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I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT MY PARENTS NAMED ME AFTER A TOY !!!!

— Yo-Yo Ma

My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.

— ASAP Rocky

“Her parents could have named her Aria, or Harmonia, or Tessitura, or a hundred other clever names that would have alluded to her ancestry.…

— Adi Rule

It’s a good thing my parents named me Jon because that’s what everyone calls me.

— Jon Foreman

Warsan means "good news" and Shire means "to gather in one place". My parents named me after my father's mother, my grandmother. Growing up,…

— Warsan Shire

I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons on the wall, they knocked the…

— Bil Keane

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

A coach I had in Spain, Scott Roth, he used to call me Zinger. He would yell at me all the time, 'Zinger!' It's…

— Kristaps Porzingis

When someone gives you a nickname, it means your special to that person. -Reader's Digest

— YANIE-MyPrecious

I think you can tell a great deal from a name. For me, there are certain names that I hear, and I think, 'Urgh.'…

— Katie Hopkins

“I’m Briana Fallon. Do you have a conventional first name, too, or did your parents anticipate your future academic achievements when they picked your…

— Marko Kloos

When Andrew [Ridgeley] first met my family, he heard my mom calling me "Yorgos." He just abbreviated it to Yog, and unfortunately it stuck.…

— George Michael