By LUCY ORMONDE
Please don’t share the following information with my mother….
There’s a Martin Boyd book sitting on my bookshelf. It’s been sitting there for well over a decade now. Mum gave it to me for a birthday sometime during high school and told me I’m named after the protagonist – Lucinda Brayford.
The thing is, I judge books by their covers and Lucinda? She looks like the kind of book that inspires naps.
So I’ve never actually read it…. sorry mum.
I shared this story with friends last weekend as they were browsing through the bookshelves in my room. It got us talking about the name question. The question that everyone has an answer for – if not a hilarious story.
Orpah. Better known as Oprah.
Take Oprah as an example. If someone asked her why her name is what it is, she’d have to tell them the story of the birth certificate which was made in 26 BSC (Before Spell Check). You see, she was intended to be named Orpah until there was a little error in the paperwork. And the error stuck.
Then there’s my friend Sophia (I’m trying to say this as if it naturally flows on from my other buddy Oprah). Named as such because her parents saw a Sophia Loren film in the early days of their relationship.
My Dad is Benedict – named after Prime Minister Chifley, not the eggs. Another friend is Jasmine – born in Spring when the jasmine is blooming. Miriam was named after her great aunt. Her mum Kay was only given three letters, so her friends couldn’t give her a shortened nickname.
When I took the question of names to Twitter, Georgie told me she was named after a student in her mum’s Grade Three class. Patricia was born on St Patrick’s Day. And Nancy was named after Bill’s lover in the 1968 film version of Oliver. (“I’m also a redhead but I don’t dance on tables”)
There were the family names – “there has always been a Katherine in my mum’s family” – and then there were the more creative names. “I know someone called Lezah because her mother was Hazel,” one Twitter user told me. “My mother also went to school with a Cazna – Anzac backwards.”
I assume a similar logic went into the naming of my colleague Lana.
“My parents always assumed I’d be anal,” she said.
What’s the meaning behind your name? If you have kids, what about their names?
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My name was meant to be Kelly. The week before I was born, new people moved into the house next door and had a cat called Kelly who had no teeth.
Mum didn’t have another name. As I was being born (in a Catholic hospital), the nurse said that I was born as the Angelus bells were ringing, so Angela I became (or Ange, Angie, Angelina or Angelika – during my years of lGerman in high school). Mum chose Marie for my middle name, but Dad wrote Maria on my birth certificate. An Irish/Australian Angela Maria – not one bit of Italian in me!
We named our daughter Annie after my much loved Nanna.
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My parents named me Dale after one of Dad’s ex-flings. Yep. Bit awkward.
Funnily enough, my nickname is Willy… Random.
Which just about accurately describes my parents.
Awkward and random.
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My ‘name’ story should become a law! No child should ever be given two middle names!!! I was given two and it is the most annoying thing! No paperwork ever gives you enough space to write both, you try to drop the second one, but it bites you on the arse when doing ‘legal’ stuff, people always make comment on the fact that they rhyme, cringe, then ask me why I have two middle names…ummm because my parents are crazy!
Please pregnant people reading this – NEVER give your child two middle names! Or be prepared to pay for counselling
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Im guilty of giving my son three middle names one for his granddad one for his uncle then one for his dad ( he has my surname ) its already come back to bite me passports school forms I don’t know what I was thinking he is going to be cursing me
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My brother has 2 middle names- Theodor Thomas after my grandfathers. My mum just wanted Theodor (after her late father) but then felt she couldn’t really leave poor old living grandpa out, so threw Thomas in too.
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Uh oh… we are contemplating two middle names for one on the way- we just cant pick a middle name (but dont have any ideas for first names!) as we have too many family members we’d like to honour.
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We named our daughter Airlia which means ethereal. It is an ancient greek name, and when i was pregnant (unplanned) my (greek) grandmother fell ill. We were sure mine and my sisters pregnancies helped pull her through….so when my daughter was born she was Airlia and her middle name Eve which is the anglicised version of my grandmother’s name.
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I am adopted. According to my original birth certificate, my birth mother named me Laura Mary. My adoptive parents had apparently thought of Pamela (no offence to Pams out there – but yuk!!)
They settled on Katrina Mary (from St Catherine). I have been through a few versions of that name: dad always called me Katrina when he was cross, and that is on official docs; I started out as Katy, and got bored of that after high school so now I am Kate. I like it! and my boys are good, strong (easy to spell) names too: David, Benjamin Samuel and Patrick.
