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Hi!
My full name is Tom Jiao Deng. Just got Tom as my first name less than a year. When applying to Uottawa, my wife suggested me to have a English name because it would be easier for my Canadian classmates and professors to call me.  I thought that made sense. She then said, "Since my English name is Jerry, why don't you call yourself Tom." I agreed since between us she always was the smaller and smarter one.

Jiao is my actual first name, it means mountains.

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What is the meaning of Basima ?

Basima is baby girl name mainly popular in the Arabic language. Bassima means :(Happiness, Laughter, Joy and Delight)

My Mom is the one who choose the name for me. She told me that she wanted me to have a happy life.

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My full name is Danielle Renee Mitchell. Some of my closest friends affectionately call me Danny.  Though I've asked my parents before how Danielle was chosen, my Mom says Danielle wasn't the name they had planned and it came to her unexpectedly after birth. Renee is named after my Grandfather on my Mother's side. Who is French/ Acadian from New Brunswick. Strangely enough my Father took my Grandma's last name; Mitchell instead of his fathers last name; Antonoochi which would have been very Italian sounding!
I used to wish my middle name would have been replaced with my first name, however, as I have gotten older I have learned to accept and love my name.

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My name actually has a religious origin. I am named after a prominent figure in Islamic history, descending from the Prophet Muhammad. Rukaya is his great-granddaughter. All of my siblings are actually named after this family. My middle name is actually legally "Youssef" after my father's name. I think that is more of a cultural thing. I love my name and I love to learn about the deep history behind my name.

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My name is Karalee Susanne Stevens and my name has always been a point of interest for people around me and who meet me.
Upon looking up my name multiple times in high school, it means "good friend" which I've been told is true (and think so too).

I am the middle child and so my mom got to name me herself (both my parents named my older brother and my dad got to name my younger sister). The story behind my first name is that my mom had a pen pal back in high school and her pen pal had a best friend named Karalee. My mom LOVED that name and kept it in her mind for later. When I was born, my mom had to choose between Kimberly and Karalee... and now you know what she chose.

She never let people call me by a nick name and I was told that as a baby someone tried to call me Kara and she snapped and told them "her name is Karalee". I've never been able to respond to anything but my full name or the nick name I got in high school (Skittles)

My middle name is Susanne, named after my mother and my last name is Dutch I believe?

I was in a full French school my entire life and so my name has always been seen as very anglophone.

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Hey everyone!
My name is Joseph Knappers, but everyone is welcome to call me Joe. I was named after my great grandfather, Joseph Wilderspin. He was a pivotal figure in his community and I am quite honoured to be named after him. My family is incredibly close so it is important to me that I carry the name well.

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Hello! My full name is Venetia Sophia Olson.

My first name, Venetia, stems from “Venezia” or the location Venice, Italy. It is pronounced “Ve-knee-sha”. Growing up, I was often called V, Vene, Nesha and Venish.

My middle name was chosen simply because it was a favourite name of my mother’s.

My last name, Olson,  stems from “Thordolson”, which is my family's Icelandic  name.

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My mother chose my name, Benjamin, for me because she believed it was a "strong" name. She and my father had known I was going to be born male for months prior, so given the time they never considered any other name.
In traditional Judaism (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong; this was told to me a decade ago), Ben is the name given to a family's oldest son. It is also apparently Hebrew for "Son of the South". I have an older brother Jack. We are not Jewish. I got beef from my Jewish high school friend for this.
Every place on the planet I've ever lived has at least 1 person living there who thinks I've never been called "Ben Nipple".
That doesn't take long to come out lol

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My full is Bruce George Joseph Christopher Thompson. I am a third, sort of. My dad and grandfather were also named Bruce, but they had no middle names. George is my other grandfather's name and him and I share a birthday. Joseph and Christopher are just some classic catholic additions. Bruce is Scottish and when I looked it up in grade 5 it meant "thick bush". Not sure why that is so but my girlfriend found it hilarious and ironic considering all of the religious connotations behind my middle names. My last name is actually made up. My great grandfather was named Robert Greenhorn and when he immigrated from Scotland he got into a fight with someone over his last name and so he was forced to change it so he randomly went with Thompson.

