Unique name?
By STOUTjodee
@STOUTjodee (3573)
United States
September 25, 2012 9:05pm CST
I don't think I have a unique name although there are different ways to spell my name. My name is spelled Jo Dee. Actually Jo is my first name and Dee is my middle name, but I go by Jo Dee. People often ask how to spell my name and they think it is unique. My husband always tells people to ask me what I was named after (because he likes people to know the story.) So I have to tell about how my mom wanted to call me Jody Marie, but my dad didn't want us to be named after a relative. My dad had an aunt that was named Marie. So, on the way to the hospital they passed by a bar called the Jo Dee's. The bar was named for the husband whose name was Joseph and the wife's name was Delores, so they shortened it to Jo Dee. Both my mom and dad liked it so that's how I got named. I got named after a bar!
Do you have a unique name and who/what were you named after?
Do you have a unique name and who/what were you named after?2 people like this
16 responses
@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
26 Sep 12
That is a unique name. Mine isn't; in fact, it is a rather common name. My mother pulled the name from a soap opera.
I am a fan of classic names--good solid ones that don't follow some fad. I think that one's name does bear some weight in determining how one's career, etc. progresses. Let's face it, a girl named "Bambi" is more likely to end up working the stripper pole than one named "Alexandra." Of course, that also goes back to the fact that a parent who would be likely to name a girl "Bambi" is more likely to belong to a lower socioeconomic class, so that girl will have fewer opportunities to better herself than, say, prep school-educated "Alexandra."
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@GardenGerty (159754)
• United States
26 Sep 12
On my baby names list I had the name Fawn, but not Bambi. That was in my pre married, pre pregnant days. I sort of picked names by the feel of the pregnancy. I picked strong names because I expected tall, strong, outstanding children. My son is Vincent Nolan, (a noble man who conquers) and my daughter is Samantha Victoria ( called of God to be victorious). The girl names I picked out when pregnant with my son did not fit when I was pregnant with my daughter. They did not feel right at all. When I was pregnant with my daughter I could not find a boy's name that felt right. We worried about this a bit, and shook hands on a name when I was in labor that I am so relieved I did not end up using.
@STOUTjodee (3573)
• United States
29 Sep 12
Those are very strong names, like them!!I was unlucky, I didn't get a girl, I have three sons. Matthew Monroe, Clyde James and Steven Ira. I think they're strong names too and named after family members. My husband picked out the boys names, of course I had the finally say. If we would have had a girl it would have been Courtney Jo or Destiny Dee.
@STOUTjodee (3573)
• United States
26 Sep 12
Some times people name their children for what they like and I wonder when they do that if they realize the name that the child has to go through all their life just because their parent liked something. I have a grand daughter named Chevy. She didn't have a named picked out, but a friend was just throwing some names around (jokingly) and she liked it.
I tried to pick strong names for my children. They were also named after other family members to carry on the tradition.
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@GardenGerty (159754)
• United States
26 Sep 12
At the time I was born my name was unique in the US, but I got my first name from a British actress. Her last name was Angel or at least her stage name and Mom said she would never name a child Angel because that would guarantee the kid would act like the devil. So ten years later, my little sister was born, and named Holly Angela, and this one lady at church asked, "Who on earth would name their child Holy Angel?"
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
26 Sep 12
while i was growing up, i knew a couple of girls that were named Jody and actually knew a guy whose name was Jody.
As for me, i am named after my grandfather. Cheryl is the feminine form of Charles. it always used to make me laugh to see the people's faces when they asked me where my name came from.
@STOUTjodee (3573)
• United States
29 Sep 12
That's unique to have a name that could be used as a feminine name for the man you were named after!
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
26 Sep 12
I think that I got the lesser of two evils wwhen I was named although my name is considered snobbish in the U.K. but quite common on the Island where I now live. The story is that a very wealthy and titles family loved near my parents and they had two daughters. These children were entitles to the prefix Lady in front of their names.
I am very happy that I was NOT named after Lady Marigold
@krupar5 (287)
• United States
26 Sep 12
Hi Jo Dee,
I have an extremely common name and growing up I wanted a unique name. My oldest siblings all have unique names well at least here in the states they are. It wasn't till I was a bit older that I appreciated my name. My godparents picked it out for me.
