So, I'm bored and curious...

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

Again, see title.

So, is anyone named after anything? Be it cool or embarrassing?

Like, my name, Sas Sara is after Sara by Bob Dylan. Which is a lovely song. And my middle name, Elisabeth, is supposed to be after my nan, who my mum thought her name, Betty, was short for Elizabeth. Turns out it's not, she's just Betty.

So, anyone else?

omg you guys, so many replies! I need sleep, but you keep going!!

Comments

[fauxkaren.livejournal.com]

I'm not ACTUALLY named after anything according to my mom.... but my name is Karen and my mom really likes the Carpenters. So... yeah. I think that I'm secretly named after Karen Carpenter.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

lol, I love that, a secret naming. There have got to be parents out there that total smile when they call their children's names knowing they're named after something awesome.

[slytherati.livejournal.com]

Strangely, we have very similar names. My Sara came from the Jefferson Starship song, though, and my middle name is Beth, also my mom's middle name, from her Aunt Betty.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

Ha, that's pretty sweet actually! I once met a Sarah that was named after the Thin Lizzy song, as a name, it's a pretty good choice. I do like Jefferson Starship but I've never heard the song! *goes to look it up*

Also, I vaguely wonder if there's a person here named after the Fleetwood Mac song Sara :D

[gryffinwhore.livejournal.com]

I wish I had a cool story behind my name. My parents just wanted a Mediterranean sounding name for me (Alexandra) since our last name is Italian. Hmmmm, maybe I should make up a story for situations like this. *ponders*

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's cool too. I love hearing why/how people got their names. Even 'boring' ones like Sara sometimes have pretty cool reasons behind them.

Did your name give you cool initials?

[zestyzorra.livejournal.com]

My name is Sara, too. Well, it's actually Sara Darlene, and I'm named after my paternal grandmother and maternal grandmother, respectively.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

Ah! pretty sweet naming after relatives. Also, I love that so many Sara's have middle names too! (And there appear to be so many in hih!)

SHAME.

[mizaya.livejournal.com]

None for me, but I was almost going to be named Immaculata Concepicone after the immaculate conception. No lie. Thank god they changed their minds last minute, right? D:.

/shot.

[vestigialwords.livejournal.com]

... how do you feel about that?

[caketime.livejournal.com]

No, but my mother changed my middle name because it was too "jewish", LOL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, I'M SORRY.

It would've been fun, though, because my flat mate's sister is also Mia, and my flat mate has the middle name I should've had. I'm not going to name it BECAUSE IDK WHAT "JEWISH" MEANS.

Any way, I'm named after no one. My parents wanted a name that was easy to spell, pronounce in different languages and would fit with a second sibling, so I'm Mia Isobel. My sister's Rhea Ros. She's got an awesome name.)

[caketime.livejournal.com]

I meant *Isabel.

I KID, EVERYONE GETS THIS WRONG.

[vestigialwords.livejournal.com]

My middle name (Jean) goes back... *counts* four generations on my mom's side as the middle name of the eldest daughter. Other than that, my dad just always wanted a daughter to name Rebecca.

[endgegner07.livejournal.com]

Oh Rebecca is a beautiful name. If I get a daughter I'm gonna name her that :)

[kimi-the-great.livejournal.com]

I'm Kimberly Diane.

The Kimberly was apparently the name of some soap opera actress that my dad thought was really pretty. Diane came from my grandmother insisting they name me after Princess Diana. Diane went better with the first name, thus, me.

My dad actually wanted to name me Barbara after this girl he went to high school with who became a nun. But my mother put her foot down. And to be honest, I'm glad. I like my name.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

lol, that's a great way for your dad to pick the name!

Also, I'm really glad, I'm not too fond of Barbara, it creeps me out when it's shortened to Babs, although, nun? coool!

[xfortytwo.livejournal.com]

My name isn't very interesting, really. I was named Ingeborg after my great grandmother on my mum's side.

My brother, Anders, is named after our great grandfather on my father's side. Actually, the name Anders goes back generations in that side of the family.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty interesting name! At least, here it would be, what does it mean?

Also, love that name, I always get so disappointed when people are like And...rew.

