Who are you named for?

United States
February 3, 2007 11:12am CST
I am named for one of my mother's friends. Now I'm wondering if it was a high school friend or a college friend. I wish I had paid better attention when my mother was still alive. So are you named for anyone?
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• Philippines
3 Feb 07
Yes my parents told me that they got my name from a Hollywood star. :-)
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• United States
3 Feb 07
Unfortunately, I am not named for anyone in particular. What I have been told is that my family fought over what to name me. They all wanted me named after this person or that. So my mother picked a name that named me after no one. End of fighting....
@shirgie (230)
• United States
4 Feb 07
Yes, my first name was for two different friends of my moms with the same name. My middle name was for yet another friend. If you are really curious, maybe your Dad recalls who you are named after.
@Multanee (267)
• Pakistan
4 Feb 07
i am named for none.
@FrancyDafne (2047)
• Italy
4 Feb 07
Hi Yarntales, I'm sorry for your mother. yes, you right, we sometimes don't ask our parents informations that in successive years we consider important. In fact I often go to my grandmother who is 90 years old and ask her a lot of things about my parents and my grandparents, I'm a very curious person. I am named for my grandfather, like my sister who's the name of my grandmother.
@chellicks (904)
• Philippines
3 Feb 07
i was named by my aunt. the time when i was born beatles was her favorite band, and the famous song by that time is michelle. that's why she named it after me.
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