My mom’s top choice was Theophilus. Which is a little odd because we’re not Greek, and a would have been ironic since it means “love of god” and I ended up an atheist.
My parents bet on my and my sisters sex and whoever won got to choose. My father won both rounds or I would have been called Imre and my sister Inken
Jack
As an actual name by itself, not the typical John and then using Jack as a nickname for it.
… Jack is a nickname for John?
The TV show Lost just took an a new meaning…
Traditionally yes, don’t ask me how.
I was too young to remember.
My older sister was supposed to get my name, but she was a she. It would have been fairly unique at her age. I came along five years later and got it at the height of its popularity, as a result there were three of us in my grade six class.
Jeremiah (was a bullfrog)
Susan
Angelica and Olivia.
Not me, but for my older brother, my mom was considering the name Chad.
I wonder how that would have worked out, with the memes and all.
My parents were going to name me Heather, but then I was a boy.
When my son was born, I suggested the name Percy to his mother. She was like “Oh, I really really like that!” I was like “Good, then if we have another boy, we can name him Timothy, after your father.” She was like “Aww, that’s so sweet! I know you and my dad get along really well! I like that too! What if we have girls?”
I said “We’ll name them Sage and Rosemary. Then we’ll have Percy, Sage, Rosemary and Tim.”
My son’s name is NOT Percy.
One of our kids was born just outside the elevator on the way to the maternity ward. My wife joked that we should call him Otis, like the elevator company. That stuck in my head and I tried to convince her to go with it.
Sadly, she wouldn’t go for it, and we had to choose a name that wasn’t an inside joke. He’s probably much healthier for it.
I love the name Otis. It’s such a classic.
My uncle wanted my parents to name me Maurice, from The Joker (The Steve Miller Band song, not the over done Batman character).
Funny enough Jesus cuz I wa almost born in a barn
Little Dick.
pfffffftttt sorry I tried. Sigh.
Kirk, after Captain James T.
She watched A LOT of TV while carrying me! (I’m named after another TV though…)
You are Luke, aren’t you ?
My brother’s middle name is Keaton after Micheal Keaton. Our mom went to see Batman 1989 in theaters when she was pregnant with him and loved him and the movie so much that she made that his middle name.
Also yes, my brother grew up to be a massive Batman fan.
