I was supposed to be Mary after my gran but Tracy was the trendy name that year (as if it ever was trendy) and got stuck with that....my second son was supposed to be a girl and we had no name for him but jason and the argonauts had been on tv so we called him Jason
My mum used to be a Dr. Barnardos nanny in Bristol and one of the little girls she looked after was called Linda. She liked the name and when she had me she named me after her. My second name is Carol because I was born three days after Christmas.
The story I've been told is that my dad was a big fan of Joanna Lumley, so therefore I got named after a character she played. Why I couldn't have been named Joanna I don't know would have been preferable to what I did get stuck with.
I was going to be called Jennifer but my mum's best friend called her daughter that, so my mum had to find something new. She was looking through a pram book (yes, prams, that's how old I am) and all the prams were called by girls name, she chose a pram and liked the name of the pram she chose. I get so bored of having to tell people how to spell Puddleduck (but seriously I don't like my real name, so I ain't telling ya what it is!)
I'm not actually sure that I was named after someone - but if you knew my name they you would think I defiantly was. Born in the 80's when a certain pint sized actress was just becoming a big singer - to be honest I prefer her sister's name .
I'm not actually sure that I was named after someone - but if you knew my name they you would think I defiantly was. Born in the 80's when a certain pint sized actress was just becoming a big singer - to be honest I prefer her sister's name .
It was the natural successor to the name Kayleigh, made popular a couple of years earlier due to a really shit song by Marillion.
The story I've been told is that my dad was a big fan of Joanna Lumley, so therefore I got named after a character she played. Why I couldn't have been named Joanna I don't know would have been preferable to what I did get stuck with.
Patsy or Sapphire?
Not keen on my name, it sounds like a barmaid from a 70's sitcom
I named myself Nathan because both me and my mum like that name and agreed that it fitted me. When I changed my name it was important for my mum to be invloved as she was involved in picking my birth name.
It was the natural successor to the name Kayleigh, made popular a couple of years earlier due to a really shit song by Marillion.
I don't care what it is - it's been the bane of my school life (and yes that song is a bit rubbish )! Luckily now I'm in my 20's people tend to realise I've heard all the jokes. What's worse is when people call me everything but my name, usually either the above or Keeley, once I was even called Stacey (no joke, just like in the Ting Ting song :eek::p).
I don't care what it is - it's been the bane of my school life (and yes that song is a bit rubbish )! Luckily now I'm in my 20's people tend to realise I've heard all the jokes. What's worse is when people call me everything but my name, usually either the above or Keeley, once I was even called Stacey (no joke, just like in the Ting Ting song :eek::p).
I've a friend with the same name. And she's 35, so named well before anyone in the UK had even heard of the tiny Australian.
But her mother is Australian, and I believe it it was quite a common name over there at one time.
My father wanted to call me Thyme, which my mother forbade, so my grandad got the choice and called me Katie. My elder brother was two months premature, so they had no name for him, but they saw his name on a teacup so just gave him that. I like his name though- Ryan. Not so keen on mine though:D
On our family tree it goes- John, John, William, John, George, John, William, John, George,William, Ken, Micheal, Ryan. They weren't much for variaty
I'm named after a Gilbert O'Sullivan song. Which I recently looked up the lyrics too and realised it's not the most innocent of love songs out there but oh well!
My dad picked Louise because he worked for a family with a little girl called Louise who was apparently adorable. I must have been such a disapointment!
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Btw, Madison's an awesome name, if I ever have a girl I'd always planned to call her that
err no....but i wish i was called that
Baryshnikov?
I thank my lucky stars that they didn't honeymoon in Berkhamsted.
It was the natural successor to the name Kayleigh, made popular a couple of years earlier due to a really shit song by Marillion.
Patsy or Sapphire?
Not keen on my name, it sounds like a barmaid from a 70's sitcom
I don't care what it is - it's been the bane of my school life (and yes that song is a bit rubbish
I've a friend with the same name. And she's 35, so named well before anyone in the UK had even heard of the tiny Australian.
But her mother is Australian, and I believe it it was quite a common name over there at one time.
I was named after my grandfather and my father.
On our family tree it goes- John, John, William, John, George, John, William, John, George,William, Ken, Micheal, Ryan. They weren't much for variaty
My middle name's also from a Roy Wood song.
No prizes for guessing either songs!
Awright Howard?
It's my mum's favourite name
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He died and it caused me soooo many problems with my credit file, electoral roll and such. It took me ages to get that sorted out.
So, parents, for your kid's sake, give them a different name to anyone else in the family!