Gtky: your name

nnikki10 · June 2014

How did your name come about? From television? From family member? Popped into your parents head some random day?

TrueBeliever925 · June 2014

No where in particular. My name was popular the year I was born and my mom liked it.

I HATED it growing up. Everyone still spells it wrong in email or says it wrong and it seems like it's a common name. Silly people.

V&G101808 · June 2014

My parents could not decide on a name for me. Here I was, born into this world and still nameless. Nothing my mom suggested my dad liked so when my dad suggested my name my mom said THATS IT!

LEMSA · June 2014

After both great grandmas on my dad's side. Both had my name.
Although it was odd visiting my grandfathers grave, he's buried by his mother. So it's like I'm looking at my grave, same first and (maiden) last name. Heebie jeebies.

ludali · June 2014

I should probably ask them! I think they just liked it (Alison).

MissyCee · June 2014

It was just a name my mom always liked. If I had been a boy I would've been Justin.

AprilRaine · June 2014

My mom went to HS with a girl named April. They weren't friends but my mom always liked her/thought she was really sweet- so the name stuck!

(Basically I might be really creepy to some random woman in Indiana).

MommyKristin88 · June 2014

My great-grandfather named me. My mom picked Kirsten, but he liked the meaning of Kristin more.

nnikki10 · June 2014

I was a character on days of our lives. All of the kids were named after television character.

MommyAmes2 · June 2014

My Mom was real original, and named me the most popular baby name of the year.

She didn't find out the sex and didn't have any names picked. She wasn't a procrastornator or anything.

Snowbird7 · June 2014

I'm the youngest of three girls, and I think my parents were hoping for a boy to pass along the family name "Scott." So when I turned out to be a girl, they randomly picked a name (Kathryn) they thought went with the middle name of Scott.

ETA: But everyone calls me Katie.

NewQueen · June 2014

My great great great (I don't really know how many) grandfather was named Revilo. His mother had made up the name by spelling Oliver backward. She wanted her son to have a name no one else ever had. Flash forward to my mom pregnant with me and reading the journal he kept while fighting in the Civil War. She was moved by his story and wanted to name me after him. She wasn't sure if she'd be bold enough to name me Revilo but she was happy with Oliver. Unfortunately I was born a girl...despite her being positive I'd be a boy... The nurses talked my mother into naming me Olivia. It wasn't popular at the time and my mom hated the name for at least the first month.

TrueBeliever925 · June 2014

@NewQueen What an awesome story!

PB102012 · June 2014

I believe it was just because she liked it!

NewQueen · June 2014

TrueBeliever925 said:
@NewQueen What an awesome story!

Thanks, I love my name story. :-)

Revez · June 2014

My mom "made it up".

Cosmic+Love · June 2014

I guess my parents liked the name Sara, but thought it was too popular. So, they named me Tara.

My mother's name is Tamara, so sometimes I think she wanted to name me after herself, but won't admit to it. haha.

shivers7 · June 2014

My mom wanted to name me Richelle but my dad liked Michelle better.... It was also fairly popular at the time.

magdalina.h · June 2014

I'm named after a soap opera character.

Bunnyfer · June 2014

You know the song by Frankie Valley? Sheri baby... Yep that one.

janneann1127 · June 2014

V&G101808 said:
My parents could not decide on a name for me. Here I was, born into this world and still nameless. Nothing my mom suggested my dad liked so when my dad suggested my name my mom said THATS IT!

Yep, this is pretty much my story too. My mom wanted to name me Jana or Denise but my dad didn't. So she just went with what he suggested (Jane).

Ashesha13 · June 2014

Not after anyone but my dad being African American they wanted one child's with an African name and my older brother got the "American" name so I was either Aisha or Imani and they went with Aisha. I couldn't see myself as an Imani. They both mean life though which they chose because my mom said I was full of life already in her stomach. My LO was and is exactly the same as I was

sftbllstr87 · June 2014

My mom wanted to name me Leah Sage but my dad wanted Rachel Anne daddy won! not sure where it came from, we all have biblical names but I'm not sure if that's the reason

LokiLahve · June 2014

I was born on Easter Sunday & my mom tried to name me bunny. Thank God my dad wouldn't have it! Good lookin out daddy.

So they picked the popular name of the year (Stephanie). In middle school I suffered from common mane syndrome & went through a phase of signing my name "Steffani"... I wanted to be speshell.

MrsLaurenAsh · June 2014

My bio dad's name is Loren. My middle name was after a character in Gone With the Wind.

Now, my mother's name sort of has a funny story. My grandparents couldn't agree on a name. They were verbally arguing so loud that they could be heard in the waiting room. My grandmother was a stubborn woman. She looked at the L&D nurse and asked what her name was. She replied, "Bonnie Diane". My mom's name is Bonnie Diane. Lol.

vulpini · June 2014

I was named after my great grandmother who passed away while my mom was pregnant with me

azzy1206 · June 2014

My name is from the Bible. . It's Azarel. But every one calls me azzy

ELauren88 · June 2014

I was named after my great grandpa.

coraggiosa · June 2014

My mom heard my name somewhere. It was gaining in popularity at the time, but my mom decided to give me a made up spelling of it so that I was "unique".

Jlhkandme830 · June 2014

My mom watched a ton of Lauren Bacall movies while she was pregnant with me and fell in love with the name (Lauren).

My mom, my sister and I all have the same middle name. It comes from my great grandma.

Want a personalized experience?

Gtky: your name

Re: Gtky: your name

Choose Another Board

Search Boards