v8roadworrier reblogged
normalize asking 'who gave it to you?' after complimenting someone's name
they might go into a story about how their aunt on their dad's side had this cool experience that inspired their name, or they might joyfully say 'meee!!' or they might just laugh and tell you their mom did. many such delightful possibilities
you fools. this post is an opportunity to share your cool name stories. i say this as a person with a really boring name story. the most interesting thing about my name is that it gets mistaken for another, more common name with a similar spelling
i knew it. you've all got cool names
by god we've done it
we found the One True Yuri
#my parents just kinda went ''i guess that's a nice name'' for my 1st#but for my middle name- my dad wanted me named after his mom; but my mom & her did *not* get along#so instead she lied and said she had a dream from ~the goddess~ that the baby should be named after her#my dad believed her and that's why my middle name is diane!!#and later i picked rana because it means frog :)#q