Name

My name was given by older brother as well. Named after a neighbour who was close friends with him at the time. I never liked my name much, Eduardo. I prefer Ed much better. I had kids in elementary school teasing me about my last name "pimenta" which means pepper. Though, shortly I started laughing along with them, even today I still joke about it sometimes. Like "When I get my PhD I will become Dr Pepper". My family is of Portuguese lineage, and I learnt that at the time Jewish traders were named after the spices the were trading. Thats why in Brazil (in Portugal too probably), today, we see a lot of people called Oliveira (olives), Carvalho (oak), Pereira (pear), etc. Finally, there also a lot of people with weird names like Madinusa (read mah-dee-noo-zah). Some house maid said she used to read "Made in U.S.A." on clothes tags at the household where she used to work, and named her daughter after it. Caught on.

my real name's alexis, my mom said that they got that from sharon stone's rival from a soap opera.. i think it was dynasty.. growing up, i used to be teased as shaider - a police of the universe hero who has an alter ego with the name alexis. as i look it up further.. books says that it means "saviour".. i hope i'll live up to that name though..

juice ko gr8life! your post really got me into thinking! not just me but my officemate and a client! LOL i can't think of a name that sounds like a fruit. ^__^;; and then i started thinking about fruits in our country and nothing seemed to fit as a name. like makopa, rambutan, lanzones, santol, bayabas/guava, aratilis, langka, pakwan/watermelon, durian, duhat, tiesa, etc. LOL can you imagine if your name was aratilis?? LOL the best thing i thought of was "milon" although its really melon but if you consider "milon", milo would be a good name. ^__^;; anyway... the only thing i can say about my name is that it is too long. my first name has 12 letters and my last name has 10 letters. my first name is a 2-name combination so when you consider the space between it, there are actually 13 letters in my name. and add all the spaces between the first name the middle initial and last name, my whole name has 27 characters! period included. ^__^;; a lot of people had told me that my mom wanted me to have a hard time writing so she made my first name long. .

That is a very nice story... my parent wanted to name me April... but my late paternal grandmother go the upper hand so i was given a very old fashioned Catholic name... i wasn't teased for it but most people say that my physical appearance and personality doesn't fit my name... But i love my name since i share it with a lot of saints and even some great women in history... i definitely will not change it...

My name doesn't sound very special or funny around here. My name is just boring *laughs*. Around here, I seldom use our Chinese name because it's not so easy for other people to remember, that's why we have those "Christian" names. But sometimes I do come across some really funny Chinese names, and most of the time, I would think if their parents were having a joke!

Well, my mother wanted to name me Heather Nicole, but my father was insistent on my middle name being Rochelle, so I got stuck with that middle name. I like my first name though, so it worked out well I reckon. Of course when i married my first husband, my middle name and my last name ryhmed and i absolutely hated it, but it worked out as well cause we got divorced and now my name sounds really good with my current husband. thanks for sharing and God bless

My name is nothing as glamorous as all that. I was named after my great-grandfather. It's sort of a tradition in our family. It honors those who are no longer with us. And It's a great way to carry on that persons memory. I think it's nice. Gives that family member a little more immortality.

I was born at a Catholic Hospital. My mother overheard the Nuns talking about how wonderful Sister Theresa was. She named me Theresa.

as you said,you love your name so much and not so many people have a nice name like you.I couldn't agree with you any more,name is just a symbol,not too much significance.As long as you love your life,you will find everything is wonderful.

I have an odd name as well and I have been teased all of my life but it never upset me because I would rather have a unique name that no one else has instead of being named those overly boring used names like lisa, sarah, michelle, or monica. When someone says my name it causes people to want to ask me questions about my name because even though it sounds funny it's interesting. Nobody ask questions about a girl named tiffany. So love your name its unique and special.