Where Did Your Name Come From?

[miss kiki]

i was talking to my dad over the weekend and i learned that my brother, sister, and i were named after someone..i never knew that! LOL.
my brother was named after my dad's dad, who died when my dad was very young. my brother's middle name comes from the first croatian king. so my brother's name is steven thomas-in reality and on his birth certificate it's stjepan tomislav.
my sister was named after my great grandmother (my grandmother in croatia's mother). her name was kathy. not sure where her middle name came from. so her name is kathy ana..and on her birth certificate it's katica ana.
i got my name from my aunt, which was my uncle's (my mom's brother) first wife. i haven't talked to her in years, due to their divorce and whatnot. i heard that my mom just loved my name and it was pretty popular at the time, so that's why she named me christina. hence why the spelling is with a CH not a K. (K is the croatian way of spelling it.) my middle name is my godparent's from my christening name..her name was maria..so that's my middle name.
is anyone here named after someone?!

[Rachel]

My parents got my name Rachel from a song and my middle name Maree is the same as my mum's middle name.. I chose Ada-Maree as my DD's middle name as my grandmothers middle name is Ada.. So she got 3 generations of middle names in one!

[miss kiki]

that's so cute! i really don't like maria, LOL, so i just say it's marie. sounds better than christina maria, at least to me it does!

[Rachel]

I know a couple of Maria's who call themseves Marie for the same reason :yes:

[Cherie]

My name is so old fashioned. I always joke that I was named after one of Dads girlfriends, maybe I was, but whatever the reason, I am sure they were on drugs at the time....LMAO LMAO

[Heather]

It may be old fashioned Cherie....but I like it. Did you know it was of French origin? (you little Blackbird you).

I don't think I was named after anyone in particular.

[Rachel]

Your real name is not Cherie is it? Is it Cherry?

[kimba]

Am not sure but will have to ask:)I know if I was born a boy I would have been called Christopher Wayne and I thank god every day that I came out a girlLMAO

[Mad Old Cow]

I have no idea about my name & as i hate it i don't want to know lol
Cherie i think your name came from your Great Grandfathers day & someone played a cruel joke on you LMAO

[mummyof3babes]

My father chose my name, not sure why though. When I was little he used to always sing me that song "Tell Laura I love her" Maybe he got it from that song? Mum said he always loved the name Laura. I do too!;)

[Stormy]

Cherie I think it might have been somewhat popular in the generation before yours....I know a few of them who are about 15yrs older than you and they are all ex nurses now. :hehe:

I know what my name means according to a few different sources but god knows where my mum plucked it from. No one in my family tree shares my name....the closest is my cousin's youngest who is Kayla but of course she was born way after me. :)

According to one website, my name is an English derivative of Katherine. Katherine according to this database could be derived from the Greek word for torture (LMAO) or the goddess Hecate who was connected to witchery, demons and the underworld, whereas the Romans associated the name with "purity". :hehe:

[Patricia]

I was named after two Aunties....Patricia and Mary and one was even Patricia-Mary too..I really cannot imagine naming a child the same name as my brother or sister..just too weird to me...other more distant relations I can understand but the same as a brother or sister just amazes me....:O

[Patricia]

Oh and meant to add....back in the olden days when my brother and I were born the father was often sent to the office to register the child's name...in BOTH cases he spelled both my brother and my names WRONGLY! I can understand someone making a mistake once ...especially the first time but you would think after that the next time you would be extra careful...not my father though! LMAO

[sandydee]

I was named Sandra Denise:yes:not sure why will have to ask but much prefer Sandy:D Mum still calls me Sandra most of the time though:)

[Mad Old Cow]

Hey Patric i can't believe you just said that about the fathers being sent to register the babys & getting the spelling wrong because my dad did the same thing lol my name was suposed to have 1 n but dad gave me 2 n's, how funny is that eh & i only found out about 5 years ago & so now i spell it with only 1 if i have to write the full name

[Cherie]

Heather: I do know the origins and what it means..thats because I so old. :yes:
Rachel: Just think Cherie and leave it at that. LMAO It's actually Cherie Blossoms if you must know..LMAO LMAO
Di: Well I went to school with some Di's as well....:hehe:
I know Mum wanted to call me Sandra, but that didn't happen.. Wish it did, would have saved a lot of name calling thats for sure.

[Mad Old Cow]

i always wanted to be Lynn so i gave it to my DD as her second name

[Rachel]

Cherie- I have seen you type Cherie Blossoms here before! That is why I always thought it was Cherry LMAO

[miss kiki]

i guess i'm not the only one rach! :hehe:
patricia-i think naming after your siblings is too close also!
my dad thought my middle name was my sister's and that she had my middle name! :hehe: and of course, my mom always mixes up our b'days.
from what i know, my name means truthful-only because i have a cute pair of socks that have my name on it and it says "meaning-truthful" all over it! LMAO

[dragonfly97]

my first name came from a song and my middle name my got from moms brother;s daughter my mother always loved the name marie and she did not care if some oneelse already chose it so she chose it for my middle name.

[kat311299]

my dad came up with my name and my middle came from a great aunt

[Supa]

Oh and meant to add....back in the olden days when my brother and I were born the father was often sent to the office to register the child's name...in BOTH cases he spelled both my brother and my names WRONGLY! I can understand someone making a mistake once ...especially the first time but you would think after that the next time you would be extra careful...not my father though! LMAO

thats OK Patricia, my SIL was supposed to be Lee Grace but the FIL stuffed up & she is Grace Lee but only answers to Lee :hehe:

I am named after the actress Tina Louise who played Ginger in Gilligan's Island
My hubby is named after hi uncle who died at a very young age & his own father Robert John
My daughters middle name is a shortened version of my Grandmother she was Rosina & I just love her name so I got Natasha Rose. My son's middle name is the same as his fathers & the FIL (who passed before we had kids) Brayden John

[miss kiki]

my DF's name is john and his dad's name is robert. what a coincidence! :hehe:

[kimba]

Ok just asked mum and she said my first name was after a customers daughter and my second was the female version of my god fathers name:D

[Kekka]

I wasn't named after anyone.

My father chose my name from the in vogue names of the late 1960's. I would rather something more exotic but can't be bothered changing it now! :D

[Barbara]

My parents :hehe: - sorry, couldn't resist :P

I wasn't named after anyone - I think they just liked the name :)

[Truth]

I am not named after anyone ....ohhhh
perhaps someone can be named after me hehhehehe

[samantha07]

hehe.. Nice this here...once I asked my dad and got a new car..... then i found out that i am my dad's girlfriend's daughter and his gf name was samantha :(... anyways i like this name

[Mint Car]

My name came courtesy of my drunk aunt. No telling where she got it