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I was adopted too and when I met my birth mum I asked about the wonderful “Nancy” name on my cert. She laughed and said she didn’t call me such a silly name – she had named me Tracey! Neither is on my list and I’m glad I got the traditional Ruth from my adopted parents.
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Apparently I stuffed up naming my daughter. She prefers the name Tarzan to the one we gave her.
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I was apparently named after Eliza Fraser, the woman who Fraser Island was named after. My mum read a book about her while she was pregnant with me & decided that was my name. If I were born a boy, I would have been Royce after Royce Simmons, a footy player.
My daughter’s name is Maddison Jean & she has my middle name. It means child of Matthew and guess what my hubby’s name is & who named her!! I wanted Amelia for her.
My son’s name is Reece Matthew. He was meant to be Bryce until 4 days before he was born, Matthew is again, because of my hubby.
I am currently pregnant with #3 and am at a total loss as to what we will go with, either way. Every name I like is either far too common now or we know people who are or have kids with the names. I like traditional but uncommon names. I would love to have Jesse for a boy but I think we will be having a girl, and I’m not too fussed on Jessie as a girl!! Haha!
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I was named after a girl that my dad liked in high school! By the time I came around, my parents had been married for 15 years so I don’t think mum had anything to worry about!
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I gave my daughter the middle name of Darcey because I’m a Prode and Prejudice fan. My son’s middle name is George because my father, who died when I was in my teens, used to call all small children George.
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My dad calls all small children Fred.
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My dad calls all small children grubs (it’s definitely an affectionate name though!)
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Oh my goodness! So it’s not just my grandparents that do that?! My brother is often called ‘Fred’, ‘George’ or ‘Jack’ by them.
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I have 4 kids & all but one are named after lierary characters: Charlotte, after Charlottes Web, Atticus Finn named in honour of the father in To Kill A Mockingbird as well as Huckleberry Finn, & my favourite: Sawyer Danger..Sawyer from Tom Sawyer as well as being Olde English for man who saws wood ie a carpenter,which my husband is, & Danger so he can announce proudly “Danger is my middle name!”..& I would like to take this opportunity to claim him as the first Danger as I have since heard of a few aka Chloe Maxwell
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My friend named her son Ezekiel Danger, just for that reason!!
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I hope you named the kid Atticus Finch, or he’s going to think you a dill for getting it wrong.
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Ah no…like I said, Atticus is from TKAM, & Finn is from Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyers best friend..Finch is the surname from the book but we did not want Atticus Finch…
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I’m named after the Fleetwood Mac song ” Rhiannon”, mum just thought she’d make having an unusual name easier by spelling it the way it is pronounced- Re-an-non. It didn’t help, it made things worse!
My sister jemmima was named after a character on the Tv show ” Danile Boon”.
My brother Robert was originally named ” Elijah” but when my dad went to do his birth certificate he changed it to Robert because that was his dad’s name & his middle name.
My brother Koby was named ” Toby” but my dad had stroke & his speech was badly effected so when he called the family to tell them my brother had been born they all thought he said Koby & that stuck.
My sister Marikki was named after someone I done dancing with when I was 4- there is 9 yrs difference between us so obviously mum really liked that name.
My brother Rhys was given his name purely because mum liked it.
My son was named Zane after we couldn’t agree on a name & each put 2 names in a hat 2 weeks before he was born. Zane was not one of my names but I agreed to the rules of the hat game…..
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I love that song and would have named my daughter Rhiannon but hubby vetoed!
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Jade- named after jade jagger (mick Jagger daughter ) it was the 80s
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Bree- as in that prostitute that Jody Foster played in some movie in the 80′s.
I work with another Bree and one of her first comments to me was, so are you named after the prostitute too! We’re around the same age.
And no, its not short for anything. And Im not a piece of cheese.
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Oh, don’t you get sick of the people who think they’re the only funny person who’s ever thought of a joke about your name!
I get ‘ha ha, juicy lucy’! Even from the most inappropriate people …
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Renee Geyer (and also THAT SONG about Renee) and Katharine Hepburn.
Except my parents (like a lot of other parents…) thought it would be more interesting to spell my names the “different” way.
(there are actually a LOT of girls called Renee/Renae born in the year I was born in my city…)
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My two first names mean ‘Butterfly meadow’. It was the 60′s but my parents weren’t even bloody hippies!
