Father Quote by Tom Riddle

My mother was murdered by my step-father, my brother's father, who was also named Joel, twenty-five years ago. Whatever sadness or burden I've been…

— Natasha Trethewey

I was named after my mother's maiden name.

— Sprague Grayden

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 my parent's first child, Joanna Catherine Going, named for my great-great grandmother Catherine, and my father's maternal aunt Johanna Burke, and bearing…

— Joanna Going

As for my family, my father was Danel; he died as a mercenary in the southern wars," Han went on. "My mother's name was…

— Cinda Williams Chima

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

— Kaya Scodelario

My childhood name that my father gave me, my mother, my grandmother, grandfather, family and friends all call me T.I.P.

— T.I

My parents' names were Florian and Mabel Smith. My mother's maiden name was Dersam. They were of German heritage and were part of a…

— Paul Smith

For one year, I was Keith Mitchell Coogan on my headshots. The next year, I was just Keith Coogan. And I have gone by…

— Keith Coogan

My mother died of cystic fibrosis before I knew her. I was two years old, and I don't remember her. I do remember, though,…

— John Lloyd Young

My great-great-grandfather lived to age 28, my immigrant great-grandfather Pedro Gotiaoco died at 66, my grandfather was 68, and my father died at 34.

— John Gokongwei

My stepmother Precious Martin, my biological mother Felicia Winn, and my grandmother Kathy Winn are the three main ladies of my life.

— Deebo Samuel