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Community member Publish Not your original work? Add source Do you have an unusual name, or a name with an unusual story? Why were you given the name you were given and what does it mean? This post may include affiliate links. #1 My name is Morenikeji (pronounced Moh-reh (like red) nee-kay-gee)
It means "I've found my companion or second half"
My mum is the only girl in her family, same as my grandma and me.
It's a Nigerian name BTW (Yoruba) Report Final score: 10points Antisocial potato ? POST JoyfulZebra JoyfulZebra Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago That's a beautiful name! 4 4points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 My first name is Seth, and my middle name is Osiris. My parents named me and all my siblings after god's of different cultures Report Final score: 8points Full Name POST Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago That's really cool!! Although Seth was kind of a villain . . . 4 4points reply #3 No first for you! But my middle name is Jolene. You know Dolly Parton's song Jolene. Yeah, that is where my beautiful Middle name come from. I love my middle name Report Final score: 8points *Displayname*=idk POST Do-nut touch da donut Do-nut touch da donut Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Jolene jolene jolene joleeeeeeennnne 3 3points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 My name is Anna, i was named after my grandmother who died a lil over a year before i was born... i think i fit her name perfectly hehe Report Final score: 6points Do-nut touch da donut POST Weirdest Bi You’ll Ever Meet Weirdest Bi You’ll Ever Meet Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 month ago Princess Anna from Ariendale? 1 1point reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 Not me, but my best friend was named Danielle after her father's favorite band Twisted Sisters lead singer Dee (Daniel) Snyder. Even better, few years later, her father, Twisted Sisters number one fan had another child, a boy. That they name Daniel after Dee Snyder. Report Final score: 5points Bonesko POST #6 My name is Caroline and my middle name is Elissa. My mom and aunt made a deal that they would name the middle name of their first child their name. So my cousin's middle name is my mom's name and my middle name is my aunt's name. I got my first name because my mother's college roommate's name was Caroline, but I like to think it's because my great-great-great-great grandma's name was caroline too. Report Final score: 4points Outlawzen POST #7 My family and I live in the most north county of the Netherlands, Friesland. This is the only county in the Netherlands with its own language.
I was born in august and my parents named me the Frisian word for summer: Simmer :) Report Final score: 4points •SIMMER• POST Birgit M Birgit M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago That‘s really a lovely name! I absolutely love nordic and frisian names, and therefore my sheep are called Lonny (Lonneke), Bente, Leetje, Teda and Vedis! 2 2points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 My mom tells everyone in named after the Bible. But no. One night while we were drinking she told me that my first and middle names are from people on a soap opera she used to watch in 1988. Joshua Brent. Report Final score: 4points Joshua Moon POST #9 My parents had an index card they used as a bookmark when looking at baby names and each of them wrote names they liked on their respective side of the notecard. Bethany was the only name on both sides.
Twist ending: they just thought it was pretty, and didn't think much about it. My brothers both got meaningful names, not much concern for aesthetic. Meaning of my name: house of affliction. I feel afflicted alright Report Final score: 4points Bethany Heller POST #10 My mother always wanted a girl. She was determined to have her little Abigail May. She had me via C-Section and while she was knocked out Dad filled out birth certificate. Not giving y'all my real name but its not Abigail May. Mom was a bit pissed when she woke up and got a little girl who's first name started on the other end of the alphabet! I can't complain though - I'm not an Abby May - nope I fit the name he gave me pretty well. Report Final score: 3points Roadkill The Brave POST Do-nut touch da donut Do-nut touch da donut Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Ima guess... zoe?? 4 4points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 My Dad said he'd always wanted to know someone with my name, so he wrote it on my birth certificate while my mother was recovering at another hospital. She'd told him she hated the name. They're divorced now. Report Final score: 3points Lyoness POST just another teen just another teen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago do you mind me asking, what is your name? 1 1point reply #12 My mom wanted me to have my dad's name, but my dad didn't want to place a burden on me - that I would have to live up to his legacy. There was also a desire for me to have a biblical name.
