My parents got a call from a credit card company asking for “Elizabeth” when my mom was pregnant with me...they answered “well she’s not here...yet” and decided to name me Elizabeth that night.
I love the name Elizabeth! But wasn’t able to talk my husband into using it for either of our girls. I was able to convince him to go with Evelyn instead, for our oldest
@@betsypinina1948 My first cousin, twice removed, Margaret (Springsteen) Neudruff, always corrected me if I tried to called her grandma, my 2gr, Elizabeth. Her true, given name was Eliza Springsteen. Period. All Springsteens here are from three brothers from Holland. Bruce is my 8th cousin, once removed. I miss Margaret; she was a tough old broad, from my family's matriarchal tradition. Thanks for reminding me. Our names are recollections of real people. They matter, still. So do you. Blessed Be.
My name is Grace Ann. I was named after my father’s favorite aunt and my grandmother. Grace means “God’s grace” and Ann is the Hebrew version of Grace. I’m named Grace Grace basically
I have two cousins, Greta and Magali. Greta is supposed to mean the most beautiful pearl. Well, when we look up Magali's name meaning, and it turns out its as also 'the most beautiful pearl' lol.
My late mother's name is Graceanne. It was discovered when she was retiring her name on her birth certificate is actually Grace Anne. Which caused way more problems then you think it would!
“Maria! You stole my fan!” “No I didn’t! Maria did!” “Who me?” “Not you Maria! That Maria!” “Maria Carolina?” “No! Maria Johanna!” “Why didn’t you just say Johanna? In case you’ve forgotten THERE ARE ELEVEN OF US!”
Story of my family lol All of aunts are Maria; either have Maria and then a second name or a first name followed by Maria. So, every time me and my cousins get together, we just yell “MARIA!” and we have 9 women looking at us 😂
“Ok: MARIA JOHANNA ALEXANDRA ELISABETH BEATRIX JULIANA WILHELMINA AUGUSTA THEODORA AGATHA FRANCESCA FEODORA HERMINIA MARGARETHA JULIETTE CYNTHIA SELENIA OLGA (takes breath) THEODOLINDA CHRISTINA PAOLINA ISABELLA JOANNA VICTORIA XENIA JOLIE ANTONIETTA FEDERICA!! HAVE YOU SEEN MY FAN?!
My mother named me after herself, Jeannette. Then, when I married, my husband's first name is George. That is also my dad's first name. So, my parents were Jeannette and George. My husband and I were also Jeannette and George.
@@TheRealJaneSeymour hey, were you truly in love with Henry, or were you with him for only the title and wealth? There are rumors... Please clarify them 🧐❤️🥂
I was quite delighted to see mine own name used as an example in the cover painting, I most graciously thank you, Mistress Holiday. I believe Elizabeth is the best name any mother can give to their maid child.
@@jamescharcoal3472 what kind of Englishwoman is named "Victoria"!? I have never heard of a Briton named as such, it sounds rather French or, dare I say, Germanic to me!
@@MissSeraphine the idea that Romans stole their gods from the Greeks is erroneous. Diana had a well established cult in the Latin community. Once the Romans came into frequent contact with Greek culture and hellenistic influences started to trickle into Roman society, aspects of Artemis' worship were incorporated into the cult of Diana.
The most freeing thing of all is being able to change your name, to rid yourself of one that pains you. You feel like such a different person, even if nothing else changes. The history of names is so interesting!
My name, Cheryl, was very popular at the time I was born. I went to school with a number of girls named Cheryl. My twin sister was named Carol because my parents wanted names that sounded alike (something twins often have to bear lol). Even now I look on Facebook and there seem to be hundreds of women named Cheryl. I hated my name when I was growing up because it sounded like an "old lady's name". Now I'm an old lady and I like my name just fine.
My parents during my teenage: why are you so obsessed with king Arthur?! Also my parents: naming me Ginevra. (and obsessed with elves as well... Uhhhm)
Great video! I found the days of the week naming tradition so interesting. Really liked it. My son’s full name is after my dad and deceased brother. As well as his dad and grandfathers name. It worked out perfectly.
People used to always ask me if I was named after the Fleetwood Mac song, but, no, I was named after a Welsh goddess who gave birth to a foal. 😅 🧝♀️✨🐎
I get my whole name from my grandmother on my father's side, Margaret Elizabeth. My grandmother died way before even when my eldest sister was born. My dad loved her and even though i was bullied at school for my long name, my dad told me the truth that she died of a broken heart. Ever since i found that out, I love my name and always try to cherish the stories that I know of my grandmother who I share her name and never met.
I knew my family was stuck in medieval times with their religion, but this video made me realize how much. My father believed you should only name a child after saints (or otherwise holy people since my namesake was only considered venerable at the time) because what was the point otherwise. And since he grew up celebrating feast days, we celebrated every feast day of mine, including my first name and two middle names. This fact actually factored into my decision on what name to take for my confirmation.
I was named after my father's mother. My name means protection (Amparo) and my middle name means great defender (Alejandra). So there's no pressure what so ever....😅
Wowwwww the mispronunciation of the Chinese names exceeded my expectations! 😂😬😬😬 I saw someone’s comment giving the correct pronunciations, so I expected it a little bit, but I have never heard such... creative mispronunciation? Thanks for a laugh lol! I’m not offended, but find it funny 😆
In the Netherlands, and maybe other countries too, it is common for catholic people to give their children three names; all of them referring to catholic saints; either their Roman names or the Dutch-ified version of that. The daily given name will usually be based on the first of these 3 names; or in other words, the first official name in the passport will be the saint or other Roman name that the given name traces it's roots back to. The second and third names might be referring to both grandfathers (for boys) or grandmothers (for girls). It is also pretty common that the last name is 'Maria' even for boys. Some people even have 4 or 5 given names. My first names (written in full in my passport) are Johannes Theodorus Franciscus. My given name Hans originates from Johannes. My father's father was Theo which comes from Theodorus and my mother's father was Frans which comes from Franciscus. My father is Alfonsus Henricus Maria. His given name is Fons, Henricus I think refers to one of his grandfathers, and Maria of course the standard catholic wildcard. My wife even has 5 names. The 2nd and 3rd names refer to her grandmothers, 4th name to an aunt that died as a teenager and the 5th is Maria again.
