Where do names come from.

Mine is my weakness, I am partial to a glass or two of wine

Mine is a mix of the names of my 3 children....Mar ell i.

Guess where mine came from

But have you settled now, Movedalot?

Yes, Marelli we love it here so much that we hope to never have to leave This is the best place to live and we have found retirement here to be rather wonderful.

It must be obvious what my given name is and as I was feeling my age, I decided to change to annodomini. Seemed appropriate at the time!

I'm myself

Well I am a granny and I live in the Jura mountains on the Swiss/French border.

Mine comes from a 'dirty week end' in lovely Gloucestershire. For 'some reason' a village called Broughton Pogs became a silly word we shared.

Yes we did get wed but still use it. Too much information!!

Mine is obvious! My name and nature.

Mine from my training

Mine is one of my childhood nicknames and the nearest city!

Sort of obvious - especially if you know Grace

Mine is combination of my surname,OH surname,and E surname,we use it as our collective family name.

An affectionate term for me and DH. 40 odd years old.

Mine is a Welsh name, our first family cat was called this and lived to be 20.. I still miss her and she's long gone.

Mine is what I often feel

I expect we all do Gaga but it would be silly if we all called ourselves that.

My nickname in the family was Eggy. My brothers and sister still call me that,my first Gransnet name was Golden Gran, using my surname.

All my grandchildren were born and live in New Zealand. My eldest grandson decided to call me grana, so I became absentgrana when I joined gransnet. Then I unsubscribed from gransnet for a little while and when I returned, I just selected absent – an abbreviation people had been using for a year or more anyway.

Anna, who has opted to be called Nanna by grandchildren. You could call it lack of imagination or originality

Mine is what my grandson used to call me. It used to be his version of Cranky the crane on Thomas the Tank Engine and apparently decided it would do for Granny too.

I have always been a bit of a campaigner; for years I've quietly been sending off postcards, letters, emails etc. and signing petitions and even joining an occasional demonstration. Then a few years back I just decided that it's not enough to be an 'armchair' campaigner any longer and began to get more active; hence my name.

Ariadne helped a man sort himself out!!! And I studied Classics - my second love after English.