My Full Name: Miranda Ruth Hall

     Then there’s me, Rosalind or Rose or Ross or Rosy, whatever. If you haven’t noticed that all my brothers and sisters names even my parents start with a “J”? Well if you didn’t I did it makes me feel like I don’t belong. Mom tells me she wanted to name me something special so that I would be different because when

Beth originated from English origin and means “pledged to God.” I was not surprised to find that Beth means “pledged to God” because the only biblical reference of Beth is Bethlehem, which was a holy city. Next, I found that Beth derives from the names Elizabeth and Bethany, which I already assumed. When I asked my mother about my middle name, she stated, “I had a friend named Beth, and I always liked her name too” (Westbrook). This made me realize the background on my middle name, which I have never been aware of. I then searched the popularity of my middle name and discovered that it was most popular in 1961. Beth is an older name; therefore, I expected this outcome. After finishing my middle name research, I then began exploring my last name

Three different stories as to how I got my name and nobody would back the other person’s story up at all. My parents both went around the fact that my grandma Linda didn’t want me named Savanna. But then when I go to the source it was completely different. So I put the pieces together. I was named Madison, because I looked like a Madison. I got my two middle names because my grandma didn’t want my name the same as cities or a girl scout cookie. But my dad wanted me to at least have Savanna Cheyenne in my name. So back to what my dad had once told me “When you were born there was a big argument about you being named Savanna Cheyenne, so you went 24 hours nameless until one day the nurse Joe, looked at you and said ‘you look more like a Madison then a Savanna’, that’s when I said ‘I don’t care what your first name is just as long as you have Savanna Cheyenne in your nam.’ So we put Madison together with Savanna Cheyenne and we got Madison Savanna Cheyenne and that is how you got your full

Most people have a story about how their parents decided on their name, especially those of us who have less common ones. Mine is fairly dry; my parents looked through a book of names and decided that “Maizie” was charming and sweet and would fit me well. My sister’s story, however, is slightly more intriguing. Cleo Arden Seidl, born on August 3rd of 2001, was named by me, Maizie Regan Seidl, when I was just two years and nine months old.

"We picked out this baby girl's name when I was pregnant with our first. I met a woman and her dog, and I loved her dog's name. Funny enough, it was the name she had picked out if she had a girl, but she had boys, so she used it for her dog instead. Here we are 3.5 years later, and we are going to use that name for our little girl!"she said 4weeks ago: sheknows.com.

My grandmother's name was inspired by her father's mother who was also called Maria and died days before she was born.

I was given the name Chase Andrew Miner. My mom had liked the name Chase and Chance, but she finally decided on Chase. While that decision wasn’t too hard for her to make, (at least she said it wasn’t) my last name, Miner, was an even easier decision. My mom was married to my dad and she took his last name, so the obvious last name would be Miner. My mom told me she had a really difficult time figuring out a middle name for me. She couldn’t find a name that fit in well. One day my aunt, Lori, called my mom and asked about the name Andrew. My mom had thought about it and she decided that that name fit. So from that day I was Chase Andrew Miner. The joke my mom says now is if she knew she’d have to chase me so much, she would have named me Slow. But word got around of what

To produce this book, I asked not “What you are going to name your baby?”, but rather “What is your name? How does it make you feel? Who named you? Why did they choose that name? Would you change

My mom was a reader. She was a slow reader, but a reader nonetheless. Her favorite book to this day is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty White. The main Character’s name is Mary Frances Nolan. My mom decided then that my name would be Frances. Well, that didn’t work because my dad didn’t like that name. So anyway, my mom also loved a set of children’s books about a badger named Frances (she is an elementary school teacher), and the badger’s little sister’s name was Gloria. I was named Gloria after the little sister, or I was named after Gloria Estefan if you ask my dad.

Growing up in a dominantly hispanic family, I had many family members, yet few names. So, it’s a wonder in my own mind, how I wound up with the name Tiffany. Built into the strong family oriented atmosphere that I still live in today, yet still sticking out of my family like a sore thumb. Worse than that, I was not even awarded the liberty of a middle name to fall back on, or for the sake of having a traditionally long name like everyone else. Yet, even though the odds were against me in this case, I still learned to appreciate my own name.

Victoria Alice Layman flows nicely doesn’t it? Well, my parents thought that it did too. I would love to be able to inform you that I was named after my grandmother or an aunt or uncle, but that’s not completely accurate. Letha Alice was by mother’s beloved grandmother’s name. My mother would have loved to of named me Letha but that was a common 19th century name that would not be fitting for a child in this day and age. So now they needed a first name for their little girl. There was only one name in mind Victoria. They told me they chose Victoria because it went nicely with the name Alice. My great grandmother loved the name and thought it sound regal. Furthermore everyone has a nick name right?

    Rebecca Hernandez, the name I received on April 21, 2003. The name Rebecca originates from the hebrew name Rivqah.  The name Rebecca is feminine.  The name Rebecca’s usage is English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical, and Biblical Latin.  Rebecca is the name of the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob in the Old Testament.  It came into use in Christianity and became popular with the Puritans in the 17th century.  Hernandez original usage is Ferdinand.  Ferdinand is masculine and its usage is German, French, Dutch, English, Czech, Slovene, and Ancient Germanic.  Ferdinand started in royalty in Spain and Portuguese.

My full name is Zineta Gacevic and I have four siblings. One older sister,17 years old, two younger sisters, 13 and 4 years old, and one younger brother, 2 years old. I am very family oriented but I’ve understood from a very young age that school is also very important. I see school as a great way to learn many new things that will eventually help in the long run for my dream career. Having excelling grades, good reviews from teachers, and also taking time for extracurriculars and helping the community are all qualifications that colleges, programs and others look for and trying my best in school every day helped me get all of these accomplishments. I have a great attendance record, I achieved perfect attendance multiple times, I go to school

When I was six years old, my father would take me his frequent stops to Walmart every week. One could imagine how repetitive the car ride would be so as a way to make it a little more thrilling, I would entertain my father by asking him facetious questions. These questions ranged from subjects like, “ Why is the sky blue?” or “ Are there bathrooms in Heaven?” No matter how childish the question, my father would always have an elaborate answer that left me with more questions. However, once I asked my father about the origin of my name, he just answered me with four simple words: We just liked it. Recently, I’ve tried to bog the mind of my mother and try to understand where she got the name “Taylor Ashley” from.