The name Luke is the English form of the Latin name Lucas. It is derived from the Latin name Lucius, and it either means "the great Lucius", or it is a shortened form of the Latin name. Lucius means "the bright one" or "the one born at dawn". Related names: Lucius, Luc, Luca, Lucas, Lukas, Lucy, Lucinda, Lukasz Meaning: "Light"
My Name "Amber Autumn" along with my Sister "Misti Dawn" are tributes to nature. And later when I have my first daughter, I'll continue with the tradition and name her "Scarlet Rose".
I was born Adrienne then adopted and it was changed to Sarahjane (Sarah from adoptive dad’s side, Jane from adoptive mom’s side) and I kept my middle name Marie. I’ve gone by Sarah since the age of 14
Ian: I was named after my grandpa who I never met Leon: I was named after my father Leonardo Benjamin: My parents love acting so they choose my name after a character Ray: I was named after my adoptive father Patty: I was named after my biological father Lena: I was named after my ancestor Elena Joon: My name is a combination of Moon and the letter J and is the name of my grandma Roy: My real name is Juda so I was named after a previous ruler
I was born in 1961 and was the only Stephanie until high school. It sucked in elementary school because we often lined up by # of letters in your first name or the number of syllables. Stephanie was the only name with 9 letters and 3 syllables. Finally, my senior year in hs, there was another Stephanie! She was a sophomore, so a couple years younger than me. Odd thing is we both had the same last name. 😳
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My father and grandmother named me. My name is in many different cultures. It means good, compassionate, wise, beautiful. My sons have french and biblical names. Their names mean handsome, fashionable, god hears my prayers, god will multiply.
I love hearing the reason why parents named their children that specific name. I got my name because my older sister really liked a kid’s band and wanted me to be named after one of the singers.
I was given a very popular first name, but it wasn’t known to my parents how popular the name was at the time. It was the name of a girl my older brother liked in kindergarten. My middle name is a family middle name that at least 9 other women in my family have, including my grandmother and younger cousin, it is already a popular name on top of that. But my father always called me Toketee when I was young, a chinook word meaning Pretty.
My name is Imani and it means “faith” in Swahili. It’s also the last day of Kwanzaa January 1st. Dunno why my parents named me that bet whatever 😂 Edit: 7:53 I didn’t get to this point yet but I got a shoutout! 😂
My mother was going to originally name Lacey but my grandmother thought that it wouldn’t fit me because I was African-American so a friend of hers went on a vacation and she came back and asked my grandmother what she thought about Leilani and that was set.
My first name is Chaia, which comes from the Hebrew word chai, meaning “life”. My parents gave me that name after my great-great-grandmother. Her legal name was Ida, but her Hebrew name was Chaiya (my parents took the y out for me) because it’s common for Jewish people to have two names like that. My middle name is Rhiannon after the Welsh goddess who was forced to carry visitors on her back like a horse. The R also comes from my great aunt Robin.
Sara means princess, my parents just liked the name and wanted a biblical name. My middle name, Lynn, was taken from my maternal grandmother, Carolyn. I was almost named Sara Lee, after my maternal grandfather’s middle name, since I was the fifth granddaughter born on that side with no boys. My parents decided not to though, because of the company with the same name, and there was a factory of that company in our city. They thought I would be teased about it.
my parents wanted a name that can’t be pronounced in a different way. some family members and friends have names that kan be spoken in many ways and they didn’t want me to suffer. in the end my name became fleur, what is very common for my generation. my parent seriously thought they were original 😅😂 recently i came out as non-binary. now i go by the name kez, which is just a short name that doesn’t have a meaning. it just looked cool 🤷🏽😂
So my sister is Rhiannon (after the goddess) Elisabeth (Welsh spelling of Elizabeth after my Aunt's middle name as she was born on her death day), my younger sister is Carys (one of the many Welsh names meaning love) Bethan (which is the Welsh version of Elizabeth), and my younger brother is Gareth (Gentle) Rhys (ardor/enthusiasm). I'm Nia Angharad (Bright Beloved, but also has some tie in to "princess")
Ohh man what a great video I was just in a hangouts call with my online community talking about the meanings of our names last week. Can't wait til the next one
My name is Matthew and I felt attacked when she said Matthew's and Jessica's, I have a cousin named Jessica. However I've always wanted to have a daughter and name her Tyler
Opal was my mom's birth stone and my Papa's grandmother. I have two middle names because they wanted to name me Azrael, the fallen angel of death, but because of religious family members they added my mom's middle name Melissa. But if I had been Penelope-Azrael instead of Melissa my initials would be O.P.A.L., which mom thought of later
My middle name is Rose, after 2 of my Great grandmothers who passed away before I was born; because in the Jewish faith you can’t name your child after someone that’s still alive in your family because it’s bad luck. Ironically my first dog was named Rosie and I liked and still like to joke that I was named after her too because growing up I saw Rosie as my "big sister" (only child) because I loved her that much.
