Were you named after anyone?

[Breezy du Nord]

On one of the star Trek spinoffs, there was a girl Brenna or something, so my parents changed it around to Briana.

I dont even like Star Trek that much!

What about you guys? Any dumb stories of how you got your name?

(I suppose it could be worse. My dad wanted to name me Amerina, after some some song by some people I've never heard of. :P

[rjbcar27]

1. Yes.

[sangh0]

2. Yes

God

[Breezy du Nord]

7. You were named after God?

:P

[sangh0]

17. Yes

My given name reveals my (intended?) relationship to God.

[jumptheshadow]

3. Kobe Bryant

He was named after the steak from Japan.

I was named after my mother's dear sister who died in 1944 because of an infection arising from a RH factor pregnancy. The name isn't fashionable but she was apparently quite a beautiful person and it is an honor to have it.

[trof]

4. my dad

I'm a jay are.

[Interrobang]

5. Yes.

My second middle name is after my great-aunt, who died shortly after I was born. The name usually skips a generation, and it was my turn. According to the geneaology another great-aunt did, the name has been in the family since 1600 or so.

[Iris]

6. one of my dad's old girlfriends

Actually, I think she was one or two grades ahead of him and wasn't really his girlfriend, but some girl he admired a lot.

[kmla]

8. Yep. My middle name is...

Doby.

I'm named after the second person of color to play in Major League Baseball. Jackie Robinson played in the National League, and Larry Doby played in the American League for the Cleveland Indians. My dad always admired him, so that is how I ended up with the name. I kinda like it - except for Dobie Gillis (bad sitcim) and recording artist Dobie Gray, I haven't run into anyone else with this name.

[diplomats]

9. That's cool

I'm named after my mother.

[JitterbugPerfume]

13. I am named after two of my moms friends

nice ladies

crappy names!

[VelmaD]

10. Yup...

It's kind of complicated. I was originally supposed to have been Berhyl after my dad (Burhyl). My mom wanted a name that was similar to my dad's. Thankfully my dad put his foot down about Berhyl.

Anyway, they knew they wanted my middle name to be Deanne after a woman in my home town who rented them their first house and who basically helped look after them as newlyweds in a new place. She was like an extra gramma to me when I was little. So, Deanne for a middle name.

The only other person my mom had ever known with that middle name had the first name Barbara. She was a good friend of my mom's in high school. So, a B name like daddy's, a name that brings up good memories of her friend and honors gramma D, and my mom was a big fan of Barbara Jordan so that helped too.

Long story I know. :-)

Darth Velma

[zbird]

11. Yes, my grandmother.

I was the first female born after she died, so I got the name. She always told my mother (who took care of grandma until she died) to NEVER, EVER name a child after her. Well, mom didn't listen, and I got the name. I have never met another person with my name, but there was a Russian czarina with the name and it seems to be a not-too-uncommon name in South America (on googling). I hated the name when I was growing up, but eventually came to accept it.

I guess it could have been worse... Dad wanted to name me Theodora Willamena after baseball great Ted Williams.

[newyawker99]

49. Congrats zbird!! 600 posts

:toast:

[salmonhorse]

12. My GrandFather ~

[UrbScotty]

14. I'm the third generation with Charles as my middle name.

That's also my dad's and my grandpa's middle name.

[meegbear]

15. My dead older brother ...

My parent's first child was named Stephen Michael -------. He died when he was 8 from an auto accident.

My parents had 4 children since, me being the last. For some reason, they named me Michael Stephen -------. I was told I reminded my mother of him when I was born.

I learned later in life that some of my devout Catholic aunts now believe in reincarnation because they belive I am him. Been thinking about going to a paranormalist(?) to see if it's true.

[Eat_The_Rich]

16. Hope you guess my name.

I was named after a Republican president in the early 50's.

[caledesi]

19. Dwight? (as in I like Ike! Eisenhower?)

[Maine Mary]

18. Saints Monica and Mary

O8) TeeHee... as if! ;-)

[caledesi]

20. A derivative of my mother's name which is Alice.

I have always loved my name bec when I was young, no one had the name and it was cool. Now it's become somewhat trendy and with a zillion variation of spellings.

Can you guess my name?

[DemPopulist]

21. Yes

I'm named (first and middle name, though middle slightly changed) after an obscure Seventies folk-rock singer.

