I wish I'd been able to pick my own name, because I absolutely HATE both my first and middle name. I don't remember the story about how I became Eleanor, but my middle name is after some dead aunt (I think) of my mother's. It's a very unusual name that I've never heard anywhere, and I can Google it for it's origin, and it never comes up there either. And no - I'm not revealing it, so don't ask.


My oldest son was named after his father, so he is a Jr. My advice to anyone thinking of naming a child after his father would be - DON'T DO IT!!!! I never imagined some of the nightmarish issues that arose because they had the same name. If he had been a girl, he would have been Lisa Jonette.

My 2nd is named Steven Charles. Steven just because I like the name, and Charles after both grandfathers that were named Charles. If he had been a girl, he would have been Holly Christine.