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[candyshowers.livejournal.com]

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Why did your parents chose your name? If you are a parent, why did you choose your child(ren)'s name(s)?

I was named after Anastasia Romanov because my mom is a huge history dork and is fascinated by the Romanovs. My middle name is Elizabeth because she wanted to stick to European royalty.

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[intravenous.livejournal.com]

My parents were sure I was a boy. I was to be named Thomas Charles Jr. They realised as my father was at the stoplight in front of the hospital while my mother was in labour that they had no girls names chosen. The Dexy's Midnight Runners song "Come On Eileen" (which had just hit #1 two days previous) came on and my father said "My mother's name was Eileen" and so it was decided. The Katherine part is a mystery to me. Technically named after my grandmother, but only because of a song.

[candyshowers.livejournal.com]

Lol.
That's a great story!

[purple-lamb-lol.livejournal.com]

My name was inspired by the Bob Dylan song Sara, except my parents preferred the spelling with the silent h. I think it suits me-
"Sara, Sara,
So easy to look at, so hard to define...

Sara, oh Sara,
Glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow"

I chose my own middle names-
Rhiannon because it has Celtic heritage and my mum considered it for my first name.
Marilyn for Marilyn Monroe after first seeing Some Like it Hot lol.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Jessica is just a name that stuck in my mom's mind after browsing a baby names book. And considering it was an italian book, although she's american, I consider myself lucky. Then Ann is the same middle name as all of the women on my mom's side and Arline was my mom's mom.

[amai-amaya.livejournal.com]

My name is Kim Sabrina Jennifer Blanka ****
My parents named me Kim because they wanted something unique and 20 years ago that name was entirely uncommon in Germany.
Since it wasn't obvious whether Kim was a boy or a girl they had to give me at least one middle name to solve that problem.
They were, as you can see, quite happy about that because they had at least 3 other names in mind that they thought about giving me, so I ended up with 3 middle names.
I can live with Sabrina and Jennifer, but Blanka is the most horrible name I can imagine... my father thought it was pretty because it's Spanish for "blond" and I am blond, but... I'm just glad they decided to call me Kim, after all.
As far as I know it's now possible to name you child Kim without giving it a middle name that defines the gender in Germany.

[candyshowers.livejournal.com]

Love Dylan. :)

That's so cool that you chose your own middle names. How old were you?

[candyshowers.livejournal.com]

My oldest sister (half sister)'s middle name is Marie because all the women in her mother's family have that middle name.

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

That is so cool, I like Anastasia (along with Alexei & Tatiana) for that reason too. :)

Given first name, my parents just liked and agreed on it. Nothing very interesting, and I never liked it much anyway.

So eventually I chose a new name. I was on a hippy kick at the time and wanted something to go with that. So read through the list, and Sage was the one that really resonated with me.
I'm not much of a hippy now; but the connotations of nature & wisdom still appeal. And the straightforward slightly unisex aspect suits me.

My middle name is Clair. It was inspired by my cousin Claire, who my parents were/are fond of. But my father changed the spelling so it would be 'mine'. He had been aiming for the 'traditional English' spelling, but ended up with a French word. My parents clearly aren't all that name savy.
After years of getting that mangled (didn't even know quite how to spell it myself until I was 14) I have something a complex about creative spellings.
I've come to like the name itself though, and those eccentricities add to the charm. So shall stick with it. :)

[toki-hasegara.livejournal.com]

My parents also thought I was gonna be a boy so they bought blue things for my nursery. :)

Anyways, I was named Christa after Christa McAuliffe who died a few years before I was born. Now that I think of it, maybe they thought of that since that name was close to my aunt's who was named Catherine.

Rosary is my second name since my grandmother is named Rosario. I was named after her, though I still wonder why they didn't name me Rose instead.

[candyshowers.livejournal.com]

I've never met anyone just called "Kim." I know plenty of Kimberleys, but no one simply called Kim. I like it. :)

I like the name Sabrina, a lot. I think its because I love that movie.

[smileshine.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, Deborah was just a name my parents liked, but Lynne is after my aunt/Godmother.

