Who Were You Named After?

[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]

Originally Posted by 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

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]

Originally Posted by macele

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.

[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."

[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.