How did your parents pick your name...?

JohnDigital · 08-08-2005 09:04PM

My names were my two grandfathers names, a toss of a coin decied which came first, John won!

jezza · 08-08-2005 09:05PM

My mum liked Jessica, my dad liked Rachel..So my mum got 1st name dad got 2nd, wish it were the other way 'round.

Nightwish · 08-08-2005 09:11PM

I have absolutely no idea why I was called my name-prob cos my mother liked it or maybe it was popular back in the 80s

OLDYELLAR · 08-08-2005 09:33PM

Mine were between Samantha and Laura , my mam got ger way in the end so its Laura.

Rhyme · 08-08-2005 09:43PM

Asked them this ages ago and all they said was, "We didnt name you after anybody famous, it was our decision"

...pah

irldavem · 08-08-2005 09:46PM

JohnDigital wrote:

My names were my two grandfathers names, a toss of a coin decied which came first, John won!

Ah, the old coin toss. Never fails.

I don't know anything about how I got my name, but I do remember how my younger sister got her name.

The Irish Times was the paper of choice on the day, and all the names in the paper were suggested, but none chosen, until it came to the very last name mentioned in the paper. So that name was chosen instead of continuing searching elsewhere.

ykt0di9url7bc3 · 08-08-2005 09:48PM

was supposed to be Gerard, the clerk asked "Is it Gerard with two 'R's?" my dad said yes and I got the name Gerrard....

What do expect from being born on friday the 13th 0_0

OLDYELLAR · 08-08-2005 09:48PM

Dash Savory Newspaperman wrote:

was supposed to be Gerard, the clerk asked "Is it Gerard with two 'R's?" my dad said yes and I got the name Gerrard....

What do expect from being born on friday the 13th 0_0

wow friday the 13th cool!!

jezza · 08-08-2005 10:07PM

I nearly died on friday 13th.. HATE that date!

aidan_walsh · 08-08-2005 10:10PM

Wrote my fathers name in the wrong field.

Tar.Aldarion · 08-08-2005 10:17PM

paul, the lotto

tk123 · 08-08-2005 10:21PM

Sleepy wrote:

My Mum just liked the name Eoin. Though my Dad's cousin is called Owen though allegedly I'm not named after him. My aunt, however, wanted me christened Marmaduke! :eek:

Heehee you could have shortened it to 'Duke'

My two made my bloody name up - thanks guys. :rolleyes: When I have a kid it'll have a normal name that you can buy on those keyring stands in town, that can't be spelt wrong or pronounced wrong or have people saying its unusual... :rolleyes:

NotMe · 09-08-2005 09:23AM

I'm named after St. Kevin of Glendalough... :rolleyes:

Sleepy · 09-08-2005 11:31AM

tk123 wrote:

Heehee you could have shortened it to 'Duke'

Never thought of that! That would have been pimparific! Duke Grace.... I kinda like the sound of that, I could've been a jazz legend with a name like that! (either that, or a pimp!)

Megatron · 09-08-2005 11:41AM

Got told this a few years ago , not sure if it's true , but i like it

.

Apently the Eldest son of the eldest Son is named after his grandfather.

thing is i've a uncle with the same name.

Always makes it confusing till i got to about 9, he is now known as Jimmy

Tobias Greeshman · 09-08-2005 11:44AM

Haven't a clue where they came up with my name, I think they read it somewhere or from someone famous, Im thinking Keith Richards here, but they weren't rolling stones fans, so I seriously doubt it.

Although I have a double middle name named after my father and my uncle. Although I only ever use my first name.

c - 13 · 09-08-2005 11:49AM

Father wanted me to be called Adam, he still cant explain why though.
Mother wanted me called Barry.
He won out in the end, thankfully, I just dont look like a Barry.
She had to settle for that being my middle name instead.

JCDenton · 09-08-2005 11:50AM

I named myself.

My parents had pieces of paper with names on them and the one I seemed to like the best became my name..(don't ask me how I did it - must have flapped in a certain direction or something)

Point is, I can never complain about my name because it's my choice!

CarolLorraine · 09-08-2005 12:20PM

tk123 wrote:

My two made my bloody name up - thanks guys. :rolleyes: When I have a kid it'll have a normal name that you can buy on those keyring stands in town, that can't be spelt wrong or pronounced wrong or have people saying its unusual... :rolleyes:

What made-up name did they give you?

Feenikusu · 09-08-2005 12:26PM

I was named after Mareike Carrière, and because my parents have heard the name Marijke in the netherlands and they liked the sound of it, so they took the german variant of it.
I like my name, because it's a variant of Mary, my surname is a variant of Nikolaus (Santa Claus), and I was born on All Saint's Day.
Makes me very holy, doesn't it? ^_^

freewing · 09-08-2005 01:42PM

i was named handsome stranger after my dad . he just came by the house one night and was never seen again.

natter · 09-08-2005 02:43PM

My mam just liked the name Aoife, one of the women she worked with had a girl called Aoife so she copied her!

THEZAPPA · 09-08-2005 02:43PM

i was named after 'helen of troy'!
i look just like her i think

LadyJ · 09-08-2005 02:45PM

My mother's favourite song was "Hey Jude" and she had a friend who died called Judith so it's Judy.....

simu · 09-08-2005 02:47PM

I was given the names of both grandmothers - old skooooool.

Femelade · 09-08-2005 02:55PM

me auntie

marshmallow · 09-08-2005 02:59PM

All my Dad's side of the family are boys so they thought I'd be a boy. They chose Odhrán if it was a boy and they found the feminine for Odhrán was Odharnait. So I'm Odharnait!

THEZAPPA · 09-08-2005 03:01PM

marshmallow wrote:

All my Dad's side of the family are boys so they thought I'd be a boy. They chose Odhrán if it was a boy and they found the feminine for Odhrán was Odharnait. So I'm Odharnait!

i like your name

CarolLorraine · 09-08-2005 09:30PM

Feenikusu wrote:

I was named after Mareike Carrière, and because my parents have heard the name Marijke in the netherlands and they liked the sound of it, so they took the german variant of it.
I like my name, because it's a variant of Mary

More exotic than Mary at least!

Easily_Irritated · 09-08-2005 09:33PM

My mother just liked the name! so meaningful!

Bit of a pain seeing as a ridiculous amount of girls born between 1981 - 1985 were called Sinead! There were 7 Sineads in my leaving cert class!

How did your parents pick your name...?

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