[brighty18.livejournal.com]

I'd love to be named for a Dylan song. Contrary to popular belief I was NOT named for the Beatles song, Michelle. It's just the feminine form of my father's name, Michael. My middle name, however, was Regina after my paternal grandmother. Unfortunately, my dad's side of the family pronounces it the German way (like the Canadian city) which rhymes with a female body part.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

Oh. I was like, Reg-eena, but, Reg-iiina? Well, it's still a nice name! The other side of the family use the US/UK pronounciation?

lol, you should totes brainwash your parents into thinking they named you after the beatles song?? It could work?

[nathaniel-hp.livejournal.com]

My parents named me after a movie character.

I no longer go by that name. Now, my middle name is a nod to my parents because it is the other name they had chosen for me.
My first name just came to me one day, and I knew instantly that it was the right one. I didn't name myself after anyone, at least not consciously.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

A good movie character, like, one you liked?? Or was it very distinctive??

See, I kinda let all variations of my name sit by themselves.

Legally my name's spelt 'Sarah' because my father registered me and fucked it up. And recently I've had to spell my name like that, and, well, it doesn't feel like me, but I'm pretty sure Sarah's going to be an interesting person!

And now at work, they all started calling me Sa-rah, as opposed to Sair-ah, and I'm not sure who that person is either, but I'm kinda beginning to like her too.

That and my friends all call me 'Sas', I adore her.

It's subtle, and I'm sure a lot more subtle than your name change, but, yeah, it's enough that I'm kinda into it at the moment.

[nicccc.livejournal.com]

I love that song ♥

Nicole is just a name my parents liked, but my middle name, Rochat, was my maternal great-great grandparents' surname. There's some well-known chef in Switzerland named Phillippe Rochat, but I don't know if we're distantly related, because in Vevey, and I guess in the canton of Vaud in general, Rochat is as everyday as Smith or Jones.

I love my middle name because there can't be that many people in the world who have it (my mum's the only one I know who also has it), and if I ever have a kid, regardless of gender, he or she is getting Rochat thrown in his or her name.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

Ah! Interesting middle name! How's it pronounced?

I love there are places in the world where 'interesting' surnames are as common as smith and jones are to the English speaking world.

Lol, I bet the kid'll love it too!

[calairiel.livejournal.com]

My first name "Silje" was my brothers choice because they had a crush on a neighbour girl named Silje. And they got to choose my first name.

My middle name "Irene" Is after my grandmother on my mothers side. And I like it (It's greek in orgin) But I only go by my first name.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

That's a lovely name! Why did your brothers get to name you??

[laurahonest.livejournal.com]

My dad swore he named me after the German siren (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorelei) until I was 16. When I was 16 I discovered the Styx song Lorelei (http://artists.letssingit.com/styx-lyrics-lorelei-9q87gdg) and he finally admitted that is what he really named me after.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

HAHA! That's ~fantastic~ I love when parents won't admit things. Also, it's a great song.

[furtherance.livejournal.com]

I'm Joyce Lynette and I maintain that it's my father's genetic roots trying desperately to lay claim to some aspect of my cultural heritage.

Joyce has Irish roots, and Lynette is Welsh, (my father's Scots-Irish), but my mother is Italian. Like hard-core. And so, my younger brother and I were raised in a world that resembled "My Big, Fat, Greek Italian Wedding" and "Everybody Loves Raymond". Seriously, I have an Uncle Vinny in upstate New York and everything. (And two cousin Vinny's out west in Ca., and four Uncle Tony's!)

So the only things "Isles" about me are my strange tendency to freckle (it's the only physical characteristic that isn't Italian), my affinity for the Irish pub and my name.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

lol, I love stereotypical uncle names in ethnic groups. I have several family members named 'john' and 'james'.

Well, freckles are pretty awesome! I lost all Italian blood in me, lost it from my names, everything, the generation before me were Irish-Italian on my mothers side and Dutch (possibly Polish-Dutch) on my fathers side. But I got pretty much everything, somehow, from my one English descendant! (One person goes and marries an English man and we all get the name! lol.) Although apparently genetically I got enough for the doctors to consider my genes and stuff Mediterranean/Eastern Europe. Oh well.

[lotrangel17.livejournal.com]

My Sara was named after the Hall and Oats song Sara Smile :) I didn't know there was a Bob Dylan one!

Tara is named after the plantation called Tara in Gone With the Wind and Thomas is actually my mothers maiden name.

And I am named after my dad Steve however my mom originally wanted to call me Cinnamon which is why I LOVE being named after my Dad instead, lol.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

I didn't know there was a Hall and Oats one! There are so many Sara's relations about here!!

