are you named after anyone or anything?

Gerinspain · 19-03-2015 07:54AM

I was named after my Dad....the girlie version of his name. It's not popular anymore and is very hard to pronounce for anyone outside of Ireland!

Day Lewin · 19-03-2015 08:07AM

My mother's old secondary school. True fact.

TheBeardedLady · 19-03-2015 09:00AM

RayM wrote: »

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

Cool :cool:

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:

Still one of the greatest stories ever told.

I'm named after a famous Irish poet.

TheCoolWay · 19-03-2015 09:11AM

Named after my uncle and my dad's closest brother who died in an accident several months before I was born

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 19-03-2015 11:01AM

Cormac... wrote: »

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

Well St. John Paul II said he liked the name when I met him in Galway some years back.

The Peanut · 19-03-2015 11:10AM

The priest at my baptism would not allow my parents christen me with the name they wanted as it was not the name of an Irish saint so he decided upon a name close to it. My God-fearing parents just agreed.:mad:

My name on my birth-cert is the name that the priest picked but I go by the name favoured by my folks.

Incredibly true.

Crooked Jack · 19-03-2015 11:14AM

Owldshtok wrote: »

Happy Birthday Martin!

I appreciate the sentiment but i can assure you that a birthday that takes place the day after paddy's day is rarely a good one

Tar.Aldarion · 19-03-2015 11:24AM

My first and middle name both come from the same prayer, the lazy ****!

4zn76tysfajdxp · 19-03-2015 11:27AM

brummytom wrote: »

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

Which one are you, brummytom?

It BeeMee · 19-03-2015 03:53PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

My first and middle name both come from the same prayer, the lazy ****!

I get the "Mary" as a middle name, but I never met anyone called "Hail" before.
Is it an anglicised version of "Heil"?

Dog of Tears · 19-03-2015 04:08PM

My name happens to rhyme with the dog my parents owned when I was born.

Despite denials, I'm not entirely convinced that this was merely coincidental.

FunLover18 · 19-03-2015 04:17PM

FunLover17

TheOtherBloke · 19-03-2015 04:50PM

Liam after Liam Gallagher. Nothing to be proud of. My Dad is a Huge fan

Rubberlegs · 19-03-2015 08:30PM

I was almost named Claire after the Gilbert O Sullivan song that was out when my mother was pregnant. But apparently I didn't look like a Claire, and looked like a name that she had never even considered before. I called my eldest girl after the Stephen King book I was reading whilst pregnant. And no, it's not It

johnny osbourne · 19-03-2015 09:27PM

my brother is named after a champion jockey

HalloweenJack · 20-03-2015 01:00AM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

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...

Down in Cork there is, least what I was told.

are you named after anyone or anything?

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