My Real Name is January

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I've always been asked why I was given that name by my mother. Ever since grade school, we have been assigned to find out the history of our respective names. Which is why, ever since I was seven, I've known that my name was taken from this book called, "Once is Enough," by someone, I've forgotten his name. My mom said that even though they knew that I was going to be born in July (which I was), she wanted to give me that name because of the heroine of the novel. So now that I had the chance (and remembered to), I looked up the book on amazon.com, but there's no Once is Enough whose heroine has my name! The three main characters of the book are Miles, Beryl, and John. Hmp. I wanted to purchase the book and read it myself, maybe to find out what about this character amazed my mom so much that she decided to name her firstborn after it, but then I think she was talking about a completely different book. My name couldn't have come from a maritime adventure! That's so not her! Oh well. Do you guys know where your names came from? Hope yours makes more sense than mine! :) Which gets me thinking, what would I name my firstborn? To those with kids: what helped you decide?