One day, while my mom was doing dishes, my dad walked into the kitchen and said "Ezekiel Edward". Mom said that she loved it. Ezekiel is my dad's favorite prophet in the Bible, and Ezekiel 37 is one of my mom's favorite chapters in the Bible. Also, my middle name is my dad's first name! So it all worked out :)
Fun fact: my nickname "Eze" came from Denzel Washington's character's nickname in "Devil in a Blue Dress." Report Final score: 3points JoyfulZebra POST SheamusFanFrom1987 SheamusFanFrom1987 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Eze actually means 'King' in the Igbo language hence why I think Ezekiel is an uplifting name. 1 1point reply #13 A mix of an actress my parents like to watch and my great aunt that I never meant. Report Final score: 2points Margrete Sonnenberg POST Margrete Sonnenberg (Submission author) Margrete Sonnenberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago To add on the great aunt. My great aunt died in the WW2.They carted her off when she got traumatized due to the war. My grandpa saw her one time after war but never again. 3 3points reply #14 I'm semi-named after a tennis player (my parents were watching tennis and liked that name so they named me that). My middle name is the same as my mom's (named after her great-grandmother, I think). Report Final score: 2points Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano POST #15 My brother was to be named in deference to the granddads. Olyn and Andres. My brother was born (1956) and my parents thought Lynn Andres or Andres Lynn basically put him on a Boy Named Sue life path. He got Jon David. A nod to our dad. I pop up in 1964 and I get Andrea Lynn. We both lucked out. Younger brother is named after moms ob/gyn. Stephan Andrew is a fine dudes name. Still references my dad's dad. Report Final score: 2points A girl POST #16 I was named after my Dad's highschool girlfriend. Report Final score: 2points Clover POST Benita Valdez Benita Valdez Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago No worries friend, my dad said I was named after his ex too ? still don't know if he was joking or not 0 0points reply View more comments #17 I was supposed to be a boy.. Daniel. Dad heard the song "Aubrey" by the band Bread earlier in the day and went with that.
Little did he know that Aubrey was mostly considerd a "boys name" in the 70's so I got a lot of free Gillette "mens" razors in the mail when I hit my teens along with free subscriptions to sports mags and the like.
The origin of the name is "Keeper of the Elves"... I definitely live up to that. I have a tendency to be overly protective of my kids and fam. Report Final score: 2points Aubrey Mortensen POST #18 My middle name is Darling. 5 generations ago my grandfather served under Stephen F. Austin and Captain R. Goheen. And later serving under Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto.
“ Among his other land transactions was an act of philanthrophy and benevolence which was supportive of higher education and religion when he donated 320 acres of his Bastrop County land to the President and Trustees of Baylor University in 1852, while it was located at Washington before moving to Waco. By this act, he demonstrated his vision into the future needs of a developing Texas, and provided his personal endowment to aid in their fulfillment.”
Here’s the website link if you want to check it out.
http://www.fourhorsemenofthetexasapocalypse.com/john-socrates-darling.html Report Final score: 1point Reese’s pieces POST See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #19 My grandmother basically picked out my name and my parents liked it and went along with it. Report Final score: 1point Fluffy mommy panda POST #20 My name was meant to be a combo of my mom and dad's name, but if you combine the Greek (Lord/Lady) and Irish (little thing of darkness), i am the Dark Lord. My parents unintendedly named me Voldemort. Report Final score: 1point Tacocat POST #21 MY legal name is the same as my dads. I’m a girl. But my nickname is made up of the same letters of my moms name! Report Final score: 0points Cats and anime love ️ POST #22 My parents went to school with an Andrea, and my middle name Marie was my grandmother, Dula Marie’s middle name. I never met their high school friend but I love the fact I was named after my Mamaw. She died in 2013 and I miss her to this very day. Report Final score: 0points Mrs.King0315 POST Weirdest Bi You’ll Ever Meet Weirdest Bi You’ll Ever Meet Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 month ago *smiles thinking about my hints from my post* 0 0points reply #23 My mom was in a toxic relationship when she was pregnant with me. The abuser’s grandmother’s name was Evangeline so my mom fell in love with the name Angeline. Evangeline supported my mother and stopped abusive behaviors that he showed in front of her to relax my mother. Sadly I got the abuser’s last name do to fights and narcissistic abuse. It a horrible last name, Nealy. We are planning to change my last name to my mother’s current relationship’s last name, James. Even though he’s still learning to cope with dealing with 2 teenage children so he has a short temper but he’s way better than the cheating abusive sperm donar that is my “father”. I wont tell my middle name but I’ll give hints. It starts with a M and is a very common French name and is feminine. Report Final score: 0points Weirdest Bi You’ll Ever Meet POST #24 My mom had actually picked out my older sister’s name when she was still just 11 years old. She named her after Blair on the show "The Facts of Life" and the two of them share a middle name (mom's grandmother's middle name). However, turned out that our dad's middle name is Blair, so my sister's full name is literally just my parents' middle names. (Should also mention that my dad hates his middle name, and begged my mom to name her anything else, but he wasn’t there for the birth, so she just did what she wanted.)