I’m named after Ash Ketchum from Pokémon. This happened because my parents asked my 3 year old sister what she wanted to name the baby. She loved Pokémon so she said Ash. So then my parents didn’t think it was girly enough so they talked about Ashley but my dad dated a girl with that name so they settled on Ashlyn. So yup that is my name now.
My first name, Roni, means "be happy" or "my happiness" in Hebrew (My family is Jewish) and my middle name, Claire, is after my mom's great aunt (my mother was named after her grandma, while I took the name of her grandma's sister as my middle name) who was Sephardi-Turkish.
My mother was a white teen mom in the 80s named Lisa. My name is Lishelle, which is her shorter version of Lisa-Michelle. I once met an older black woman named LaShelle but that is as close as I've ever come to meeting another Lishelle.
in my country, romania, we still use second names as saint's names. although you can skip that if your first name is a saint name. my second name is a saint name and there are a lot of andrews and alexanders and maria's after the saints.
hi Lindsay! i love your videos! i was just wondering if maybe one day you could make a video about Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz? We hear so much about her husband, George the 3rd, but never about her!
Major in Chinese culture and language here: I'd really like to see the sources used for the part on Chinese names. The majority of Chinese names stretching back to 3000 years ago have been a single character for the surname and two characters as the given name. In ancient times many people of higher status had a name given by their parents (名), a name given by others (字）and a name they chose for themselves （號）The only time someone's name would be a single character in ancient China was when their surname had two characters. Sima Qian is a very famous example of that. There are exceptions but the standard for most people even today is single character family name and double character name. It's only over the last few decades single character first names have gained popularity, which are seen as kind of trendy. Many traditional families will pick names for a whole generation of kids based on their ancestors naming pattern. So in a family all the aunts and uncles (from one side) have the same first character, and a different second character. Eg : 德清 Deqing, 德鑫 Dexin, 德偉Dewei etc. The next generation might then be 嘉威Jiawei, 嘉榮Jiarong, 嘉熹Jiaxi etc.
On one side of my family they have recycled the names Michael, Jerry, and Vincent for the boys and for the girls they have used a lot of Mary, Marie, Maria, or Ginny/ Virginia. With my daughter though she is named after three family members and has three given names because of it.
My name is Anna Louisa. Anna is a very common first name in my family for girls going back 300 years. My parents chose Louisa because of Louisa May Alcott. Little did they know that I had a great aunt Anna Louisa who died in the 1918 flu pandemic at 16...
My first and middle names are for 2 of my great-grandmothers Fortunately my dad misremembered his grandmothers name, so I lucked out and didn't have to go thru life with the first name Erie
French King: This is King Louis. And this is King Louis. This too is King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. And King Louis. Guy: And Your Majesty must be... French King: That's right. King Charles.
The pronunciation of those Chinese names was really terrible. Please reach out to native speakers for help if you're struggling. Li = Lee in Mandarin. I really love your videos and watch them all, but if you're going to choose names you're unfamiliar with as examples, please try to say them correctly. Mispronouncing names is disrespectful.
I am Romanian. My first name, Andreea, comes from the apostle, since mom found out she was pregnant with me on his day, in Romanian Orthodoxy it's 30th November. My middle name Corina was the same as my godmother's. I use the middle one more since Andreea (along with the masculine Andrei) is a terribly common first name in Romania.
These Chinese names 7:05 are in fact family name + given name. For example, In a name Zhang Wei, only “Wei” means “great”. “Zhang” is the family name, means “anchorman”.
My one and only name is Itzel. Which the closer meaning of the name is “Star of sunset” or “Rainbow lady”. It is originally from the Mayan culture and is more common as a middle name.
My kids will have biblical Italian and Latin names. My parents named me Kelli because my grandpa wanted me to have an Irish name and Ann is my mom’s middle name
That is sooo funny/interesting. My mother has a nickname since she was born (although she hates it now and only family from Ohio refer to her this way) "She-She" and it is because apparently when her mom saw her after birth she stuttered but was trying to say "She, She is so beautiful".
my name is a derivative of "Theresa" which, from what i've researched, means "to reap, to gather" it also is the katakana form of "harvest" in japanese. also think it was my dad's great aunt's name or something. though, if mom had her way, i would have been Elizabeth Jane :D
My family usually choose the babies' names by a raffle... We write the names we like on a piece of paper, put them in a jar then someone goes to pick one or two of the papers and that's it... That's the baby's name. 😂 We do this when the parents are unable to agree on the name (and for some reason, it happens most of the times), and the name that comes out of the jar can't be changed 😂
My name is Audra which has Lithuanian and English origins. The english origin is from the name Æthelthyrth, or noble strength. In Lithuanian it means storm.
I normally go by my nickname "l'utick" in a day to day life - it is Russian for "butter-cup". My official name has eastern or Asian origin and means something like "big body of water". My folks had different reasons to name me... Dad wanted to call his first daughter like his grandma - she had a terrible temper and was feared by some in the family. My mom loved the name cause then the full name would be similar to one of a highly charming movie character. The problem is - movie is called "The Road to Calvary".
My mom wanted to name me Wanda Carol but dad didn't really like it so he suggested Juanita because he worked with someone named Juanita and it was close to Wanda. Then 4 1/2 years later when my brother was born dad who believed Juanita meant ' little John' said we have a little John now we need a big John, so my brother was named after me! Also, when I was in the military and arrived at a new base a lot of people were almost mad at me because it seems that they would bet on what a person looked like according to their name! Most bet Hispanic, but I'm Irish/Norwegian so blonde hair blue eyes! Lol
In Hispanic countries we use our mother's maiden name as part of our last name, it's not our middle name. For example, if you are named Ana Carolina, and your dad is Juan Perez and your mom is Maria Lopez, you would fill papers the following way: Paternal Last name: Perez Maternal Last Name: Lopez Name: Ana Middle Name Carolina And if you filled papers in the US, for example, you would do it this way: Last name: Perez Lopez First name: Ana Middle name: Carolina Now all this gets harder when a woman gets married and if, like me, you have a composite name and/or last name (which are very common in Spanish).