Lucky I wasn’t born a boy. I would have been called ‘Malcolm’. Ick. Just makes me think ‘malfunction’ hehe
I love androgynous names – I have 3 girls, 2 have androgynous names, Courtney, and Jett. When Jett was born her hair was really dark – I figured she’d need dark hair to carry off ‘Jett’, or funnily enough, if she was blonde she would have been – Lucinda! Little bugger went blonde overnight at 7 months
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If I was a boy I would have been called Kevin. Thank christ for my lady bits!
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I was going to be Oscar Lawrence after Oscar Wilde. Both my grandmothers were praying for a girl!
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My name is Lara after the movie Dr Zhivago. Just like you haven’t read the book I haven’t seen the movie lol. I’ve been meaning too and I did start watching the remake because it was on TV one night but I got bored. I will attempt to watch the original one of these days!
We just loved the names we gave our children but our sons middle name is my FIL’s name and he passed away a few years before our son was born. My daughter has my mums middle name and that’s mainly because the 2 names just go so beautifully together, oh and I love my mum haha.
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I’m a Lara also, named after julie christie in Dr Zhivago. I’ve never seen the film either! I tried one but its not very interesting!!! I was named before I was conceived, in fact my mum was UTD with my sister when they saw the film, her name had already been chosen. Dad said if they had a third child who was a girl, he’d like to name her Lara. And here I am…..
My nieces and nephews still think Im named after Lara Croft.
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Wow that really sounds like my parents too haha. The name was picked out as soon as they saw the movie which was quite a few years before I was born. Both of my brothers would’ve been Lara if they were girls. The ongoing joke in the family is that I was only conceived in the hopes of being able to use the name
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My name is Fiona, and I was named after a friend of Mums. Well, there was a shortlist of names, but when I popped out, my sister decided I was Fiona, and that was that! Meaning fair one.. Yes, I’m pale. Aha!
I also adore the name Morgan, and I think that’s a little more acceptable!
I’ve dreamed of naming a daughter Winifred, but the chances of me finding a partner who’ll let me use that name is slim
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Name a pet Winifred! I save all my dream (unrealistic) names for my chooks
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My mum is a Winifred. She has always been Win never Winnie. She has always hated her name. Her second name is Vida which she dislikes too. I love it though.
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Winnie is lovely!
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Oh, that’s a great idea! A pet name, perfect. Yeah, I read on baby name websites that a lot of people with that name don’t like it, aha! Oh well, I think it’s lovely! Maybe one day.. If someone is willing
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Im a Fiona too, named after a friend of my mums too lol and Im pale too haha
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My mum was truly original in deciding she liked my cousins name so I could have it too since she hadnt heard anything else she liked..
(Cousin is over 30yrs older than me so all is fine).
I really like my name (Irish version of Alan) & haven’t come across more than 2 other people who have it.. It just drives me & everyone who knows me, absolutely nuts when people pronounce it Alana!
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It’s actually an Irish term of endearment meaning precious too, I think Alana might be the female version of Alan? I named my daughter that too (after reading the Harp in the South) but Australians always say it wrong. She goes by Lana.
It’s a beautiful name, and I keep buying Alannah Hill clothing for me so when she grows up she can have it!
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I named my 2yo daughter Tippi. I tell people it’s after actress Tippi Hedron – Alfred Hitchcock’s muse and Melanie Griffiths mother, but I actually first heard the name on “Satisfaction”, the TV show of a few years ago set in a high class Melbourne brothel. Tippi was a young prostitute and died by getting shot by (I think) a drug dealer….I love the name but I think there’s real danger my daughter will hate me when she’s 18!
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My name is heike, a common German name because my parents thought one day we’d go back to Germany. Of course we never did and nobody has ever been able to pronounce or spell it.
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I’m an Emily. And greatful for the sense my parents had not to go with the other option of Amity. Middle name is Alice, which is my grandmother’s middle name and my great-grandmother’s middle name. If I’d had a girl I would have continued the trend, and hope if my sons have girls when they grow up that they might use it too.
Our boys names are ones we chose randomly, but both of their middle names appear in both sides of our family’s history. We didnt realise it at the time, but its nice that somehow we succeeded in keeping the rellies happy! Youngest one’s middle name was chosen by our oldest, who at the time love Thomas the Tank Engine.
