how did your parents came up with your name?

my mother was going to name me Ernestine!!!. my wonderful aunt told her that she was baby sitting a little girl name Sakina and thought it would be a great name for me. So my mother thank goodness listened and here i am today,Sakina, instead of Ernestine!!

My name came from old book being used here in Philippines.But our kids name came from actress which are famous during their birth.

Well, i dunno how my name come about but i definitely like my name.. LOL ^_^

Simple. My dad named me after his own dad. So mine and my paternal grandfather's name are same!

My Name is derick ahn... hahah! iM a giRL..NamEd dERiCk... dERiCk bEcAuse My mom's name is dEbbiE aNd My dad's NamE is RiChArd... they combined it... bOoM dEbRiC..yAcKs!it dOesnt sound good so... they chaNgE it tO dE-dEbbie aNd RiCk-RiChArd.. bOoM aGaiN dERicK aNd tHeN they add AhN so it will be a litlle girly.. hahah! DERICK AHN...i LOVe it... uR NaMe sounds great...KriSzeLdA...thanks for the topic.. good day!

Mums a huge 'Elvis' fan so she named me after his daughter 'Lisa Marie' thats my first and middle name lol

I remembered asking my mom how she got my name. She told me that The first name that came to her mind was April, that's because I'm born in April. Then she changed her mind as they might tease me and call me Ape as a nickname. She then found a my name while reading a comic book. The lead character's name was Nerissa. And so there it was, that's how I got my name.

Around the time of my birth, my uncle and cousins were very much into a group that encouraged it's members to have the kids have African names. My uncle approached my mother and asked if he could name me. She told him sure, and he wrote the name down and gave it to her when she went into the hospital. When I was born, the nurses asked my mother if she had a name for me, she told them yes and when they saw my name, Nandi, they were like HUH?? mind you this is the early 1960s, but the name stuck. My cousins have similar names as well. One is a doctor, another cousin is an engineer for the NY transit system. One works in Atlanta. very smart I might add. We all went to college and three of us finished though at present, I am not doing anything with it but it is there.

I was born in spring , so my name has the mean of spring !

actually they did not choose my name. my aunt gave me my name. i don't really know where she got my name. they say Karoline Criz means strong woman. i don't know how true this is. well so far i am a strong woman. haha. besides i think they patterned my name to sharon cuneta's daughter KC. they somehow changed the spelling of my nickname so it won't be the same as KC's. they didn't actually tell me about this i just manage to realize. because KC and i were of the same age also.

My Mother is a fan of a filipino singer named Leah Navarro. I was named Leah because of my Mother is really a big fan of this popular singer before year 80's.

I like your topic it brings back the funny days of my childhood. LOL My name is *++++++ hehehe I don't want to mention it but its easy to know since it's really a famous name. It was not my parents who gave that to me but my grandfather. He use to love this famous personality in our country during the time I was born so he insist to my parents to name me after that personality so it happen. And what is really funny is the name of the daughter of that famous personality was given to me as my petname. Isn't my family a big fan of that famous personlity here in our country?

My father actually named me. I was named for a character from a cartoon in the 70's. The cartoon was Josie and the Pussycats and the character was Melody, the dumb blonde! Unfortunately, my father didn't quite get it right and I ended up Melanie. And, of course, my middle name, Sue, is after my mom, her first name is Sue.

I was named after the "bionic women" Jaimie. I had no idea what it was until that tv searies came out last year. Funny the girl kinda looks like me too:P

All names in my country have special meanings. Parents are very carefull when adding a name to their children. My name is given by my father. In Chinese, my name means all things in my life will go well. That's my parents most wanted.

My name was going to originally be Adrian Nicole named after a soap opera that my mother and grandmother used to like. My father wanted to name me, however, and my mother allowed it as she had named her previous children of no relation to my father. My name became Amber.

i was named after my grandma because that's what she wanted. but my dad, knowing that it's an old woman's name, added two more letters to make it sound like a more younger one. Thanks to my dad, because if he hasn't added it, i bet i would be the laughing stock in school..and forgive me, i dont wanna share it here..

my name is very simple,my mother and father about the name how to do it? so mother open the dictonary if see a word ,so the name is this .but i don't like this name ,because the name is very important in china ,that is can effort the all life ,my name is feeling naughty .

I think you have a very lovely name , I love unique names. My story is kinda simple . My name is Laura Ann and my parents named me after my moms 2 favorite aunts Laura and Ann . They both were nuns which everyone thinks is intersting. I dropped the Ann in school and just go by Laura now . Have a good day

My name Huang,maybe came from an old chinese book called "LunYu". It is not easy to say in English. But 3 years ago, my english teacher give me a name called Noah, I like this name.