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Name variations in my mother's paternal line

Wendy @jerzgirl (9384) • United States 12 Dec 22

Well, this was a curious finding. One of the things I've noticed in my search of my mother's maiden name is the many different spellings out there. From her grandfather to her, it was spelled Postell. When he was a child, it was...

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Now Here is an Unusual Name!

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 1 Apr 16

I was entering some of the material into the family tree that mom had sent me and I thought that the name Flossa Louisa Woodcock was rather unusual. I thought that my FB friends and family would think so too. Apparently not as...

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What would you want people to remember you?

bembzee @bembzee (768) • Philippines 20 Oct 12

Our given name is a reminder of who we are and from what family name we come from. But each of us are remembered because of what we have done in our life and to others. When they mention our names the first thing that describes us...

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(Mostly for Women) Would You Take Your Husband's Name Even If Its Horrible?

vjenkins86 @vjenkins86 (1478) • United States 24 Jul 10

Let's say you are about to marry the man of your dreams- he is the man you can definitely visualize spending the rest of your life with. However, he has an unusual/unpronounceable/embarrassing last name. It could be something like...

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Are you named for someone else?

blummus @blummus (451) • United States 4 Feb 10

In some cultures it's traditional to name a child for a relative, a family friend, or a person the parents admire. In others, it's forbidden to tie two people together by their names. How about you? Were you named for someone...

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How Did You Chose your Child's (Children's) names?

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 4 Nov 09

I've always been interested to know what kind of a process that people go through when naming their children. So if you would, could you please share your story. As for me, I knew long before either of my children were born...

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Boys having two middle names

Amanda198785 @Amanda198785 (45) • United States 22 Jan 09

how do you feel about boys having two middle names? my husband does not think that this is right but our first son has two middle names which are Allen, Eugene the reason I did this was because I wanted him to have a name from...

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What is the strangest name you have heard??

cinderella2007 @cinderella2007 (2662) 19 Aug 08

Be it a family's members name or a friend's name?? What is the unusual name you have come across? Whats the strangest way you have seen a name spelt?? I have been researching my family tree and have come across the name...

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Name Game

diutay @diutay (1327) • Philippines 4 Aug 08

I had an interesting discussion with my student this morning about names. I casually asked how they chose their names. In my family most of us would have two names. My mom gave me two first names. The first one was taken from a...

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Do you have a family name?

gitfiddleplayer @gitfiddleplayer (10362) • United States 1 May 08

Our family name is JACK. Each letter stands for a person in our family. When we sign e-mails or letters or cards that come from our family we sign it JACK. Everybody knows this is our family name. Use the first letters of your...

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Baby naming

toosh21 @toosh21 (800) • Australia 30 Apr 08

I just discovered today that my cousin & his wife had a baby boy yesterday (they have 2 girls already & he has another girl from a previous relationship). The problem I have is that they named their son the same first name as my...

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Family Names

worldwise1 @worldwise1 (14885) • United States 8 Aug 07

I have always been curious about family names. A few years ago I bought a book dealing with the subject. I was disappointed when I could not find my family name listed. Then I remembered that I had been told years ago by my...

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Would you let your bride keep her SURNAME if she wanted to?

pelo26 @pelo26 (1552) • Philippines 15 Apr 07

After the wedding, it is customary that the bride takes on the family name of the groom. Would you mind if she prefers to keep her family name and/or attached a dash connecting your two surnames together? Your thoughts please.

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