Funny story though: I have three older brothers, and my parents' girl name for them was always Victoria (Deborah was the "twin" name, just in case). Dad was always fine with that, until they were talking about my name, and it was _boysname_ or Victoria, and my Dad said "No, I don't like the name Victoria". Mom was like "What are you talking about?? That's always been our girl name!" But Dad said "Well, they were boys, so it didn't matter. This will be a girl so I want to pick a different name."

And so Deborah was chosen.

[candyshowers.livejournal.com]

Originally, I had all the Romanov girls names. Anastasia as a first name and then the other 3 as middle names. She's nuts. :)

I love the name Sage. Fantastic choice!

[purple-lamb-lol.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I think I was about 12.

[candyshowers.livejournal.com]

Christa, that beautiful.

I like the name Rosary, but I could see how it might be weird to have. Why didn't they just go with Rosario?

[candyshowers.livejournal.com]

LOL. Great story.
My sister was supposed to be Janet-Lynn, but at the last moment, my dad said, "That sounds stupid together," and so they changed it.

[apple-sap.livejournal.com]

My parents just liked my name, meh.

So, I've made up the story myself; Elizabeth has been a name used in my grandmother's family for generations, combine that with Anna (my mom's first name) you get Lysanne. :p

[candyshowers.livejournal.com]

Casandra is beautiful. I like it better with one 's'.
I love the name Kamlia. Good choice!

I know a bunch of Conrads. I think its a great name. It sounds strong.

[candyshowers.livejournal.com]

Lysanne? That is absolutely beautiful. I've never heard it before.

[apple-sap.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) It's a pretty common name in the Netherlands (I think in Germany, Belgium and France as well), though it's usually spelled Lisanne.

[toki-hasegara.livejournal.com]

Lol thanks.I love your name, very European. :)

Hm, there's this Chinese tradition in our family that says something about sharing the same name with someone other than the "heir". So the only ones in my fam that really share a name are my grandfather, uncle and his son. Other than that, similarity in names are the only ones allowed.

I wouldn't want Rosario either. It's too old-fashioned for me, it wouldn't suit me. ;)

[moosforyous.livejournal.com]

My name is Katherine Anne. When my parents were trying to decide on my name, they sat down and thought about people who had an impact on their lives. Apparently, my mom had a teacher in grammar school named Sister Katherine, and she was a great influence on her. When my dad was growing up, he had an elderly neighbor named Katherine who became like a grandma to him, and he had many delightful memories of trips to the beach and the circus. They felt it was a strong name with many happy memories behind it, so they chose it for me!

Anne was chosen because, all of the women in my family have some version of "Anne" in their first or middle name.

[candyshowers.livejournal.com]

Aw, thats a great way to choose a name!

[candyshowers.livejournal.com]

See my great-grandmother was from the Netherlands and all she got was Maria. (I'm not fond of that name)
But my great-grandfather was Remmert. I love that name so much.
And my grandfather is Jan, which I also adore, but not nearly as much as Remmert.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I was named Sophie as my parents didn't know anyone with the name [it's now number 3 in popularity stats.. eh] They liked the meaning 'Wisdom' and that it was recognised in France.

[confusedanswers.livejournal.com]

My parents were going to name me Kimmie Diane after a modle (Kimmie) and my aunt (Diane).

But alas I am Joshua Joseph. Joshua because it is a liked name, Joseph because of family members being Josiah... Joshua Josiah just doesn't sound good... so we went Joshua Joseph... JJ.

But yeah, everyone in my family is named after someone with their middle names in the family (Edward (oldest brother named after my father), Aubrey (middle brother after my great grandfather) and their first names for outside poeple my parents knew (Anthony (oldest brother after someone my mum went to college with), Nicholas (middle brother after a boy they met wtih cancer who was brilliant)...

As for your names.. ohh I adore the Romanovs!! One of my twin boys is getting Aleksei after the youngest Romanov... and if I do eventually have a second girl she will have the name Anastasia after little Anya! (and I'm done being a dork now! haha!)