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All in a Name! 🤪

JFD12 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 02:34:49 GMT

Just thinking... for fun! Were you named for a family member? Where did your name

come from? A favorite name of your mom or from your dad? 🥰 In my family, my parents had 12 of us ... our first initial being the same initial as our last name. I was the 9th of the crew ... but the 8th of 9 girls. My name is more boy'ish ... goes both ways, but I did get the middle name of my Grandma... the sweetest person! Only one girl after me, the 12th child, and she got the best name of us all! Haha... all good! Do you like your name? I always thought that girls that had boy names were so cute! Mine? I dunno! lol!

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deepwaterdotter — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 02:48:48 GMT

A song my mother liked.

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JFD12 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 02:50:56 GMT

@deepwaterdotter I love that! I love ❤️ music!

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Kachina624 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 02:52:16 GMT

My name is very unusual with only a handful nationwide sharing it. My parents swore they couldn't remember where it came from, surely nobody in the family. I find it hard to believe they wouldn't remember. I was the first child.

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JFD12 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 02:58:50 GMT

I had two boys ... but did not find out in advance what I was having with either child. The name Rhiannon was hugely high on my list of girl's names ... yes, from Fleetwood Mac... but.. never used. 🤪

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JFD12 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 03:04:11 GMT

And yes... @Kachina624 you have me wondering about your unusual name! That's awesome. 😊

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LuvmyLab — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 03:49:26 GMT

I like my name however, I do not like it being a meme all over social media.

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rockygems123 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:30:39 GMT

@JFD12

My name is from my 2 grandmother's names Mary & Elizabeth..

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rockygems123 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:04:44 GMT

@LuvmyLab wrote:
I like my name however, I do not like it being a meme all over social media.

@LuvmyLab

Karen?

Re: All in a Name! 🤪

JFD12 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:05:20 GMT

@rockygems123 🩷

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rockygems123 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:06:28 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
My name is very unusual with only a handful nationwide sharing it. My parents swore they couldn't remember where it came from, surely nobody in the family. I find it hard to believe they wouldn't remember. I was the first child.

@Kachina624

Ok. Now we need hints. I spilled my name which is Mary Elizabeth

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JFD12 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:16:15 GMT

@rockygems123 One of my best, favorite friends in this world is named Mary. 💜

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Spacrazy — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:25:42 GMT

@LuvmyLab Bless your heart...

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Carmie — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:32:34 GMT

I was named after my paternal grandmother. I hated my name as a child. Every one I knew was Barbara, Sandy, Susan, Mary or Carol or similar.

I was the only Carmela except for some old ladies at church.

I like my name now and proud to be named after my grandma.

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JFD12 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:41:35 GMT

@Carmie One of my hubby's co-council member's daughter's name is Carmel... I thought it was very pretty! 🩷

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catter70 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 09:11:26 GMT

I have no idea. I do know that it's spelled differently from what it is usually.

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OKPrincess — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:30:34 GMT

My mom's best friend was Gayle so that's how I got my middle name.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:58:57 GMT

Daddy was across the "big pond" (WW2) when I was born. Mom named me after him. Daddy had been named after the doctor that delivered him. We own the letter that he wrote to my grandparents thanking them.

My parents found out they were expecting right after Daddy enlisted.

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Boehm Collector — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 12:06:58 GMT

I was named after my paternal grandmother. My middle name is the female equivalent of my maternal grandfather's name. My brother was named after our paternal grandfather. Our family is from Italy.

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jubilant — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 12:40:05 GMT

My first name is not a common one. I would rather have been called by my middle name

which was my grandmother's name.

My mother named me after a dear friend

that played an important role in her life.