Who were you named after?

[renner-08]

i was named after my grandpa on my dads side

Captain John J. Quinlan of the RCAMC (dec.)

 

[SteakHeart]

I was named after Father Christian, one of the priests at my church.

 

[Hookman]

I was originally meant to be called Daniel after many people in my family but after realising of the 3 Dannys in the family,one of them died at a young age,one was an alcoholic and the one currently alive is on the verge of sociopathy so my parents decided to go with a non-related Jack instead.

 

[Scaredpanther0101]

Im not named after anyone but I am named after something the River Jordan (Im called Jordan By the way)

 

[Bealzibob]

I was named Jeremy, after the song by Pearl Jam

 

[Sparrow]

Lennox Lewis.

Yes, that's right. I was named after a huge, black boxer. Beat that.

 

[Craig FTW]

I don't think I was completely named after someone, but the person I think my parents thought of was Aaron from the Bible, Moses' brother and the first high priest.

 

[Chunko]

I was named after my grandfather, he fought in World War 2

 

[randomsix]

First name is from my paternal grandfather, second is maternal grandfather, third is father, then surname. Why you ask? It's because all of my cousins are girls.

 

[Zildjin81]

I'm named after a friend of my dad's.

 

[RanD00M]

My name would have been exactly the same as my grandfathers but a uncle of mine died 2 weeks so it changed a little.It would have been Þórir Sigurðsson.But instead it became Þórir Sigurjón Sigurðsson.My uncles name was Sigurjón.

 

[Jindrak]

My first name is just random, my middle name is the first name of my grandfather on my father's side, who fought in WWII.

 

[Splock]

I got my name from my grandad because he died roughly the same time I was born, but it also comes from the fact that both my father, the already mentioned grandfather and and my great-grandfather had the same name, so it's sort of becoming a tradition.

 

[Sethzard]

Seth, biblical figure, and Egyptian god of destruction and necessary violence.

 

[Flunk]

No one, my parents just thought it was a nice name.

 

[TehCookie]

I'm named after a car (Shelby Mustang), when I asked my parents why they said it was a awesome car. If I had dark hair I would have been named after a character on Star Trek (Rayna the robot).

 

[Froobyx]

The Amy part of my name is from a great great aunt or something.

The -lea part is because my nana refused to let my mother call me just Amy... It was too common.

Amy-lea it was... No middle names at all.

 

[randomrob]

I was named Robert because my parents liked the name and given my middle name, Andrew, after my Grandad. My mother's maiden name is....