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I’m named after Meg from the Thornbirds.
I finally read the book last year – I can’t believe my mum named me after such a spineless sap of a woman who just couldn’t get her act together to speak her own mind. Thankfully, that has never been a problem for me
It is also spelt the ‘right’, Welsh way, but I pronounce it with the long ‘ee’ vowel. If I had a dollar for evey time someone added an extra ‘a’, well, you know…..
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My Mum named me Cynthia after a nursing friend who was very kind to her through her pregnancy. I’ve thankfully never been called Cindy but I do get Cyn and Cynth which I don’t mind. I’ve only ever met other Cynthia’s (2) who are about 40 to 50 years older than me. My name has never really been cool enough to come back with the ‘vintage’ names so I enjoy the uniqueness of it.
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I’m a twin and my parents decided to let one kid be named by Dad and the other by Mum. My sister Maria was named by Dad (she hates it – we call her Masha) and I was named Alice by… my third cousin. My mum didn’t know what to name me, because she wanted to name me Irene (it sounds awesome in Russian) but hated the English pronunciation of it. So she asked around and a cousin suggested Alice (pronounced differently in English – the parents had a hard time choosing the English spelling of it haha!).
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We named our son an Irish name due to my heritage. I didnt want him to have a name like everyone else. Very popular name in Ireland not as well known here, hope he grows to love it and not hate it!!
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My name is Seaghan, which is a variation of Shane and also irish. The two are pronounced the same, but most people really have a problem with Seaghan and how to say it, so I usually just use Shane.
Shane itself is the Irish form of John, so it’s really quite common, even if it’s not.
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My parents did the same, but I got lumped with Tracy, I mean seriously… Every second girl in the 70s shared my name. My younger has a very irish name but hates it (associated with a movie hero), which makes me sad, I looovvve his name.
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We named our daughter Riley because it means ‘courage’ and with a different family structure we figured she might need some!
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I’m named after Nina Simone, my Dad really digs her music.
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I knew a family who named their children after Holden cars – Callais, Berlina and Cruz! Yes, in fact, they did fit the stereotype that I am sure you are imagining in your head
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Ha ha, that’s gold!
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Poor Berlina (or should that be Berliner?)….. nothing like being named after the German version of devon! Though I understand Devon is also a popular name in the UK.
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I am due to have my first child in 8 weeks. Since we found out we were having a girl my husband had named her Penelope Lane after the Beatles song “Penny Lane”. I didn’t even get a choice in the matter but I have grown to love it and can’t wait to meet her. I can bet she won’t like her namesake though, just like I can’t stand the song “Claire” that I was named after by Gilbert O’Sullivan that my dad heard on the radio the day I was born.
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I have a friend who was born Wayne Pennington Lane, he performs in drag as Penny Lane. Such a talented performer, he sings live and is amazing. All the best with your baby.
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I love that the song has been used for a male as well! Is there any online footage of your friend performing? I would love to see it!
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Well my first name is Thai and it is Siriporn which means “good blessing” apparently. I am half Thai and Dad named me after someone he wroked with. I suppose he liked her name… My mum, who is Thai, gave me Jenny (just Jenny – not Jennifer) as a middle name and that is what I go by. It is easier… I used to be embarrassed by my name but I have grown quite attached to it ( you know the fact it has “porn” in it. My mum’s named Sabu… I just found out recently that it means soap! lol
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I’m a Katherine, so that I could be called Kate. My mum thought that Kate’s were always strong, independent women. I would love to trade in my middle name, I’ve heard a rumour it was my dad’s ex-girlfriends name….
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I DO have the same name (first name) as my dad’s ex-girlfriend. Turns out my mum loved it and named me the same. My poor dad didn’t have a choice in the matter.
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I’m currently pregnant with bub#2 and if its a girl DH wants to name her Caitlyn which just happens to be that of an ex-one night stand (and friend of his sis). Caitlyn was also apparantlhy the best in the sack!! I’m not jealous but I am so not naming this child Caitlyn!!
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I named my daughter Shayla after my hairdresser who always did a nice job with my perms and blow drys. My son Tyronne was named after the tradie who built our begola. If I had another son I would call it Gary after Gary Ablett, for obvious reasons.
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I don’t know why I’m Lucy but I know why I’m not Polly. I was born via emergency caesarean and Mum was still a bit whacked out on the drugs, and was convinced that I was going to be Polly. I’m thankful for my father intervening and stating that no way would I be Polly. As cute a name as it is, I’m grateful that my dad stopped my mum’s drug induced plans.