I’m the only person I’ve ever known who has five middle names. One is my chosen Catholic confirmation name, which I’m surprised you haven’t mentioned here. My name is Gabrielle but I won’t mention all of my names because there isn’t a single person on this planet who has my full name. One of my middle names is May which was passed down five generations on my mother’s side beginning with my great-great aunt May who died as a little girl, so great grandma honoured her in her daughter’s middle name, and then it became tradition and my only daughter’s middle name is May. All of my other middle names are saints names.
My parents were sure I was going to be a boy so they were going to name me after Alexander the Great, after my mom mistakenly thought that he had been the one to march elephants to conquer Europe. When I arrived, visibly not male, my Mom decided "Well what would Alexander the Great call her?" and I got my name... I'm grateful to not have the name Hannibal or any variation thereof...
My parents named me Hollie because I was born in December, and opted for an -ie ending instead of the traditional -y in an effort to be unique. I'm just glad my dad resisted my mom's suggestion of Noel for a middle name - I'm happy to have ended up with the traditional "Elizabeth" instead. 😂😉
My name is Mallory, my mom is a big book reader and was reading the novel "The Fountainhead". There was a charater named Steven Mallory who was a sculptor. That my mom really loved this character and his name. My mom was told I was suppose to be a boy so Steven would have been my first name and Mallory my middle name. But to the surprise of everyone I was a girl. So Mallory became my first name. I was dressed as "boy" early on cause that she had prepared for a son. Also fun note my mom had her tubes tied, and it reversed its self. So theres a 16 year difference between me and my older sisters. As well I have a brother Steven who was born a year after me. Were irish twins so were the same age for about a month. As well from a little research I found my name is suppose to be french and sadly means unlucky...🤭 oh well, I like my name.
Awesome video! What an interesting topic, I loved this!!! Btw, A rose by any other name would smell as sweet was actually said by Juliet thinking about Romeo! Not said by Romeo 😊
I was named after the Splash movie and my great grandma. Madison means 'Son of Matthew' & my brother's name is Matthew, so I am the son of my brother. Music teacher was low key disturbed my middle name is Gladys. At least my name rolls nicely off the tongue.
Good video but in spanish usually we dontt change last names when we married, so a name like Juana Sofía López Pérez, the last two are both last names, the first of our father and the second of our mother and two middle names, López usually is a last name,
My parents got a call from a credit card company asking for “Elizabeth” when my mom was pregnant with me...they answered “well she’s not here...yet” and decided to name me Elizabeth that night.
That is so cool. Talk about a sign. My dad got my name out of a book 😆
i love the name elizabeth sooo much
I love the name Elizabeth! But wasn’t able to talk my husband into using it for either of our girls. I was able to convince him to go with Evelyn instead, for our oldest
@@GiuliaBertelli982 sis you name your kids what ever you want you are the one who pushed them out of you
Omg! Same!! My mom got a call 2 days before I was born asking for Sara. She said that she hasn't come yet! They named me Sara 2 days later
“I was hunting with Ugg but he got eaten by a saber toothed tiger.”
I hate it when that happens!
Rip Ugg
When Ugg became Ugh! 😅
My first name is Lizbeth and people mispronounce it all the time
@@betsypinina1948 You mom left off a letter when she registered your birth.
@@betsypinina1948 My first cousin, twice removed, Margaret (Springsteen) Neudruff, always corrected me if I tried to called her grandma, my 2gr, Elizabeth. Her true, given name was Eliza Springsteen. Period. All Springsteens here are from three brothers from Holland. Bruce is my 8th cousin, once removed. I miss Margaret; she was a tough old broad, from my family's matriarchal tradition. Thanks for reminding me. Our names are recollections of real people. They matter, still. So do you. Blessed Be.
My name is Grace Ann. I was named after my father’s favorite aunt and my grandmother. Grace means “God’s grace” and Ann is the Hebrew version of Grace. I’m named Grace Grace basically
your rap name would be 2Grace if you ever get into the rap industry
I have two cousins, Greta and Magali. Greta is supposed to mean the most beautiful pearl. Well, when we look up Magali's name meaning, and it turns out its as also 'the most beautiful pearl' lol.
It’s Moon Moon!
My late mother's name is Graceanne. It was discovered when she was retiring her name on her birth certificate is actually Grace Anne. Which caused way more problems then you think it would!
No ur name is Kathrine Howard
“Maria! You stole my fan!”
“No I didn’t! Maria did!”
“Who me?”
“Not you Maria! That Maria!”
“Maria Carolina?”
“No! Maria Johanna!”
“Why didn’t you just say Johanna? In case you’ve forgotten THERE ARE ELEVEN OF US!”
Story of my family lol
All of aunts are Maria; either have Maria and then a second name or a first name followed by Maria.
So, every time me and my cousins get together, we just yell “MARIA!” and we have 9 women looking at us 😂
“Ok: MARIA JOHANNA ALEXANDRA ELISABETH BEATRIX JULIANA WILHELMINA AUGUSTA THEODORA AGATHA FRANCESCA FEODORA HERMINIA MARGARETHA JULIETTE CYNTHIA SELENIA OLGA (takes breath) THEODOLINDA CHRISTINA PAOLINA ISABELLA JOANNA VICTORIA XENIA JOLIE ANTONIETTA FEDERICA!! HAVE YOU SEEN MY FAN?!
