Did you name your kid or pet after a character or (Read 529 times)

[fluffysmom]

Am I the only person who has a child or pet named for a character or actor on Days? Past or present.

My oldest daughter is named after a Catholic saint, Monica and my youngest daughter is Samantha. We call her Sami. My husband actually chose the name cause he thinks Ali is hot! Yesterday I asked him if we ever have a boy if we could name him Lucas, NO was the reply. I don't think he'd go with Jay either. We have too many friends named Jason. So am I the only crazy one?

[sportsgirl]

My daughter's first name is Corinne, from the prime time show Soap and her middle name is Hope... guess where that one came from? ;D

[fluffysmom]

Apr 15, 2011 21:53:13 GMT -5 sportsgirl said:

My daughter's first name is Corinne, from the prime time show Soap and her middle name is Hope... guess where that one came from? ;D

I remember watching Soap as a kid. Love it! Sami's middle name is Mary for her 2 Grandmas.

[mikey]

I have a pug named Dexter, and I keep saying that if I get another one, I'm naming it either Stefano or Marlena!

[Kpatch]

I have a friend whose daughter is named Sami and son is named Eric. But it's just a coincidence. She doesn't watch Days.

[fluffysmom]

Thats quite a coincidence considering those characters are twins!

[Tom Horton]

I have a cousin named Roman. His mother is the one that first got me watching Days when I was a kid. Roman has an older brother named Shane too, but that is just coincidence because he was born before Shane Donovan ever arrived in Salem. Victor is on my own short list of boy names... not exactly because of Victor Kiriakis, but it doesn't hurt. I really like the name Lucas too (even if I wasn't so fond of the character), but I have a good friend who named her son Lucas (she isn't a Days fan) and wouldn't want to copy.

Great thread topic - names is an odd little interest of mine.

[MrsM]

If we have another boy (big if) the middle name will be Brady. But it will be after my after grandpa- everyone calls him Brady.

[addictedtodool]

Ha. Great thread. I named both my daughters after characters on Y&R...Nikki and Ashley. My Mom watched the CBS soaps. That was before I started watching Days. If I was many years younger and had to choose now, I would wish for a boy so I could name him Philip. Or better yet TWIN boys and the other would be Lucas.

[Sparkster]

What a great thread! I don't know if I am totally in love with any of the character names on Days to name my kids after them but my brother was always a big fan of Marlena. He and his wife named their daughter after her but they spelled it will all "a's" Marlana.

Some of the names I do like from the show are Roman, Isabella, and Sydney.

[Kpatch]

We actually have a member here whose name is Marlena! Maybe her mom was a fan.

[MrsM]

My best friend is Marlana. Not sure if her mom was a fan or not.

[sportsgirl]

hey, I work with a John..maybe? ;D hehehe

[rockfordfosgate]

Well, my newest daughter is named Ava...but my husband picked out the name and he had no idea there was ever an Ava on Days. I thought it was funny timing because we settled on the name the day before it was announced Tamara Braun was taking over as Taylor. But, overall, the name choice had nothing to do with Days....although I was highly contemplating Melanie, but my husband nixed it.

[meregillianf]

I'm named after a soap character! One Life To Live was my mom's "story", and my dad thought that Meredith Lord was just beautiful! It's cute to think of my dad "shipping" in some small way. Guess mom wasn't too jealous , 'cuz she went with it!? Here I sit, a 41 yr-old "Meredith". (Although she went by "Merrie" which I personally can not stand. I like "Mere" for short... pronounced like a female horse, "mare".)

I just looked it up, and he was Vickie's younger sister and an original cast member of the show. The character was on from 1968-'73 when she died of a brain hemorrhage after falling down the stairs. So soapy!