Real Names revealed....

Hey there
Laura Therese here...
my second name my mum chose after saint therese,,
my first name was chosen by a tekevsion celebrity over here.. he was friends with my did at the time and announced my birth on the televsion and played 'laura' as a tribute....

My name is Ruth Ellen, Ruth after Ruth in the Bible and Ellen after by my parents moms.

My name is Suzanne Lee. I always told my Mom she gave me a boys middle name!

Hi,
This has been fun to read! I've been enjoying meeting the
"Real" Daves garden friends!!!!!!!
Meems, oops.... Maria :0)

My birth certificate says Helen Diana, but was christened Helen Pauline as my Father could not remember what my second name was supposed to be! My Mom has always been mad at Dad for me being christened Helen Pauline. I have always used Helen Diana.

My birth Certificate says I am Brenda Susan I answer to Brenda, Brendy, Brandy, Breezy, Mom, or Hey you. But over the past few years I find even my family members calling me Zany ...guess I should call more and email less!

TimothyT short for Timothy Thomas Nichols Vincent here. I am chuckling over all those whom comment about being in trouble being called by their "full" names. I always wondered why parents did that until I became one and sure enough the first time my son got in trouble it was "Scott Andrew Vincent" then along came my daughter and sure enough "Laura Lee Vincent" when ever she pressed against the parental envelope! My Birth certificate only lists Timothy Thomas Vincent, but I found at an early age when in trouble outside the home that having a ready "name" was handy, so I could become Thomas Nichols at the drop of a Hat. My working name in Arizona was Red. Either for my hair,my sunburns, or Carolina attitude. But now I enjoy the monikers of Grampy T by my four granddaughters and Silly Uncle Tim by my many neices and nephews. Being a 43 year old Grampy is pretty awesome!!!!!! And my loverly copartner in this grand adventure we call life is Janet Marie Yount Vincent or Grammy J.

OK Heres the scoop-Kimberly-Gardenwife has been trying to guess my full giving name-so I will give you my nickname and middle name. (snickerz)Thought you had me hey Kim! :P
My first name is after my mom-her name was Dorothy-so i am Dori. Middle name is after dad-he was John Paul-so i got Paula! Dori Paula
I came from a family of 6girlz and I have 5boyz! =]
*i Luv different names!

I am Anna Louise. Anna for a sister of my grandmother's, and because it is an old Swiss name. (both sets of my grandparents came from Switzerland). My dad had an aunt Louise, so I assume that's where that came from. It's strange, Aunt Louise had some really neat hats, and I bought them at the estate sale. Family members say I look really good in them, Auntie would be proud to see that they stayed in the family and are worn. I am not fond of "Anna", would have rather been something a little more exotic. :>) Everyone calls me Anna Z., just kind of got started in a boating group we belong to and it stuck. I sign most all my notes as Anna Z. and I even have vanity plates on my van that say (you guessed it) "ANNA Z".

Anna, my middle name is also Louise, but my grandfather always called me Katrinkity Jane when I was little - his mother was a Dutch lady - and my mom told me recently that she really wanted to name Katrin, but was living in an Irish neighborhood when I was born!

I'm Dinakar (which means Sun). We use the initials before the name.. "K.R." The K stands for the name of the place where my ancestors hailed from -Konanur ( I haven't seen this place which is 50 miles from here) and the R stands for my father's name Ramachandra Rao. Dinu is what people call me in short. Names are adapted from the Mythologies and the various Sanskrit literature.

That's something cool :)

I'm Becky--not Rebecca, I'm not real sure why, but my middle
name is Jean after my Grandma. We also have Nancy Jean, Gloria Jean, Lindsay Jean, Theresa Jean, Katherine Jean, I think a couple of the great grandchildren are also Jean's--at family picnics we call are male siblings, cousins , and uncles Kevin Jean, Danny Jean, Uncle Jimmy Jean ect..just for fun!!! We tell people Jean's run in or family!!! heheheh
Becky

I'm loving this.......makes us all more "real" and less cyber!!