My brother and dad share a first name, but he couldn’t be a junior due to our sister…so his full name is just the two most popular boy names for his birth year. (Again, dad wasn’t there to protest the name)
By the time I was born, my parents had run out of names (and ways to incorporate their own names). My mom was going to name me after her grandfather, but I’m a girl, so that ruined that plan. She then tried to name me Sarah Elizabeth after one of her relatives (she also toyed with Katie Elizabeth), but my dad (who was actually there for once lol) wanted Elizabeth for my first name and disliked the other name ideas. Seeing as one of my mom’s best friends was named Elisabeth, she agreed. Problem was, the hospital wouldn’t let me leave without a middle name. He (and my sister claims it was originally her idea) called her up and pitched a name after he took my siblings home. My mom didn’t like it (it was the same name as one of her childhood bullies) but she figured it was the last chance my dad would have to name one of his kids, so she allowed it.
So basically, my sister’s name is just our parents' middle names, my brother shares a first name with our dad, and I’m named after my mom's best friend and a childhood bully. Report Final score: 0points Elizabeth POST #25 I am female, but was named after all men. My Dad's middle name is Martin, hence Martina, and my great grandfather's name was Maximilian. My uncle was named after him (Max) so I got the middle name Max too. I love my name. My initials are MMM Report Final score: 0points Martina Moreau POST #26 Matt A, and Matt B were already taken. Report Final score: 0points Matt C POST #27 I was named after a Cassidy. Report Final score: 0points SheamusFanFrom1987 POST #28 My name is Ituah (ee-too-ah), it is a Shian Indian name that means "strong and sturdy oak".... but I'm not Shian Indian. My parents just liked it Report Final score: 0points Johnny Rodriguez POST See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #29 Depends which parent you ask. My mother will say I was named after a royal; my dad will say his ex girlfriend. They have both passed and I still am not sure if my dad was joking or not. My middle name is just a random name that went well with my first name. Report Final score: 0points Benita Valdez POST Tabitha Harleston Tabitha Harleston Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago I was the third child and my mom wanted all her children name to begin with "T". So she is in labor with me and is watching television and what comes on "Bewitched". Her ah ha moment and that's how I got the name Tabitha. Most people would ask if that's where I got my name and if I could wiggle my nose like the character. My response was "I wish I could" and to make a joke I would try, Lol. 0 0points reply Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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543views Martina MoreauCommunity member Publish Not your original work? Add source Do you have an unusual name, or a name with an unusual story? Why were you given the name you were given and what does it mean? This post may include affiliate links. #1 My name is Morenikeji (pronounced Moh-reh (like red) nee-kay-gee)
It means "I've found my companion or second half"
My mum is the only girl in her family, same as my grandma and me.
It's a Nigerian name BTW (Yoruba) Report Final score: 10points Antisocial potato ? POST JoyfulZebra JoyfulZebra Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago That's a beautiful name! 4 4points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 My first name is Seth, and my middle name is Osiris. My parents named me and all my siblings after god's of different cultures Report Final score: 8points Full Name POST Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago That's really cool!! Although Seth was kind of a villain . . . 4 4points reply #3 No first for you! But my middle name is Jolene. You know Dolly Parton's song Jolene. Yeah, that is where my beautiful Middle name come from. I love my middle name Report Final score: 8points *Displayname*=idk POST Do-nut touch da donut Do-nut touch da donut Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Jolene jolene jolene joleeeeeeennnne 3 3points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 My name is Anna, i was named after my grandmother who died a lil over a year before i was born... i think i fit her name perfectly hehe Report Final score: 6points Do-nut touch da donut POST Weirdest Bi You’ll Ever Meet Weirdest Bi You’ll Ever Meet Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 month ago Princess Anna from Ariendale? 1 1point reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 Not me, but my best friend was named Danielle after her father's favorite band Twisted Sisters lead singer Dee (Daniel) Snyder. Even better, few years later, her father, Twisted Sisters number one fan had another child, a boy. That they name Daniel after Dee Snyder. Report Final score: 5points Bonesko POST #6 My name is Caroline and my middle name is Elissa. My mom and aunt made a deal that they would name the middle name of their first child their name. So my cousin's middle name is my mom's name and my middle name is my aunt's name. I got my first name because my mother's college roommate's name was Caroline, but I like to think it's because my great-great-great-great grandma's name was caroline too. Report Final score: 4points Outlawzen POST #7 My family and I live in the most north county of the Netherlands, Friesland. This is the only county in the Netherlands with its own language.