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Haha – my dad did the same thing!!! They drugged my mother pretty hard with whatever they gave you back in the 70s because she didn’t even realise she was pregnant with me until she was in labour. Crazy story. But the Flintstones was playing on tv and she kept insisting – apparently to the point of yelling – that I was going to be named Pebbles. My father and the others in the room realised how hopped up she was and thankfully ignored her completely. So he picked a very unique name out of the blue, including with a hyphen, and that’s what I ended up with. I often wonder if he had an old flame with the same name as mine. Or even better what life would be like if I had gone through it as Pebbles.
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My name is Kristin which is very popular in America, but not so much Australia. Apparently my mum heard the name on Dallas, and it always stuck with her.
My children are Hugo & Penelope. No reason, just love the names.
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I think if you have another boy you should call it Tristan.
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Hehe, I am also Kristin and was also named after the character on Dallas.
Most people who ask the story behind my name don’t remember the TV show or the character who shot JR Ewing.
I honestly thought I was the only person named after a dodgy 80′s murderer
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My daughter’s name “annabella” was decided as a compromise. We were always going to incorporate my husbands mum’s name – anne, as she passed away several years ago. I loved the name Stella but hubby hated it (because of Stelllllaaahhh) so Stella Anne became Annabella and her middle name is Paige.
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Lucy I love your name! In fact, its what I called my daughter. I have always loved it since reading A Tale Of Two Cities in high school. Lucie Manette is the main character. I didn’t use the French selling because I didn’t want her to have to spell out her name a hundred times a day, but the inspiration was there. Lucy means light, and the character was known as the Golden Thread – she brought her family together in a time of dire crisis. She is the main protagonist in the story, but often her influence is actually indirect – she effects people’s actions because of the love and respect they feel for her, not because she herself does anything heroic. My daughter was a surprise/unplanned pregnancy and was in hospital for four months after her birth. She fought so hard and is remarkable. I think she has brought a lot of light to our family, and in many ways is the thread that pulls us together, much like Lucie Manette. I can only hope she has the same loving characteristics that endear her to her family and friends as she grows up, (she’s only 1).
As for my son, he is a Lachlan, so named because we couldn’t agree on a name and decided to go through the wallabies line up until we found one we liked. We got all the way to No. 14, Lachie Turner, before we had a consensus. I suppose Tatafu and Sekope just didn’t have the right ring to them!
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I actually got a second hand name. My mother’s mother was Russian so she wanted one of her daughters to have a Russian name. She was going to call my older sister Larissa but she didn’t look like one so I got it. Still, it’s better than the alternative, if my twin and I had been boys my parents were apparently going to call us Matthew and Patrick. Pretty sure being Matt & Pat would have worn off quite quickly
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My husband and son are Matthew and Patrick and one of the names I liked for our daughter was Madeleine. Then realised we’d have Matty, Paddy, and Maddy! I have a hard enough time getting an answer from anyone let alone if they all had the same name!
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My name is a variant on the Welsh name Myfanwy….my mother was at a dinner party and a friend of a friend had just had a daughter called Myfanwy, and Mum fell in love with the name (who knows why….) Mum being dyslexic and having a tendency to mix up names, she promptly forgot the correct pronunciation and spelling and hence I ended up with Myvawny! I’ve since heard that the letter ‘v’ doesn’t exist in the Welsh alphabet, so saying my name is Welsh isn’t actually true. Oh well. Thanks Mum.
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I would have been Myfanwy if Dad had had his way. Mum won. I do wonder what it would be like to have such a unique name
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Lots of questions about spelling and origin, having to be fairly vigilant about what you write on the Internet (virtually everything you find on Google searching ‘Myvawny’ is me) and occasionally making up a name to give the barista as you can’t be bothered going through the spelling/mispronunciation drama….I quite like it though, I’m sure I would freak out if I ever met someone with the same name!
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My daughter was named Epponee after kim from kath and kim.. I get compliments all the time and it truly is unusual. My child will always be remembered and stand out of the crowd.
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What a stunning name Cheryl., Epponee is just a gorgeous name for a little girl. Love the spelling, love the uniqueness. Just hope not too many others follow suit…
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Yes, it’s noice, different, a bit unusual.
