My first name is Carrie. It's after my mom's maiden name, but her maiden name is spelled Carey. My dad didn't like that spelling, so Carrie it was. (Then the movie came out shortly afterwards & boy was my mom pissed about that!)
My middle name is Lenore, after my mom, grandma & great-grandma! We all have the same middle name, and my grandma actually goes by it 'cause she doesn't like her 1st name (Sybil). I love my middle name, 'cause other than my family, NO ONE has it. (Well, there is that Edgar Allan Poe poem, but that's okay.
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If I was a boy my dad wanted to name me Tel. Not short for anything, that's the whole name!
I think it was after a character's son in one of his favorite books.. something like that. Thank god I wasn't a boy!