are you named after anyone or anything?

hagoonabear

I was named after a Samuel Richardson novel, read the book recently not intirely impressed. wishing I had never read the book now 😱

Generic Dreadhead

I am

Shenshen

The piece of IKEA furniture on which I was conceived, it would seem.

kneemos

Shenshen wrote: »

The piece of IKEA furniture on which I was conceived, it would seem.

Pine Drawers.

One eyed Jack

Shenshen wrote: »

The piece of IKEA furniture on which I was conceived, it would seem.

So many items of furniture come to mind

I was named after my old man, I said that I wouldn't do it to any of my children, I only ever felt like it meant I was supposed to live up to someone else's legacy rather than create my own

Birneybau

Shenshen wrote: »

The piece of IKEA furniture on which I was conceived, it would seem.

Twät?

Valetta

I'm not sure.

I'll just check with my sister, Marsaskala.

The Backwards Man

A rather obscure actor who starred in a few movies in the fifties and sixties, and was also the singing voice of Yogi Bear.

the evasion_kid

A Famous footballer...well its just coincidence

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

A saint, a few actors, a tennis player, my father, my maternal grandfather, a rugby player and my mother liked the name.

rubberdiddies

St. Rubber of Diddies

Generic Dreadhead

Ruben Tiny Tentacle wrote: »

A saint, a few actors, a tennis player, my father, my maternal grandfather, a rugby player and my mother liked the name.

How can you tell if a Saint liked your name or not?

Sleepy

Nope, though a cousin of my father's with the English spelling of my name thinks I am.

SEPT 23 1989

hagoonabear wrote: »

I was named after a Samuel Richardson novel, read the book recently not intirely impressed. wishing I had never read the book now 😱

are you Pamela or Clarissa?

Crooked Jack

This has always confused me.
MY granda is Patrick. my Da is patrick. My ma went into labour on St. Patrick's day (although I was born on the 18th.)
Naturally, my name is Martin

Valetta

Crooked Jack wrote: »

This has always confused me.
MY granda is Patrick. my Da is patrick. My ma went into labour on St. Patrick's day (although I was born on the 18th.)
Naturally, my name is Martin

St. Patrick's Day, eh?


http://www.catholic-saints.info/patron-saints/patron-saint-alcoholics.htm

:D

Spunge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eoin_Liston

KatW4

Named after my 2 grandmothers which has resulted in my name sounding like an old woman's I hate it!

obriendj

Named after an irish stage actor. Donal McCann

i never liked growing up but since its so uncommon you dont hear it too often. Which I am glad of.

AnonoBoy

Something to do with Joe Dolan, Marlon Brando and butter.

Search for it if you want, I'm too lazy to cut and paste it again.

PandaPoo

I think they just liked the name, it's very common.

My dad and father in law have the same name, if we have a boy we'll name him after them. It's also my husbands middle name. Maybe we should be more original?

dave3004

Was a toss up between San / David.
Conceived in Spain and my dad had a few miguels that night.

brummytom

Mine's a family tradition - the eldest son in my mom's family has always been named Thomas or Andrew.

Crooked Jack

Valetta wrote: »

St. Patrick's Day, eh?


http://www.catholic-saints.info/patron-saints/patron-saint-alcoholics.htm

:D

well that makes sense.
Thanks Valetta

gramar

KatW4 wrote: »

Named after my 2 grandmothers which has resulted in my name sounding like an old woman's I hate it!

Is that you Peig?

Crooked Jack

Also, my sister doesnt get along with my Ma's side of the family and to spite them she picked the most horrible name she could from my Da's side for her confirmation name.
She actually inflicted Agnes on herself just to snub them.

byrneg28

Crooked Jack wrote: »

This has always confused me.
MY granda is Patrick. my Da is patrick. My ma went into labour on St. Patrick's day (although I was born on the 18th.)
Naturally, my name is Martin

This reminds me of this too much

Aongus Von Bismarck

My nom de plume on this site is influenced by a hero of mine, Otto von Bismarck.

Pumpkinseeds

I don't like my name but it could've been worse. My mother was going to call me Trudy or Wendy, thankfully the young midwife talked her out of it.

RayM

The lead singer of The Kinks. My dad was/is a massive fan and my mum just liked the name.

Lollipops23

My mam read an article in the paper about how Jimmy White named his daughter after Alex Higgins' daughter. She and my dad both like the name- it was the only one they'd been able to agree on.

Apparently some character on the Colbies named her kid the same name right after I was born and mam was terrified everyone would think she'd named me after a soap character. Thankfully it got cancelled after a few weeks.

YFlyer

Yes. I was named after a Saint.

libelula

'Notions' is where they got my name.
Pure and utter thinking-they-were-cool 1980's notions.

bodhrandude

Niall of the Nine Hostages, from the Book of Kells, my mother was inspired by the Four Masters Memorial in Leitrim. so its somewhere that was inspired locally to my mothers home place. My stoner mates later changed it to Niall of the Nine Hot Knives. :pac:

Peregrine

Nope, my name was completely made up. I've always hated it.

KatW4

gramar wrote:

Is that you Peig?

Thankfully not that bad! Username helps.

HalloweenJack

The hospital where my brother and sister were born.

HalloweenJack

Named after a relative. I'll probably give my son the same name.

HalloweenJack wrote: »

The hospital where my brother and sister were born.

Can't think of any maternity hospital with human names except... oh I really hope for your sake you weren't born in St Munchin's...

I'm named after a famous Argentinian footballer

bodice ripper

So named because my American mom thought it was the kind of thing that Irish people called their kids. She was wrong.

Shrap

I was born on St. Brigid's day, and was very lucky to escape the name. Paternal Grandmother disgusted by that, but the mother had different ideas (and no religion). Had an even luckier escape from "Saskia", but the Da talked her down to something relatively unusual and not at all laden with expectation or preconceptions. Thank fcuk for the distant great great aunt who made an impression on both parents. Could have been a lot worse.

PARlance

HalloweenJack wrote: »

The hospital where my brother and sister were born.

Hopefully you're the youngest of that trio.

Badly Drunk Boy

When I was a-stirrin' in the womb, my mother decided that I was going to be called one of 2 unusual but horrible, bully-worthy Irish names. Sadly, my maternal grandfather died before I was born, so thankfully for me, I was named after him with a nice, strong, simple name.

Funnily enough, I'm the grandson who's most like my grandfather, both physically and in personality. He was always referred to as a gentle giant, and I get that a lot too. Last year, in the waiting room of a doctor's clinic, a woman in her 60's who had never seen me, asked if I was his grandson.

Owldshtok

Crooked Jack wrote: »

This has always confused me.
MY granda is Patrick. my Da is patrick. My ma went into labour on St. Patrick's day (although I was born on the 18th.)
Naturally, my name is Martin

Happy Birthday Martin!

Bobby Baccala

I'm named after my grandad, and my dad is named after him too, so we're all called Paddy

Lia_lia

My Mother thought she was naming me after one of the swans in the Children of Lir. But then found out years later it's the name of the evil stepmother that turned them into swans :rolleyes:

Zippie84

Are you named after anyone or anything?

Mine is an anything... a motorised scooter.

nullzero

Nothing

efb

I was going to be called after the pope but my brother luckily had one of his names so I got the other as a middle name. No idea where they got my name

Badly Drunk Boy

Lia_lia wrote: »

My Mother thought she was naming me after one of the swans in the Children of Lir. But then found out years later it's the name of the evil stepmother that turned them into swans :rolleyes:

I was nearly named after one of the Children of Lir (Fiachra). 'Twas a lucky escape...

johnny osbourne

i'm named after a racehorse