the name you were given?
Also for those who have kids, how did you come abt the names you gave them?


I was named after my mother.

I named my eldest daughter (Nina) after a girl I saw on television when I was seven years old! I found the name to be very unique and interesting. When I met and married my husband and I became pregnant, I told him the name and he said "No". But then one day after work he said he changed his mind and liked the name. She also has the same name as an old soap opera character that I loved way back in the early 80's on All My Children. But initially her name came to me when I was 7 years old. That's real early finding a baby name!:D

My youngest daughter is named after my ex-husband's mother. I didn't want to name her Jennie, but he won out this time. It took me a real long time to call her by her name, because I couldn't stand my husband's mother.

My little boy is named after Stevie Ray Vaughan, the late blues musician.

my name is melissa because of melissa gilbert, my mom really liked little house

Im named Crystal because my mother wanted a name that went with Bell. She wanted to name me Liberty or Betsy Ross [shes very patriotic!!], but thankfully my Dad said NO.

As for my future kids, my daughters will be named Madison Eva and Brooklyn [Brooke for short], for my love for NYC. My sons will be named Chris and Craig. Chris is my favorite name and I like C names.

My mom decided Travis for me because she had a crush on this really hott guy named "Travis" on the Soap Opera she used to watch. :cool:

Im named Crystal because my mother wanted a name that went with Bell. She wanted to name me Liberty or Betsy Ross [shes very patriotic!!], but thankfully my Dad said NO.

As for my future kids, my daughters will be named Madison Eva and Brooklyn [Brooke for short], for my love for NYC. My sons will be named Chris and Craig. Chris is my favorite name and I like C names.
Thank God your dad put his foot down!!!:D :wave:

Cool thread :cool: :D Anyway, I seem to recall asking my Mom why they named me Kristel, and I remember her saying it was because I had crystal blue eyes at birth (and still do, obviously). My parents just decided to make it a unique spelling and give me some flair :D My full name in Estonian translates to "Pure Running Brooks"

My brother Kalin has a unique reasoning to his name-- my Dad is a huge fan of reading fantasy type books, and a character in the novel was named Kalin. So, there ya go. Everyone in my family is named with a "K" (except for my Dad, whose name is Aarne).

If I have kids, I want my boy to be named John after the two most important people in my life-- John Lennon and John Ritter. I was thinking of either doing John Paul____ or John Lennon____. This is definitely something I'm going to do, whether my future husband likes it or not! :lol:

For girls, I like the names Kayla (following the tradition of "K's"...and I just really love the name), Madison (for no other reason except it's unique and pretty all at once), and Alexandria ('cause I like A names).

My dad named me after him.

Robert after me grandpap.

Thank God your dad put his foot down!!!:D :wave:
Haha for real! I thought I got flack for being named Crystal Bell, cant imagine being called Liberty. And Betsy Ross, WTF?! :eek:

I was named because my parents hate meeeee

I was named because my parents hate meeeee
Nooooooo they don't. Get your butt over here so I can give you one gigantic hug!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bighug:

Get your butt over here so I can give you one gigantic hug!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bighug:
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You definitely are one smart cookie and a damn funny one at that!!!!! hmmmm 27 hours? really? hey that's close!!!!:D

My parents named me Alexandra after my grandfather. It was that or Victoria, but my Dad didn't want a child of his named Vicky, so they went with Alex. Nice choice.:rolleyes:

My parents named me Alexandra after my grandfather. It was that or Victoria, but my Dad didn't want a child of his named Vicky, so they went with Alex. Nice choice.:rolleyes:
LOL - cute

I almost became Valerie. That would've been kind of cool...because then I would have had the same name as Valerie Harper, one of my fave actresses. :lol:

Seriously...I don't remember why my parents gave me my name. Heh.

I was almost amanda.

Amanda nicole {lastname}


When I have a daughter I'm going to name her Persephone. or maybe misty and then rain for her middle name.....Hmmmmmmm

I was almost amanda.

Amanda nicole {lastname}


When I have a daughter I'm going to name her Persephone. or maybe misty and then rain for her middle name.....Hmmmmmmm
What if you have a boy? Percival? :D

my name was a compromise - mom wanted "Russell" and dad wanted to name me after a family tradition. I am the first eldest son in at least 7 generations NOT named William.

apparently mine is the ONLY name they could both agree on.

my name was a compromise - mom wanted "Russell" and dad wanted to name me after a family tradition. I am the first eldest son in at least 7 generations NOT named William.

apparently mine is the ONLY name they could both agree on.
Whoo hoo...:cool: :D

What if you have a boy? Percival? :D
Samuel Alexander. I love the name alexander :D

My mom named me Tara because of Gone With The Wind. I've yet to see the movie...

LOL - cute

I hated my name for years. I have finally come to terms w it.:lol:

my mom wanted sarah (from the bible) and my dad wanted susan so they agreed that my name would depend on my hair color; sarah if it was dark and susan if it was blonde. yeah it was really dark, almost black, but within the next year or two it went totally blonde and stayed that way.