My parents came to the states a couple years before I was born and the family who helped my parents out became my godparents and as a way to say thanks my mom had them choose my name. Originally I was supposed to be Liza but my mom had trouble pronouncing that so it was changed to Lisa.
I would say your name is unique because of the spelling,even if it is a bit common.'
@STOUTjodee (3573)
• United States
29 Sep 12
I think it's very common to name a child after a relative,nanny or godparent. Even though they named me after a bar, my mom's middle name is also Dee. So I guess I can still say I was named after a parent!
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
27 Sep 12
No my name is very common, Carol, and I was actually named after an old girlfriend my father had had. I don't know why my mother went along with that lol, but I got her name as my middle name, Carol Ann.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
27 Sep 12
i tried to respond to this hours ago but mylot wasnt cooperating at the time
im named after my moms best childhood friend. my daughter has a very unusual name. my husband at the time wanted to name her Heather Honey after a song he liked back then
but his grandmother had helped us so much and my aunt also and since the last name was Jenkins, I thought the names Jaely June would go great. JJJ 
see. I won!
im named after my moms best childhood friend. my daughter has a very unusual name. my husband at the time wanted to name her Heather Honey after a song he liked back then but his grandmother had helped us so much and my aunt also and since the last name was Jenkins, I thought the names Jaely June would go great. JJJ see. I won!
@angelkarah050182 (4980)
• Philippines
26 Sep 12
When I was still single, I found out that my name was really common in my hometown. I met the fourth person which has the same name with me. That was 2003. I wish I had a unique name. LOL. Now that I'm married, I'm using my husband's unique family name. In our hometown, we only have that family name. People often mispronounce it. Wonder what is it? It's "BIO." We don't pronounce it as bio in bio-logy. It's "bee-yo." LOL. Some call me Mrs. Bio (as how biology is pronounced). I just always check them.
@marguicha (219877)
• Chile
26 Sep 12
I have four names and that was sort of a family joke (on me
). My parents liked my two first names (in fact I am called by my second name) but an aunt said at a party that both my mom and my Dad´s mom´s name was María and all girls in the family should have it. My mother then joked that if the baby had her mother´s name, she should also have her father´s. The joking aunt went to legalize my names and put the four of them
.
). My parents liked my two first names (in fact I am called by my second name) but an aunt said at a party that both my mom and my Dad´s mom´s name was María and all girls in the family should have it. My mother then joked that if the baby had her mother´s name, she should also have her father´s. The joking aunt went to legalize my names and put the four of them. 
@Sandra1952 (6047)
• Spain
26 Sep 12
I wouldn't say I have a unique name, but it came about in a slightly off the wall manner. My father was on the way to register my birth, with strict instructions that I was to be registered as Barbara Anne. On the way, he got talking to somebody whose name was Sandra.
He'd never heard the name before - this was 1952 - and he liked it, so that was what I became. Mother was a bit annoyed at first, but she agreed with Dad that Sandra suited me better. I like it as well, although I would have been just as happy with Barbara.
@kemak28 (724)
• United States
26 Sep 12
I think it's unique...I've never seen it spelled that way before. That is funny you were named after a bar! My name is Mindy so nothing too unique although I don't think its too common. I think my parents picked the name because it was one of the more common names from the 70's I guess.
@tipay26 (867)
• Philippines
26 Sep 12
I don't think my name is unique but I was told about the origin of my name it says that the name Patricia is a common given name of Latin origin.It is derived from a Latin word "patrician" which means noble.It has a masculine form which is Patrick.The name Patricia is the second most common female name in the United States too.In Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries the name Patricia is common as well. 
@ShyBear88 (59304)
• Sterling, Virginia
26 Sep 12
Mine name well it's not that unique at all. It's wasn't so common when I was little but now it is. You can spelled it with either a silent e at the end of an a at the end but I hate the a at the end of my name it changes the meaning of it but not where it comes from. I got named after my great grandmother/ my dad's nanny. She wasn't related to my family at all. My parents named me and my brothers after other people in our family. I did the same with my two little ones. Well my daughters middle name is after my its the same as my middle name and my son is named after my husband they just have different middle names. I got by Cess not really my choice family and friends over the years just shorten it to that.