Is Tara said Taira or Tara?? I'm always curious, I've only ever heard Taira over in the US.

lol, Cinnamon would have been a great name!!! Although, is it a name of a carebear or my little pony :S!

[supremacy-born.livejournal.com]

Although I love my name, the only thing I'm named after is Eve from the Bible. It fits me well though, and now that I think back on it, it has a lot of Slytherin connotations. First sin, apple, snake, temptation and all that. Pretty cool. I'm happy with it!

[misfitloser2112.livejournal.com]

*hisses happily at you*

You've been a snake from birth!

[misfitloser2112.livejournal.com]

Embarrassing.

I was named after my mother saw a Volkswagen dealership whose owner was named Kelly. Also, she saw Kelly Tires somewhere.

I think I should get a free Jetta out of the deal, heh.

;-)

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

Haha! You are meant to like cars! Quite obviously!!!

[moony-blues.livejournal.com]

Tru Fax: I'm named after Rachel the Replicant (http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0002844/) in Blade Runner (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/). Except my mom wanted the Hebraic spelling rather than the Anglo-Saxon spelling...

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

That's pretty fucking awesome. Man.

[heartzablaze.livejournal.com]

My mother wanted a baby boy named Michael. So she was so certain she was having a boy she didn't bother to have a girls name picked out.. Except Eve, she liked that.. However my aunt gave birth 4 months and 3 days before I was born and had a son, whom she named Adam. So thank God mom said no to Eve. XD

Therefore I got Michele (so friggin close to Michael that I get called Michael quite a bit) and my first name is a family name which I hate because I prefer Michele and nobody that I do business with uses my middle name. Ugh!

That would be my only story. XD I wished she'd just named me what she wanted to "Michael Baxter" the Baxter being after my grandfather who was like my dad.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

Aw! She could have still called you Michele Baxter???

Lol, family gatherings would have been a blast if you were called Adam and Eve!!!

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

It's a nice name, and I'm sure i could never pronounce it!!

Although, I spent last summer going from San Sebatian, Burgos, Leon and on to Santilla del compostilla (sp? on them all!) and then back along the north coast. I'm sure I've probably heard it said but just can't associate it with the name written down.

[kelsigrint.livejournal.com]

my mother wanted to name me dallas. :| my middle name starts with a j and she thought it'd be cute to call me dj. my father saved me from that embarrassment, thank jo. my first name isn't from anything, but my middle name was inspired by my uncle whom i've never met cause he died before i was born ..... haha.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

Well! Dj would have been...pretty cool if you ever became a dj??

[maaiker.livejournal.com]

Well Maaike is just a name my father in particular liked, and it's a usual Dutch name which follows my brothers (Martijn and Tom) and my sister (Saskia). My brothers especially have met a lot of people with the same name.
My middle name, Mirjam, refers to my grandmother on my mom's side, Maria. And my second middle name, Andrea, refers to my grandmother on my dad's side, Anna.
At first my full name would have been Maaike Andrea Mirjam, but then my initials would have been MAM, which means MOM in Dutch XD So my mom switched the names and thus I was named Maaike Mirjam Andrea :)

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

lol, they're really pretty names. I love dutch names, I'm not sure how I escaped with none considering my father is Dutch XD

[naobot.livejournal.com]

My name's Naomi. My mom's last name is 'Mi', so they thought it was cool that my name has her last name in it. o_o lol

My nickname is Nana, which means 'seven' in Japanese, which is why I use the Chinese character (kanji) for seven as my signature everywhere. :3

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

Ha, that's pretty sweet. And a bit of a crazy reason to love a name! But it is a nice name.

[the_dream.livejournal.com]

My parents were originally looking for male names before I was born, and they had decided on Matthew. Apparently that didn't work out as I am female, so they changed it to Melissa. Melissa means "honey bee" in ancient Greek (Hittite). As the legend behind the name goes, there once was a princess named Melissa who served young Zeus honey after she learned to collect it. To show his gratitude, Zeus changed her into a honey bee, which sealed her immortality. I don't think that my parents really cared about the story, or knew of it, when they named me though. ~ My middle name is Kendra, which means "keen power" (that is the most common meaning, though there are a few variations). Admittedly I never really liked this name (no offense to anyone who does), though because my parents love it, I wonder if it will ever grow on me.

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

I find it strange people's relations to their names, how they change over time, and indeed people's names change over time.

Melissa's a pretty name, I knew a great girl called Melissa once.