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I was called Amy because my mom loved the name - she wanted something short that couldn't be turned into a bunch of nicknames. I'm French Canadian on my dad's side, and he liked that the French version of Amy (Aimee) because it means "beloved". My last name is Champagne. My paternal ancestors came to Canada in 1665 and their 'nom-de-guerre' was Beaugrand di Champagne because they were from the Champagne region in France. Eventually the Beaugrand dropped off and it became Champagne.

I like my name. Amy isn't very common, and I went from kindergarten to grade 6 without ever having another Amy in my school. But unlike my mom, I wish it was easier to turn into a nickname! My sister calls me Ames sometimes... LOL

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I think my first and last name are of british origin (my heritage is kind of a mess through adoption). My mom wanted a name that could have multiple nicknames associated with it. Most people call me Gill, but I've had Gilly, Gill ( with a soft G), Gillybilly, Gillybean, Billy etc. I like all my nicknames and full name.  I just googled it now and my name means 'from the gods'.

I think I suit my name really well.

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My name is Bint-e-Zehra Haider but most of my friends and family call me Zehra, BZ and sometimes Bin-tay.

My name means daughter of a flower if you translate it literally. Zehra was one of the names of the Prophet's daughter and my name is meant to mean that I am from her lineage and I am her daughter.

My paternal grandfather named me. My mom said she didn't like my name initially but it grew on her. I didn't like my name either. It was a very unique name and I had never met anyone with the same name as me until I got married. My husband's aunt has the same name. Now, I love my name!

My parents were not able to give me a middle name because I was born in Kuwait and when my parents went to register my name they said two names only (first and last). So, I don't have a middle name.

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So my first name doesn't have any family relevance, there was no real reason for choosing Melanie. One thing my mom did decide for my name and my 2 siblings' names, is that our names don't rhyme with a lot of other words. My name only rhymes with felony, not exactly great for when I had to write poems with my name in it in elementary school. I do love my name and don't know too many others with the name Melanie, especially around my age.

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My first name is Moira. It's the Irish form of Mary. My parents gave me this name because they liked how it sounded.

When I grew older, I started to learn more about my name. I learned that because the Fates from Greek mythology are called the Moirai, my name could also mean fate (which is much cooler if you ask me).

I have been frustrated with my name at many points in my life because a lot of people mispronounce it. The worst mispronunciation was at one of my jobs. My coworkers gave me a nickname based on the mispronunciation of my name which resulted in my boss spelling my name wrong on both my paycheque and nametag. I refused to wear the nametag. But now that Schitt's Creek has become popular and they have a character with my name in it and her name is almost always pronounced correctly (Eugene Levy says it properly), I've noticed that the mispronunciation is not as common.

My middle names, Jamie and Maureen, are family names. My dad's name is James and my mom had an aunt Maureen who passed away before I was born.

My last name, Western, can be traced back to a small town in England.

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My name is Sofia which has a greek origin meaning 'wisdom' however I am not greek.  I am part Italian and Polish so I was originally to be named Zofia which is a more common way of spelling in Italian.  However, my mom decided Sofia would be easier to pronounce.  Most people mix up my name with Sophie and always spell it as Sophia.  I am not sure where my last name comes from but most people call me Sof.

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My full name is Rachel Leslie Croft. I believe my mom named me Rachel just because she just liked the name, but my dad did not want to name me Rachel (my mom won that battle). Funny enough, one of the Friends season finales was on the night I was born, but I am not named after Rachel Green.

My middle name was my great-grandfather's name. My last name comes from my dad's side of the family and I think it is and English name for hill (that's what I've been told at least).

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My name is actually pronounced SAAH-RAAH. It's a Muslim name, named for the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) in the Quran. My parents are very devout Muslims (I grew up to be agnostic for personal reasons, though I still respect the Islam religion) and it was a big thing for them that their four daughters had very Islamic names (they actually changed my eldest sister's name when she was a daughter because of it).

As an adult, I'm ok with people calling me Sarah. After a while, I started growing tired of correcting people. I decided that my name didn't define my identity, my personality and character does. No matter what people call me, I'm still me.

Fatima, my middle name, was one of my paternal grandmother's names. All my sisters and my female cousins on my father's side all have that as our middle name.

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Teresa is the name my mother chose for me. She chose to name me after Mother Teresa of Calcutta. I am Latina and Teresa is also a Spanish name. My middle names are Maria and Yolanda. Those are also Spanish names.

There isn't really a story as to how I received my name. My mom and dad were sitting in the living room with my grandparents and they were discussing baby names. Then, my mom came up with the name.

