My mother's best friend named me.

I'm not sure. I asked Mum and she said she just thought it was a pretty name, but it could be interpreted as a feminine form of my dad's father's name. 2 of my aunts are named for him, because there are so many variations on that one name.

I was named after a NHL hockey player…and no my name is not Wayne. 😂

I was named after my grandfather

My first name is very common among the men in my family but they wanted me to be different, so they spelt it kinda weird and now everyone mis-spells it XD

I'm the 7th generation with the same name and I named my first male son the same name making him the 8th generation

I was named after a famous artist my parents admired

named after my great grandmother and my mother.

I'm named after an F1 champ as is my son

I was named after my father and grandfather.

My mother found my name in a romance novel

It was fashionable at the time

I was named after my Grandfather

It was my middle name I took it legally as my first in my early 20's. My mom's brother had it as his 2nd middle or his third name other than that don't know. A name more common among women than men but I like it alot it suits me

Female/birth name: Randomly named.
Male name: I chose it bc it's the first name of one of my all time favorite actors

They tried to find a name that had no nick name but they failed. Everyone always get nicknames by friends.

I was named after my grandfather - now I'm wondering who he was named after 😂

I was named after my father's best friend, who was a fighter pilot in WW II against the Germans.

My first name belonged to my father’s favorite aunt. My middle name was for my mother’s older sister— who would become my favorite aunt. 🥹

i was named after bob dylan. (my name is dylan)

After Ewa Demarczyk . . the "Polish Edith Piaf" 🎵

Named after grandfather

Got the family generational name

My paternal grandfather named me.

theres a long line of my name

After my grandmother

Named after an F1 champ

Dedicated to the Virgin Mary

I was naked for my great grandfather

My grandmother's choice

Your dad has balls

My Mom just liked the name. Once she used it,
Other people started using it too. My middle name is after my aunt.