Why is your name __________ ?

[Noumi]

Do you have any idea why your parents decided to put you the name you carry today ?

My real name isn't Noumi
My parents named me Pilar (ou...I didn't wanna say it, but anyway ) because I was born the day of a saint called like that....

Just lame....

[Delkaetre]

Mine gave me my RL name because no one else in our family had it. They were very careful, because they didn't want to be seen as favouring one branch of the family over any other. We feud a lot, comes of being Irish.
Funny, my name means 'light' or 'the bright one'. I can't think of anyone who avoids sources of strong light more avidly than I do.

[(heartofflames)]

If you really want to know, my original name was Jane, after the character Jane Eyre, but my parents changed it to Jacqueline after Jacqueline Kennedy died the same year I was born. I'm supposed to "channel" her.

[Wormboy]

I'm named after my adopted grandfather.

[AngelikDemonik]

My real name isn't Cybil, it's Deana--Said like Dee-NUH.

I was named after my grandfather, Dean. Apparently, the spelling of my name is the Irish version of it.

As for Cybil...I just like that name.

[badteccy]

I was named after a street.
I shit you not...my name is Kerri, btw.

[Minyaliel]

I was named after Santa. No kidding...

[Vexik]

My name is Michael, and I'm named after a British carpenter with whom my mother and grandmother are good friends. He's a great guy, very mischievous and prone to absent-mindedness.

I am very well named in that respect.

[korinna5555]

I was named after Kevin Keegan.. a GUY soccer player.. >_>

[KontanKarite]

I was named Joshua. Not really any reason for it, except for maybe because it means "Obedient to the lord", which is very ironic because I'm just about everything BUT that.

[psyches_reflection]

My real name is Laura, which is derived from 'laurel wreath', 'laurel tree' etc.

My mother wanted to call me Samantha, but there was already a Sam in the family. My father chose this name because it seemed to suit me - that's how all of my siblings were named. When we were born, my father would look us over and say, "Hmmm. Yep. This one's....."

[drewsilla]

My parents went the easy way out and named me Becky. Not Rebecca, Becca or anything like that--just Becky. Then they thought that Ann would go great with it, so I was blessed with the county name of Becky Ann. Just swell.

[BLEED REBELION!!!]

My mother named me Amani which means peace in Swahili and wishes in Arabic. If you translate my whole name to english it means Peace flower love..

Im lucky I suppose She wanted to name my sister "sativa" which is a type of marijuana...

[DarkPrayer]

My name is Sofie, which means Wisdom. I don't have much when it comes to grades (except English). Otherwise, I make wise life choices. No drugs, stealing, no more violence, no drinking, no hanging out with the wrong people... Sofie however, is my nickname which EVERYONE (yes, EVERYONE) has called me. My real name (Natalia) is on my ID, and Passport, but I am never called that. I have no idea what it means.

This is the first post I have made in a week.

[spoon!]

I was named after my mom's uncle, Cedric, who died when he was still a kid. Th reason given was that he was born on December 8 and I was born on September 8, and also that when I was a baby, I eerily looked like him (looking at pictures, I can really see a resemblance).

The meaning of my name is leader, "kindly and loved" (Welsh) and is apparently derived from Ivanhoem which is I suppose the leader aspect comes from. Under the right circumstances I have shown leadership abilities that even I wasn't aware of, but I much prefer being in the back assessing the situation than out front, a pattern I've had all my life.

It's still a minor annoyance on how many people pronounce my name: "Sedrick" and "Cedrick" are two of the more popular (my most hated misappropriation of my name was Cedricka, which got me into more than one fight in school). I used to also hate how my name wasn't considered "cool", but over time people did shorten it to Ced or, to my family, Ceddy.

My friends will occasionally call me Ceddy Bear, just to rib on me.

[Renatus]

Originally Posted by Delkaetre

Mine gave me my RL name because no one else in our family had it. They were very careful, because they didn't want to be seen as favouring one branch of the family over any other. We feud a lot, comes of being Irish.
Funny, my name means 'light' or 'the bright one'. I can't think of anyone who avoids sources of strong light more avidly than I do.

Maybe you're a very outgoing person who brightens up the dark points in the lives of others?

Originally Posted by drewsilla

My parents went the easy way out and named me Becky. Not Rebecca, Becca or anything like that--just Becky. Then they thought that Ann would go great with it, so I was blessed with the county name of Becky Ann. Just swell.

That name sounds more fitting for two people not one.

[MollyMac]

Mom decided on Tracy because it's less old fashioned than my dad's choice of Tabitha Sarah. Also, Tabitha was the name of the child witch in Bewitched and my mother is weird about such things.

I was called "Donnie" a lot as a child as I resembed her, my great aunt who dies in the flu pandemic of 1917, in my grandmother's mind that was succumbing to age. She also called me "sis". But her accent was so old continent and isolated rural that she said "Donnie" but my friends heard "Molly".

I now go by Miss Jackson, if you're nasty.

[Beneath the Shadows]

I was named after an uncle. Or so I was told.

[Graveyard.Crow]

My name is Alissa
because my brother read Alice in wonderland in Russian the year I was born, and Alice in Russian is Alissa.

[Godslayer Jillian]

They were thinking of calling me Alan after an actor who said Alan means handsome. But my mother decided to call me Andres.
Bless my father that told the hospital to change my name to Alan without telling my mother until it was too late to change it back. :P

[DepthsofSpace]

My first name has no story behind it. It means 'maker of tiles', how boring.

My middle name however, that has a story. It was my mother's uncle's name, who died in a.. Well, they called it a swimming accident, when he was 18.

He was a champion swimmer, and he was swimming across a lake in Texas like he often did when he drowned. He was being followed by his best friend in a row boat.

Interesting fact was, him and his friend were in a bit of a tiff ove my great-uncle's girlfriend, who his friend had fallen in love with as well.

When they finally recovered his body, it had an odd lump on it. No investigation was carried out and it was deemed an accident. His friend began dating my late great-uncle's girlfriend a few months later and they latter married.

Anyone else smell foul play?

[Nevan]

My real name's Marié - named after my French uncle who was very close to my parents - he was on his death bed around the time I was born so I guess they wanted to remember him in that way.

Bugs the crap out of me, really. My sisters got Italian names (my dad's Italian), and I would have loved to be a part of the heritage at least.

[disorder]

Kathryn - one translation means 'pure' and another means 'torture'. Wooooo. Nice one there, mum.

But everyone just calls me Kate anyway

[Linen]

Jessica. Unfortunately it is associated with a lot of preppy, bitchy, snobby, stupid actresses and similar non-famous people. My parents named me after Jessica Savage (a news reporter who died young) and Jessica Lange (another actress).

I wish there weren't any other people with my name. I really think it's stereotyped pretty badly. Do you ever think of a goth or even alternative girl when you hear the name Jessica? No, you probably think of a bimbo or a cheerleader.

[Delkaetre]

I have mates called Jess... they're alt-types.