I think they wanted to name me Stephanie but changed their minds at the last minute. I don't know the reason why :lol: but I'm glad, because I prefer this name to Stephanie.
Its just an uncommon purely Iranian name used in a lot of poems and songs my dad listened to that both sides of my family (from different cities in Iran) can pronounce well :lol:
Also, ... it rhymes with my surname, a lot of people give credit to my parents for their creativity :lol:
my mom just thought it was a pretty name. I think she secretly liked it because she's got a 9-letter name, and felt that she should pass on freaking long names.
MariaElena.
The Maria part is from my mom's mom, and the Elena part is from my dad's mom. People don't usually know how to pronouce Elena,so they always call me Maria.
My mother wanted to name me after her sister but she didn't really like her sister's name, so she gave me her sister's nickname which her sister took from a cartoon character. So I guess you could say I was named after a cartoon.