Names after famous people/singers/musicians?

[tattoo_mama]

Hi all

We have had babys name picked since i was about 3 months pg (Jade) but have been undecided on middle names....every name i like DP doesnt like and vice versa.

We had a name picked out for a boy (which it isnt) which was Noah Davis, we both liked Noah and Davis was after Jonathan Davis from the band Korn...my favourite band and i have 2 large Korn tattoos....anyway....

DP and i both like Devin Townsend (a singer from band Strapping young lad and other solo projects) and we are now thinking Jade Devin would be nice for our future DD.

What id like to know is if any of you have named your kids after famous singers, actors, etc, or if you were named after someone famous and how its affected them/you....and also what you think of the name weve picked (she will be taking DPs surname, Arbon)

thanks

[tattoo_mama]

oh and BTW the singer Devin is a guy but we thought Jade Devin sounds nice and balanced, not too girly or too tomboy ish??

[Papillon]

Yep...

*sighs* lol

We named our son after a very well known V8 Super car driver ....

Now, it suits him to a T, everywhere we go we get such good response and people love it. But 80% of the time, people know where it has come from, which frustrates me BUT my Mr loves....

It was my own fault as to how it happened... lol

But honestly, i do love it and we havent had anything bad of it yet. It is different, strong and suits him!

I have already decided if our next is a girl one of her middle names will be 'Dixie' after the Dixie Chicks as i just LOVE them! lol

As for your names... i love them all... and they have meaning for you guys and thats all that matters! Jade Devin is gorgeous AND, (i am obsessed with this) you can call her J.D for shirt

[Lisa]

Yep... my eldest DS was named after Jimi Hendrix & Eddie Vedder

[smiles4u]

I know someone whom named her twin girl's Ava & Sofia ... after actress Ava Gardner & Sofia Loren

My DD has a friend who is named Ned after Ned Kelly !!

I wanted to name my DD's middle name Desire after the U2 song Desire but she already had two middle names

(Not the same topic ... but i met someone many years ago who had named his 7th child Sara Lee after the frozen desserts ... no kidding )

[Arimeh]

We were going to call DS "Reznor" after Trent Reznor cos both me and DH are HUGE Niners fans.

However my kiwi friend at work pronounced it Riznah - and yup - turned me off.

Not exactly the same - but our dogs name is keenan - after the most gorgeous vocalist of Tool

[smiles4u]

OMG Mel ... Keenan ... you are the 1st i have ever heard to mention that name ... Way back in 1986 (me thinks) was watching MTV as we all did back then ,,, and one night there on the TV screen was the most gorgeous looking African-American ... needless to say his name was Keenan ... and yeh, it was on my boy's list when pregnant (along with every other boy's name starting with a "K", LOL)

... Might have to name a pet it too

[tattoo_mama]

Arimeh thats cool as!!
i was a bit annoyed when i first found out we were having a girl cause i was so dead set on Davis lol, jonathan davis just makes me melt

[danniellabella]

If our DD was a boy she was going to be named Ayrton (after the late F1 driver Ayrton Senna)

[Taurean]

I was named after one of my parents favourite artists in the 70's - Renee Gayer. They just decided to remove the 'r' from my middle name which I hated as a teenager - for obvious reasons!! In saying that, Gaye didn't have the meaning it has now back in the 70's, it meant happy and I am a very happy person so it really does suit.

Makes me laugh thinking about my parents choosing my name though...they weren't full on hippies but I do have images of them in my head sitting around the record player (remeber those things?!), sharing a joint thinking in a spaced out way 'wow, that's a beautiful name'. LOL!

PS: I should point out, they weren't smokers - well not that I'm aware of anyway!

[tattoo_mama]

taurean -thats what they tell you!
my brothers name is tom after david bowies major tom....major stoners more like it haha

[mrsmac]

DH is Daniel afetr the Elton John song!