I was born in august and my parents named me the Frisian word for summer: Simmer :) Report Final score: 4points •SIMMER• POST Birgit M Birgit M Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago That‘s really a lovely name! I absolutely love nordic and frisian names, and therefore my sheep are called Lonny (Lonneke), Bente, Leetje, Teda and Vedis! 2 2points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 My mom tells everyone in named after the Bible. But no. One night while we were drinking she told me that my first and middle names are from people on a soap opera she used to watch in 1988. Joshua Brent. Report Final score: 4points Joshua Moon POST #9 My parents had an index card they used as a bookmark when looking at baby names and each of them wrote names they liked on their respective side of the notecard. Bethany was the only name on both sides.
Twist ending: they just thought it was pretty, and didn't think much about it. My brothers both got meaningful names, not much concern for aesthetic. Meaning of my name: house of affliction. I feel afflicted alright Report Final score: 4points Bethany Heller POST #10 My mother always wanted a girl. She was determined to have her little Abigail May. She had me via C-Section and while she was knocked out Dad filled out birth certificate. Not giving y'all my real name but its not Abigail May. Mom was a bit pissed when she woke up and got a little girl who's first name started on the other end of the alphabet! I can't complain though - I'm not an Abby May - nope I fit the name he gave me pretty well. Report Final score: 3points Roadkill The Brave POST Do-nut touch da donut Do-nut touch da donut Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Ima guess... zoe?? 4 4points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 My Dad said he'd always wanted to know someone with my name, so he wrote it on my birth certificate while my mother was recovering at another hospital. She'd told him she hated the name. They're divorced now. Report Final score: 3points Lyoness POST just another teen just another teen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago do you mind me asking, what is your name? 1 1point reply #12 My mom wanted me to have my dad's name, but my dad didn't want to place a burden on me - that I would have to live up to his legacy. There was also a desire for me to have a biblical name.
One day, while my mom was doing dishes, my dad walked into the kitchen and said "Ezekiel Edward". Mom said that she loved it. Ezekiel is my dad's favorite prophet in the Bible, and Ezekiel 37 is one of my mom's favorite chapters in the Bible. Also, my middle name is my dad's first name! So it all worked out :)
Fun fact: my nickname "Eze" came from Denzel Washington's character's nickname in "Devil in a Blue Dress." Report Final score: 3points JoyfulZebra POST SheamusFanFrom1987 SheamusFanFrom1987 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago Eze actually means 'King' in the Igbo language hence why I think Ezekiel is an uplifting name. 1 1point reply #13 A mix of an actress my parents like to watch and my great aunt that I never meant. Report Final score: 2points Margrete Sonnenberg POST Margrete Sonnenberg (Submission author) Margrete Sonnenberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago To add on the great aunt. My great aunt died in the WW2.They carted her off when she got traumatized due to the war. My grandpa saw her one time after war but never again. 3 3points reply #14 I'm semi-named after a tennis player (my parents were watching tennis and liked that name so they named me that). My middle name is the same as my mom's (named after her great-grandmother, I think). Report Final score: 2points Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano POST #15 My brother was to be named in deference to the granddads. Olyn and Andres. My brother was born (1956) and my parents thought Lynn Andres or Andres Lynn basically put him on a Boy Named Sue life path. He got Jon David. A nod to our dad. I pop up in 1964 and I get Andrea Lynn. We both lucked out. Younger brother is named after moms ob/gyn. Stephan Andrew is a fine dudes name. Still references my dad's dad. Report Final score: 2points A girl POST #16 I was named after my Dad's highschool girlfriend. Report Final score: 2points Clover POST Benita Valdez Benita Valdez Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago No worries friend, my dad said I was named after his ex too ? still don't know if he was joking or not 0 0points reply View more comments #17 I was supposed to be a boy.. Daniel. Dad heard the song "Aubrey" by the band Bread earlier in the day and went with that.
Little did he know that Aubrey was mostly considerd a "boys name" in the 70's so I got a lot of free Gillette "mens" razors in the mail when I hit my teens along with free subscriptions to sports mags and the like.
The origin of the name is "Keeper of the Elves"... I definitely live up to that. I have a tendency to be overly protective of my kids and fam. Report Final score: 2points Aubrey Mortensen POST #18 My middle name is Darling. 5 generations ago my grandfather served under Stephen F. Austin and Captain R. Goheen. And later serving under Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto.
“ Among his other land transactions was an act of philanthrophy and benevolence which was supportive of higher education and religion when he donated 320 acres of his Bastrop County land to the President and Trustees of Baylor University in 1852, while it was located at Washington before moving to Waco. By this act, he demonstrated his vision into the future needs of a developing Texas, and provided his personal endowment to aid in their fulfillment.”