"And 3 of us are dead "
Literally sounds like my family.
XD
My mother named me after herself, Jeannette. Then, when I married, my husband's first name is George. That is also my dad's first name. So, my parents were Jeannette and George. My husband and I were also Jeannette and George.
“I’m sure that helped him when calling his wife’s name in bed”
Damn that was a sick burn
The ONLY time it didn't help was when he was in bed with Jane (Seymour). She bore him a son, and died within two weeks.
Ariel cool name
@@denisenilsson1366 yes hello
Sounds more like a praise than a burn.
"Poor Henry had too many lovers with similar names"
@@TheRealJaneSeymour hey, were you truly in love with Henry, or were you with him for only the title and wealth? There are rumors... Please clarify them 🧐❤️🥂
I find celebrities children names so tacky...
same
Blue Ivy is okay to me but Moxie Crimefighter, Saint, North and Sir should be illegal
I agree in some respects not *all* but definitely the majority..
They be naming their child objects like table, animals like frog, or a bug like ant
There's someone that named their baby boy Ice. ICE!-
I was quite delighted to see mine own name used as an example in the cover painting, I most graciously thank you, Mistress Holiday. I believe Elizabeth is the best name any mother can give to their maid child.
I think Victoria is MUCH more better ;)
@@jamescharcoal3472 what kind of Englishwoman is named "Victoria"!? I have never heard of a Briton named as such, it sounds rather French or, dare I say, Germanic to me!
Sorry but Diana is a Roman Goddess, Artemis is the Greek One
They still Greek gods borrowed by the ancient Romans. Jesus Christ is a Greek name but it doesn't change the fact that he is Jewish.
@@gostavoadolfos2023 it's the other way around actually. Romans "stole" it from the Greeks.
@@MissSeraphine I am not a native english speaker but I am pretty sure my comment doesn't contradict what you said!
@@MissSeraphine Greek mythology came before Roman mythology
@@MissSeraphine the idea that Romans stole their gods from the Greeks is erroneous. Diana had a well established cult in the Latin community. Once the Romans came into frequent contact with Greek culture and hellenistic influences started to trickle into Roman society, aspects of Artemis' worship were incorporated into the cult of Diana.
The most freeing thing of all is being able to change your name, to rid yourself of one that pains you. You feel like such a different person, even if nothing else changes. The history of names is so interesting!
🙌🙌🙌
Right? Whenever I get someone pregnant, i just change my name and number and voilà
Or avoid lawsuits... like the artist formerly known as prince did
Diana was the Roman name of the goddess,the greek name was Artemis.Also Sophia means "wisdom"but that's a very slight difference.
Diana the huntresses.💟
My name, Cheryl, was very popular at the time I was born. I went to school with a number of girls named Cheryl. My twin sister was named Carol because my parents wanted names that sounded alike (something twins often have to bear lol). Even now I look on Facebook and there seem to be hundreds of women named Cheryl. I hated my name when I was growing up because it sounded like an "old lady's name". Now I'm an old lady and I like my name just fine.
My parents during my teenage: why are you so obsessed with king Arthur?! Also my parents: naming me Ginevra. (and obsessed with elves as well... Uhhhm)
I’m obsessed with naming myself Nmoney
Great video! I found the days of the week naming tradition so interesting. Really liked it. My son’s full name is after my dad and deceased brother. As well as his dad and grandfathers name. It worked out perfectly.
My name Säde means in Finland ray of sunshine. Without dots (Sade) means rain.
Is it Finnish? How is it pronounced?
@@bbrown333 Like Sade Adu, the singer :) And yes, it is Finnish name
People used to always ask me if I was named after the Fleetwood Mac song, but, no, I was named after a Welsh goddess who gave birth to a foal. 😅
🧝♀️✨🐎
Hmm, sounds foal to me. :)
I get my whole name from my grandmother on my father's side, Margaret Elizabeth. My grandmother died way before even when my eldest sister was born. My dad loved her and even though i was bullied at school for my long name, my dad told me the truth that she died of a broken heart. Ever since i found that out, I love my name and always try to cherish the stories that I know of my grandmother who I share her name and never met.
I knew my family was stuck in medieval times with their religion, but this video made me realize how much.
My father believed you should only name a child after saints (or otherwise holy people since my namesake was only considered venerable at the time) because what was the point otherwise. And since he grew up celebrating feast days, we celebrated every feast day of mine, including my first name and two middle names. This fact actually factored into my decision on what name to take for my confirmation.
I'm writing a story and naming the characters is my favorite part!
I cant tell you how much fun it is to research for names!
I'm also writing a story and my three characters so far are Nicole(the main main character), Sadie, and Weegee
I was named after my father's mother. My name means protection (Amparo) and my middle name means great defender (Alejandra). So there's no pressure what so ever....😅
my name means hardworking and i’m the laziest in the family
that’s funny 😂
Wowwwww the mispronunciation of the Chinese names exceeded my expectations! 😂😬😬😬 I saw someone’s comment giving the correct pronunciations, so I expected it a little bit, but I have never heard such... creative mispronunciation? Thanks for a laugh lol! I’m not offended, but find it funny 😆
My first name means “White/Pure” and my middle name means “Black” so they just cancel out :’)
Bianca?
In the Netherlands, and maybe other countries too, it is common for catholic people to give their children three names; all of them referring to catholic saints; either their Roman names or the Dutch-ified version of that. The daily given name will usually be based on the first of these 3 names; or in other words, the first official name in the passport will be the saint or other Roman name that the given name traces it's roots back to.
