Named after a world event

[KathMc]

I have a stepbrother who named his daughter Dallas, as he is a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. 

[w105uk aka Margi :-)]

don't think any major event occurred

was probably named after the younger Princess

which is a relief 
I could have been named after the annual event

Grouse 

born on 'The Glorious 12th' 

[rancegal]

We used to have a lovely old neighbour whose middle name was Verdun

  Good job they didn't call you 'Glorious' either, Margi

[acceber]

I have seen people with the surname 'Mafeking' on freebmd when looking for my ancestors. They seem to have been named after the seige in the second boer war of 1900 which made Baden-Powell a hero.

Have also see people with the first name 'Lloyd' and the middle name 'George' after the prime minister.

acceber

[locksmith]

Pity the poor souls named after subsequently fallen stars. ANy gary Glitters or OJ Simpsons out there?

[stonechat]

Remember a Victor from schooldays who was born on Nov 11th

[gig]

hi
thankfully my mam got her own way and name me after an astronaught ,if my dad had had his way i would have been called
kirk after captain kirk from star trek  and you did not want a name like kirk in my school  ,my middle name is my dads first name his middle name is my grandads first name my grandad was name after one of his mums brothers killed in ww1 ,but first and second names switched round , im the first eldest male for 4 generations not to have frederick in thier name

acceber i to have a rellie with mafeking as a middle name
william mafeking mugglestone bn 1900 stonebroom

i carnt imagine middle names from places in todays war becoming very popular  john basra doe
gig

[Suffolk Mawther]

Gig,

Captain Kirk eh?

When we rehomed our little dog six years ago that's exactly what his name was, he was known as Kirkie!

He was renamed Jack by our family, which he responded to with great enthusiasm - I think even he was not happy being named thus!

sorry - I am wandering off the topic 

SM ...

[toni*]

if my dad had had his way i would have been called
kirk after captain kirk from star trek  and you did not want a name like kirk in my school 

my brother in law is called Kirk he is 25 and my friends brother is called Kirk also he is 36.