Where did your name come from?
My first name came from my great aunt Anna. I found out some years ago in the baptismal register of the church in which I was baptised that I too was initially to be called Anna. For whatever reason and maybe because I was baptised the day after I was born, no one was quite sure what I was to be called. Anyway the Anna was stroked out and replaced by Anne.
I’m not sure exactly when it became Ann but I changed it because I was continually being called Ann (ie). All my official records spell it Anne and it infuriates me.
Patricia was my mother’s second name so following tradition it became my second name.
Valerie … well I was born on 14th February …. Valentine’s Day so Valerie was added on.
My brothers all got Irish names and I ended up with such a plain name which has mostly died out in favour of more exotic names like Apple and Summer. Had I been able to choose my own name I think I would have opted for something more interesting but I’m stuck with it now and I couldn’t answer to anything else.
Ann is a Hebrew word meaning “ grace”.
CHATTER 