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:rofl:

my mom wanted sarah (from the bible) and my dad wanted susan so they agreed that my name would depend on my hair color; sarah if it was dark and susan if it was blonde. yeah it was almost black, but within the next year or two it went totally blonde and stayed that way.
:eek2: :rotflmao:

my name was a compromise - mom wanted "Russell" and dad wanted to name me after a family tradition. I am the first eldest son in at least 7 generations NOT named William.

apparently mine is the ONLY name they could both agree on.
Robin Williams! :D :cool:

My father always said that he would give me an 'american' name in case we ever moved to the States, I had an easy name to remember. :)
My first daughter was going to be named Diana for the late Princess of Wales; I found out that I was preggo during her funeral and she was a very important figure ect ect..One night I had a dream and 'someone' told me to name her Julia instead; I later found out that Julia was the name of my grandmother that died the day after my dad was born. With my second daughter I had no way of picking her name, my then husband did and it stayed.

Well, my name is Andrea and my dad's name is Andrew so.....

My mom told me that they almost named me Kelly(don't know where they got that from!!). I wish they did because I get tired of people getting my name wrong and calling me Angela & Adrienne.:mad:

I Mom just liked the name Sara, she likes biblical names. Although my mom recently told me she briefly considered naming me Gretchen :eek2:

I was named after a soap opera.

My mother's favorite aunt was Katherine and I was named after her.

I hate my name; first it is Tara, but it is pronounced (TAR-RAH)..not the norm-TERRA, and I was named after a character from the show the Avengers (Tara King)...and forget about trying to spell my last name...which common, but with an uncommon spelling:rolleyes: and as far as naming my children; for a girl, I am going to name her Jordana Rhiannon Michelle. I always liked the name Jordana, because it is different and not too common; the name Rhiannon, because I am a huge Stevie Nicks fan, and also for my Welsh hertiage, and Michelle, because the father's name is Michael; for a boy..DEFINITELY, James Spencer after my great grandfather, I always thought he had the coolest name; and for my third child, John-Alec, after my favorite bass player John Entwistle of the Who, and Laurence, for a middle name, and after my dad.

Some girl my dad knew...or something. I dunno, I was supposed to be Jeffrey. :lol:

I was named after my Dad's mother, who passed away a year before I was born. When I have kids I'm naming one Jack (after JJ Pryor on American Dreams lol ...i really just like the name), and one Grey (b/c my favorite Dave Matthews song is Grey Street, and I don't really like the name Dave, or Matthew.) I also like the names Morgan and Maygun, for no reason really. :wave:

Um um, I guess just because my mom liked Ashlee and she wanted to spell it different? She was going to name me Jordan before that...

My first child is going to be a girl and I want her name to be Audrey...or maybe Audree to keep the tradition heh. I just think that's a pretty name and it's not HUGELY common.

My dad named me Karen because there was no one in his family with a first name that started with the letter K and he thought that was the nicest female name beginning with that letter. He almost named me Katrina (Yah, like the hurricane) and also considered the name Vivian, which doesn't really make any sense because I do have a cousin on my dad's side with the name Vanessa (b. 1980). :lol:

I don't know what I'm gonna name my kids. If I'm still a Rent-head seven years from now, then I'll probably name them after Rent characters/actors. Or maybe just after famous people I like. :crazy:

this was always one of the worst topics to talk about with my parents. my dad wanted me to either have an Italian first name, or be named after him (Joseph). and some of his first choices for my name were Guglielmo, Natalino, and Carmine. how could i live my life introducing myself to people with names like that? i don't look all that Italian (maybe northern though) and i don't have an accent either so it would seem weird to name me Guglielmo or Carmine. so my mom wanted to give me a nice, simple name. she wanted Christopher originally, but that actually became my brother's name. she either wanted in the end, Michael or Brandon. of course this pissed my dad off a lot. so when my mom filled out the birth certificate, she picked the name for herself, Michael. but she put my dad's name down as my middle name, which is Joseph. my dad didn't like it, but he got over it since i have his first name as my middle name.

this was always one of the worst topics to talk about with my parents. my dad wanted me to either have an Italian first name, or be named after him (Joseph). and some of his first choices for my name were Guglielmo, Natalino, and Carmine. how could i live my life introducing myself to people with names like that? i don't look all that Italian (maybe northern though) and i don't have an accent either so it would seem weird to name me Guglielmo or Carmine. so my mom wanted to give me a nice, simple name. she wanted Christopher originally, but that actually became my brother's name. she either wanted in the end, Michael or Brandon. of course this pissed my dad off a lot. so when my mom filled out the birth certificate, she picked the name for herself, Michael. but she put my dad's name down as my middle name, which is Joseph. my dad didn't like it, but he got over it since i have his first name as my middle name.