Teresa is an interesting and unique name. I only know one other person with it. As a little girl, I associated my name with Barbie because Teresa is one of Barbie's best friends. I like having a name that is unusual.

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My name is Morgan, which is something I relate to neutrally. The name itself is fine, it means something along the lines of "sea captain". Having grown up in Alberta, I didn't really have any relationship to water or sailing. The way I got it is also underwhelming: my parents were watching the movie "Tombstone", which is a western. One of the characters is named Morgan, which my parents liked. My final review gives my name a 6/10. Not bad, but not particularly meaningful. (Ripe pickin' for nicknames though: Morganator, Mo, Momo, Mogus, Morgy, Morgo)

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My name is Jori El-Saikali (I'm the guy in the photo, I realized I don't take photos of myself so this is a photo my girlfriend took, she's on the right). My name is fairly unique and I've received compliments on it for it being unique. But it's a double edged sword, because "Jori" or "Jory" is actually usually associated as a females name. Usually my siblings and friends would make fun of me but I really don't mind because it's pretty funny.

As for what it means, honestly I don't know haha. My dad wanted to name me George but my mom didn't want a common name so George became Jori somehow haha.

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Hi there! My full name is Olivia Evelyn Macri. The picture above on the left is my namesake (well my middle-namesake). That is Evelyn, my grandma's best friend. So, that's how I got my middle name.

My first name is Olivia, which means olive or olive tree. My parents named me after Olivia de Havilland (pictured above on the right), an actress, not because they liked her but because they thought the name was beautiful.

My last name is Macri and it is Italian. My Nonno and Nonna immigrated from Reggio de Calabria (near Sicily) in the mid-1950s.

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I've never really been positive about the story behind how my parents picked my name. When I've asked they've told me they saw it in a newspaper and really liked it. Apparently it had been the name of some football coach, which would be ironic given that my path in life led me to be a football player for so many years.
Additionally, when I've looked up my name's meaning, thinking it would be something cool, I was a little let down. All my name means is "son of the gray-haired one." Which, again, is ironic considering my father went gray in his late 30s, early 40s.

My last name has really meant a lot to me honestly. It is the one I've carried on my back for close to 10 years. My family has been really important to me, especially having been away from home for so long, so Campbell has been a really important identifier for me.

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My full name is Shelby Concetta Mayer. My parents decided that my sister and I's first names would be a joint decision, that our middle names would originate from my Mom's side of the family, and that our last names would originate from my Dad's side of the family. That being said, my last name is my Dad's familial surname. My middle name is my Nonna's name (my mother's mother), and my first name... my parents just liked. The only thing that my parents wanted mine and my sister's first names to be was different (my sister's name is Paxton). My Mom's name is Susan and my Dad's is Paul, which were both very common names during their school years. I often get asked if I'm named after Julia Roberts' character in Steel Magnolias or, more often than not, if I'm named after the car (hence the picture :)).

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My full name is Nicholas Ronald Anthony Lencz. Nicholas after jolly St. Nick, and because my mother has always loved that name, although I am only called Nicholas by anyone when my mother is mad at me. Ronald after my father and Anthony after his father. My last name has a similar story to Diane's maiden name. My great-grandfather came from Hungary and changed his last name from Liencze to Lencz because he was tired of people mispronouncing it (although People still do). I was almost called Erika, until just a few weeks before my birth, my parents were expecting a girl

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My full name is Amanda Naa Asheley Larbie. My dad gave me the name Amanda after an actress on his favourite show at the time - (Coronation Street I think ?)
I used to hate that name because it was so common. However, once I found out the meaning I grew to love it. It means "worthy of love" which has been a great reminder for me in difficult times. I even plan on getting that phrase tattooed soon!
My middle name is based on my dad's cultural background - for his family background Naa means queen and Asheley is the pre-given name given for the first born daughter in his family lineage.

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I was raised Jewish, and in the Jewish religion it is common to name your children after a relative that has passed. I was named after my maternal grandfather, who had passed a year before I was born. His name was Murray, but commonly went by his middle name 'Moshe'.

My parents were not in love with the name of Murray or Moshe, so they went with the name Mitchell (not sure why that name exactly honestly) and gave me the middle name Moshe, in order to keep with the M.M style of my grandfather.

