What's in a Name?
@Angelwhispers (8978)
United States
April 28, 2008 7:18pm CST
I was just in PM, with a friend here in mylot, and he said something about my real name that was intuitive and spot on. My real name is Tammi for those of you who do not know it and thanks to Minnie some of us are introducing ourselves today!
A question just popped into my head that I thought might be fun and interesting to see what kind of stories you all might have behind why you were named what you were. Just something to learn a little bit more about each other.
I have 2 older sisters 11 years and 10 years older. When my mother was pregnant with me she refused to even entertain the thought she might be having yet another girl. My name was to be Gary Franklin. When I was born, and a girl at that, my mother in her delirium cursed her doctor and from the stories I have heard he was the lowest kind of slime on earth... LMAO like it was his fault I was a girl...
When my mother was recovered and laying in the hospital room, the song by Debbie Reynolds began to play "Tammi's in love", so by golly thats what my name is!
What interesting stories or not so interesting stories are behind your names? Hey make one up even.
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
29 Apr 08
If I tell you my real name, you'll have to kill me.
I think my user name speaks for itself and according to you - rather fitting! LOL
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
rotflmao... certifiable.... I know the story of your real name and like you I would be to embarrassed and ashamed to share it... Good lord nothing I would ever admit to either!
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
OH OH OH Wet noodles please!!!!!!
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@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
29 Apr 08
I don't whether to laugh, cry, hide my head in shame or spank you with wet noodles! LOL
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@jhl930 (3601)
• United States
29 Apr 08
i don't really know for sure where my name came from i just remember my mom telling me this one story...it was from joshua in the bible or somethign liek that nad he was destructive or somethign liek that and boy oh boy did she get what she ask for because whenever i was a baby i would like tear the walls up and all of that stuff and i would get out of my playpen all of the time..so thats my story...pretty funny when you think about it...
@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Yep sometimes we get what we ask for huh? even when naming our kids :))) too funny, thanks for sharing :))))
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@weemam (13372)
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29 Apr 08
I remember that song so well , I loved it , it was just so romantic , you know my name pal , Margaret , I was called after my granny , It was a really popular name in my day , there were 6 or 8 Margaret's in my class , caused a lot of confusion lol xx
@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
rotflmao Wee, Margaret did it, no Margaret did it...... LMAo i see it happening :)))
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@desertdarlene (8910)
• United States
29 Apr 08
I don't really have a story behind my name, Darlene. Basically, it was my mom's middle name. She also like the Darlene that was on the Mickey Mouse Club show when she was younger. I guess when she saw that girl in that show, she thought to herself that she would name her daughter Darlene. So, here I am with this name. 
@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Sounds like she just liked it for sure Darlene :)))
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@minnie_98214 (10557)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Well I dont have any interesting story behind my name that I know of and if make one up my dad will call me out lol. Mabey he can make one up for me lol.
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@minnie_98214 (10557)
• United States
29 Apr 08
I will do that but I will wait till hes feeling better for sure.
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
1 May 08
Dad is feeling Better Minnie get on that phone and find out your story.... :))) I did not forget about you !
@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
rotflmao call him and ask where they got your name!
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@marilynlynn (994)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Hiya Angel......
Just so ya know, my story is for real........
One of my uncles, had a teacher when he was in school, and had a crush on her. Her name was Merlin, yep you heard it right.
He wanted my mom to name her next baby, Merlin. Thankfully he didn't show up at the hospital, when she filled out the birth certificate, cause I was the next BABY!!!!!!!
She actually wrote "Marilyn" on the birth certificate. Thank gosh, cause growing up with the name Merlin being a girl, would have really been BAD!!!!!!
That's my story, and I'm stickin to it!
Marilyn 
One of my uncles, had a teacher when he was in school, and had a crush on her. Her name was Merlin, yep you heard it right.
He wanted my mom to name her next baby, Merlin. Thankfully he didn't show up at the hospital, when she filled out the birth certificate, cause I was the next BABY!!!!!!!
She actually wrote "Marilyn" on the birth certificate. Thank gosh, cause growing up with the name Merlin being a girl, would have really been BAD!!!!!!
That's my story, and I'm stickin to it!
Marilyn @Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
LMAO Good Morning Merlin :))))) I mean Marilyn... Oh I don't know I think Merlin has quite a bit of charm.