"eyes"

Becky, Either Grandma Jean had a lot of money and everyone wanted to be sure to inherit some by naming babies after her, or she was so well loved that they wanted to honor her!! I have two Cousin Jeans and we always called one Little Gene (boy), the other Jean Charl (Her Dad's name was Charles). BTW....she has two sisters that are DG's. Jo

I just realized that I never replied to this thread, although I've been reading it.

My name is Joan Louise. The story I got when asked about how I got my name is because I was born on Dec. 10th. Supposedly, when Joan of Arc was imprisoned, she was visited by Saint Louise on Dec. 10th. I've never been able to find any documentation on this though.

Well...uh-hmmmm...(clearing throat, and speaking somewhat nervously)...I've never told anyone this before but I trust ya'll will keep it to just us, k?
I was born David Ulysseus Magumbo Beauregard. On my distant Mother's side of the fambly, the Magumbo's (they came from a long line of chefs specializing in stews and soups w/okra-hence where we get the modern-day cooking term "gumbo"). Anyway, it was up to me to carry on that lineage as well as her name. On my father's side of the fambly, the Beauregard's, I was informed it was of utmost importance to understand that the very rare brain cells in my noggin must be well-preserved for future generations and requested not to over-use them, a habit I still carry to this day.
Early in life I was run out of town due to the puritan ethics of the townfolk who informed me that "due to your severe ugliness and an unwillingness to talk like normal folks it is imperative that you preserve the peace, tranquility, and the beautification of the townpeople by going on your merry way". I was allowed to take three things. I chose my dog, Bartholomew (Bart for short), my blues jeans, and my guitar. (Over the yrs ol' Bart up and died, my blue jeans wore slap out, and the strings on my guitar got so rusty I was afraid to play it without getting a tetanus shot first.)
Meeting new people was a chore for me, oftentimes cuz I started abbreviating my name using all four initials...as you can see what they spell, I was ridiculed again.
At some point in time I was obviously hit in the head with a horseshoe and people have ever since referred to me by that name.
(So there, *sniff *, I finally shared my secret.)

Mary Elizabeth here. My mother's middle name was Mary, and her older sister's middle name was Elizabeth. Later addition to post: Shoe, I just read your post and knowing that you can be a bit of a story teller sometimes I only believe the part about the dog, the blue jeans and the guitar.

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shoe, you are a mess!!! LOL!

Shoe you are absolutely rotton. And BTTB. (Bad to the bone.)

Shoe has a way of never disappointing us, doesn't he folks? If he ever really gets serious, how in the world will we be able to tell?

Here I wuz believing EVERY word that D. U. M. Beauregard done writ...clear choked me up!! I feel so sorry for that poor man...he ain't right, folks! (sorry to steal your line, shoe)....Jo LOL

Say what!!!? Ya'll act like you don't believe me! After I just bled my heartstrings out to all ya'll! I declare! *sniff*...whahhhh....!!!

Would them thar be crocodile tears or attention gettin tears youz be a cryin thar ma frien? Or could it be that you just aint got both oars in the water, your elevator doesn't go all the way to the top, the light is on upstairs but nobody's home, you're half a bubble off plumb or maybe YOU Just Aint Quite Right?

Blast! She done took the words right outta my mouth! LOL JO

Now you all stop picking on that there boy!
so what if he aint right.. we love him anyways...
Now he has got a funny name its true.. and he do speak foony like... but he is our shoe and we love him..right or not right.... dumb or gumbo..which ever...

personally I think he's dang clever to have thought up that bag 'o' fertilizer in the first place!

*giggle*

Shoe, could be your one brick short of a load!!!!! Had me going until I got down to the middle of your story.. YOUR GOOD! :)
Meems

I believe ya Horseshoe! And a loverly name it is. But then I also wanted ta buy the Golden Gate bridge from the feller down the road but DH woulndn't let me :{ Said he would rather keep the money in the can buried nice and safe in the back yard til it sprouts a bit so we kin buy a missle silo instead.

