A Rose by any other name....

[a-groovy-gypsy.livejournal.com]

I was talking to my Mother today about names and where she thought of each of our names. (I'm the oldest of 5 kids)....

Tracy Lynn - Tracy was a compromise. Dad wanted "Tammy" and Mom HATED the name. Lynn was passed down from my Mother.
(If I were a boy, I'd have been Charles McAlpin...after my paternal Grandfather)

Timothy Donald - They just liked the name Timothy and Donald is after my maternal Grandfather. (Had he been a girl, he would have been Noelle. He was due on Christmas Day.)

Gregory Albert - Mom wanted Todd, Dad said "hell no!"...they settled for Gregory. Albert comes from 2 different sources....My Great-Grandfather AND the man they credit for saving their marriage. (He'd have been Tiffany Diane had he been a girl)

Nicole Diane - Again...they liked the name Nicole and Diane is after my maternal Grandmother. (Had she been a boy, she'd have been Kristofer Adam)

Tiffany Ann - ....yada yada yada...loved the name Tiffany...and, since Dad nixed the idea of another daughter with the middle name Diane, they settled for "Ann". (since we knew from an early amniocentesis that she was a girl, there is no "she would've been...." name for her)

Funny story - Apparently at one point in time Mom considered naming me Alma Lynn. And even worse, she considered, albeit briefly, naming me Briar Rose. Thank God she came to her senses!!

And that's that.

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[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Cyndi Frances - Cyndi after Cyndi Lauper, the 80s singer (my Dad was in the music business) and Frances because the oldest daughter in like 5 generations has Frances as her middle name (Elisabeth Frances/Yvonne Frances/Mary Frances etc.)

My sisters are Jazmin Jae and Amy Melissa (half sister with a different mother, so obviously its my Mum who likes the "different" spelling of names, and my Dad who was happy to go along with whatever) but I don't know much about their names. I think Jazmin was just a name that Mum likes, and Jae was something that went with it well? I don't know.

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Actually I lie. Amy's Mum Denise's middle name is Melissa, I think.

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

Trista Debra-Lee - "Trista" after a character on Days Of Our Lives, "Debra" after my mom (Deborah), and "Lee"... well.. so it flowed. I love my hypen though :)! (If I were a boy I would've been 'Matthew', I was supposed to be "Brooke", but my dad veoted it)

Shana Rene - "Shana" after a contestant on a game show (apparently my mum watched a lot of TV when she was preggers, hah), and "Rene" because my dad loved it (My mom picked first names, my dad picked middle names, for both of us), (They had no boy name picked for her, she was supposed to be "Jasmine", but again, veoted by pops)

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Shannan Leigh (my sister, b. 1975) - At the time we thought our heritage was Irish. They just liked Leigh. My dad chose it and my mother went along with whatever he said. She has the mind of a 15-year-old to this day. Very aloof. Can you tell I despise her? lol She would have been Shannon Lee had she been a boy.

Sarah Lesley (me, b. 1987) - My dad loved the name from the Bible. No clue where my middle name came from. Blech on both counts. I would have been David _____ if I were a boy.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

I'm Lindsay Rebecca, no stories, they just liked it. Had I been a boy, I would have been Scott Timothy; Scott because they liked it and Timothy after my dad.

My older brother is Michael Paul. Michael after my dad's college roommate and one of his closest friends with Mike was born (although he hasn't talked to him in years) and Paul after my uncles. It's my dad's older brother's fn and my mom's older brother's mn. Had he been a girl, he probably would have had my name since Mom had it picked out before I was born.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was born in 1987 and Mike in 1984.

[redemptionsongs.livejournal.com]

Alyssa Grace- Alyssa after Alyssa Milano, Grace after my paternal great grandmother. I was born in 1985.

[juicykisses.livejournal.com]

Daniel Gibson (b. 1981). Ya know...I'm not sure where they got this at all. Gibson is a family name I think, but I'm not even sure from where. If he would have been a girl he would have been Sarah Elizabeth.

Andrew Diffin (b. 1984). Also would have been Sarah Elizabeth if a girl. He was actually named William Benton first but my mom changed her mind. (She actually asked them if they had written out the birth certificate first!) Diffin is my Grandma's maiden name.

Sarah Elizabeth (b. 1987) ME! You can tell they really liked this name. Its completely a family name, but I'm not sure who really.

We all have very common names. And especially with our last name (Smith). Luckily I'm married now and don't have such a common name!

[rhondaaerosmith.livejournal.com]

I wish I had cool stories to tell but I don't.

Rhonda Lynn (me-1984) - they liked Rhonda though I think it's after the 'Help Me Rhonda' song, Lynn I think b/c my mom wanted to give me her middle name but hated it her's is Lee

Bennie Henry (brother-1986) - named after my dad who was named after his dad and so on

[ashadelic.livejournal.com]

Adam Bryon (b. 1980) My dad says he liked Adam because he was the first man, and my brother is "the first of the last." Which, explaining that further, my dad is the youngest of 14 and Adam was "the first" son of "the last" Anderson boy (my dad). I don't know.. my dad's weird. Bryon is my dad's middle name. I dont remember the girl name they had picked.