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@marilynlynn (994)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Yah, maybe for a guys name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@marilynlynn (994)
• United States
29 Apr 08
I'm kidding!
Have a great day, and thanks-a-bunch!
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
29 Apr 08
Well my friend, my name came from the month when I was born. It's during the month of March, so my father named me Mark. He also happen to wish that I was his junior, but for some reasons my mother stopped him from doing it. And so with Mark as my first given name, my father then added his first name as my second name. Now I am the one who's suffering on what they did to my name, I need more time to write my name!
But anyways, I am still honored and thankful to carry my father's name with me. I just hope that I did lived through his expectations, as any child would do for their parents..
But anyways, I am still honored and thankful to carry my father's name with me. I just hope that I did lived through his expectations, as any child would do for their parents..
Thank you my friend, take care of your family and God bless as well.@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Oh Raijin, I am sure you have and continue to do so. My husbands name is Mark as is my middles son's.
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Howdy Elic, thank you for sharing what you are willing to :)))) Always a bit nosy I am.
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@mummymo (23706)
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29 Apr 08
Aww that is cut angel honey - lucky for you she din't call you Gary Franklin anyway even though you were a girl! lol I was meant to be called after my Grandma but she had always hated her name and begged my mum not to do that - she came up with Morag and I was stuck with it! lol I do have a kind of funny story about my Mums name though... my mum was going to be named April but luckily for her someone noticed in time that with a surname like Fulton April wasn't a good idea (April Ful/Fool) so she was named Avril instead as it was French for April, My Gran knew nothing about France or the language but she was determined to stick with the name! lol Did I ever tell you my daughters initials are NAG? It could have been worse if she were a boy her initials were going to be F.A.G! xxx
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@misheleen73 (6037)
• United States
29 Apr 08
My story is fairly similar to yours. My parents had a girl and were fully expecting a boy !! The doctors told them I would be a boy, and they had a name of MIchael all picked out and ready to go. Well, needless to say, I popped out, not at all pleased with being called a boy and immediately pee'd on the doctor..lol. Long story short, since I was a girl and no name had been picked, I became Michele.. the closest thing to Michael there was !!
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Misheleen, So sooooo very good to see you. Don't ya love it that we disappoint just in our birth... I think that had to set the whole standard of my life with my mother!
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@misheleen73 (6037)
• United States
29 Apr 08
good to see you too :) I think we share the same relationship with our mothers as well..lol. I won't even begin to get into the one with my father..lmao
@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
29 Apr 08
My real first name is Karen, middle name, Elizabeth.
The reason my name is Karen is because my parents wanted to give me a name that no one else in the family had, and that did not really have any nicknames or short forms to it. At first I was going to be Elizabeth, but because of that shorter name issue, I have it as a middle name instead.
What my parents did NOT stop to think about, is the fact that they named me pretty darn close to my dad's ex wife's name. She was a Kathleen... but with the same middle and surname as I. lol. We were listed side by side in the Toronto phone book for years. lmao!
@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Ouch LMAo I bet that was awkward for awhile Eh?
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@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
1 May 08
The "Canadian" in you is really coming out, eh?? 
It wasn't awkward for me... lol.. I didn't care one bit.
It wasn't awkward for me... lol.. I didn't care one bit.1 person likes this
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
29 Apr 08
My parents decided not to name any of us after somebody. They decided to give each of us modern first names and traditional middle names. For my first name, they were thinking of Aurora but they ended up using the English version of the name, Dawn. For the middle name, Elizabeth. Don't know where that came from. I just know that I'm grateful not to be named Mabel or Maude! lol
@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
1 May 08
"Aurora" the name reminds me of one of the greatest books I have ever read and one of my utmost favorite movies.... Terms of Endearment Aurora Greenway. i have always fancied myself like her.
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@emilatata (69)
• Poland
29 Apr 08
Hi. My name choose me my older brother. When my mother was pregnant with me he was 5 years old and dreaming about sister :)
In my country is story for little children that babes bring storks :) So when my brother saw one of this bird he chasing him and screaming that he want sister. And when I was born he asked my parents so long as they give me my name ula :) It means little bears :D
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Emilatata, your name must be very precious to both you and your brother then :))) thank you for sharing and Welcome to mylot.
