Celebrate your name Question 1
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I'm named after both of my grandmothers, but my parents were told to Americanize everything, so I became Mary Frances rather than Maria Franceska. If I would have had another daughter, I would have named her Maria Franceska because I like that better than my name!
My names are my own. My father's first name is his uncle's who passed away as a child and his middle name is my grandmother's maiden name. I grew up with the belief that people should have a name of their own. I don't know much else about my own name except that my Dad chose it.
I was working on this last night:
Diedra, Deirdre Dierdre, Dedre, Deidra, Derdriu, Derdre, or Derdriu
is the foremost tragic heroine in Irish/Celtric/Gaelic mythology, Deirdre of the Sorrows.
Meaning:
Sorrow, Grief, Broken Hearted
There are several variations of the old myth but they all shared the same common theme. A beautiful woman, born on a night of a full moon night, promised in marriage to a King , hopelessly in love with another man and ending quite tragically. The heroine of a tragic Irish legend. Deirdre, the betrothed of the king of Ulster, eloped with one of the three sons of Uisneach. All three sons were slain by the king and his henchmen
while Deirdre was unharmed and left to mourn them.
She either dies of a broken heart or commits suicide.
Mom said she had read this legend and loved the name. When I was born she couldn’t remember how to spell it, so the nurse and she came up with the spelling.
I’ve always said nurses and doctors can’t spell.
Why she chose a name for me that quite literally translates to sorrow is beyond me. It's not that I dislike my name, in fact it is quite the opposite. I just dislike the meaning.
I have talked several people out of naming their children after me.
Please don’t name your child something that means sorrow.
I have had a very sorrowful life.
It fits the name.
Diedra, Deirdre Dierdre, Dedre, Deidra, Derdriu, Derdre, or Derdriu
is the foremost tragic heroine in Irish/Celtric/Gaelic mythology, Deirdre of the Sorrows.
Meaning:
Sorrow, Grief, Broken Hearted
There are several variations of the old myth but they all shared the same common theme. A beautiful woman, born on a night of a full moon night, promised in marriage to a King , hopelessly in love with another man and ending quite tragically. The heroine of a tragic Irish legend. Deirdre, the betrothed of the king of Ulster, eloped with one of the three sons of Uisneach. All three sons were slain by the king and his henchmen
while Deirdre was unharmed and left to mourn them.
She either dies of a broken heart or commits suicide.
Mom said she had read this legend and loved the name. When I was born she couldn’t remember how to spell it, so the nurse and she came up with the spelling.
I’ve always said nurses and doctors can’t spell.
Why she chose a name for me that quite literally translates to sorrow is beyond me. It's not that I dislike my name, in fact it is quite the opposite. I just dislike the meaning.
I have talked several people out of naming their children after me.
Please don’t name your child something that means sorrow.
I have had a very sorrowful life.
It fits the name.
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My middle names - Anne and Elizabeth were from her 2 favorite aunts.
Melanie
My middle names - Anne and Elizabeth were from her 2 favorite aunts.
Melanie
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I like Darcy better than Suzanna, but when I was growing up I never found anything personalized because my name is unusual. I also answer to Marcy a LOT!
Mom wanted to name me Suzanna so all of us would have the intials SS. Somehow my dad won out and my name is Darcy.
I like Darcy better than Suzanna, but when I was growing up I never found anything personalized because my name is unusual. I also answer to Marcy a LOT!
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