My father was named after two astronomers. I gotta say, pretty random for a small-town Jamaican boy. He goes by neither. He uses his mother's surname as his first name.
Mal: You know, you ain't quite right. River: It's the popular theory.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jan 21, 2011 9:43:46 am PST #18070 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Jan 21, 2011 9:45:46 am PST #18071 of 30001
Because books.
Sara was named both for my mom, whom I adore, and for Sara Crewe. Her middle name, Grace, is mostly for the grace note she is to our family, and because, uh, it sounds pretty.
quester - Jan 21, 2011 9:46:13 am PST #18072 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I've always had psuedonyms, pen-names and stage names. They change over time, but I'm always planning them.
Liese S. - Jan 21, 2011 9:51:18 am PST #18073 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, the SO was named after an astronaut! We always tell him he got lucky, it could have been Buzz.
Kathy A - Jan 21, 2011 9:56:27 am PST #18074 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I always thought that if I had a daughter, I'd name her Alicia Marie, after both of my grandmas (Alice and Mary, who was better known as Mae).
§ ita § - Jan 21, 2011 9:56:46 am PST #18075 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My mother's middle name is (spelling unsure and definitely not the same as her namesake) Delores Delrio. I have no idea what small town Jamaica was doing at that time, but it was sure cracktastic. But she beats out her sister Gillette, I think. Two of her brothers got off pretty timelessly and normally (Philip and William) but nobody calls them that, so it doesn't count. Well, nobody calls any of them what they were christened. But in Gillette's case, it's clear self defense.
Kathy A - Jan 21, 2011 9:58:15 am PST #18076 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
it could have been Buzz.
Last year, I saw a tv movie about Apollo 11 in which James Marsters played Buzz Aldrin. I thought that casting was a bit strange until last night, when I watched this week's ep of the PBS history of NASA. Marsters looks a lot like the young Buzz!
§ ita § - Jan 21, 2011 10:01:34 am PST #18077 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My god, I've just about convinced myself to update the family tree. Sheeit. I don't need that.
beekaytee - Jan 21, 2011 10:02:14 am PST #18078 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
GilletteI know a Gillette! She in her mid-twenties and seems to really like the name. I never asked if she was teased about it.
Kate P. - Jan 21, 2011 10:04:38 am PST #18079 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I wasn't named after anyone in particular; my mom just liked the name Kate, and thought it was a good strong name for a girl. (I like to think Kate Hepburn had something to do with that.) She also thought it was a little unusual, though that's proven demonstrably false. Still, when you consider I was nearly named Greta instead, I think my name worked out just fine.
My dad's middle name is Rising, which I love. Neither my brother nor I got that as a middle name, but I'd like to give it to one of my kids.
Oh, and porn star names: Mine is Bunny Beach, which I think is pretty awesome, but my former housemate had the hands-down winner: Fluffy DiPillo.