Sheeeshh!!! Ya'll ain't right! Ellen, I might be half a bubble off plumb but I'm still making most folks think I'm walking a straight line! (Nice to see ya by the way...you doing good ain't ya?)
As for you(!)Laura-Wonder-Down-Under!...I gots a funny name? Don't DARE ridicule my unusual fambly! And I talk foony? HAH! Your ears just hear foony! OH yeh!!...and take this...whoops, what'd ya say?... uhhh, ya'll love me? Just the way I am? And ya aint gonna petition me outta town like when I's younger? Well, shut mah mouthpiece!!!! I'm home! (Am I?)
Now lookee here, Meems...in spite of some of these here folk's reactions you may be the only one who exercises belief in me, my feelings and my words! YOu may be my saving grave, er, uh GRACE...yeh, that's it! Saving Grace!

And MS Zany(!), much obliged! Yep, it IS a loverly name. Thanks for pointing that out. And don't feel bad about the Big Bridge...my uncle's nephew on my side of the fambly bought that bridge and ya'll are welcome to use it anytime you like. (Now as for that money ya'll got buried in the back yard...this IS a gardening site so...sounds like ya'll are the envy of everyone! You got RICH soil to work with!

good advice on naming kids, evert. sometiems i honestly wonder what people were smoking....i even know a mary jane because....well she was conceived because her parents were smokin... well, not roses.
my name, melissa is okay. I forget why they names me this, but i guess just because its better than george. but ya know what? my dad calls me george anyway.
well because of melissa, my nicknames are molasses, missy, miss melissa, mel, mellie, misca, and in school i hated when people said militia in history class because i always turned my head.
also, the name melissa means honey bee, which is ironic because i am allergic!!
i named my son hunter, strong name for him and he loves it. he gets a GRRRR look on his face and shows his muscles.
my husband jokes we should name our next son "fisher" which is a boys name.... but do we really need such outdoorsy names in the family? i guess our daughter could be rose, and another could be lily....

Hi ya Shoe,
Sounds like you are doing well. Don't know what we would do without you to bring joy to our days. Keep it up Fella. You are a ray of sunshine even when the skies are cloudy and gray.
Cocoseed, I think those names that you mentioned are really cute although children that you might have might not feel the same way about it. Hunter, Fisher, Rose and Lily might just grow up to hate gardening or anything else that sounded outdoorsy. We wouldn't want that now would we?

Thanks for the compliment Ellen (my head just swelled up so big my hat popped off and flew across the room!)
Cocoseed, I like the name melissa...after all, it is also the name of an herb (Lemon Balm)! And Lemon Balm is a very soothing herb, has an incredible bouquet, and is always appreciated by any who come across it! Hmmmm...wonder if your Momma gave you that name cuz she knew it would fit you perfectly?
(Oh, and by the way, for sure...in my real life, my middle name AND my DD's middle name is Hunter.)

Hunter, really? Must be a family last name, huh? I actually believe that one, Shoe. Am I slipping a gear believing you? One really must exercise caution in actually believing you. Sorry! Now you can laugh at this idiot who fell for it!!! That is what usually happens to me when I am gullible. It sounds right though.

I`m with you Elana, It sounds like this could be true. I like it for a girls name also.

Elena, I will buy it! Guess Im gullible too. Shoe ya know I think Hunter would fit you just fine. You "HUNT" the gullible ladies down then Giggle your head off! Whats the real first name? Not that anyone will believe you!!! :)
Meems

well I was my mom 8 kid, so I guess she just pick Mary Elizabeth,find out years later at my dad mom name was Mary but they call her Molly,
my granddaughter was name Beth but not spell like mine, name after her mom- mom and best friend,Eliabeth Anna
love reading all of this,
Mary

sorry I cant remember my name ;-)

HAH!...Mark is really hurting folks! He's lost it! (He's just like some of us!!!)
Meems, from what you just said I should also be happy with the middle name "Giggle"! Hmmm, not a bad choice either!
Mary_Mi, glad you are enjoying these crazy folks! (me too!)

patricia diane here, my parents always called me tootsie or toots since i was a little girl (can't imagine why),my older brother called me sis cause he couldn't say patricia and my other brother just went along with sis. the name diane belonged to a good friend of my mothers.

hey mark, you should have picked something easy to remember!!!!!