So...Where did your name come from?

I think I have an interesting story about where my name comes from. My father and my mother at that time were girlfriend and boyfriend, my father had to go for the military service , they got engaged and he promesed my mom to comeback and marry her after he finished it. While he was at the militar place , my father met another woman felt atracted to her , but , he was engaged with my mom, well, after 2 years he finished his service he went back to the town where my mom was and got marry with her, they had 9 children and I am the number 10th of the family , all those years he talked to my mom about that lady , when I was borned my father asked my mom if they could name me that lady s name, my mom wasnt that jealous and said yes, it was ok with her , so, I got that name, (only that name so , people can call me that name), after that, my father stoped talking about that lady , and we lived happily ever after.

I was named after my paternal grand mother and in those days the home people never called you by the real name but by a name that was totally 'murdered'! Whenever I misbehaved they would say 'she has taken after the grandmother!'

My mother named me and its a name she loved....no explaination other then that. When I named my kids they all had a reason. Dawn my oldest because it was the beginning to f a new life for me. My ex name our second daughter....and my son's name means leader to the promised land.

Seeing this thread made me smile. My parents actually were expecting a baby boy and they already decided on a male name but then, God gave them a baby girl. So they just chose the female variation of that name. Instead of just forgetting about that "baby boy thing", they gave me a baby boy's nickname instead. =D

I asked my mom the history of my name once. lol.. My name was taken from the doctor that helped my mom delivered me to this world.

A precious stone that bring joy to every women..My name derived from a precious gem and that most woman longing for.This where my name came from and I love my name so much and its very unique never encountered a person name as mine.

My first name came from an English actress in a movie my parents saw. My middle name my dad says he made up, it is similar to the name of a flower. When I search it now it comes up as being the nick name of a wealthy young lady a long time ago. My son, I just liked the name, I wanted something different and strong. My daughter is named by a friend of mine, at least her first name. Her middle name was one I liked but I did not like it for a first name. Again, I wanted a strong name. My son's name means a noble one who conquers or a conquering noble one. My daughter's name means called of God and triumphant or victorious. I kind of try to feel the personality of my child before it is born and match it with a name.

my dad told me that when he was a teenager, he had a dream. in this dream, he met a girl. her name was michelle dianne. he thought it was the name of his future wife. instead, he married a girl who's name is juanita dianne. they had a baby girl..ME. dad told her about his dream and she agreed to use the name on me. so that's how i got my name. when i had my daughter, i named her after her grandmother (on her dad's side) and my mother's best friend- Patricia. then i passed down the middle name...dianne. she's told me that when she has a baby girl, she's going to keep the middle name going as a family tradition. :) i look forward to the day i get to meet the newest dianne in the family! (hopefully, i'll be waiting for a few years).

My father gave me the name with my mother agreement. They both decided it. They hope I'll be a generous and good human with the name. But ooh.... it's really a common name in my country. There were always some kids with the same name in my class. Can you imagine how many times I turned around when I heard 'my name' called then found out it wasn't me? However, I still like this name.

I am named after my granny (so there wouldn't be a fight about who is named after whom) since my parents do find these names ugly the added an other name to it and call me by that one.

My name is derived from one of the president of USA. But with a slight twist on the spelling, my name becomes somewhat original. I know many people with the common spelling of my name, but I have yet to see anyone having similar name spelled the way mine is.

I haven't really tried asking my parents about the history of my name..But me and my sisters have two names though and we always have MAE on our name.. I don't know why they named us with that.. :)

I was named after my godmother (who was more like a grandmother to me, since I never got to meet any of my other grandparents). Anyways, my parents basically met through her and so that's how my first name came along. My middle name is from my maternal grandmother and I guess my mom wanted me to be named after her in some way. I was going to be named either Juanita (but my parents thought it would be too hard for me and other people to spell or pronounce) or if I was a boy I would most likely have been named Donnie (which is the name of my dad... and my mom's ex... and her son...)

You wont get jealous with my story lol. I too have very short story. In memory of my grandma, my dad's brother named me with her name. So I am pet for them lol.

First I must confess Sarah Ruth Beth is the name I wish I was born with. My real name I hate with every fiber of my being. Almost everyone either misspells it or mispronounces it. As a little girl I took it that I didn't deserve my name to be correct. it really didn't matter. As A teen I pi$$ed me off that I had to correct Everybody. The ironic thing is , my name is my mom's favorite girl name. I was told I was named Before I was a glimmer in my dad's eye, lol. But i hate it! Funny , both my sister and my mom hate their given names too. So on paper and a work I'm my hated name but here I'm Sarah Ruth Beth. How did I come up with Sarah Ruth Beth? Well I always loved the name Sarah And I wanted to add Beth, a form of my real middle name Elizabeth. But when I came here There was a Sarah Beth here already so I thought about it and added Ruth, another name I love. Now I love my name I use here!

I was named after my great grandfather. Or, so my family thought. I was 3.5 months old when he passed away & that was when everyone found out that he lied about his middle name. It was really Stanley not Samuel like he told everyone. I'm grateful that he lied, I like Samantha better than Stella anyways! ;-)

MY name is a very common name.. and it means flowers.. and I have asked my parents about who selected this name for me.. and it was a usual answer.. which is again common here.. the name is selected according to the astrology which consider the time and date on birth ..sometimes the place and name of parents too..

My first-name--Jason ... it could've been just `coz a lot of cool people had that name, it could've been because some people (doctors, accountants, nerds, etc.) had researched some name-meanings and told my parents that the name that means closest to 'medicine-man' is "Jason." My middle-name--Harry--was my dad's middle-name. Means "home-ruler," in case you're curious. My last-name--Hubbard--was the last-name of my grandfather's foster-parents, so I'm tempted to take my mom's maiden-name---Determan, which means "paid-for worker."

My name is a name of my dad's ex-gf. Mom told me that with a smile. I really don't know it is true or not...

When I asked my mother where she got my name, she said my god mother suggested it. I was born in the month of December since it was the birth month of Jesus my godmother decided to get my name from Christ and Mary. My first name was taken from Mary and my second name was the girl version of Christ. Everything came from the suggestion of my god mother.