Why do I have this name?

[billramp]

My step-daughter is named Dawn.......she was born at Dawn...nice and simple

If I had applied that logic, my daughters would have been called Middle-of-the-Night and Lunchtime.

Yes jen....I like that... would make it easier for generations to come to look up their ancestry with unique forenames!!

[genjen]

It's funny, isn't it, that we call our offspring April, May and June but don't seem so keen on February or November?

[billramp]

It's funny, isn't it, that we call our offspring April, May and June but don't seem so keen on February or November?

in uk they are springtime names.....new life etc with all the flowers springing up..hopefully!!   unlike the dull winter months??

[Just Kia]

I know of a lady named October and a couple of Autumns.

[Erato]

I knew an October also and she had an appropriate surname to go with it [which I won't mention because she might still be alive].

[ajf25]

don't know where they got the Nesta - its the welsh version of Agnes

Nesta you've just solved a problem for me.    I have an Agnes who went by the name of Nesta in my tree, who I'd disregarded as I wasn't sure whether they were the same person.

So big thank yous     

Alison

[ajf25]

When my mum was having my younger sister, whether she was having twins was being questioned. My older sister thought it would be appropriate they be named Percy and Strawberry, after two pet calves. Thankfully, she was only one and common sense prevailed. 

Alison     

[nestagj]

My pleasure Alison - was it a welsh family ?  I say big thank yous every so often as I would have hated to have been called Agnes - by the way there was also a famous welsh princess called Nesta and Bob Marley was rally called Robert Nesta Marley.............the other choice for me was Elliw after my mother's aunt ..........I definitely prefer Nesta !
N

[ajf25]

No Nesta, no Welsh blood anywhere, but obviously they knew of the tradition.

Alison