What is in a name?Why did you're parents gave you your name?

[twrhamilton]

named after my dad who was named after a book in the bible

[oonamas]

My middle name is after my deceased aunt, and my first name was just a unique name my dad had heard before. They were looking to be a little different, but nowadays with everyone being unique I've actually seen my name around a lot more!

[djohnson43]

I don't remember who my first name is for but my middle name is for my moms best friend who died shortly before I was born . My oldest daughter is named for my husbands brother who was killed one year before she was born and for my grandfather(just making it a feminian name). My middle daughter is named for my dads mom and my husbands grandmother. My youngest daughter my oldest actually chose her first name for my dads dad, before she died. Because she died two years before the little one was born we did take her middle name and shorten it taking the first to letters AM for Amanda and made it Amy.

[bessie1111]

My mom had a friend she went to school with and always loved the name.  Funny thing....same thing happened with my daughter.  I also had a friend I with to school with and always loved her name and my husband and I named our daughter that name.

[Gerianne]

i was named after a combination of 2 influences: one saint [Saint Gerard] and my paternal grandmother's name[Anne].

[madeara]

I was named after my maternal grandmother, Margaret.  My middle name Amanda came from a distant relative.  All of my siblings have family names as well.  Have a great day!

[bobes915]

My mom's maiden name is my first name.

[kleenex40]

My mom named me after a singer(she told me that she liked the singers name so much she just had to name me after her )I thinks thats kinda cool.

[vp44]

My Mom named me after my God Mother. I like it and its simple and wasnt very hard to spell when I was learning to write my name.

[melinder]

My parents gave me my name because they liked it.

[emily01]

My mom just liked the name, I guess, lol.

[africanclaudie]

I think my mom was a bit star struck at the time of my sister and my birth. She was named after Loretta Young and I was named after Claudette Colbert. My brother got a French name. Come to think of it.....we all ended up with French names.

[jowbow]

I was named after a song my father liked.  I still haven't found the song.  But people think I named after the movie star Tina Louise

[dkanofsky]

I was named after my dad's best friend and my maternal grandfather.

[froggylover79]

I got my name from the dr. that delivered me. His fiances passed away. So he suggested the name.