I think my parents were going to name my brother Phabian (not sure of the spelling). Good thing they decided on Paul! There was NO way he was going to be named after my dad. My dad is a JR and he HATES his name. He goes by his initials....AL or his name given to him by my moms family....Sean.

My oldest niece has her moms middle name...Lynne. My sisters middle name is Lynn. So we have three, just with different spelling. Melissa (my oldest niece) would have been named Andrew Jacob and called AJ if she had been a boy.

My youngest niece was sort of named after a child I had in my day care class back then. I mentioned the name Tabitha to my sister-in-law and she really liked it. Then she asked me what Tabitha's middle name was. So I found out it was Rose. And that's what she ended up naming her! My moms sister is named Rose, but my SIL won't claim she is named after her.