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HelpRe: What's in a name or what's in your name?
in reply to a message by Barbra
My first name, Erica, my mom essentially got from a soap opera. (I actually have a feeling a lot of 80s and early 90s kids got their names from soap operas.) My middle name, Rose, is a family name on both sides.
I was almost named Amanda Lynne. My mom loved the name Amanda (at the time - don't know how she feels about it now), and Lynne is her own middle name. However, when she told her mom what she and my dad were considering naming me, my grandma basically put her foot down and was like, "My granddaughter is NOT going to be called 'a mandolin'!"
So while they nixed "Lynne" and were choosing a new middle name (probably Rose), my aunt who was also pregnant told her, "Wait, you can't choose Amanda. My husband and I already decided on Amanda, and I'm due first!" My mom tried to fight it at first, but eventually my parents nixed Amanda in favor of "Victoria Lyn" (that spelling of Lyn) for a time. Then at some point, my mom decided Erica Kane on "All My Children" had a pretty name, and my dad liked it, too.
Oh, and the funniest part? I wound up being born almost a month early, so I was born before my cousin; and not only did my parents not choose Amanda, but my aunt & uncle didn't go with Amanda, either! My cousin wound up being named Felicia, instead.
Please rate my personal short name lists (the latter includes combos):
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/91835 (updated)
http://greens-end.myminicity.com
I was almost named Amanda Lynne. My mom loved the name Amanda (at the time - don't know how she feels about it now), and Lynne is her own middle name. However, when she told her mom what she and my dad were considering naming me, my grandma basically put her foot down and was like, "My granddaughter is NOT going to be called 'a mandolin'!"
So while they nixed "Lynne" and were choosing a new middle name (probably Rose), my aunt who was also pregnant told her, "Wait, you can't choose Amanda. My husband and I already decided on Amanda, and I'm due first!" My mom tried to fight it at first, but eventually my parents nixed Amanda in favor of "Victoria Lyn" (that spelling of Lyn) for a time. Then at some point, my mom decided Erica Kane on "All My Children" had a pretty name, and my dad liked it, too.
Oh, and the funniest part? I wound up being born almost a month early, so I was born before my cousin; and not only did my parents not choose Amanda, but my aunt & uncle didn't go with Amanda, either! My cousin wound up being named Felicia, instead.
Please rate my personal short name lists (the latter includes combos):
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/91835 (updated)
http://greens-end.myminicity.com
This message was edited 11/27/2015, 8:30 PM
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