are you named after anyone or anything?

YFlyer · 18-03-2015 07:21PM

Yes. I was named after a Saint.

libelula · 18-03-2015 07:27PM

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

bodhrandude · 18-03-2015 07:28PM

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 · 18-03-2015 07:34PM

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

KatW4 · 18-03-2015 07:39PM

gramar wrote:

Is that you Peig?

Thankfully not that bad! Username helps.

HalloweenJack · 18-03-2015 07:47PM

The hospital where my brother and sister were born.

18-03-2015 08:11PM

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...

18-03-2015 08:17PM

I'm named after a famous Argentinian footballer

bodice ripper · 18-03-2015 08:19PM

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

Shrap · 18-03-2015 08:42PM

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 · 18-03-2015 09:09PM

HalloweenJack wrote: »

The hospital where my brother and sister were born.

Hopefully you're the youngest of that trio.

Badly Drunk Boy · 18-03-2015 11:11PM

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 · 18-03-2015 11:28PM

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 · 18-03-2015 11:29PM

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

18-03-2015 11:29PM

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 · 19-03-2015 01:27AM

Are you named after anyone or anything?

Mine is an anything... a motorised scooter.

nullzero · 19-03-2015 01:52AM

Nothing

efb · 19-03-2015 02:12AM

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 · 19-03-2015 02:21AM

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 · 19-03-2015 02:25AM

i'm named after a racehorse

Copa Mundial · 19-03-2015 02:27AM

The Pope at the time, good ole JP2.

Kovu · 19-03-2015 02:29AM

Karen Carpenter.......apparently :pac: also have both grandmother's names, confirmation name and a double word surname. Ffs.

johnny osbourne · 19-03-2015 02:30AM

Kovu wrote: »

Karen Carpenter.......apparently :pac: also have both grandmother's names, confirmation name and a double word surname. Ffs.

do you want to talk about it?

wandatowell · 19-03-2015 02:38AM

Named after the old chap.

My dad that is.

Reiketsu · 19-03-2015 03:02AM

My grandmother. Her name was Margaret but I'm Mairéad. Thought Margaret was too old fashioned...although my own name is going that way now too

ProudDUB · 19-03-2015 03:03AM

My sister went out with a lad who was named after Steve McGarrett of Hawaii 5-0 fame, the 70's version.

He was the youngest in a family of 13, where 10 of them were boys. By the time he arrived, his parents had totally run out of grandparents names, parents names, saints names etc etc to name him after.

They were watching the telly one night, the infamous da da da da daaaaaaaaaaa theme music comes on....and the mammy says 'that's it, we're calling him Steve.'

Jack Lord was the shiznit back in the 70's ! :rolleyes: