I'm bored - tell me about your name

[madringal]

First and or middle. Where you named after someone? Does it have a special meaning to your parents or family? Or just a name they liked.  Do you like your name?

My parents named me after their pastors daughter.  My middle name was stupid, my parents didn't quite understand how middle names worked in the US.  I changed it to my maiden name when I got married.  I like my name, but it is not a name you associate with a grown adult, and I don't have a full name to change it to (like a kid named Madison that goes by Maddie, but can and probably will go by Madison as an adult).

[Brie]

My first name is a mashup of part of my mom's maiden name and middle name.

My middle name is the feminine version of my father's name.

I like that I'm named after both my parents. I feel pretty strongly about at least middle names having some sort of family association.

[bbonanza]

I have the same initials as my Dad. My parents were going to go for a different first name, but after I was born my Mom decided to change it and it just happens to be the same name as one of her best friends growing up.

ETA:  My name was also good for nicknames, my friends called me one, my family another (think remake of children's movie that is coming out soon)

[Velar Fricative]

I have the same first name as my maternal grandmother and paternal great-grandmother. So that made sense.

I like it all right. I hated it growing up because I didn't think it was a pretty name and the only other people named Marie were old ladies I saw in nursing homes every Christmas. Yet it's such a popular middle name, go figure. Now I don't mind it - it's different but not unusual, although I still get called Mary or Maria from time to time.

I don't have a middle name.

[BAMFMrsB]

I was named for queens. My grandmother said I looked 'regal'.

My name is not interesting but it is classic.

[pugz]

Julia Rose

First name was the name of a good friend of my parents. Middle from Little House on the Prairie, my brother was 10 and picked it

[kategm]

My middle name is my paternal grandmother's middle name and her mother's (my great-grandmother) middle name. I passed it down to my daughter as well, so she's the 4th generation with that middle name.

My first name was chosen because it's a longer, classic name that has lots of nickname options. My mom was actually surprised when I decided in Kindergarten I wanted to use the full name. She expected me to hold onto a nickname until I was older. Of course now that I'm an adult, after 25+ years of going by full name, I'm trying to transition back to a nickname. It's not going well.

[Deleted]

My first name is after my mom's mom's nickname (She was Catherine called Kate, and my given name is Katie). My middle name is after my dad's mom (Helen, and my MN is Helene).
My DD's first name is after my MIL, her MN is after my mom.

[L]

My name is Christina after my great aunt who lived until 104. I went by Tina growing up (so did my great aunt) but hated it by adulthood. I've gone by my full name for 20yrs now but I've never made my family or old friends call me my full name. I like my full name. My middle name is very boring.

[kategm]

Nov 26, 2014 11:30:19 GMT -5 BAMFMrsB said:

I was named for queens. My grandmother said I looked 'regal'.

My name is not interesting but it is classic.

We possibly have the same name? 

[BAMFMrsB]

I have the same middle name as every other Katherine on the planet.

[turtlegirl]

First name is my mom's great aunt. Middle name is my mom's mom. She passed away when my mom was 16. It's also my aunt and cousins middle name. Also happens to be DH's grandma's name, so if we have a girl someday it'll be her middle name as well.

My mom always says she knew she was going to name her first daughter my name since she was a teenager.

[Emerald1486]

My mom always liked my first name and wanted to name a daughter that. I went by a nickname growing up that is commonly used when referring to young ladies. A couple years ago, I started going by a different nickname. Confuses the hell out of my friends that have known me for years, but they understand when I explain why.
My middle name is the same as my mom's middle name

[h]

My mom had a late miscarriage and then a full-term stillborn in the 2 years before having me. They did not think of names or get a nursery ready, because my mom was convinced I wouldn't live. After I was born--and totally fine--my parents had no idea what to name me (I was also a third girl, so they had already used their favorite girl names on my older sister and their stillborn daughter). My dad's best friend suggested my name, and my parents were basically like "sure, that works." It is fine, but I don't love it. My older sister got my mom's name as her middle name, and my younger brother got my grandma's maiden name as his middle name. I wish I had a family connection somewhere in my name.

[bowies]

My first name is a popular 80s name and the only name my parents could agree on. My middle name is a saint's name since I was raised Catholic. Neither name has any family association.

[Deleted]

First name is super popular 80s name. My mom just liked it. My dad at one point lobbied to name me Sheila. Thank goodness he lost.

Middle is my mom's and her mom's and maybe my great grandmother's middle name too. It had traditionally been the 2nd daughter that got the name (I am the 1st). I think Mom goofed because so far my middle sister is the only one with a girl. I tried to talk my sister into using it just in case, but she wouldn't. Maybe next baby if she has another girl? It's Elizabeth, so it's a perfectly nice name.

[Deleted]

My dad dated a girl with my name and really liked it. lol.

My middle name is the same as my Aunt's middle name (DD has the same one as well).