Cool



Too bad it wanst Carmine id call you the Big Ragu all the time
:lol:


Guglielmo hjhmm


"Hey my names Guglielmo, dont mess with me Ill kick yer butt, understand? GOOD!"





Im named after my dad and grandpa, Ill probably name oen of my kds Jack too


But you know what would be awesome? If I named all my kids after onomotpeoia. Wam, Bam, Bang,, Pow and Zap.

i know someone with the last name Guglielmo. and it'd be weird to use it as a first name (i guess it is). :lol: i am satisfied with a nice, normal name. well normal to us i mean, nothing foreign. :)

My naming situation is kind of complicated. My mom had 3 names picked out for me. Kristin, Kirsten and Mariette. I happened to be born on my brothers 7th birthday and since his name is Kurt Daniel my mom chose a name that would match with that so I was named Kristin Danielle.
As for my own children, my husband and I have completely different tastes in names but we finally agreed on Spencer Joel Thomas for our son. We got the first name from actor Spencer Tracy. Thomas is my husbands name and since everyone in Toms family has 2 middle names, he at the last minute, decided that he wants our kids to have 2 middles as well so I chose Joel because it is short, simple and one of my favorite Biblical names.
We would like to have 2 more kids. For a girl I have chosen Christine Leah Frances. I love the name Christine, Frances is a family name and Leah is another short, simple Biblical name.
For boys we have agreed on either Stefan or Blake. Not sure about middle names but I like Patrick, William, Timothy and Luke.

any name is better than Guglielmo or Carmine. :barf: puke:

They named me Kristina because I guess it was after my great great great grandmother, but a few years ago I saw her grave and it was "Christine". I think my mom THOUGHT it was Christina (but spelled it with a K) or what it really was,

My parents just really liked the name Michael just like so many other parents in the 1970's. If I had been a girl I would have been named Jennifer.

I love these posts. The stories are so interesting.

But you know what would be awesome? If I named all my kids after onomotpeoia. Wam, Bam, Bang,, Pow and Zap.
:rofl:

I could have sworn my mom told me I was named after someone from the cast of "Dallas." But upon looking at a cast list of that show, I don't see my name anywhere...wtf?

I could have sworn my mom told me I was named after someone from the cast of "Dallas." But upon looking at a cast list of that show, I don't see my name anywhere...wtf?
Perhaps Dusty Farlow?

My mom was going to name me Summer Rose, but my dad didn't like it. So they named me Amber just because no one else in the family had the name. I did end up with two middle names though. My mom gave me the middle name Michelle because she thought it was pretty and it was the name of her best friend. My dad gave me the middle name Louise after his sister that was in really bad shape. I kind of hate my first name though because it is an alert and a color. :lol:

Perhaps Dusty Farlow?
I used to watch Dallas, but I don't remember that character.

I used to watch Dallas, but I don't remember that character.
sounds like one of the character's "stripper name"

my name is melissa because of melissa gilbert, my mom really liked little house
my name is Melissa Gilbert

I'm actually not really sure why....I think they just liked the name Niki or something.....

they got tired of calling me "baby boy"

I used to watch Dallas, but I don't remember that character.
That was Clayton Farlow's ( Howard Keel's) son. He was one of Sue Ellen's many boyfriends. He was played by Jared Martin. He was on the show from 1979-1982 and also in 1985.

My parents named me Rebecca because they're very religious so they wanted to give me name from the bible.

Genesis 17: 15, "And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be."

thank you god; that would have been horrible.

:rofl: :D

My name is Laura, and my parents gave me a variation of my mom's best friend's name, which is Laurie. They didn't name me Laurie though because it doesn't sound good with my last name, and also my dad has a cousin who's name is also Laurie. My middle name is Catherine, and my parents liked it because to them it sounded really strong. They almost named me Catherine Anne, but my last name is also pretty long.

When my mom's best friend had her daughter, she named her Madeleine which is after my mother. It's spelled exactly the same too. :)

Perhaps Dusty Farlow?

Ah, that could very well be it.

That was Clayton Farlow's ( Howard Keel's) son. He was one of Sue Ellen's many boyfriends. He was played by Jared Martin. He was on the show from 1979-1982 and also in 1985.
I totally don't remember that guy. I must not have been paying as much attention as I thought. :lol:

My name is a combination of my mother's first and second name. :)

Why I got named what I was named, I have no idea.

Anyway, if I ever decide to have a kid and it's a boy, he'll be named Matt (Matthew) after me!

my mom just liked the name sarah michelle

Hmmmm..... I don't know why they named me Cynthia Susan. :lol:

I was named after actress Angie Dickinson, my dad had a crush on her :lol:

My family and I are Christian's. They were going to name me Christian, but they decided to just go with Christopher. Everyone calls me Chris though. I hate the name Christopher.

My first name is Adam from the JJohn Walsh's boy he was killed shortly before i was born


My middle name is Waylon from the country singer Waylon Jennings