The second and third names might be referring to both grandfathers (for boys) or grandmothers (for girls). It is also pretty common that the last name is 'Maria' even for boys. Some people even have 4 or 5 given names.
My first names (written in full in my passport) are Johannes Theodorus Franciscus. My given name Hans originates from Johannes. My father's father was Theo which comes from Theodorus and my mother's father was Frans which comes from Franciscus.
My father is Alfonsus Henricus Maria. His given name is Fons, Henricus I think refers to one of his grandfathers, and Maria of course the standard catholic wildcard.
My wife even has 5 names. The 2nd and 3rd names refer to her grandmothers, 4th name to an aunt that died as a teenager and the 5th is Maria again.
We named our daughter Name.
My parents are from Ghana, and they called me "Emefa" (=grace
Can we have a moment of silence for Ugh? He was a good caveman and loved his pet rock so much
The name Luke is the English form of the Latin name Lucas. It is derived from the Latin name Lucius, and it either means "the great Lucius", or it is a shortened form of the Latin name. Lucius means "the bright one" or "the one born at dawn".
Related names: Lucius, Luc, Luca, Lucas, Lukas, Lucy, Lucinda, Lukasz
Meaning: "Light"
Middle names are also important in some Gaelic folklores as protection against the Fae. That was something my Grandma told me.
My Name "Amber Autumn" along with my Sister "Misti Dawn" are tributes to nature. And later when I have my first daughter, I'll continue with the tradition and name her "Scarlet Rose".
My name is Aisling, which is Irish for "a dream or vision" ☺️
You nailed it with my parents. They were born in the early 50s and were the right age for Woodstock. Their names are Barbara and Richard.
I was born Adrienne then adopted and it was changed to Sarahjane (Sarah from adoptive dad’s side, Jane from adoptive mom’s side) and I kept my middle name Marie.
I’ve gone by Sarah since the age of 14
Ian: I was named after my grandpa who I never met
Leon: I was named after my father Leonardo
Benjamin: My parents love acting so they choose my name after a character
Ray: I was named after my adoptive father
Patty: I was named after my biological father
Lena: I was named after my ancestor Elena
Joon: My name is a combination of Moon and the letter J and is the name of my grandma
Roy: My real name is Juda so I was named after a previous ruler
I live in the Czech Republic and I can vouch for name day celebrations still being celebrated
I was born in 1961 and was the only Stephanie until high school. It sucked in elementary school because we often lined up by # of letters in your first name or the number of syllables. Stephanie was the only name with 9 letters and 3 syllables. Finally, my senior year in hs, there was another Stephanie! She was a sophomore, so a couple years younger than me. Odd thing is we both had the same last name. 😳
My father and grandmother named me. My name is in many different cultures. It means good, compassionate, wise, beautiful. My sons have french and biblical names. Their names mean handsome, fashionable, god hears my prayers, god will multiply.
I love hearing the reason why parents named their children that specific name.
I got my name because my older sister really liked a kid’s band and wanted me to be named after one of the singers.
“Maria give my dress back!”
*8 heads turn*
“Not you, Maria Christina, the other Maria.”
*points to Maria Amalia*
“Not her, Carolina!”
I was given a very popular first name, but it wasn’t known to my parents how popular the name was at the time. It was the name of a girl my older brother liked in kindergarten. My middle name is a family middle name that at least 9 other women in my family have, including my grandmother and younger cousin, it is already a popular name on top of that. But my father always called me Toketee when I was young, a chinook word meaning Pretty.
My name is Imani and it means “faith” in Swahili. It’s also the last day of Kwanzaa January 1st. Dunno why my parents named me that bet whatever 😂
Edit: 7:53 I didn’t get to this point yet but I got a shoutout! 😂
I think your name is beautiful!
And it's means my faith in Arabic
My mother was going to originally name Lacey but my grandmother thought that it wouldn’t fit me because I was African-American so a friend of hers went on a vacation and she came back and asked my grandmother what she thought about Leilani and that was set.
My first name is Chaia, which comes from the Hebrew word chai, meaning “life”. My parents gave me that name after my great-great-grandmother. Her legal name was Ida, but her Hebrew name was Chaiya (my parents took the y out for me) because it’s common for Jewish people to have two names like that. My middle name is Rhiannon after the Welsh goddess who was forced to carry visitors on her back like a horse. The R also comes from my great aunt Robin.
Sara means princess, my parents just liked the name and wanted a biblical name. My middle name, Lynn, was taken from my maternal grandmother, Carolyn. I was almost named Sara Lee, after my maternal grandfather’s middle name, since I was the fifth granddaughter born on that side with no boys. My parents decided not to though, because of the company with the same name, and there was a factory of that company in our city. They thought I would be teased about it.
my parents wanted a name that can’t be pronounced in a different way. some family members and friends have names that kan be spoken in many ways and they didn’t want me to suffer. in the end my name became fleur, what is very common for my generation. my parent seriously thought they were original 😅😂
recently i came out as non-binary. now i go by the name kez, which is just a short name that doesn’t have a meaning. it just looked cool 🤷🏽😂
Sadly, there are many people who can't spell or pronounce Laurel correctly.
So my sister is Rhiannon (after the goddess) Elisabeth (Welsh spelling of Elizabeth after my Aunt's middle name as she was born on her death day), my younger sister is Carys (one of the many Welsh names meaning love) Bethan (which is the Welsh version of Elizabeth), and my younger brother is Gareth (Gentle) Rhys (ardor/enthusiasm).
