Is there a story behind your name or your DC's name?

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redrubyshoes · 21/10/2012 12:10

My great aunt was called June Rouen and it was a code sent from WW1 in France by her father to let his pregnant wife know where he was and when. He coded it to make it sound like the name he wanted his child called if it was a DD.

His wife liked the name and June Rouen it was. He survived the war as well.

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HappyTurquoise · 21/10/2012 19:41

I have the female brewing of my uncle's name. He died in WW2.
DC'S middle names are from female relatives in both mine and my husband's families.

One of my ancestors gave his children middle names of last names of his wife's family, so they would carry a connection to her family in family records.

raindroprhyme · 21/10/2012 19:33

'we had a name all picked out for DS2 and when he arrived it just didn't suit so out came the bible that was in the locker Hubby found Caleb and liked it so that was his name'

raindroprhyme · 21/10/2012 19:31

we had a name all picked out for DS2 and when he arrived it just didn't suit so got oualeb we liked it so thats his name.

3 weeks later we find out that DS2 had cystic fibrosis, then we get told by family reverend that we named him well.
Beacuse Caleb was one of a bunch of spies sent to spy on jericho he and his friend were the only ones to return and tell the truth. As a reward God said they would out live their generation.

So we hope our Caleb lives up to his namesake.

Bunbaker · 21/10/2012 19:31

My mum had a name that she shared with several other little girls in her class at primary school. She vowed to give my sister and me names that weern't so popular and names that couldn't be shortened. I have met only one other person in RL with my name so far and I'm 53.

As a result of always having to explain my name I named DD after my favourite auntie who had a name that was easy to spell and pronounce and wasn't very popular. Fast forward a few years and her name is in the top 20. Oh well.

InSPsFanjoNoOneHearsYouScream · 21/10/2012 19:21

My saw a little girl with blonde hair and blue eyes and she said she was a gorgeous little girl so asked the mother what she was called. It was Kelly so that is what I was called.

My sons first name was just because I liked it. His middles names are his dads name and a friend of mine who does when I was 15

Annunziata · 21/10/2012 19:05

This is my birth certificate name because I was born on the feast of the Annunciation (vvvvv Catholic family) and because my mother and father used to go to the church of Our Lady of the Annunciation.

That's fascinating about your great aunt.

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redrubyshoes · 21/10/2012 15:16

No one else then?

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