What 's in a name? Be it your first name surname or nickname. Does your name reflect the culture at the time you were born? (ie, radical 60's) What influenced your parents in their choice of names? Were they religious or did they simply pick a name that was popular at the time? Does your name say anything about your parents or family background or ethnic origin?
Surnames can allude to the occupations, while others hint to the location of your family.
Did you end up w/ a name that doesn't automatically indicate your sex such as Leslie Kim Tracey Lindsay or Sydney ? Did you run into any problems as a child w/ that name?
Queenie is a nickname Ive had since the age of 3 and it was a play on my given name Corinne, my uncle gave it to me and Ive fallen back on it several times and Im always surprised when folks think I've chosen the name and therefore I must think Im a member of royality! Far from it, so whats in your name?
Queenie
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I got my first names because in my family it was decided that the boys got Scottish names, and the girls English ones. I have brothers Andrew Robert, Hamish Stuart, and Iain William, and sister Susan Josephine! I think I got a reasonable deal! lol
Alistair - wise guy eh *bonks him on the head* whoop whoop ..*L*
The name Armitage Shanks has long been synonymous with quality British Bathrooms. The company’s roots can be traced back to 1850 when the first sanitaryware was manufactured. This was at a time when few properties had mains water pumped to them, there was no water borne sanitation system and hot water was a luxury enjoyed by the very rich.
The company that became Armitage Shanks was founded in 1817 by Thomas Bond in Armitage, Staffordshire. The Armitage "sanitary pottery manufacture" became a successful UK toilet manucturer. In 1969 Armitage merged with Shanks Holdings Limited, a competing "sanitary engineering company" established at Barrhead near Glasgow, Scotland in 1878, producing the famous brand name Armitage Shanks. In February 1999 Armitage Shanks became part of the American Standard group of companies.
And then I came a long and messed all that up. :)
Another wiseguy!!!! *L* Thanx Armitage!
Tornado: one of many nick names describing my personality when I'm not under stress.
Thorough bred: see tornado
Red (red forman): due to both my hair colour, and to my lack of tolerance for many things and my choice of words describing said things. (see that 70's show)
Dusty: (received in junior high) describing me when ever playing one of many rough sports (rugby, field hockey, ice hockey, dirt biking, football, soccer, ect.) . I was usually covered head to toe in dirt, mud, or grass stains.
Sorry that I am not as historically interesting as Artimage Shanks, but we can't all be about plumbing.
As for my given name, my sister wanted to name me after her babysitter. It could have been worse. I could have been named after my Aunt Wahltroubt.
my "real" first name is Esther, and I made the E* out of a nickname my dad had has for me, he just calls me "ster" which means "star" in dutch....
will respond to Es as well, and have been known to sign emails with either E* or even S, as an abbreviation of Es
Everyone has a story!
The same goes for nicknames unusual surnames and the like. Very cool!!
Keep them coming, love it!
Come on people!! *L* I see different and unusual names in here daily , come on then ...SHARE!
*G*
a man goes into a bar and sees a girl and starts talking to her and asks her what her name is... she replied saying that its Carmen, which suits her because she likes Cars and Men...
so the man introduces himself as Charlie Beerc*nt
i was even good to cover up the word c*nt because even though its a common word used in ireland...i hear it causes offence outside of ireland...ohh how i love using it in american bars lol
Charlie Beerc**t..*L*
I knew I could count on you Mark! *L* too funny.
But if i were a boy my name was going to be Arthur! Im glad im a girl.....although sharing the same name as the man who invented guinness aint so bad hehehe....The name Lesley is english and means 'Ruler of the Grey Fortress* whatever that represents??!!!
I love Mark's joke btw......if i had to give myself a name for the things i love the best.....it would be Lesley Anythingirish hehe......God i miss the Emerald Isle......WTF did you guys do to me over there????????
I have been given many nicknames some charming some not...but my maiden name has even more history behind it but im too stuffed to type anymore LOL....
I'll come back another time and do a speil on my VIP chat names LMAO
We are called Zoroastrians. Ones that follow Zoroaster, the prophet.
After the muslim invasion we were confronted with the option of converting to Islam or leaving Iran. We left and arrived on the shores of India. We got of the boat and approached the local king who obviously didn't speak the same language we did and so in an attempt to signal to us that his land was full and had no room for us, he brought out a glass filled to the brim with milk.
One of our elders went back to his boat and came back to the king with a clenched fist and put it over the glass of milk and slowly allowed it to open. He dropped sugar into the milk signifying a perfect blend. Assimilation if you will...
we were allowed into india and that's how we got our surname Irani, meaning the one's that came from Iran. There is no surname like Irani in iran itself. In Iran we had different surnames according to our clan or occupation or area where we stayed.
My first name is Karl. No interesting story there.
Incredible! I knew we had more then a few interesting stories out there!
Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)