I'm Nia Angharad (Bright Beloved, but also has some tie in to "princess")
Ohh man what a great video I was just in a hangouts call with my online community talking about the meanings of our names last week. Can't wait til the next one
My name is Matthew and I felt attacked when she said Matthew's and Jessica's, I have a cousin named Jessica. However I've always wanted to have a daughter and name her Tyler
I watch these instead of doing school
"Why do some of use have middle names?"
m spanish arse with 3 forenames and several surnames: 🤷♀️
Opal was my mom's birth stone and my Papa's grandmother. I have two middle names because they wanted to name me Azrael, the fallen angel of death, but because of religious family members they added my mom's middle name Melissa. But if I had been Penelope-Azrael instead of Melissa my initials would be O.P.A.L., which mom thought of later
My middle name is Rose, after 2 of my Great grandmothers who passed away before I was born; because in the Jewish faith you can’t name your child after someone that’s still alive in your family because it’s bad luck. Ironically my first dog was named Rosie and I liked and still like to joke that I was named after her too because growing up I saw Rosie as my "big sister" (only child) because I loved her that much.
I’m named after Ash Ketchum from Pokémon. This happened because my parents asked my 3 year old sister what she wanted to name the baby. She loved Pokémon so she said Ash. So then my parents didn’t think it was girly enough so they talked about Ashley but my dad dated a girl with that name so they settled on Ashlyn. So yup that is my name now.
abcde would be a lovely name if it weren’t spelled abcde
My first name, Roni, means "be happy" or "my happiness" in Hebrew (My family is Jewish) and my middle name, Claire, is after my mom's great aunt (my mother was named after her grandma, while I took the name of her grandma's sister as my middle name) who was Sephardi-Turkish.
My mother was a white teen mom in the 80s named Lisa. My name is Lishelle, which is her shorter version of Lisa-Michelle. I once met an older black woman named LaShelle but that is as close as I've ever come to meeting another Lishelle.
in my country, romania, we still use second names as saint's names. although you can skip that if your first name is a saint name. my second name is a saint name and there are a lot of andrews and alexanders and maria's after the saints.
hi Lindsay! i love your videos! i was just wondering if maybe one day you could make a video about Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz? We hear so much about her husband, George the 3rd, but never about her!
My name was after my grandmother from my father's side, my second name was from my mom's fav Hollywood actress.
Major in Chinese culture and language here: I'd really like to see the sources used for the part on Chinese names. The majority of Chinese names stretching back to 3000 years ago have been a single character for the surname and two characters as the given name. In ancient times many people of higher status had a name given by their parents (名), a name given by others (字）and a name they chose for themselves （號）The only time someone's name would be a single character in ancient China was when their surname had two characters. Sima Qian is a very famous example of that. There are exceptions but the standard for most people even today is single character family name and double character name. It's only over the last few decades single character first names have gained popularity, which are seen as kind of trendy. Many traditional families will pick names for a whole generation of kids based on their ancestors naming pattern. So in a family all the aunts and uncles (from one side) have the same first character, and a different second character. Eg : 德清 Deqing, 德鑫 Dexin, 德偉Dewei etc. The next generation might then be 嘉威Jiawei, 嘉榮Jiarong, 嘉熹Jiaxi etc.
growing up i was always the only mason but ever since kardashian named her son mason it has been one of the top baby boy names of the last decade!
On one side of my family they have recycled the names Michael, Jerry, and Vincent for the boys and for the girls they have used a lot of Mary, Marie, Maria, or Ginny/ Virginia. With my daughter though she is named after three family members and has three given names because of it.
R. I. P. Ugg. Gone, but not forgotten
When you don't know the meaning of your name and it's hard to pronounce when living in a Hispanic country 🤦🏽♀️
I like hippie names like Fern and River. I also like the idea of Star wars names and names inspired by royalty and even the originals! ❤
My name is Anna Louisa. Anna is a very common first name in my family for girls going back 300 years. My parents chose Louisa because of Louisa May Alcott. Little did they know that I had a great aunt Anna Louisa who died in the 1918 flu pandemic at 16...
Got the middle name thing right. my kids are Alice Kay and Eleanor Louise with Kay and Louise being their grandmothers names.
My first and middle names are for 2 of my great-grandmothers
Fortunately my dad misremembered his grandmothers name, so I lucked out and didn't have to go thru life with the first name Erie
French King: This is King Louis. And this is King Louis. This too is King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. King Louis. And King Louis.
Guy: And Your Majesty must be...
French King: That's right. King Charles.
The pronunciation of those Chinese names was really terrible. Please reach out to native speakers for help if you're struggling. Li = Lee in Mandarin. I really love your videos and watch them all, but if you're going to choose names you're unfamiliar with as examples, please try to say them correctly. Mispronouncing names is disrespectful.
What's my name? - Rihanna
I am Romanian. My first name, Andreea, comes from the apostle, since mom found out she was pregnant with me on his day, in Romanian Orthodoxy it's 30th November. My middle name Corina was the same as my godmother's. I use the middle one more since Andreea (along with the masculine Andrei) is a terribly common first name in Romania.
Surprised you didn't bring up the Roman naming system. Which also included an every day name and a more formal name.
These Chinese names 7:05 are in fact family name + given name. For example, In a name Zhang Wei, only “Wei” means “great”. “Zhang” is the family name, means “anchorman”.
My one and only name is Itzel. Which the closer meaning of the name is “Star of sunset” or “Rainbow lady”. It is originally from the Mayan culture and is more common as a middle name.