@emilatata (69)
• Poland
30 Apr 08
Yes. this is good memory for my parents and brother of course :) I was to small to remember anything. But I like this story. It means to me a lot. Thanks for words of welcome. and good day for you:D
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@newht351 (74)
• Malaysia
29 Apr 08
since 'm musl;im, our name should and must have meaning... my name is norhanis.. 'nor' stand for light... while 'hanis' means dignity and honour.. so, my names means light of dignity and honour.. its really good to called someone with their full name, because it is a prayer for the name's owner.. hopeflu, she or he will be as good as their name's means..;)
@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Newht that is quite beautiful, Thank you for sharing that. Welcome to mylot.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Well my real name is Melanie....and the story goes that it was actually my father who picked out the name and he liked it as he was a Gone With The Wind fanatic and like the character Melanie (hey much better than being named Scarlet I think)---the real funny part of it...my mother's side of the family was in NY...my father (and where I was born) in Calif...when my mother talked to her grandmother and told her what the name was to be for me, she said..."Why are you calling her that down south name for?" Seems Melanie is a popular name in the southern states..LOL
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
It sure is Pye, and is making a come back in these parts again. I agree its much better than being a Scarlet... LMAO can you imagine going through your life with that name. Do you think you would ever be taken seriously? *sigh* However I am a big "Gone with the Wind" fan myself.
@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
29 Apr 08
My name is Dana Lynn. "Dan-nuh not Day-nuh" My dad gave me my name. I was the only one my mom let him name. I guess my name was supposed to be spelled Danna but somehow an N got left out. Someone here made a point that for my pronunciation it should be Daana..which I like even better! It is even more unique!
My name would have been Jason Michael had I been a boy. They had another girl after me (Nicole Marie), then finally a boy. They named him Joseph Michael because as my mom likes to tell us, "____ stole my name when she had a boy!" 
My name would have been Jason Michael had I been a boy. They had another girl after me (Nicole Marie), then finally a boy. They named him Joseph Michael because as my mom likes to tell us, "____ stole my name when she had a boy!" @Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Great story... See I would have pronounced it Dana with the long A had you not explained. I bet you get that all of the time.
@katfish86 (146)
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29 Apr 08
Before I was born, my parents decided that I would be called Katharine or Hannah if I was a girl, or Jonathan or David if I was a boy. I'm female, and when I was born my parents looked at me and decided I looked like a Katharine. They chose the name because it's the closest spelling of the name to the original Greek, 'katharos,' which means pure. :)
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
1 May 08
I have always thought the name Kathrine was beautiful. Welcome to mylot Katfish.
@constantina (23)
• Egypt
29 Apr 08
My name is Cherine my mom called me cherine because she just liked the name no special stories behind my name but at least she knew what it meant many people give their babies names that they don't know what they mean they just like the sound of it! mine means ''sweet'' in persian though none in my family is persian we just happen to use some persian names in egypt which is where my mom comes from but my dad is moroccan and i was born there and what matters to me is that my mom insisted that me and my sisters we would be given nice names and never moroccan names since moroccan names are usualy old fashioned and bad! so thanks to mom i wasn't given a bad name:) i'm not very fund of my name though because many girls are called Cherine in egypt so it's not unique but what i like is that it's written in french since in morocco french is the second language and in egypt the second language is english so my persian egyptian name being written in french gives it a little flavor when im in egypt and back in morocco im almost the only moroccan girl called cherine:) and that makes it up for me!
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Constantina, it is a beautiful name.... Thank you for sharing your story with us. Welcome to mylot.
@jhesse03 (35)
• Philippines
29 Apr 08
ahmm.. my real name is Lydajess..pronounced as "lay-da-jes"..
i got my name from another names too.. hehe.. it was from my parents'.. my mother's name is Lida.. while my father's name is jessie..obviously, they just joined their names to create another one which is unique and not common.. that's how i got it.. hehe.. that's my name's story..actually, it's not.. haha! i jus dunno wat more proper term shud i use..haha lol!!!
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@zpanmei (60)
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29 Apr 08
well here goes my story!
my name is zetlee, i guess some of us already know whom i share my name with!!!(if you don't then he is a chinese martial art actor who acted in movies like "romeo must die", etc).
it seems that at the time when i was born, my uncle got to see a movie of this actor who was a bit small comparing to the big guy he was fighting with in the movie. he was so impressed that he decided to give me my name after him!!
so now people know me as zetlee from india!!!lol!
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
1 May 08
rotflmao so are you a martial arts fan? Hey BTW Welcome to mylot.
