https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808 Write your name story. Here are some questions to think about to guide your story: How were you named? Are you named after someone? If so, whom? Why was your name selected? What does your name mean? en-us 2023-03-04 21:11:00 UTC 2023-03-15 01:27:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2512381318 My name is Joanna. My name is a combination of my father's name, Joseph or Joe, and my mother's name, Anna.  It's also a name that was used in one my parent's favorite songs, "When Joanna Loved Me."]]> 2023-03-10 22:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2512381318 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2512382251 My name is Karinne with a K. My mother didn't want me to be Co rinne so she changed the Co to Ka. ]]> 2023-03-10 22:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2512382251 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2512382645 My parents liked the name Pamela from a character on Dallas (the soap opera). My name means Honey Elf. ]]> 2023-03-10 22:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2512382645 dgrosso4 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2512386306 My name is Daniela Anna. I'm Italian and in my culture parents name their kids after their own parents. My mom found this to be "old fashioned" and my dad was fine with it. They put my middle name, Anna, after my paternal grandma. My first name was a name that my mom liked and told my dad that if I was a girl, my name would be Daniela.]]> 2023-03-10 22:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2512386306 cgarci89_2 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516891053 My parents are both from the Dominican Republic. I was born in Puerto Rico and raised between the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. Carlos is a very popular name in those three countries. On top of that my dad's nick name was Carlos. That's how my parents decided to name me Carlos. ]]> 2023-03-15 00:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516891053 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516891735 My mom gave me the name Lorna from one of her friends. Around the time I was named there were many people in my country (Jamaica) who had the same name. My name means "Fox".]]> 2023-03-15 00:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516891735 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516891964 I was named after my dad, who is also Rene (spelled with 1 "e" instead of 2). My 3 siblings and I all have the same initials, after my dad. My name means Reborn. ]]> 2023-03-15 00:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516891964 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516892324 My name is Angelly Nicole. Like most latin ppl I have two names and two last names, which make my name really long. My father name me after him, his name was Angel Nicolas, however my grandmother wanted to name me Angela Nicolasa and thank God my parents did not agree to it. I love my name specially after my father passing 8 years ago. It is a reminder of him that I get to have. ]]> 2023-03-15 00:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516892324 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516892896 My sister named me Jessica because she felt like It was an easy name to pronounce. She used to get frustrated on the way her name was pronounced so she made sure that I had an easy name. ]]> 2023-03-15 00:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516892896 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516893018 Odalys]]> 2023-03-15 00:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516893018 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516893507 2023-03-15 00:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516893507 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516894004 parents named me after a family friend who later babysat me 

meaning:victory of the people 

middle name: Milagros for being a premie (means miracle in Spanish)]]> 2023-03-15 00:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516894004 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516894357 My name is Jessica. My name was trendy in the 1990s. My parents decided to choose the most popular name and a name that doesn't change the pronunciation in English or Spanish. ]]> 2023-03-15 00:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516894357 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516894807 I go by Mili but my full name is Milagros (which means miracles in Spanish). I was supposed to be born on a Peruvian Catholic holiday that celebrates milagros (miracles) but I was a born a month earlier. So, my mom decided to keep the name because she liked it. ]]> 2023-03-15 00:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516894807 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516894960 My name is Dangely. I was named by my mother's nephew. It is a combination of both my parent's names. ]]> 2023-03-15 00:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516894960 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516895197 My name is Danielle Maria. My brother who is 10 years older than me chose my name. When driving through town, he read the sign for the pizzeria called "Daniela's" Pizzeria and told my mom she should name me Daniela. 
My family is Catholic and both my parents attended Catholic school - my Mom insisted I had a "religious name." ]]> 2023-03-15 00:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516895197 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516895729 My name means morning dew. And although, I love my name, it took me time and maturity like it. My father named me and according to him I was named the famous Spanish singer Rocio Durcal.]]> 2023-03-15 00:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516895729 wertheimer1 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516896349 My parents wanted to give me a name that was not very common, so they chose Veronica - no, it wasn't after the comic character :) My name means true image. ]]> 2023-03-15 00:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516896349 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516896454 My mother was a fan of the Jackson Five and So she named me after Jermaine Jackson]]> 2023-03-15 00:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516896454 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516897832 My first name is Alba and my middle name is Concepcion. My paternal grandmother was born on December 8th, which in the Catholic religion, it is the day of the "Virgin of Conception (or Concepcion in Spanish)". When I was born, my father wanted to give my grandmother the honor of naming me after her. Concepcion was suppose to be my first name, but my mother whose name is Alba, felt like the name Concepcion was too long & strong and thought that I might've not liked it when I was older. So my mom decided my first name to be Alba (just like her) and my middle name Concepcion. Turns out that my mother was absolutely right! As much as I love my grandmother, I do not like my middle name :(]]> 2023-03-15 00:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516897832 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516897907 My middle name is Kwang Suk and the Kwang is shared by each generation.  So my brother is Kwang Gun.  My father and all of his brothers share the Myung as part of their generational name.]]> 2023-03-15 00:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516897907 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516898034 2023-03-15 00:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516898034 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516898042 My English name is Jenny and my Korean name is Min Sol. According to my mom, a kid at a playground asked her what my name was and she came up with the name Jenny from what she remembered from TV. For my Korean name, Min means wisdom and Sol means leading. My parents wanted me to be a wise leader.]]> 2023-03-15 00:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516898042 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516899524 2023-03-15 00:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516899524 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516899644 My name is Rudina. My grandfather choose my name, it means "valley"]]> 2023-03-15 00:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516899644 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516903193 My mother says "I just liked the name....simply"...and lovely...liked the name. Nobody in the family had the name either.]]> 2023-03-15 00:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516903193 https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516906305 I am a moroccan jewish. Emmanuelle means 'god is with us' in Hebrew, but my parents didn't pre-agree about a girl name and my mother loved the name because of a song and later they learnt about the meaning and it fitted with the difficulties they experienced for me to be born. and since I had thirteen older cousins they decided to had the name of two of my great grandmas after so my complete name is Emmanuelle Izza (a berbere name) Anna.]]> 2023-03-15 00:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/dgrosso4/7ib98juw2uecz808/wish/2516906305