Late Quote by Hoagy Carmichael

I was named after my mother's maiden name.

— Sprague Grayden

When I was born, my mother didn't know what to name me. Eventually she named me after Thom Yorke.

— Thom Yorke

My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.

— Nancy Grace

Named after my mother.

— Bonnie Raitt

People tell me I have to follow in the footsteps of my mom and grandfather, but it's a lot of pressure. I can't really…

— Selah Louise Marley

My mom raised me on her own, so I decided to take her name 'cause she was my mom and my dad.

— Kaya Scodelario

Pity the mother who assumes the name without being all this implies!

— Amos Bronson Alcott

For 50 years my father worked for the railroad.

— Harold Evans

I am the oldest of three girls and the only one not named after one of my father's ex-girlfriends.

— Lisa Jewell

My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert Horton Foote, named…

— Horton Foote

People named their kids after me!

— Chad Everett

So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine, who gave him…

— George J. Mitchell