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I am going to call my first daughter Catheter, I heard that in Kath & Kim as well.
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It will certainly give doctors and nurses etc some amusement…
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It’s either that or Enema – so pretty. Lupus if it’s a boy.
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You should have gone with a unique spelling of Tiffany.
‘t’, ‘i’, ‘ph’, ‘ph’, ‘a’, ‘n’, ‘e’, ‘e’.
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We all have name associations, that name you can’t stand because of a particular person you loathed. Well my Mum was a primary school teacher so by the time they had me, she had 12 or so years of teaching 30+ kids a year and had a huge list of no, no names. Add to the mix my grandmother who was desperate to have a grandchild named after her and my parents were in all sorts of strife.
They ended up with Lisa because it wasn’t very common in the late 70′s and if you reoganise the letters in Ilse (my grandmother’s name) you almost get Lisa so it won on all counts.
They however point out that they got the inspiration from two songs with Lisa in the title – “Sad Lisa” by Cat Stephens and “Lisa Listen To Me” by Blood, Sweat and Tears. Both songs are about sad, confused women called Lisa. I have always found it amusing that my parents saw that as a good omen for a name!
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I am named after a good friend of my parents
My nickname which many people call me is what I called myself before I could pronounce my own name.
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Lucy, I LOVE your name – if I were to have a daughter I would call her Lucinda!
My name is Melanie (Greek for black – not that i am Greek, but just fyi
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I was named after the 60s/70′s folk singer Melanie Safka. Funnily enough we both have long straight dark hair and chocolate eyes…and I can sing! It was my Dad’s wish and I’m pretty pleased with it really.
My son’s first name is Lewis after my step-dad’s middle name which was also his mother’s maiden name. I liked it from way before I knew this (loved Jerry Lewis) and this extra info clinched it for me/us!
My second son’t name is Archer and it was just a name that was on our ‘shortlist’ but we were undecided. When things got veery messy during his birth, we needed an anaesthetist whose surname was Archer – hence the decision being made. That epidural must have been mighty powerful! Ha ha!
I love having a story behind a name – and I love to hear about others’ too. Great post Lucy!
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You should watch the animated series, ‘Archer’. It’s awesome!!
Although I’m not sure if you’ll want the main character as a namesake for your son
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My name is also Lucinda, which I adore. If you do ever have a girl, just thought I’d add a bit more to the story behind the name for you.
Lucinda (a vairant of Lucy, Lucille etc) means “bringer of light”. However, it is a very Australian name – the Australian Constitution was written on the boat the “Lucinda” as it cruised the Murray-Darling. That boat ran aground (at a different time) in north Queensland – the town “Lucinda” is named becuase of this. This town has the longest jetty in the southern hemisphere (you can see the curvature of the Earth), and I’m often told that there is good fishing there!
Lucy, my parents were also inspired by a book (actually the telemovie made from the book) “Centennial” by James A Mitchener. I’m the same as you – I haven’t read it yet either! I have read one other Mitchener book, and loved it, so I really should get around to reading this one. Maybe if Mum bought me a copy ….
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Oh Lucinda you really adore your name, isnt that just well lovely
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I called my daughter Lucinda too. I have just always though it was a beautiful name. We call ours Lulu. Great to hear some history, I had no idea the constitution was written on the Lucinda.
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Glad to hear that I’ve passed on some information to another Lucinda! I usually get Lu or Luc, occasionally Lucy but I only get Lulu from one American friend who says it as a bit of a joke. But I think that is because I’m 6″2, so the girly names don’t really suit me!
Quentin Bryce also has a grand-daughter called Lucinda – there aren’t many of us around, so I seem to notice them all!
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My name is Melanie too, but I’m known everywhere by everyone as Mel (super common!), so much so that our groomsman didn’t know which Mel I was! A kind friend tells people I’m the only ‘real’ Mel as Melissa and Melinda have more of a ‘Mah’ sound at the beginning…anyhow! It was my dad’s choice too as my mum felt sure she was having a boy and made a deal with dad that he could name a girl if she got to name the boy…backfired! If I was a boy I would have been Adam! Funnily enough, my brother’s name is Aaron, yet another choice by dad (Mum’s deal backfired again) although we always say he couldn’t be bothered thinking about it and just chose the first boys name in the name book!
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Hahaha Lana!
Nope no meaning for me or my sister. Our parents just liked the names.
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