What's your name and who were you named after?

Question

I was just bored and wanted to know. My name is Sheena and I was named after Sheena Easton.

Answer 1

audrey rose

i was named after a old horror movie

Answer 2

Petra, thus named as my parents realized I wasn't a boy after all and they quickly had to come up with another name. Still not incredibly happy with it, especially because all other ladies with that name are usually 10-20 years older than me (it's a tad old-fashioned).

Answer 3

Alice Elizabeth after my paternal great-grandmother. I love my name! :) It's the best!

Answer 4

My name is Derrick and my middle name is Steven. My mom liked the name Derrick because it means "bold" and my middle name is my father's first name.

Answer 5

My first name is Holly, and my middle name is Jean. Jean came from my Mom, and my Great-Aunt. Holly was just a name my dad liked, and started calling me when my mom was early in her pregnancy. Then, when it came time to figure out names. My dad sneakily told my mom, "I can't think of her as anyone else but Holly".

Answer 6

name is Jennifer Lea and nothing special with my first name its the only thing my parents could agree on and i have the same middle name as my uncle.  

Answer 7

Holly........my mother just liked the name.

But my middle name is Lynn, after Lynn Massachusetts, the town my grandmother was born in..

Answer 8

Amanda.. my maternal grandfather tried to convince one of his wives to name their child Amanda and she chose Jennifer instead.  My mom picked the name in honor of my grandpa.

Answer 9

My name is Janelle and I'm not named after anybody! My mom just adored the name and wanted me to have an original name, since she had never anyone with my name before. Hope this helps! =)

Answer 10

My Name's Zoey and I was named after the actress Zoe wannamaker.

My parents just added the Y.

My middle name is Nicole but when i was little i used to pronounce my middle name Nic-ole-ee. Dunno why ! haaha.

Zoey Nicole.

Yep.

But I do like the Name Amber-Lee

its cuttee !!

Ehe.

=D

Answer 11

I am brandy and I was named after my drunken fathers favorite booze.

Answer 12

my name is "Kellene"

actually my name came out of a cat book, my bro wanted to name me "Kelly" and my mom wanted it to have a little class so she changed it a bit.

i have only now found out through extensive researvh that "Kellene" is an Irish Gaelic name that means, "aggressively hostile; bellicose"

my middle name is "Vandra"

and that was my moms' bestfriends' name.

i have no idea what that one means, and my sisters' name is "Anitra" and it means something like "happy, sunny"

Answer 13

My name is Taylor and I think my mother names me after her friend who died of cancer before I was born.

I had a twin and his name was going to be Ray but he died two hours after he was born. So my middle name is Rae.

Answer 14

My name is Amelia.

I was named after a great aunt or something like that.

Answer 15

Shai (shy)  

Answer 16

My name is Marisa Angelica.

Marisa is after Marisa Tomei.

Angelica is after my great-aunt.  

Answer 17

My name is Summer and My dad knew a girl named summer and thought it was a pretty name. My Middle name is Joy and that is a family name.

Answer 18

My first name is Jessica. That's not after anyone. My middle name is Sarah, after my great aunt.

Answer 19

Sarah Elizabeth

Sarah was my mom's paternal grandmother (my great-grandmother) though she went by Sadie from birth on.

Elizabeth is the middle name of my grandmother, aunt and cousin on my dad's side:  

They are all name Marion Elizabeth.  My grandmother went by Marion/Mitzi/Mimi; My aunt by Marion (professionally) or Mamie (family), my cousin goes by Elizabeth or Lizzy

Answer 20

Kathleen Marie, named after no one.

Answer 21

Almalexia Michelle (1st) Olivitess (mid) Almalexia-goddess of light Michelle-moms best freind Olivitess-goddess of eagles

Answer 22

My name is Rachel Marie and my middle name is after my mom's grandmother

Answer 23

My name is Julie (no middle name)

I was named after a soccer player & my dad (Julie Foudy & my dad's name is Jimmy) So I would have the same initials as my dad...

Maybe that's why I love soccer so much (it's also in my blood)!!

I don't like my name though...I was going to be named Isabella instead:(

xoox- Julie

Answer 24

Courtney, my mother watched a movie when she was pregnant with me and the main character's name was Courtney. : /