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[RobinKay6573]

I think it would be fun to start a new thread talking about names. Before I was born my name was going to be Lisa then at the hospital my mom and dad were talking about it and the name "Robin" came up. She was my sister's babysitter. I wasn't named "after" her persay... but mom did like the name so now I am Robin. My middle name is Kay. My Godmother is my Aunt Kathy (Katherine) and Robin Katherine coupled with my last name... was a bit much so mom shortened it to Kay.

My dad's name is Walter... I want to believe he was named after Walt Disney but it is not to be he was named after his Uncle Walter who was a kind and funny man. I wish I had met him. Mom speaks very highly of him which is unusual because she isn't that fond of dad's side of the family.

I love hearing where names come from. Share your story.

[minemoz1]

I was supposed to be named Jennifer. However, it was a very popular name the year I was born and my mom wanted something different. So, they decided on Michele, spelled with one "L." When I was little, I didn't like my name as I could never find anything personalized (like the souvenirs from the parks) that were spelled correctly. I always had to get Michelle keychains, etc.

[Starbright]

I was suppose to be called Marsha-ick. And no, the Brady Bunch was not on t.v. So they called me Sheila instead and I have always hated my name.

I wanted to call my son Luke, but my dh kept saying Luke the Puke. I still love the name to this day.

I like names that the child can change around and yet still be their own ie; Victoria (Vick or Vicky), Elizabeth (Beth, Liza, etc). I kinda like the old names better.

I don't like boys names that can be girls names ie; naming a boy Val or Beverly, is just too confusing for me. But that could be since I am old school.

[chillepepa]

Since my parents had planned for a boy, I was to be Christopher, so Christina was the quick change.

My twins - we knew we were having twins but not the sex of them. We had Nicholas Alexander and Natasha Alexandra picked out. In case of two girls, the second name was Natalie Ashley. We never really had a second boy's name picked out other than a middle name of Anthony. If by change they were born Dec 24 or 25th, I might have gone with Noel Anthony. In the end we had two girls, the day after they were born my now ex-husband said he like Natalie Elizabeth better. So I have Natasha Alexandra and Natalie Elizabeth.

[Ashli]

Originally Posted by chillepepa

We had Nicholas Alexander and Natasha Alexandra picked out.

My DS's name is Aleksander Nikolas.


My name doesn't have too interesting of a story. If I was a boy I was going to be Geoffrey (Toys R Us, anyone?), but since I was a girl I was Ashli. My mom worked at Aetna and saw the name spelled this way on a insurance form she was working and preferred it to Ashley. Isn't it funny that Ashley is the default way to spell the name, but I don't have a single friend who spells it that way? I know 3 Ashlee's, 1 Ashly, and even a couple Ashleigh's. One time when I was younger my mom said if I wanted to change the spelling of my name to Ashley she wouldn't be offended (since I always had to spell it about ten times for people). I said no way! I love the spelling of my name and to this day still have friends that call me "Ashli with an I."

[GATechGal]

I was named for my Granmother Mary and my Aunt Perry Ann. However, my roommate in college was also named Mary Ann and it got confusing. So my DH (only my boyfriend at the time) started calling me Burney (my maiden name). So most of the folks from college still call me Burney.

[Tigger71]

My name is Kylee. My parents (in all their wisdom of the 70s) didn't like the traditional spelling because it really reads KyLIE...I could never buy any personalised items either! If I was a boy my name was to be Shaun and by chance the woman who shared a room with my DM at the hospital, called her son Shaun!

[soccermomof2]

I am named after my grandmother Margaret Mary.

I was told that DS#2 was a girl and he was going to be named Natalie Morgan. However, we were blessed with a second boy, Nicholas Blaise.

[Carousel96]

My dad and brother picked out my name -- just because they liked it. I spent a good deal of my childhood telling people my name was not Carol or Caroline and I was not named after a Kennedy. My mother had wanted to name me Mary after her mother, but Grandma always used her middle name Floy and was rather adament that she would not consider a Mary to be named for her.
Oh well -- my daughter's middle name is Mary. Want to guess why?

[lauriep]

I was born in the 1940's and my mom was in her teens. She had a crush on both Frank Sinatra and Laurence Olivier, so when I was born she was torn between naming me Frances, Laurie or Olivia. I don't mind my name, but it is odd to be named after Laurence Olivier!

[lazanya]

My name came about from my mom's neighbor's daughter. She was good friends with Josephine and her daughters. She liked the one daughter's name a lot, Jodi. So, Jodi stuck. And I spell it with an "i" at the end just like she does. It drives me crazy when people spell my name with a "y", "ie", or "ee".

[omd]

My mom's sister Olive died from Rheumatic fever when she was only 21. My dad's mom died when he was only 3 from a ruptured appendix so he was raised by his aunt and his uncle Oliver. Which is why I was named Olive.

[queen2]

my baby brother couldn't say aunt Olivia so he called her GIGI. We still call her that today & she is 91

[lexiemom]

My mom wanted to name me Jenny Sophie after my great great grandmother, but my dad didn't like the name. My dad wanted to name me Emily, which my mom didn't like. So, they settled on Aimee Lea which my dad liked because it had the same sound as Emily and my mom loved the spelling. I am one of those that has to constantly correct people on the spelling of my name. I have quit correcting people when it doesn't matter how its spelled.

When I found out Lexi was a girl I had to find an "A" name because by accident the past couple of generations all the girl names have started with A, and I couldn't break the now tradition. (Aimee, Angela, Autumn, Ashley) So, her full name is Alexandra, but we shortened it to Lexi.

[JoanneS]

When my Mom was pregnant with me she was certain she was having a boy, so she didn't even choose a girl's name. When I was born, my mother was depressed about not having a boy and disappointed, so she didn't name me right away. In the hospital room while she was watching a soap opera the nurse told her we couldn't leave the hospital until I had a name, so the first name that came to her was the name of the character on the tv screen, Joanne. At my baptism, a week later, my Mom decided not to attend, and my Dad told the priest that my name was Joanna. So, I was baptized Joanna, but my birth certificate lists me as Joanne. Personally, I like Joanna better, but I go with my legal name.

My DD was named Anastasia, after my grandmother Stasia, and my DH's grandmother Anna.

I had to fight for my son's name with DH. He liked Vincent and I hated it. I eventually wore him down and DS became Maclane. When I was little I remember watching "M*A*S*H" and Colonel Henry Blake was played by an actor named McLean Stevenson. It was the first time I had heard the name McLean and I loved it on the spot. I knew that if I ever had a son, he would be McLean, but spelled a different way. I didn't want the kids to call him Mr. Clean. So, we went with what we thought would be the easiest to read, Maclane.

So far, both my kids like their names. My DD19 started out as Stacey, switched to Anastasia, and now goes by Anna. Maclane will only answer to Maclane.