Your Name

Aegis2005

Were you named after anyone or is there a reason you were named what you were named?

Aegis2005

Nope - no interesting story about my name.

MrsMEW

My mom was inspired to name me Meghan after reading The Thornbirds. She thought it was so original and unique...and so did like a million other women in 1982, apparently. She did want to go with the spelling in the book (Meghann) but my dad talked her out of the extra "n" because nobody would spell it right. Nobody spells it right as it is anyway, though!

My middle name is Elizabeth, after my great Aunt Betty. 

Floridamom224

Not after anyone, my parents just liked the name.  It was between Kelly and Brooke...Kelly won.  They didnt have a middle name when I was born (my mom wanted Mary after her grandmother, but it didn't go with Kelly), so my dad decided my MN would be Kathleen after my mom :-)

Aegis2005

My husbands name is Erik - apparently my father-in-law thought Eric was too common of a spelling.  My mother-in-law didn't realize he had done it when she signed the birth certificate because she was so out of it.  She was mad when she realized he had changed the spelling from what they had agreed upon.

My husband hates it, because nobody ever spells his name correctly.

babybchbum

Yep, I was names after my great grandmother Laura (Lauren is a derivative) and my middle name came from my Aunt/Godmother.

lauren9317

My parents somehow spun it that Lauren is after my great-grandpa Leon and middle name Ariel is after great-grandpa Harry. (?) The Jewish custom is to name babies after people who have died, so I guess they felt that I needed to be named after these grandfathers. Really all I think they did was name me what they wanted and then find loose connections to show how my names somehow honored the grandfathers.

SCJB143

I know I don't post a lot, but I thought I would play along. (If that's OK)

My first name (Shayna) my mom got from a book. My middle name (Marie) was my grandmothers name.

ragazza19

My mom was in love with Winnie the Pooh and was team green so when I came out a girl I was named "Kristina Robyn".  Had I been a boy I would have been Christopher Robin - my dad's name is Robin.

sara76

ragazza19:

My mom was in love with Winnie the Pooh and was team green so when I came out a girl I was named "Kristina Robyn".  Had I been a boy I would have been Christopher Robin - my dad's name is Robin.

That is really sweet!

My parents liked my name.  So do I so it worked out.

tashaandsage

ragazza19:

My mom was in love with Winnie the Pooh and was team green so when I came out a girl I was named "Kristina Robyn".  Had I been a boy I would have been Christopher Robin - my dad's name is Robin.

That's so sweet!

My name has no meaning. I was going to be Lalania, which was a  song from the 70's but when I was born, I didn't look like a Lalania so I became Tasha Lalania instead.

My H has his father & grandfathers full name, only they tacked Sage in the front after some hippie friend of his parents who went by "Sage."

KimandRoss0115

My parent thought I was going to be a boy for some reason, so they were going to name me Timothy.  Since I'm obviously not a boy, they had to come up with something and Kimberley it was (I joke that they just said Kim because it rhymes with Tim).  My mom did want to spell it differently, after the diamond mines in Africa.

KimandRoss0115

ragazza19:

My mom was in love with Winnie the Pooh and was team green so when I came out a girl I was named "Kristina Robyn".  Had I been a boy I would have been Christopher Robin - my dad's name is Robin.

I have a good friend whose husband's name is Christopher Robin. 

lj_n_tj24

I'm the youngest of 5 girls and considered an ooops baby lol because I came 3 years later, my mom was already joining 5Ks lol

They named me Lorie (my mom's nickname from Florencia) and was born in June so I ended up with Lorie June, but a friend started calling me Junie and thats what I got used to.

StingShark425

I have no idea. That's awful, huh?

I know my Mom wanted to name me Savannah, but there was some controversy w/ the name when I was born.. i'm not sure how I ended up named Jennifer.. I think it has to do w/ an actress, but i honestly don't know.

 as for DH. no clue.

moonstone523

Named after my dad's secretary. hm.....

moonstone523

StingShark425:

I have no idea. That's awful, huh?

I know my Mom wanted to name me Savannah, but there was some controversy w/ the name when I was born.. i'm not sure how I ended up named Jennifer.. I think it has to do w/ an actress, but i honestly don't know.

 as for DH. no clue.

Totally weird to think of you as Jennfer.  You are Jena in my mind.  

Aegis2005

moonstone523:

Named after my dad's secretary. hm.....

hmmm

StingShark425

moonstone523:

StingShark425:

I have no idea. That's awful, huh?

I know my Mom wanted to name me Savannah, but there was some controversy w/ the name when I was born.. i'm not sure how I ended up named Jennifer.. I think it has to do w/ an actress, but i honestly don't know.

 as for DH. no clue.

Totally weird to think of you as Jennfer.  You are Jena in my mind.  

I'm not a jennifer in my mind either. No one, except teachers call me that. I don't even think my Dad knows my real name is jennifer, lol.

 

and I am totally giving the side eye for you being named after your Dad's secretary. lol