After Quote by Julie Andrews

I was named after my mother's maiden name.

— Sprague Grayden

Named after my mother.

— Bonnie Raitt

My mother and I have always had a very close relationship, so I wanted to honor my mom by naming my daughter Julia as…

— Lacey Chabert

I was named after my paternal grandmother, my dadi. She died before I was born, which is why my parents named me Amy.

— Amyra Dastur

I was named Margaret Yvonne. Margaret because my mother was very fond of one of the derivatives of the name. She was fascinated at…

— Yvonne De Carlo

My mother used to paper pictures from movie magazines on the wall of her bedroom. When I was born, she looked at those pictures…

— Loretta Lynn

My sister's name is Jacqueline. And my parents originally wanted to name me Catherine, but they thought it would get a little bit confusing…

— Rachel Zegler

All the women that are first born daughters in my family are named Mary, but we've all been given nicknames. I don't know how…

— Mamie Gummer

I was named for my grandmother. It's an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things.

— Stana Katic

I was named after my two uncles. Roger Lee and Richard Allen. They simply changed the spelling to Leigh-Allyn to make it more feminine.

— Leigh-Allyn Baker

There was a woman in Elizabeth I's court that happened to have the same family name as me.

— Natalie Dormer

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

— Lisa Jewell