My kids will have biblical Italian and Latin names. My parents named me Kelli because my grandpa wanted me to have an Irish name and Ann is my mom’s middle name
My mother was named Gail because her grandfather with his thick Italian accent was excited and yelling "its a Gail (girl)! Its a Gail!"
That is sooo funny/interesting. My mother has a nickname since she was born (although she hates it now and only family from Ohio refer to her this way) "She-She" and it is because apparently when her mom saw her after birth she stuttered but was trying to say "She, She is so beautiful".
@@bbrown333 that's adorable ❤
my name is a derivative of "Theresa" which, from what i've researched, means "to reap, to gather" it also is the katakana form of "harvest" in japanese. also think it was my dad's great aunt's name or something.
though, if mom had her way, i would have been Elizabeth Jane :D
Love your videos. Keep up the educational work.
PS
Diana was the Latin name for the Greek goddess Artemis.
My family usually choose the babies' names by a raffle... We write the names we like on a piece of paper, put them in a jar then someone goes to pick one or two of the papers and that's it... That's the baby's name. 😂 We do this when the parents are unable to agree on the name (and for some reason, it happens most of the times), and the name that comes out of the jar can't be changed 😂
My name is Audra which has Lithuanian and English origins. The english origin is from the name Æthelthyrth, or noble strength. In Lithuanian it means storm.
I normally go by my nickname "l'utick" in a day to day life - it is Russian for "butter-cup".
My official name has eastern or Asian origin and means something like "big body of water".
My folks had different reasons to name me...
Dad wanted to call his first daughter like his grandma - she had a terrible temper and was feared by some in the family.
My mom loved the name cause then the full name would be similar to one of a highly charming movie character. The problem is - movie is called "The Road to Calvary".
My mom wanted to name me Wanda Carol but dad didn't really like it so he suggested Juanita because he worked with someone named Juanita and it was close to Wanda. Then 4 1/2 years later when my brother was born dad who believed Juanita meant ' little John' said we have a little John now we need a big John, so my brother was named after me! Also, when I was in the military and arrived at a new base a lot of people were almost mad at me because it seems that they would bet on what a person looked like according to their name! Most bet Hispanic, but I'm Irish/Norwegian so blonde hair blue eyes! Lol
My parents are named Lisa and Michael but they were both born in the 60s
Named my son Reznor after Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. I’m proud of it!! It’s so unique and everyone compliments it!
In Hispanic countries we use our mother's maiden name as part of our last name, it's not our middle name.
For example, if you are named Ana Carolina, and your dad is Juan Perez and your mom is Maria Lopez, you would fill papers the following way:
Paternal Last name: Perez
Maternal Last Name: Lopez
Name: Ana
Middle Name Carolina
And if you filled papers in the US, for example, you would do it this way:
Last name: Perez Lopez
First name: Ana
Middle name: Carolina
Now all this gets harder when a woman gets married and if, like me, you have a composite name and/or last name (which are very common in Spanish).
I’m the only person I’ve ever known who has five middle names. One is my chosen Catholic confirmation name, which I’m surprised you haven’t mentioned here. My name is Gabrielle but I won’t mention all of my names because there isn’t a single person on this planet who has my full name. One of my middle names is May which was passed down five generations on my mother’s side beginning with my great-great aunt May who died as a little girl, so great grandma honoured her in her daughter’s middle name, and then it became tradition and my only daughter’s middle name is May. All of my other middle names are saints names.
1:50 | I feel bad for Aug.
My name is Dottie Joann, named after my grandmothers Dorothy and Joanne.
My parents were sure I was going to be a boy so they were going to name me after Alexander the Great, after my mom mistakenly thought that he had been the one to march elephants to conquer Europe. When I arrived, visibly not male, my Mom decided "Well what would Alexander the Great call her?" and I got my name... I'm grateful to not have the name Hannibal or any variation thereof...
I was named after the main character in a Wrinkle in Time
My parents named me Hollie because I was born in December, and opted for an -ie ending instead of the traditional -y in an effort to be unique. I'm just glad my dad resisted my mom's suggestion of Noel for a middle name - I'm happy to have ended up with the traditional "Elizabeth" instead. 😂😉
My name is Mallory, my mom is a big book reader and was reading the novel "The Fountainhead". There was a charater named Steven Mallory who was a sculptor. That my mom really loved this character and his name. My mom was told I was suppose to be a boy so Steven would have been my first name and Mallory my middle name. But to the surprise of everyone I was a girl. So Mallory became my first name. I was dressed as "boy" early on cause that she had prepared for a son.
Also fun note my mom had her tubes tied, and it reversed its self. So theres a 16 year difference between me and my older sisters. As well I have a brother Steven who was born a year after me. Were irish twins so were the same age for about a month.
As well from a little research I found my name is suppose to be french and sadly means unlucky...🤭 oh well, I like my name.
Awesome video! What an interesting topic, I loved this!!!
Btw, A rose by any other name would smell as sweet was actually said by Juliet thinking about Romeo! Not said by Romeo 😊
I was named after the Splash movie and my great grandma. Madison means 'Son of Matthew' & my brother's name is Matthew, so I am the son of my brother. Music teacher was low key disturbed my middle name is Gladys. At least my name rolls nicely off the tongue.
🇬🇭I'm from Ghana and I'm Efua
My son's name is Thomas Jordan we call him tj. Thomas after his grandpa and Jordan after his dad.
Good video but in spanish usually we dontt change last names when we married, so a name like Juana Sofía López Pérez, the last two are both last names, the first of our father and the second of our mother and two middle names, López usually is a last name,
Wow, I didn't know that catherine means pure. Thank you for your videos Lindsey holiday keep up the good work
That was Juliet who made the comment about names and roses, not Romeo.