alprazolam wrote: i was told that my mom couldn't believe that i was real so she named me a legend/myth (taru) but tbh i think my name comes from the lord of the rings (translated as taru sormusten herrasta) because my mom's a nerdĀ
lain wrote: first name is a name from the bible, second name named after my italian grandmotherĀ my mother isnt religious tho, i think she chose it because the Italian catholic side were very vocal about the name hahahaĀ
kagura wrote: my niece's name has the best story. it comes from one song.Ā when my sister just started dating her husband he went to some party with his friends then he was drunk af and called my sister only to hear her voice and that song started playing on backgroundĀ and he was like THIS THE BEST SONG EVERRRR OMGG GG GG GĀ
i don't wanna say what song because i don't wanna tell her name hereĀ and yes they actually told that story to everyone in her christeningsĀ
my best friend's niece is named after the singer of a song that was playing when she was about to be born sdhgk, like when they got to the hospital or something like that
disposable wrote: it was supposed to be alice (idk why) but my grandpa said that it was a name for an old person??? and could not be named that. so now my name is alicia insteadĀ
they thought about hedvig too, i think my mum had a friend named that
Flamink wrote: they only had a name rdy for a boy, so when i came i guess they panicked and looked at the spice rack, resultning in me being named chili lmao i love my name tho
Salem wrote: well I was named elaheh which is iranian/persian cos my dad comes from iran and my mum loved the name and it was his sister's name too and then aggressive assimilation and not getting on w my dad and all that shit I legally changed it to ellie (on my birth certificate as a nickname in case I hated elaheh) as well as changing my mucho foreign last name to my gma's maiden name cos her brother/my great uncle when everythin was going down was like "u know if I'd had a daughter I'd have wanted her to be just like u" all the feels it's their 3 + 5 year like..... death anniversaries too and felt v emotional lately nd !!!!! turns out his wife has her voicemail still set so when we called and she didn't answer its hiS VOICE that comes out like "hi this is alan and theresa xxxxxx we can't come to the phone right now" both my mum n I burst into tears when my uncle called and we heard aaaaa wow that turned into a rambleĀ
wuwu wrote: my mom liked it and its meaning also she wanted her children to have "international names" aka names everyone can pronounce for some reason
wuwu wrote: my mom liked it and its meaning also she wanted her children to have "international names" aka names everyone can pronounce for some reason
they thought i was gonna be male until i was born so they had a masculine name planned and i like that name much better shouldve just been postmodern and gone with that