Were.....

[zylaphone]

Were you named after anyone?

[royfromaus]

A bloke who kicked a football about and appeared in a comic.

[Buenchico]

I was named after lots of people! Despite having been born in what was then the poorest borough in the country (London's Limehouse), and having worked ''in service', my mother was always a bit of a snob. (I think that Hyacinth Bucket was modelled upon her!).

So, when she heard on the radio that the most popular name given to boys in the year before I was born, as recorded in the birth announcements of "the top people's newspaper" (as she saw it, i.e. The Times) was Christopher, my name was automatically decided upon for her ;-)

[ummmm]

No. I had to be rushed to the special care unit. A midwife named me and it just stuck.

[Buenchico]

>>> A bloke who kicked a football about and appeared in a comic.

Have you still got the long blonde hair though, Roy?
https://ibb.co/2ZS5Z0J

;-)

[Buenchico]

>>> A midwife named me and it just stuck

I'm pleased that I wasn't named that way!

'Bloody-hell-what-a-monstrosity' would have been far too long for me to fill in as my forename on forms ;-)

[zylaphone]

My husband was named after his late uncle who who a tail gunner in the war, Roland, fortunately he is known a Tom

[Jackdaw33]

My mother worked at Marks and Spencers. Guess what my real name is.

[royfromaus]

Eric?

[Jackdaw33]

No?

[Mamyalynne]

Michael.

[gulliver1]

Dick.

[pastafreak]

Both my elder sister and brother were given variations on our parents names. I think I was named after a state.

[Jackdaw33]

Mamya gets the cigar.

[bednobs]

pasta, my sister is an american ... a lot of her friends seem to name their children as an amalgamation of their first names. If i did that, my daughter would have an hilarious (for americans) name

[Jackdaw33]

Gully's brilliant wit shines through yet again.

[Everhelpful]

I was going to be named Oscar as my Dad said it was his best performance of the year when I was conceived.

[Buenchico]

The Oscars only happen once a year, Everhelpful ;-)

[wolf63]

I was told that I named after an aunt who resided in a lunatic asylum. I suspect that is not 100% true, but she was never mentioned and just seemed to vanish.

Little brother was named after his dad, grandad, great-grandad.etc etc

[Mamyalynne]

Thanks Jackdaw, I'll save it for later with my bedtime brandy.

[pastafreak]

So bednobs...even *more* hilarious than the majority of (modern day) American names? Yikes...