where did your name come from?

@punkix (658)
Philippines
September 18, 2008 7:47am CST
Everything has a basis... i think it was in grade school or high school that teachers let you ask your parents "where did you name come from?" and they let you share that in class the next meetin. have you encountered that scenario? :) where did your parents get your name? and why? there is reason why they gave it to you. i have two names and those names are based from both of my grandpops which are my parents' fathers :) how about yours? :)
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28 responses
• China
19 Sep 08
my name is Chen Sihua,i bet you can't understand it.it is a chinese name.my father took it for me.it means my father love my mother.haha....
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@tootsier (47)
• Philippines
19 Sep 08
mine came from the name of the patron saint who had the same birth date as mine =). i think i have also shared this back in my grade school days.
@punkix (658)
• Philippines
22 Sep 08
hmmm like saint agustin which is on august 28? :) hehehe
@austere (2812)
• Philippines
19 Sep 08
my name was made my my mom and dad, that's for sure..hahaha they were just looking for nice names and combined it all. i have 3 names and i like them. my mom and dad only have one name, and they were not happy about it. especially my mom..she got her name from ana almanac, by her parents and she doesnt like how it sounded, so when it was her turn to name me, she make it real nice..well, she doesnt want me to hate my name too!
@austere (2812)
• Philippines
19 Sep 08
right..that's how they name children those days..hehehe they have a book where they get the name from. they look at the date of birth and that's it..hehe my mom's name doesnt sound very modern too.. and i would say, that did us good. we have nice names because she doesnt want us to hate our names!hahahaha
@tryxiness (4544)
• Philippines
19 Sep 08
My real name is based on my aunt's name. This particular aunt is the eldest sister of my mother. She is known to be notorious in a way that she would be too frank to tell in front of you the things she likes or does not like. I am afraid I am becoming like her in a worse manner.
@punkix (658)
• Philippines
20 Sep 08
woah "notorious" hehehehe its cool to be frank just make sure you say things in a nice way. :)
@rainmark (4302)
18 Sep 08
When i asked my mother when my name came from then she explains to me. My name came from my father's name and my mother's name.It's a combination of thier name and and when my mom gave birth on me its a noon time but it has a rain shower so its combination of day and rain .i find it unique and sounds posh.
@punkix (658)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
wow thats very ubique indeed.:) yeah there are couples that combine their name to give their child's name so its fair.
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
I agree with you our name has its own origin. My aunt gave me my name and i like it coz it's very uncommon/unique. My aunt got my name from an evaporated milk brand back in the early 80's, out of my curiosity, i researched for it co'z even my aunt did not know where the company extracted their brand's name. And finally found the answer, the company got their branding from a cow's name in New Zealand. They named it after the cow since the cow produces plenty of milk and said milk product came from that cow. Interesting isn't it?
@punkix (658)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
WOAH! really? hahahaha thats cool :) so your name came from a cow who produced a lot of milk? hehehe thats a very unusual thing to get your name from but YES its unique and its nice too :) who wouldve thought of that right? hehehe
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
my name comes from the Bible,i don't know why my parents give that name to me.Yup i encounter that situation when i was elementary even high school.Actually i have two names too both of that comes from the Bible.
@punkix (658)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
yeah most parents get names from the Bible coz they think if you get it from the Bible, their kids will grow up like saints. LOL
@peedielyn (1207)
• United States
27 Oct 08
My name is Rose Lyn. My first name came from dad. He decided that I was cute, pink and wrinkly like a Rose. My middle name comes from my mother. Her real full name is Toy Lyn. Her name "Toy" came from a street name that the hospital was on in which she was born. Here's a funny for you. My last name is Cox. When she married my dad her name became Toy Cox.....funny trivia. I like it though! Have a good day.
@vimaal (3361)
• India
20 Sep 08
hi punkix, my name is come from my father's name. take care.
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
well its from a color and the other means god gift.
@punkix (658)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
wow thats very deep :)
@mapuang (612)
• Philippines
19 Sep 08
yes when im in grade school it happen my teacher ask me where did my name came from. well my name is came from my mom's name and then they interchange it.
@carmela0210 (1591)
• Philippines
27 Oct 08
i have two names also, krishna carmela, i was born on 1986 EDSA time, and the Aquino's are famous and all that, so i was named after the ex prsidents daughter who were kris and added HNA for it to be unique, but now maybe acidentally thought im indian but im not, the carmela was supposed to be camella a flowers name, all of us the girls are named from flowers but accidentally the spelling was incorrect...happy lotting!!!
@anjielyn (533)
• Philippines
22 Sep 08
i think "anjie" comes from the word angel, & anjielyn from the name Angeline!
@eben32 (1)
• United States
27 Oct 08
i have 8 names all meaning super cool me!
@mchavez11 (1406)
• Philippines
19 Sep 08
Yah I do agree with you. My name is based from Saint Michael Tha Archangel. Aye aye. Cool.
@magojordan (3252)
• Philippines
19 Sep 08
Well my name came from his airness Michael Jordan sadly I don't play basketball. I'm a magician and maybe it would have been better if I was named Magic Johnson haha
• Sri Lanka
19 Sep 08
I cannot exactly remember. I also have two names and one was suggested by a grand pa and another my aunty.
@izhuce13 (158)
• China
19 Sep 08
my name is just a mistake. when i was a born, one of my relative give me a name, but when my father copy it and take it back home, it was wrong. but no one notice this untill the age when i was nine years old. i still remembered the situation when i knew this. it was the opening ceremony, and the president did not one of the Chinese character of my name. and he called my class adviser. so i was called to atage and i stand in front of all the teachers and students. the president told me that he can not find the chinese character of my name in any dictionary.on my god! how could this happened? after that i change my name!
@cheeeryl (95)
• Philippines
19 Sep 08
My name is from my mom's bestfriend in college. Yes I've experienced that in class. Although the activity was to write an article about it, not to tell about it in front of the class. =)
• India
19 Sep 08
wat u think a name is? according to me it helps someone to identify someone in crowd with its own unique name in some senses " in some senses means, some name matches bah dere spellings n pronunciation but ur qualities besides dat name uniquely identifies u mah name comes from mah parents name's dats damn common way to get ur baby name so me happy wid mah name