Ditto Brie - I feel like middle names should have a family association.

[countthestars]

My name is Katie Lynn. My parents just liked it. Katie is not short for anything but my grandmother called me Katherine until the day she died because she didn't like that I wasn't given a longer name. lol

[roo54]

My mom named me from her soap opera's that she was watching. When she asked my dad what he thought about the names he said "I had gf's with those names, and they were both pretty, so sure!"

[havarti]

My first name is a double name after two great grandmothers. It's pretty, and I get frequent compliments on it. But it's very southern and I am not, so sometimes I get annoyed about the assumptions people make about me from my name. I only go by the first half of my name to combat the assumptions and then people want to expand it into the more common full name for that nickname which is also annoying -- because that is not my name! Also people are constantly misspelling my full first name. And up until the second grade I didn't even know how to spell it (I thought I had two middle names.) My actual middle name is after a few people of the same name who my parents liked. I dropped it though and now use my maiden name as my middle name. I actually get a lot of compliments on my maiden/middle name as it is currently a somewhat popular girls name and people think my parents chose it way back in the 70's.

In short, I like my name, but it's a pain in the ass. Don't ever name your kid a double name.

[havarti]

Nov 26, 2014 11:38:49 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

First name is obvious. I went by Vicky until I was 17 and now I hate that nickname. I like my full name - to me, it hits the perfect popularity level where everyone knows it as a name, and can pronounce and spell it, but you don't know 700 of them. My parents "just liked it".

Middle is Suzanne. It's fine. I barely use it. It's sort of weird because my mom's name is Susan, but they didn't name me after her. Ooookay.

I had a baby doll named Vicky when I was little.  Six year old me looooooved that name.  I still like it, just not with the voracity of a six year old.

[zeewifeandmama]

My first name is like #2 for the whole 80's and my middle name is a popular name with a bit of a unique spelling. My two younger sisters also share my middle name.

[waterchurch]

My first name was both my maternal grandmother and fraternal great grandmother's middle name. Nice compromise between the two sides.
My middle name is after a friend of my mom's who died shortly before I was born. I don't think it flows with my first name very well and I have no connection to it since I never knew the person. But it's fine.

[holly116]

My first name is just because my mom liked it. I constantly got asked if I was a holiday baby when I was a kid, nope, my birthday is in June.

My middle name is Lynn. I have an aunt Lynn and a grandma Evelyn, but my mom hated them so I'm 99% sure that Lynn is my middle name because I was born in 1982 and that was a popular middle name.

[charlotteandwilbur]

First name-- came from a romance novel my mom was reading at the time. But it is a classic, Biblical name. I love it. It was fairly uncommon when I was growing up, then skyrocketed in popularity so there are a lot of 10-20 yos with my name. Now it's fallen on the SSA list again.

Middle name-- after my great-grandmother. It's the feminine form of a traditional male name. I didn't really like it when I was younger but it has grown on me. In fact I have considered naming a future daughter this name.

[caramia17]

My first name is after my maternal grandmother, but I go by a diminutive/nn that suits me better.

My middle name is part of the name that my birth mother would have given me. I always use my middle initial for this reason.

[qcinoct]

my name is Stephanie. No middle name. My parents just liked it (I was born in the 70s), although I do have an uncle Stephen. And, they felt like the name was long enough not to warrant a middle name (even though my older sister has one, and my two younger siblings do too). The lack of middle name led to a lot of childhood angst and me providing myself with a middle name that changed yearly. 

My sons each have two middle names. Maybe I was compensating?!

[ryry]

I have a boys name. No good reason, my mom just liked the name. It's becoming a bit more common in girls now, but growing up I HATED it. Teachers always thought I was lying about my name, people never expected me to really be a girl, I always had to show ID. I still throw people off regularly when they meet me or hear my voice for the first time because people expect me to be male.

My middle name is now my maiden name, but growing up it was Ann. Super generic

[Deleted]

My name is just a name my parents liked and my middle name is the middle name that 99.9999999% of people with my first name have as a middle name.

We liked the idea of family names for our children so they all have at least one family name.

[CrazyLucky]

My middle name was the same as my mom's and grandmother's middle name. I hated it. Partly because it was June, which happens to be my birth month, so people assumed it was because of my birth month. Part of it was because I didn't like my grandmother. She had nothing to do with me, was never part of my life. When I got married, I dropped it and took my maiden name as my middle name. My mom never said anything, but I think it bothered her that I did that. Now, looking back on it with the wisdom of old age, I wish I hadn't done that.
My son's middle name is FIL's name. FIL died about 4 years before DS was born. My daughter's name is just a couple of names we liked!

I like using family names, but I hate when female names are made up.  I have seen Thomasina, Howardette.  Our neighbors have twins.  The dad is Damien and the twins are Damien and Damia.  How big is your ego?