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Great-grandfather

Actress for my middle name & Mom was looking for something to go with it & my then 9 year old brother had a crush on a Susan, so I was named after two people, kinda & for vastly different reasons.

My Hebrew name is my dad's dead cousin Hebrew name, my English name is Joshua.

I am named after the first actor to portray a private investigator.

Middle name is after my great uncle (my maternal grandmother's brother) who was a fighter pilot in WWII. Sadly, he was shot down on what would have been his last mission anyway.

Russian Thunder

My dad wanted to name me after Linus Pauling the famous chemist, but my mom wasn't so fond of that so they went with Bradley instead:)

Sigmund Freud

My father

My middle name is for my uncle, who was killed by his wife's crazy ex..

Uncle Ronny.

My parents. My first and middle names have the first letter of my parents first names.

Jesus

Alexander the Great.

I was named after a gal that my parents went to high school with.

I was named after the wife of a famous author.

A musical composition.

I was named after my father, so I'm Thomas D. Laney, Jr. My son is Thomas III, and his son is Thomas IV. And Tom III is going to make little Thomas IV promise to name his first son Thomas V, but that will be enough. We don't need more than five generations in our dynasty! I just wish that Thomas IV and the eventual Thomas V could have met my Dad. He was a wonderful man. He died in June 2007, and Tom III and I were with him when he passed. ❤️

My grandfather. It is a tradition in the Greek culture to name your first child after the parent of the father, the second after the parent of the mother, or name them after a saint. Since I was the first child, I was named after my father's father.

Nope, but my middle name was my dads first name.

I am named after my father who in turn was named after his father. My son carries on this tradition as he is named after me.

My grandfather and great grandfather.

My middle name is my maternal grandmother's first name and my paternal grandmother's middle name.

I'm named Donald after my grandfather, a hardworking man who went from dirt floors as a child with not even a high school education, to working three jobs just to get him and his family by, to owning numerous businesses and fulfilling the American dream. A man who got 4 (or fewer) hours of sleep a night just to support my grandmother and mother and uncles whilst working three jobs. The hardest working man I know.

My middle name is Russell, which is after my great grandfather, a man that took the role of a father figure for my father after my father's father walked out on his family. A man that was always there for my father and made sure he and his brothers had a father figure role throughout their childhood. A man that I sadly never had the opportunity to meet, but I'm proud to be named after.

I'm proud to be named after two great men. Hardworking, honest men that sacrificed greatly for family and loved unconditionally.

Middle name was after Lawrence Durrell, a novelist and poet.

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A member of Duran Duran haha

I was named after I came out of the womb, and not a moment before.

One of Jesus's apostles. My middle name is after a family friend.

After my maternal great grandfather, who in turn was named after a 19th century American Statesman from New England.

An vintage movie actor from the 30's-40's

My maternal grandma.

I was named Brandon because apparently its a bold name. I dont see how it's bold but ill take it.

I was named after my uncle who was killed in a plane crash.

Old Testament prophet

Two grandfathers.

Someone from the New Testament.

Actor, "Brandon" deWilde.

An actor, Governor and President.

I always say I was named after Abraham Lincoln, which I was.
Because everyone is named after anyone who was named before.

My great great grandfather and a family friend who was also our doctor and saved by older brothers life.

Historical figure and family member (first & middle names respectively).

Biblical prophet

Not that I know of.

Scientist

My dad and grandpa