How did you get your name?
By lady Di
@lady1993 (27224)
Philippines
May 4, 2011 3:40am CST
I am not really saying write your real name here.. Just how? I didn't get my name from anyone, it just started with the first letter of my father's name...and then they scrambled the letters of my mom t add to it.My name is pretty ordinary.
But it's nice.
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15 responses
@gloryacam (5540)
• Philippines
4 May 11
I was named after a Miss Universe.
My mom said her mother was a customer of theirs and they were ecstatic to know about her beautiful daughter.
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@gloryacam (5540)
• Philippines
9 May 11
Ooops, my bad. 1969. I was born 10 years after, but since she was the first to win the MU crown, my parents remembered her still. Besides, they said her mom was really nice to them.
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@sweet_pea (3322)
• Philippines
10 May 11
I think it was a name that my mom heard on a radio show while I was still in her tummy.
And it must start with an "R" as most of my cousins name start. I just don't know what is so special about the "R" in our family. But I still follow it naming my son thereafter. My mom wasn't really that creative and was very considerate. She probably thought I would have problems writing a very long name. So she gave me a very short one with only 4 letters. I usually am done writing my name before my classmates are through. Thanks mom!![](/Content/images/emotes/happy.gif)
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@sweet_pea (3322)
• Philippines
10 May 11
And I know yours too!
I remember that we had an assignment when I was young and we were told to know the meanings of our names. There is such a thing about biblical names and their meanings. I was amazed about how wonderful the meaning of my classmates name are. Unfortunately, I couldn't find my name on it and I scanned the dictionary and there it was..my mom named me after a bird!!!!!![](/Content/images/emotes/cry.gif)
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@bhabycatch013 (9150)
• Philippines
10 May 11
a lovely bird
Mine means red fox even my name sounds dangerous and wild
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@bhabycatch013 (9150)
• Philippines
10 May 11
hi sweetpea,
me too my name start with R now i know your name ![](/Content/images/emotes/rofl.gif)
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@bhabycatch013 (9150)
• Philippines
10 May 11
hi lady,
My Mom got it from her favorite song and for 26 years i only met one person same name and spelling i thought i am the only one
happy mylotting
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@atprudente6 (673)
• Philippines
5 May 11
According to my mother, a nurse have given them the list of names in their hospital. When they stumbled in the name with a meaning of "Smart Friend", they loved it and they give that name to me.
@atprudente6 (673)
• Philippines
11 May 11
Well my name is a simple name. But still i has a great meaning.
@MrNuink (67)
• Malaysia
4 May 11
My name is Wycliffe Nuing. My first name is from John Wycliffe, my second name is from the name of a mythical warrior god of my people,the Iban called Bungai Nuing.
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@webearn99 (1742)
• India
4 May 11
Primarily I got my name because my parents gave it to me. On how they came to naming me what they named is a long story of the tradition, of the community I belong to, in India.
My first name is my surname.
Second name is the family's guardian God's name,
Third name is the name of the family lineage,
Fourth name is the name of the snake god my maternal grandfather worshiped,
Fifth name is that of an uncle who had passed away before I was born.
Sixth name is my own name.
Seventh name is the name of my community.
Agreed it is like a loco drawing a hundred freight cars, but still it is my name. Officially, however, I use my first and sixth names.
@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
10 May 11
Yes, usually the parents give their names to their children, but sometimes the grandparents do it.. You have quite a long name.. Our old name (what people used a few centuries ago), we have only 5 or 6 names, it does sound nice though.. José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda ![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@sender621 (14894)
• United States
4 May 11
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@marapplestiffy (2182)
• Philippines
4 May 11
My father named me, I don't know where he got the first part of my first name but Stiffy came from a tennis player that he liked...my user name is my name BTW...
@jasmin_niza (362)
• Philippines
4 May 11
My mom just wanted to have all our names start in letter J. So she got Jasmin for because she can't think of any name that time that starts in letter J... :)
@altirbonganay (287)
• Philippines
4 May 11
My first name is a combination of the names of my parents. the first two letters of my name came from the first two letters of my mother's name, while the last three letters of my name came from the first three letters of my father's.
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