which used to crack me up...


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[Smiling]

I don't know whether or not I was named after her, per se; however I do share a full name (first and last) with a certain B movie actress who starred in at least one film that became a well-known cult classic. :)

[tara_kerrie]

My brother and i both were named after wrestlers. Kerry and kevin vin erich

[Bino85]

I was named after the nurse. She must have been amazing

[LilyTheCat]

I was named after my mom's two favorite flowers. Used to bug me as a kid but now I love it.

[Kätzchen]

My mom was pregnant with me when she saw a beautiful bride in a newspaper article, that she was reading, while riding on a train..... she liked the story about the bride and decided that she would name me after the bride. :balloon:

[girl_dee]

my real name, no idea

my nic "d" came from a dear aunt

[AmazonDC]

My great great grandmother on My dads side.

[Contradictor]

A Gordon Lightfoot song!

[kittygrrl]

My Dad's mom

[clay]

An actress from a 1950's family TV show.....

[candy_coated_bitch]

My mom took care of a sick little girl when in nursing school, and got attached. The little girl ended up dying, so I was named to honor her. My middle name is a variation on my grandfather's name, my dad's middle name, and my aunt's name.

[Orema]

I wasn't named after anyone, but my mom let her two sisters name me after my dad screwed up when he named my older sister. My sister hated her name and insisted everyone call her by her family nick name (which we did unless we needed some leverage LOL).

[2qt]

My mother named me after her favourite actress on days of our lives... :jester:

[Tuff Stuff]

My mother was a practicing catholic as I swam around inside her belly... so she named me after a saint.

My father told her what the hell.. go for it.

[homoe]

My mother's best friend Audrey named me, and I'm thrilled with the names she picked....even if it is a bit girlish for a butch: hangloose: