Do Names Make the Person?

[Fox-Gal]

At first my parents wanted to name me Holly but instead decided to make the grandparents happy and give me names from ever side of the family. Reason I now have 3 names (two middle names)

I somehow feel that if I was named Holly, I might have truned out a little different. It's really hard to live up to family names and Liberty was asking for me to get teased, through life. Teasing effects who you become. So yeah, the name Liberty made me in some ways.

[Corinna]

my Mom wanted to call me Sara Joy but dad wasn't too keen on it so he suggested Corinna after my moms freind (swho is a libraian) I love to read even being dyslexic (numbers mostly) Then my middle name is after 2 aunts Marie.
My daughter Clarissa Amber was born x=mas eve my mil thought she should have been Chrissy Eve . Sick HUH my room mate at the hospital called her daughter Tiffany Noel.
I do think names make the person my son Ben was a sick little guy if it hadn't been for his name I don't think he would have made it . I chose the name from one of the 12 tribes in the bible The tribe of Benjamin gaurded the temple. Strong and smart. (hubby thinks it was from his family side don't tell him.) Although Ben is tall and thin hes got a strong will to live and do things. (almost lost him 3 times in the first 5 years) I think he will fill in soon His dad started to at age 25 still kept growing till then too. 6'1" when we started dating, 6'3"when married 2 years later 6'5" thank dog he stopped but now the feet are still growing size 16 . Ben keeps thinking well I could still grow.

[delidog]

I think that though the name doesn't Make the person...It Definately effects how they are viewed in their environment...
I know that I for one, would not have the same opinion of say my new CEO...if she were introduced to me as Ms.Cookie Smith...Rather than Ms.Susan Smith....
I Strongly feels that helps shape a person...
I went to school with a girl whose name was "Candy Cain" No Lie..
How could Anybody take That Seriously???
Shame on Her Parents...

My Name was Supposed to be Victoria or Noel...I was born close to X-mas....Victoria I Love...Vicki i detest....
Noel Is SOOOO Not Me....Too Soft...Too Fru....

However when my mother went into labor,she was reading a book and "Nicole" was the main character...hence the name
I like Nicole...I despise Nikki....which is what people tried for years to call me....

[4 Dog Mother]

When I was pregnant with Christy, we decided if she was a girl she would be Erin Nicole. I had the longest labor of the 3 with her - about 19 hours. When she was born, I looked at her and said to Car, she does not look like an Erin Nicole, this is Christina. We added Sue for her middle name. I have no idea as to why she did not look like an Erin. And of course, I have no idea if it would have changed who she was but I have always found it interesting that I felt that way.

Amy was going to be Amy Marie and she was and Rob was going to be Robert Dale after our two fathers. Carl's Dad was Robert and my dad was Marian Dale but always went by Dale. When Rob was a teenager he asked me why we chose Dale over Marian and said he would have preferred Marian as his middle name. I have no idea why he felt that way or if he still does.

[cali]

mmm, maybe, but I would think I would not be as shy as I am with my name being Shayna, because I yelling out to correct the name all the time. but its not like that, everyone else would shout my name because they knew that I could not say it loud enugh, I am far too shy to yell and my voice is very quiet. my name was going to be "susan" I cant imagine that lol

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I don't know if a name really maeks you who you are or not. My Dad wanted to name me Hilda Sorry for those of you who like that anme but I think it's awful!!! I guess if they'd named me that I would've been kinda shy and embarassed because of it, I know people would've done nohting but tease me. Devan isn't great and people still bug me because of my name but Hilda would've been alot worse I think.

[MariaM]

Well...I'm not sure..

I was going to be Anna Marie (which I'm not fond of at all) or Marie Therese, which I absolutely despise. EW! (Lol no offence intended on anyone)

The thing I don't like about my name is it is hard for me to pronounce. I used to not be able to say "or". It always came out as "er". I also used to not be able to say Sarah or Jerrold. I can now, but I still find it hard to pronounce my own name. People call me MARIE alot and I can't stand it. It bothers me SO MUCH. I try to correct them but they can barely hear what I say Whatever

[K9karen]

My due date was Aug 6 (my folks anniversary) but I was born on June 6. My name was going to be Barbara until the woman in the hospital bed next to my mom decided she liked that name, so I was quickly named Karen (for my maternal grandmother, Catherine) plus my mom liked it because she heard it was Swedish.
Luckily I love my name. Seriously, I think my life would have been WAY different if I had been a Leo. I'm more inclined to attribute a life change to star signs rather than a name. But life's what you make it.

[CountryWolf07]

My parents were going to name me Jaqueline, but thankfully, they did not. My dad came up with a better name, Rachel! So, they named me Rachel.

My brother Rory was going to be Michael, but I had a cousin named Michael, so, my dad again came up with "Rory" because it was a different name.

My other brother, Tyler was named after the baseball player, Ty Cobbs. Originally, he was going to be "Dante"..

[Twisterdog]

Originally posted by delidog
I think that though the name doesn't Make the person...It Definately effects how they are viewed in their environment...
I know that I for one, would not have the same opinion of say my new CEO...if she were introduced to me as Ms.Cookie Smith...Rather than Ms.Susan Smith....
I Strongly feels that helps shape a person...
I went to school with a girl whose name was "Candy Cain" No Lie..
How could Anybody take That Seriously???
Shame on Her Parents...

I absolutely agree with that. I wish more parents would seriously consider the "cute", "fun" and "different" names they stick some of these poor kids with. Honestly, who would possibly want to go through life with some of these names?!?

I knew someone in college who named her twin girls Tequila and Shequila. Come on!! I wouldn't name dogs those names! And one of my former employee's cousin's named their son Rollin Thunder. Honestly. And another of my employees named her daugther Dusty. Bad enough, IMO, but her last name was Sweat. Oh yeah .... I'd want to go through life called Dusty Sweat. And I know a poor man who's parents named him Cactus.

[carole]

If you all think that is bad, I worked with a girl who called her son BOY, can you imagine it.

[cali]

ya know this thread made me remeber that my name was going to be susan lol and that just made me laugh because for my art project we have to find our art history "twin", well I found a girl that looks just like me she is 18 in the painting(I am 17) and her name is....suzanne. lol

[RICHARD]

Try growing up as a 'richard'

[slick]

Ha! I remember the 60's when babies were named Moonbeam, Sunshine, Willow, Stardust....etc etc. Poor kids. I wonder what they call themselves now.

My Mom almost named me Katherine.....good thing. Slick Vic sounds better than Slick Kat....

[RICHARD]

Internet couple name baby Yahoo

A Romanian couple who met each other on the internet have named their baby Yahoo.

Nonu and Cornelia Dragoman, from Medias, say they had a virtual relationship for three months before seeing each other.

Cornelia told Libertatea newspaper: "We named him Lucian Yahoo, one name after my father and the other from the computer. These were the two elements which guided my life."

The baby boy was born a few days after Christmas last year.

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Thank God they didn't name the kid "dot com".