How'd you get your name?
45 comments save last comment by Gem S. over 2 years ago
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it's interesting to here some people's stories behind it. i've known people who were named after their dad's favorite food before O_o.
over 2 years ago |
Caroline H.
OSLO ,
Norway
256 posts
I have family in Canada, and my dad is fully canadian. The year I got born, his great grandmother died, which was named Caroline.
November 14, 2010
Christopher L.
GT,
Guatemala
1623 posts
My first name means something like "the one who follows christ" or something. My middle name is "god is with us". My parents are very religious so that explains it. haha
November 14, 2010
Mal S.
ANTARCTICA,
United States
664 posts
I was named after Mallory Keaton on Family Ties. hahahaha
November 14, 2010
BECKS ..
United States
152 posts
well, see, my mother liked the name "Rebecca."
and that's it.
November 14, 2010
Daniel M.
LONDON,
United Kingdom
2494 posts
my parents gave me it
November 14, 2010
Vicky V.
ANTWERP,
Belgium
932 posts
I was named after a Greek/German singer called Vicky Leandros.
November 14, 2010
Leah B.
D.W.M.A,
Canada
194 posts
My mom thought my pronounciation was a cooler version of princess Leah from starwars
November 14, 2010
Chris F.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS,
United States
6949 posts
My name was one of the most popular names back in the 80s. How drab.
November 14, 2010
Jade H.
PONTEFRACT,
United Kingdom
38 posts
aha same with me my name was popular around the time i was born. I was going to be called something really differant and probabley weird to some but my mum was scared id be picked on. Id of loved her to choose that over Jade though.
November 14, 2010
Ellis D.
S'TOON,
Canada
7593 posts
I took a bunch of Acid, thought about LSD and Ellis Dee and how similar they were, laughed my ass off and decided that it would be a perfect Nome De Guerre for all of the hijinks, culture jamming and musical depravity I get up to.
Plus, its better than calling myself Svene Nebeis, Jez Faust, Kratzikal or any of the other nicknames I've given myself over the years.
November 14, 2010
Carolyn M.
JOISEY,
United States
999 posts
I was adopted, and my parents had no clue if I was going to be a girl or a guy. I suppose I would have been named Henry should I have been male; but here I am.
They almost named me Mary, and I'm glad they didn't. Essentially, I wasn't named after anyone - they just sat down with lists of names they liked, and picked one for each gender they agreed on. So, it came upon Carolyn.
November 14, 2010
Alexe G.
MONTREAL,
Canada
1917 posts
Meh, my parents liked the name Alexandra. I was almost Florence which isn't quite as nice imo.
November 14, 2010
Jen O. C.
VANCOUVER,
Canada
3612 posts
My mum's father was orphaned in England during the war, while he was still quite young. When he was in his teens, he came to Canada and had to list his parents' names on his immigration forms, and he didn't know them, so he made them up. He picked Jennifer for his mother.
November 14, 2010
Michelle F.
UTAH. ,
United States
326 posts
I'm named after a olympic runner. My neighbor's daughter is alize, named after the drink.
November 14, 2010
Mika P.
DOWNTOWN MANILA,
Philippines
2056 posts
i was named after michaelangelo.
November 15, 2010
Dana L.
NO WHERE,
Philippines
2347 posts
Dana= Dana Scully (from X-files)
Gilliann= The actress who played Dana Scully
You could say my mom was obsessed with X-files.
November 15, 2010
Lena B.
Germany
161 posts
My first name means "the glow", cause my parents want me to be always happy. My second name, Savannah, was my Dad's choice. He got to know this name when he was reading the news paper one day. I wish it`d be my first name!
November 15, 2010
Lydia B.
A REGION.,
United Kingdom
253 posts
My sister was watching mrs doubtfire, while my mum was pregnant, and wanted me to be called after the girl from there, Lydia!
November 15, 2010
Olivia H.
ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
195 posts
My dad likes George Harrison, our last name is Harrison, George's wife is (/was) Olivia Harrison
Tahh-nahhhhh.
Yeah, my dad is that much of a Beatles fanboy..
November 15, 2010
Bec G.
Australia
2 posts
My mum's favourite book is Rebecca. Except I have since read that book and found that the Rebecca in it was a terrible person... :S
January 26, 2011
Berrin Ã.
STUTTGART,
Germany
78 posts
it was to be a name beginning with a b, since my family members' initials are a, c, d, e (you know, so it would look nice on the door bell).
then it needed to be turkish since my dad is turkish and he wants it that way! so they looked up turkish names in my sister's (german) primer.
it was between berrin and birsen then, and they chose berrin but the register office wouldnt take that alonce since apparently it sounds like a boys name, so its berrin birsen now!
January 26, 2011
Lydia J.
ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
995 posts
I was a nameless baby for a week in the hospital, then then decided on Emily, then they changed their mind! So I'm Lydia.
They wanted to name me something which wouldn't rhyme with anything so I wouldn't get picked on, they wanted to call me Ria but they worried I would get called diarrhoea :|
Little did they know that Lydia rhymes with chlamydia.... great.
January 26, 2011
.☽blair ☾.
SALEM,
United States
1932 posts
My name is actually Kenneth Alan Davis and that's also my father's name so I was named after him. But I always use Kenneth Alan on everything because I like it better.
January 26, 2011
Jule ..
Germany
284 posts
my name was just very popular in the 80's
January 26, 2011
Eilidh X.
GLASGOW,
United Kingdom
308 posts
my mum wanted a name that no one could pronounce or spell... just to spite me :P
January 26, 2011
Han M.
SCOTLAND,
United Kingdom
135 posts
I My mum was adamant that she was going to call me Caileigh (Which I'm glad she didn't because I know far too many Caileighs) Until she watched a documentary about an old lady called Hannah who used to walk miles and miles everyday for water or something. So I'm named after an old lady who had good self strength and determination.
January 26, 2011
Cherelle de G.
THE LOWLANDS,
Netherlands
138 posts
My dad wanted 'Madelone', but my mother 'Cherelle', don't ask me why.. But when i was born my mother look at my dad and my dad was like 'yes, you're right.. She really looks like a Cherelle'. So, that's it i guess..
January 26, 2011
Annabelle R.
PARIS,
France
453 posts
it's Nom de Guerre :)
January 26, 2011
Annabelle R.
PARIS,
France
453 posts
my mom just really liked Annabelle, "belle" means beauty in french, so yeah...
January 26, 2011
Zanna V.
YORKSHIRE,
United Kingdom
2878 posts
Rosanna.... no idea why. think they like rose and anna and decided to whap them together and then take out the e to make it a little different? BAM
January 27, 2011
Miriam V.
THE PIN-STRIPE MEN OF MORNING,
United States
51 posts
my dad's "friend" secretary friend, that he had a thing for... 0.0
January 27, 2011
Morgan G.
TORONTO,
Canada
47 posts
Arthurian legends. My mom always really liked the name and went with it. My dad wanted me to be named Pamela, but my older brother's name is Patrick and my mom didn't want kids named Pat and Pam (sensible woman!)
January 27, 2011
Viki C.
LDN,
United Kingdom
1685 posts
Victoria Kathleen Cheung. Victoria for the road in Hong Kong we lived on, Kathleen after my paternal grandmother. My Chinese name, Wai Yi is taken from my two female cousins on my dad's side, as they're Wai Lan and Miu Yi.
February 9, 2011
Gem S.
Australia
23 posts
i was origionally going to be named rachel, but it was quite popular at the time, so they decided on gemma, because they thought it was 'origional' and had never heard it before, now i know many gemmas, so much for 'origional'. i also get called gem or gemlyn, people think gemlyn really suits me :/
February 10, 2011