How did you come by your name?

LOL everyone says they like it....except me...I've hated it since I was a tiny tot..

On the paternal side of my family the first boy was named after the father/grandfather..and the first girl named after the paternal grandmother..

My eldest brother was named after my father and grandfather..great grandfather etc. as is his son ( my nephew). but my mother didn't like my paternal grandmothers' name, it was also the same as her mothers' too.. so she decided to break with tradition and call me something that wasn't already in the family..hence Diana..she did the same with my 2 sisters but she lost the battle with the second boy and had to call him after one of my paternal uncles.

We were all given some of the traditional family names as middle names tho'..
 

hollydolly said:
LOL everyone says they like it....except me...I've hated it since I was a tiny tot..

On the paternal side of my family the first boy was named after the father/grandfather..and the first girl named after the paternal grandmother..

My eldest brother was named after my father and grandfather..great grandfather etc. as is his son ( my nephew). but my mother didn't like my paternal grandmothers' name, it was also the same as her mothers' too.. so she decided to break with tradition and call me something that wasn't already in the family..hence Diana..she did the same with my 2 sisters but she lost the battle with the second boy and had to call him after one of my paternal uncles.

We were all given some of the traditional family names as middle names tho'..
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My sister was named after my maternal grandmother who was named after her great-grandmother. Our paternal great-grandmother had the same name.

What I didn't like about Linda, besides it being a common name then, was that I couldn't have a nickname other than just Lin.
 
I have always disliked my first name. Now when I meet new people I introduce myself as Marty. (yes, take a guess at my real name lol)
My middle name Rose, was my mom's name. Now we have several of her grandchildren with different variations of the name Rose.
My daughter's middle name is Rose. I am still saddened that Rose wasn't chosen for either of her daughters' names.
 
I never liked my real first name or my second name but I'm stuck with them.
I was not named after any family member, my mother found my name in a book and liked it.
It was a popular name back then but faded out and has never come back to being a name
widely used.
When I was at business school there were four other students with my name and one teacher
also had it. It was very confusing and we all had to use our last names in class.

James and Alexander are the male names that are common in my family but I didn't name my sons
either of those names.
 
I wasn't named after anyone that I know of, but my first name was one of the popular ones in my family's community and there were several other girls we knew with the same first name, in particular my first cousin, which was quite entertaining, I became #1 because I was older and she was #2.
 
Named Virginia after my mom`s mom. She told my mom that if she didn`t name me after her that she wouldn`t love me as much as she loved the other kids-nice,huh? But the minute they brought me home,my sister,who was a year and a half older than me and couldn`t pronounce Virginia,started calling me Gi-ginna and it stuck. I have been Ginna all my life. Even my grandmother called me that-and I think she loved me anyway.
 
marty said:
I have always disliked my first name. Now when I meet new people I introduce myself as Marty. (yes, take a guess at my real name lol)
My middle name Rose, was my mom's name. Now we have several of her grandchildren with different variations of the name Rose.
My daughter's middle name is Rose. I am still saddened that Rose wasn't chosen for either of her daughters' names.
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My mother's name was Martha Rose..
 
First name after a Hollywood actress who played Jane in early Tarzan movies.
Middle name after maternal grandmother who died less than a year before I was born.
Maiden name from my father
Current surname from my husband.

Warrigal is the name I chose for myself when I was a youth leader.
Dame is an honorific I awarded to myself to poke fun at our current prime minister.
When he is deposed I will abandon it.

Wot's in a name? -- she sez . . . An' then she sighs,
An' clasps 'er little 'ands, an' rolls 'er eyes.
"A rose," she sez, "be any other name
Would smell the same.

C.J. Dennis. THE SENTIMENTAL BLOKE (1919)
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I come from a family with weird female names. My grandmother was Zella Beullah, my mother was Leola Ann, and I'm Ina Irene.

My mother named my half brother after an old boyfriend, so my father named me after his exwife. My name coming out of my mother's mouth was always a very harsh sound. :crying:
 
My mom wanted to name me Patricia but my aunt named my cousin that before I was born. My mom wasn't too happy about that. I guess she named me Linda as it was a popular name in the 40s. My middle name is Ann because it was my mom's middle name. I named my daughter Candie because I knew she would be sweet and she is. :)
 
Linda said:
My mom wanted to name me Patricia but my aunt named my cousin that before I was born. My mom wasn't too happy about that. I guess she named me Linda as it was a popular name in the 40s. My middle name is Ann because it was my mom's middle name. I named my daughter Candie because I knew she would be sweet and she is. :)
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I was named Linda Anne. But I'm now legally Annie Linda.
 
I'm George Alexander. I'm not named after anyone, but when I was born, George 6th was king and the name was probably quite popular then. I don't really like it, but since the latest royal prince is George Alexander Louis, it has a sort of royal approval :)
 
Linda said:
My mom wanted to name me Patricia but my aunt named my cousin that before I was born. My mom wasn't too happy about that. I guess she named me Linda as it was a popular name in the 40s. My middle name is Ann because it was my mom's middle name. I named my daughter Candie because I knew she would be sweet and she is. :)
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My husband and I both have sisters named Linda. When our second daughter was born,we had the name Marina picked out for her (Marina was an exchange student from Argentina who lived with my family for a year and graduated high school with my husband and sister.) But when she was born,she just didn`t look like a Marina to us so we had to think of another name. Hubby would ask all the nurses "What is your first name?" There was Dorothy and Ida and Evelyn-no name to suit us. Then we said "Well,she has two aunties named Linda-we will name her Linda Marina." She is 42 now but never had any friends or classmates named Linda-where 20 years earlier my sister and hubby`s sister both had many other Lindas in their classes at school.
 
Mrs. Robinson said:
My husband and I both have sisters named Linda. When our second daughter was born,we had the name Marina picked out for her (Marina was an exchange student from Argentina who lived with my family for a year and graduated high school with my husband and sister.) But when she was born,she just didn`t look like a Marina to us so we had to think of another name. Hubby would ask all the nurses "What is your first name?" There was Dorothy and Ida and Evelyn-no name to suit us. Then we said "Well,she has two aunties named Linda-we will name her Linda Marina." She is 42 now but never had any friends or classmates named Linda-where 20 years earlier my sister and hubby`s sister both had many other Lindas in their classes at school.
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I like the name Marina. I've only known one person with that name, a lady my husband built cabinets for many years ago. It makes me think of the ocean, which I love. :)
 

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