Ashli Jo (b. 1982) My mom wanted Ashli Diane. My dad wanted Amanda Jo. They compromised. It's Ashli (with an i) because my mom's name is Kathi. Her middle name is also Jo. I would've been Susie Sarah after my mom's maternal grandmother if my dad didnt have a sister named Susie (still living, would've been confusing) and if my dad hadnt dated a girl in high school named Sarah. I would've been Seth Eric had I been a boy.

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was born in 1984 (I'm 21), Jazmin in 1987 (19) and Amy in 1993 (13).

If I was a boy I would have been Garfield Andrew. Seriously.

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Was Alyssa Milano around in 1985? Weird. I thought she was only like 23 or 24...

[namegirl.livejournal.com]

Angella Marie (b. 1982) yours truly :) Angella is from the song Angie. Marie is a French version of Mary, which is a family name. Why did it get translated? Because my mother was born Laurel Mary Kidston. When she got married she because Laurel Mary Neary and vowed she would never give her kid that name. If I'd been a boy, I would have been James Vincent.

Rebecca Mae (b. 1992) My mum and stepfather were going to name her Roberta Mae. Robert after my stepfather and Mae after his mother's mn. I BEGGED them to change it and so she got Rebecca.

Jessica Lynn (b. 1993) I loved Sweet Valley High books when I was this age and as soon as I found out Mum was pregnant, I begged and begged for either Jessica or Elizabeth. I have no idea where Lynn came from.

Melissa Dawn (b. 1996) Just a name they like. I hate the name Melissa (never known a nice one) and so she is called Missy (I started calling her that when she was born, it stuck)

Had any of my sisters been boys, they would have been James Douglas

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Bennie pronounced like Benny would be??

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

oh, and sorry... 1986 & 1988 respectivally.

[rhondaaerosmith.livejournal.com]

Yup, we call him Ben for short.

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Haha I love that you named your child after a Sweet Valley High character. LMFAO.

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

child sister, oops!

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Ahh ok. At first glance I thought it was Beanie. LOL.

[namegirl.livejournal.com]

lol, Mum's child. Or I was a VERY advanced 11-year old

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

lol see above!

[rhondaaerosmith.livejournal.com]

ha, and to think no one ever called him that! I did call him Bennie Boy Blue, he hated that. His online name is benniedathird, seeing as from just my dad and his dad he would be the third but people started calling him benniedaturd.

[x-lostinyou.livejournal.com]

Stephanie Elizabeth Anne B. 1989 - My name is totally boring. My dad's name is Stephen... my name is the feminine version. Elizabeth is my maternal grandmother's middle name (although she goes by it instead of her first name), and my maternal aunt's middle name. Anne is the middle name of my paternal grandmother, my parternal aunt, and two of my maternal aunts. My poor mom; she was the only woman in our close family that I'm not named after. That's why I plan on using her middle name for my first child. =)

Another boring name is my hubbie.

Kevin Arthur B. 1987 - His dad's name is Arthur Kevin. Enough said, heh. We're using Arthur as a MN.

[shortlived.livejournal.com]

Kind of new to the community but figured I would jump in anyway.

Sabrina Gean. My sister, born 1978. My mom wanted to name her Diane Gean after two of her best friends but was talked out of it at the last minute by her older sister. Aunt Sharon suggested Kelly, as she was a huge Jaclyn Smith/Charlie's Angels fan, but my mom didn't like it. She went with Sabrina, Kate Jackson's character, instead.

Stephanie Leanne. Me, born 1987. My mom wanted my sister and I to have the same first initial so she was dead-set on Stephanie Diane since she didn't get to name my older sister after Diane. My father vetoed it and suggested Leanne instead to honor their mothers. My paternal grandmother is Patricia Anne and my maternal grandmother is Gertie Lee.

I've always gone by my middle name or a derivative thereof like Lee or something.

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

Catherine Cory: Catherine after my mom's great-grandmother, aunt, and sister. Cory was my mother's maiden name.

My sister is Kristen Elizabeth. Kristen because my parents liked it, and Elizabeth after my mom's other sister. My family all has traditional names like Mary, Joe, Paul, Peter, etc, so Kristen was a departure. For a long time they refused to call her anything but Elizabeth, but my mom put her foot down. Some of my older relatives still call her "Christian" because they have a hard time understanding the name.

My cousin, who is a like a sister to me, is Caitlin Lee. My aunt chose Caitlin because she liked it and Lee is after my Aunt Catherine Lee Cory (I'm named after her, too!)

It's really fun to hear someone try to say my name in my family with 3 girls with such similar names. They go "Ca-Cai-Kri--WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS!"