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My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn't know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling.

— Garry Marshall

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My real name is Alfonso. My grandfather and dad are also Alfonso, so I was the third. So my mom just gave me the nickname Trey because I was the third.

— Trey Burke

My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. I also got 'Teddy Ruxpin' a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out 'James Franco' my junior year of high school, I didn't correct her.

— James Franco

My name is Zach Galifianakis and I hope I'm pronouncing that right. I'm named after my granddad, my middle name. My name is Zach Granddad Galifianakis.

— Zach Galifianakis

I can't believe that people actually know my first and last name. I think it's really, really, gosh-darn neat.

— Brittany Murphy

I am at the top of Toyota and drive cars myself. I was also born with this name.

— Akio Toyoda

My childhood name that my father gave me, my mother, my grandmother, grandfather, family and friends all call me T.I.P.

— T.I.

I was named after my two uncles. Roger Lee and Richard Allen. They simply changed the spelling to Leigh-Allyn to make it more feminine.

— Leigh-Allyn Baker

I couldn't say my own name when I was 12.

— Ken Venturi

One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves.

— Earl Monroe

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was named after my mother's maiden name.

— Sprague Grayden