Here’s the website link if you want to check it out.
http://www.fourhorsemenofthetexasapocalypse.com/john-socrates-darling.html Report Final score: 1point Reese’s pieces POST See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #19 My grandmother basically picked out my name and my parents liked it and went along with it. Report Final score: 1point Fluffy mommy panda POST #20 My name was meant to be a combo of my mom and dad's name, but if you combine the Greek (Lord/Lady) and Irish (little thing of darkness), i am the Dark Lord. My parents unintendedly named me Voldemort. Report Final score: 1point Tacocat POST #21 MY legal name is the same as my dads. I’m a girl. But my nickname is made up of the same letters of my moms name! Report Final score: 0points Cats and anime love ️ POST #22 My parents went to school with an Andrea, and my middle name Marie was my grandmother, Dula Marie’s middle name. I never met their high school friend but I love the fact I was named after my Mamaw. She died in 2013 and I miss her to this very day. Report Final score: 0points Mrs.King0315 POST Weirdest Bi You’ll Ever Meet Weirdest Bi You’ll Ever Meet Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 month ago *smiles thinking about my hints from my post* 0 0points reply #23 My mom was in a toxic relationship when she was pregnant with me. The abuser’s grandmother’s name was Evangeline so my mom fell in love with the name Angeline. Evangeline supported my mother and stopped abusive behaviors that he showed in front of her to relax my mother. Sadly I got the abuser’s last name do to fights and narcissistic abuse. It a horrible last name, Nealy. We are planning to change my last name to my mother’s current relationship’s last name, James. Even though he’s still learning to cope with dealing with 2 teenage children so he has a short temper but he’s way better than the cheating abusive sperm donar that is my “father”. I wont tell my middle name but I’ll give hints. It starts with a M and is a very common French name and is feminine. Report Final score: 0points Weirdest Bi You’ll Ever Meet POST #24 My mom had actually picked out my older sister’s name when she was still just 11 years old. She named her after Blair on the show "The Facts of Life" and the two of them share a middle name (mom's grandmother's middle name). However, turned out that our dad's middle name is Blair, so my sister's full name is literally just my parents' middle names. (Should also mention that my dad hates his middle name, and begged my mom to name her anything else, but he wasn’t there for the birth, so she just did what she wanted.)
My brother and dad share a first name, but he couldn’t be a junior due to our sister…so his full name is just the two most popular boy names for his birth year. (Again, dad wasn’t there to protest the name)
By the time I was born, my parents had run out of names (and ways to incorporate their own names). My mom was going to name me after her grandfather, but I’m a girl, so that ruined that plan. She then tried to name me Sarah Elizabeth after one of her relatives (she also toyed with Katie Elizabeth), but my dad (who was actually there for once lol) wanted Elizabeth for my first name and disliked the other name ideas. Seeing as one of my mom’s best friends was named Elisabeth, she agreed. Problem was, the hospital wouldn’t let me leave without a middle name. He (and my sister claims it was originally her idea) called her up and pitched a name after he took my siblings home. My mom didn’t like it (it was the same name as one of her childhood bullies) but she figured it was the last chance my dad would have to name one of his kids, so she allowed it.
So basically, my sister’s name is just our parents' middle names, my brother shares a first name with our dad, and I’m named after my mom's best friend and a childhood bully. Report Final score: 0points Elizabeth POST #25 I am female, but was named after all men. My Dad's middle name is Martin, hence Martina, and my great grandfather's name was Maximilian. My uncle was named after him (Max) so I got the middle name Max too. I love my name. My initials are MMM Report Final score: 0points Martina Moreau POST #26 Matt A, and Matt B were already taken. Report Final score: 0points Matt C POST #27 I was named after a Cassidy. Report Final score: 0points SheamusFanFrom1987 POST #28 My name is Ituah (ee-too-ah), it is a Shian Indian name that means "strong and sturdy oak".... but I'm not Shian Indian. My parents just liked it Report Final score: 0points Johnny Rodriguez POST See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #29 Depends which parent you ask. My mother will say I was named after a royal; my dad will say his ex girlfriend. They have both passed and I still am not sure if my dad was joking or not. My middle name is just a random name that went well with my first name. Report Final score: 0points Benita Valdez POST Tabitha Harleston Tabitha Harleston Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 month ago I was the third child and my mom wanted all her children name to begin with "T". So she is in labor with me and is watching television and what comes on "Bewitched". Her ah ha moment and that's how I got the name Tabitha. Most people would ask if that's where I got my name and if I could wiggle my nose like the character. My response was "I wish I could" and to make a joke I would try, Lol. 0 0points reply Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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