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Re: OT naming customs

From:Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...>
Date:Monday, December 17, 2001, 2:42
On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Dan Jones wrote:

> Also, what's the story behind people's names on the list? Are you named > after family members, or otherwise??
My first name, Tristan, is just a name my parents both liked. My mother's first choice for my name was `Felix', but my father hated that. (Some believe that the fact that there was a chance of me being named `Felix' is enough to account for my oddities ;)* ). She was, however, allowed to name my youngest sister `Felicity'. My middle name, Alexander, was my paternal great-grandfather's name. My older sister's middle name, Grace, was our paternal great-grandmother's name. No prizes for guessing where my surname came from. My youngest brother's middle name, Robert, is my father's first name. His second middle name, Colin, was his father's first name. Dad was the youngest child. And that tradition continues for a few generations. All (3) male children in our family have first names ending in -an; all female (2) children have first names ending in -y. My younger brother has the most anomylous name, as he was not named after anyone as far as I know. * _Felix the Cat_ is an umm.... very odd cat... Tristan

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