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lavona 03-03-2011 07:08 AM

mine is LaVona with a long o. always wonder where my mom came up with it but she is gone so will never know

NancyL746 03-03-2011 07:34 AM

My Grand mother was Cophene. Never heard of another, it is Indian. She married a Elsworth. Thank heaven last name was Jones LOL

Leah Stewart 03-03-2011 07:47 AM

My name is normal, Leah. My daughters name is Shayla ( like Kayla but with an S). My grandmother was Pearle, and my Bf grandmother was Neva. I just found out I am expecting and I want to name if a boy Odin if a girl Aryan!

texasannie 03-03-2011 08:31 AM

Listen to these names:
Mildred Ann, Ruby Ellen, Aleta Rose, Beverly Kay, then there Is Ophelia Mae, Mintie Rose, Oma Mae so I gave my daughters Tanya Dyan (Not Tan like sunbathing, and Dyan pronounced like Diane_ and Kimberly Dyon (pronounced like Dee- on) then my grandfathers name was Jehu Reece!

grammydar 03-03-2011 09:03 AM

My name is Darlene Lynne, my daughter is Lynnette Michel (everyone says Michael)
hubby & sons middle name Ellsworth, a family name
DGD Falisha Jo and her brother David William
mom wanted to name a boy Fabian Alexander
girl at school 9 yrs old her name is Taquila, yeah just like the drink, poor kid


Originally Posted by Joan Gaddis
my name is Joan i named my daughters Cynthia Darlene(she hates her name) and Marsha Lynne(everyone called her Mazola) she got alot of indian blood passed down to her--i guess!!!! my son is Thomas. Darlene named her son Cody and her daughter Cati.Thomas named his son Ty and his daughters Emily and Samantha. my mothers name was Velva Rada and my dads name was Sherman Dolphus.


sylvia77 03-03-2011 09:53 AM

My name is Sylvia, not that common. My mom's name was Evelyn Vasti which I have never heard before.

buslady 03-03-2011 10:08 AM


Originally Posted by sisLH
Hey I just remembered - I knew some kids at school that were twin boys. The parents named them Dean A and Dean B. Isn't that the dumbest thing?

Thats funny. Must be cause during the pregnancy they call them baby a and baby b. My twins are Logan Bailey and Mason Blaze. I begged my daughter not to spell it Blaze, was afraid it sounded too much like a dogs name. You know what, noone has every commented like that and I now love the name.
Also, my moms family, not sure how they all fit together, they are her aunts but not necessarily sisters. All named similar. Ada, Alta, Ida, Iva, Lila, Lola, Leota, Arlene, I think there is another, but I can't for the life of me think of it.

buslady 03-03-2011 10:14 AM

Haven't heard the name that I recall, but I do like it. I never did mind my name. it has been sloughtered many times, I always tell them they can call me anything except late for lunch.

Originally Posted by Gerbie
Well Onalee, I had a dear friend growing up and one of her sister's had the name Ona Ruth. Here is my unusual name, Gradene pronounced (gray dean) I was named after my parents. My dad's name was Grady Lee and my mother's name was Lena Irene, mother was going to spell it Gradyne, or something like that but the nurse spelled it Gradene, using dad's first part and mother's last part of her middle name. I've always liked it, my dad hated it,and I grew up being called sister, because he didn't like his name and didn't call me by my first name until I was in college. I've heard of three others with the same spelling, two whose dads were named Grady.
My dad had three sisters and four brothers:
Troy Margaret, Clois Ann, Billie Maxine,
Grover Orville, Herman Lois, Curtis Maurice, and Doil Plaez.
My paternal gd's name was Rolin Lee, gm's name was Pearl Viola. My maternal g parent's names were George Frances, and Elizabeth Mae. Maternal ggparents Enois and Cora
My daughter is Kara Danene (pronounced Duh nene), son is common Robert Edward. My DH wanted to name son after himself and his dad. DH's is Robert Lee, his dad was Edward Julius - I certainly didn't want the Julius, so we settled on Robert Edward. Dh is called Bob and son has always been called Robert - no nickname or shortened name. DH has two nieces with unusual names - Keverly and Tachel ( pronounced Ta short a - shell)
Has anyone known someone with my first name? Just curious, most people can't pronounce it. I've been called everything from Geraldine, Garlene, to Gardenia over the years. Maiden last name was Kellar - was often teased and called Kelloggs. Kids are so funny.
I'm a retired teacher and had a lot of strange names through the years in my classes.


Lakelady 03-03-2011 10:21 AM

My middle name is Wynema, a Indian name. I have no idea what it means. My mother got it from a lady one of her cousins dated. Being from Oklahoma there are a lot of Indian names here but mostly for Towns or roads, that sort of thing. I have never met another Wynema.

leaha 03-03-2011 10:55 AM

my youngest sisters name is Winona, which means first born daughter! ah duh I think I was the first born, LOL my middle name is Branwyn, and in the family we have a Willa Uretta, Ila, Flossie,Merval, Emma Constance, Beverly Leila, Adolf Gustolf, Harold Bengamin Columbus Rich, and many others just cant think of them now


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