In the interest of light-heartedness and keeping the subject matter away from politics...

How did you get your first and middle name? Who are you named after? Named after family members? Historical family name? Historical figure? Parents threw a dart at a board?

I was named after my two black-sheep uncles, many would say rightly so. My first name is after my maternal lefty, neo-hippy, former USCGA, masseuse, yoga instructing, organic, latte sipping uncle in WA state. My middle name comes from my paternal right-wing, borderline MI militia, former Navy pilot, gun toting, profanity laced, personal submarine building, engineer, beer swilling uncle in ME.

Before my brother and I were born, all of the first born sons had the mother's maiden name for their middle name and the second born had the grandmother's maiden name for a middle name (my sister was the first female born in our branch of the family for 5 generations so they had to scramble for her). All of them quite Anglo sounding. My mother has a German maiden name so they decided to name us after family members.

It's a good thing they set the precedent with us since my wife's maiden name is very German and ends with -dorf. That combined with our last name would make it sound like a bodily function. Again many might say rightly so.

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