[caledesi]

38. Odetta o Joan Armatredge?

[Aristus]

22. My father.

Who was named after HIS father. So I'm a 'the Third'. People used to ask me, upon hearing my full name: "Hey man, are you rich, or something?"

[PAMod]

23. My great-grandfather...

I was born when he was 76; he had 4 kids & 8 grandkids & I was the 8th g-grandkid - he was tickled to have a name-sake. He bought me a little sailor suit when I was about 18 mos., and I had my portrait taken in that outfit - my favorite picture of myself, probably because of that story.

He was a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, too. On a bet, got wheeled around town in a wheelbarrow after the 1936 presidential election. He wore a sign that said "I won with Roosevelt" and his friend (loser) wore a sign that said "I lost with Landon". The picture ran in the local newspapers.

My bride is named after a great-aunt, and we have three boys, who are each named after a relative.

[newyawker99]

50. Hi PAMod!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[leftist_rebel1569]

24. umm...well,

I was named after someone named "Derek", that's all I know...

[Breezy du Nord]

27. Bo Derek?

that guy from Derek and the Dominoes? (I only know that because Derek is my brother's name and the dominoes are another band I've never heard of)

[leftist_rebel1569]

47. maybe...

or, it's a city in Morocco named Derek that I was born in for some reason or another...:P

oh well, I guess it's gonna be a mystery to me until I ask my mom when she comes back in an hour or two from the horsetrack...

[Kellanved]

25. Well yes: my Great-Grandfather

[radwriter0555]

26. BAMBI LYNN ...

I was named after a rather talentless dancer who did the borscht circuit and some musicals... luckily, I was then adopted and given a REAL name.

***whew***

[SOteric]

28. Like most Italian Catholic chicks,

I was named after a horde of Catholic saints, with some special homage being paid to a girlhood friend of my mother's who was also named after a horde of Catholic saints.

[DEM FAN]

29. Yes. I Was Named After Troy Donahue.

:shrug:

[thom1102]

30. My grandfather...

He was a Thomas. My Dad was a Walter, and wanted me to be named after him, but my mother, desperate to not have a son named Walter, convinced my father to name me after her dad (P-pa wasn't to fond of my dad at first, and mom convinced him this would go a long way toward making him happy). That worked until my mother got pregnant and 11 months later had my brother. My father said "my turn" and wanted his new son named after HIS father... Walter!

[ronnykmarshall]

31. My uncle.

[NightTrain]

32. I was named after Dean Martin

"Dean," you see, is my first name. (You didn't really think it was "Night," did you?)

[dofus]

33. My middle name

is the same as one grandmother's middle name, so I think I'm partly named after her. I look a lot like her, also.

Some years back I was visiting an uncle, and an elderly (then 92 years old) neighbor was also visiting, and the elderly neighbor had known grandma when grandma was my age. And upon seeing me, the neighbor exclaimed at how much I looked like said grandmother.

[Castilleja]

34. Christ, it seems

But I guess it was better than the first attempt of Rhonda...

[alfredo]

35. I am a third

My name is very eastern Europe, my last name comes from Armenia.

[MaryBear]

36. Yes, I am named for

my two grandmothers.

on edit: Grandma grandma, and Grandma bear.

[mitchum]

37. "Teenage Jesus" Jeffrey Hunter...

my mom was also a big Cornel Wild fan, but I think my dad nixed "Cornel" (thanks Dad!)

[JohnKleeb]

39. you bet

John- moms dad
Howard- dads dad

[HawkerHurricane]

40. A Mexican American War general

who happened to share the same first name with my Dad's best friend in the Air Farce.

[Coffee Coyote]

41. my grandfather and father

Traditional southern practice to affix Roman numerals on the third consecutive generation.

[SPICYHOT]

42. I was named after an actress

but my name is almost everywhere!

[ScreamingMeemie]

43. My Grandmother Laura Agnes...without the Agnes...

[AnnabelLee]

44. I was named after the wife of a president

She was very fond of wearing pillbox hats, & was considered to be very classy. Neither she or the president are still alive.

[greekspeak]

45. Yes

My father derived my middle name froma cousin of his, who is an ornithologist from Nachadoches, Texas.

[soleft]

46. I was named after Lori Ann Carr on the Edge of Night

I once saw the actress who played her as an adult in an airport, and I said, I was named after you. She looked at me like a had a few extra heads, then I explained.

[lpbk2713]

48. I'm a "boomer".......

........ Douglas Wayne......... named after MacArthur and "The Duke". Almost was named Douglas MacArthur.