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My name does have biblical origin. It comes from the Hebrew name Yeshua (or something similar). I don't completely remember the story, its been a while since I've been in Sunday school. But I believe the person who's name mine is based on was an Israelite who helped Moses's people find the promise land. In the story he has a friend named Caleb, I also had a friend named Caleb growing up and it was a little fun fact our parents like to throw around.

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Hi Everyone!
My name is Ghenwa, which in Arabic is defined as a song, or richness.
My parents had actually decided on my name when they were engaged, before they even planned on having children.
My last name is quite lengthy, and both my parents background are Lebanese!

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My mother actually chose my name when she was watching the (terrible) 1995 movie Batman Forever. My name is Chayse, and was named after Nicole Kidman's character "Dr. Chase Meridian". My mother says that at the time, she wanted me to grow up looking like Nicole Kidman, and to be a doctor, I am neither... She also added the 'y' to the name because she thought it would make it more 'feminine'. I guess it didn't work because people always assume I am male before they meet me.
When I was younger I hated the name because it was a traditionally 'male' name, but I have grown to love it because of its uniqueness!

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My full name is Francesca Elizabeth Giulia Elia, apparently my parents really like long names. My dad's family is Italian, and the name Francesca is derived from a Latin word meaning "French or free one". Up until I was 10 I had no idea how to spell Giulia and thought my middle name was Julia, apparently no one in my family felt the need to correct my spelling.

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When I was born my parents had not come up with a name for me yet. It wasn’t until after two weeks of them calling me “baby” that my grandmother suggested the name Brittney. My parents really liked it so they went with it. They spelt it with two “T’s” on my birth certificate which I later learned was a mistake and they intended to only have 1 “T.” I love the unique spelling though! I didn’t when I was younger because I could never find any trinkets with the right spelling.

The Robinson is my new last name that I just changed last friday when I married my husband who’s last name is Robinson! Our daughter is very excited to all have the same last name.

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My full name is Samantha Patricia Berry.

It is rare that people call me Samantha, I find it too formal so I prefer Sam which most people in my life call me. I actually wasn't named until I was born because I have a twin sister named Madison and my parents had only chosen one girl name!! I really love the name Sam/Sammy and find it fits my personality perfectly. My middle name comes from my dad's grandmother, who I never had the pleasure of meeting because she passed away when my dad was young. I am grateful to carry on her name :)

I also love my last name! Not quite sure of the origin but I think it's cute. Bonus is that it is easy to spell and remember!

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My full name is Wyatt James DeNeve. The name "Wyatt" means "brave in war" and is derived from the medieval english name Wyot. This was interesting to find out as I had never known the true meaning of the name Wyatt and where it was originated from, myself! I've asked my parents why they decided to change the name Wyatt before. Their answer to this is that they wanted to give me a name that was not to common and in a way unique. I find this funny though as growing up I played hockey with another boy my age also named Wyatt. To this day though it is the only other Wyatt I have met.

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My first name Ryan comes from my mom's childhood best friend, who had the last name Ryan. I believe it means young prince or something similar, it's Irish. My middle name Christopher is my dad's first name (but he goes by his middle name, Scott). My last name Handler comes from my grandfather who immigrated from Germany after WW2, it's a Jewish-German last name!

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My name is Rahma Arab. I'm originally from Libya but I was born in Syria, during my parents' late honeymoon. In Arabic, my name means "mercy" or "the merciful." My parents decided to name me Rahma after I was delivered because my mother had a super fast and easy delivery.
I love my name as it also describes my personality. I know that it is hard to pronounce my name in English because the "h" pronunciation in Arabic has a different sound.

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My full name is Eric Robert Duguay, but I go by Eric. I don't believe there is any specific cultural meaning to my name. However, my parents told me that my older brother kept saying "Eric" when my mom was pregnant, and they chose this as my name.

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First name means someone who lived by cultivated land. Last name is Irish origin Finnikin, my great great great great grand mother was owned by slave Master name Finnikin. Don’t know the story and I’m still digging.

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My full name is actually Yetimossi Mallavi, but everyone (including my family) calls me Yeti. The name means "You belong to me" in my father's language, who was from the Central African Republic. I was almost called 'Marde (pronounced marday)' but my mom suggested against it because we lived in Quebec and she figured that kids might try to tease me and call me 'merde' instead.

Coincidentally I would still get kind of teased because as soon as I introduce myself as Yeti many people always ask me 'Oh like Sasquatch?' I've grown to love my name and all it's iterations and would never change it.