Who were you named after?

I was named after Bieber. My parents foretold his arrival twenty years ago. 
 
...God, if this were true I'd have to kill myself.  :P

" @Video_Game_King:  
 
My parents named me "Annas", and it has been the very worst experience of my god damned life.  All throughout middle school and high school I was called "anus", so if people wonder why I fucking hate people at first sight...they know why now.  To this day my parents can't tell me why they picked to name me this, and to this day people in Saudi Arabia ask why I was given a Hebrew name.   
 
Even in Arabic my name is written like the Hebrew and not like the Arabic, and when I go to a Muslim Country they always look at my name, when at least two have asked if I was Muslim, despite the fact that my Visa for Saudi Arabia was for religious reasons. 
 
My brother gets named a "lion" in Middle Eastern and I get the religious stuff.  Wonderful.
    

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" My name's Callan and, even though it's the surname of the titular character, I was named after the TV show starring Edward Woodward. "

Named after my great grandpa, moved from France to here as a 15-year-old coal miner, served in the war and got a purple heart. Pretty cool guy.

My name is Simon and my parents chose that name because they liked the name Simon. I have been told that if you trace it back far enough it means "he who hears the voice of god" in Hebrew. My middle name is Allan as that was my grandfathers name. 

Using morse code, I named myself by punching my mum in the womb several times. 

I was named after Michael J. Fox's character on Family Ties.  My parents named me after a damn fictional Republican.   

Mad Max.
Sweet.

I was named after a god. Which is quite suitable, if you ask me. 
 

I was named after Ryan Giggs. 

I actually have no idea. I haven't thought about asking my parents and I don't really care either.

Named after a grandfather who passed away before I was born.

Adam Ant I believe, Mum was a big fan xD

After some merchant.

Adrian Belew

MIddle name after Luke Skywalker...I was born a nerd D: 
that's it :(

I was named after the Bollywood movie my parents watched on their first date. It... hurts. 

Well my parents decided that it would be a good idea to let my sister name me. Seems like a good idea right? Well my sister was 3 years old at the time so the best she could come up with was Fætter BR which is a chain of Danish toy shops. 
My parents didn't exactly agree with that so they forced her to pick a better name. Another girl from her kindergarten had just gotten a brother too who had been named Jens so my sister decided that she wanted a Jens too.

I´m named after my two granddad´s who both fought in the war. One on the good side and one on the bad side...(German, US)

My name is Oscar, named after  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIkQNti8_EU Oscar Peterson.
How do you change the link name?

After a friendly ghost.

My dad named me after Saint Michael. My mom named me after Michael Palin, the famous Python. I think that being named after Palin is more awesome.

My parents wanted normal names that weren't common at the time. Many other parents had similar ideas when naming their son Benjamin. (3rd most common UK name in '89).

"After a friendly ghost. "

I'm named after a village in the north of England called Austwick. 

" I'm named after a Jew...which is ironic cause I'm Arab.  :| "

" @TheSeductiveMoose said:

"After a friendly ghost. "

Casper! (with a smidgeon of doubt) Right...? "

after my parents' uncle cuz he's a bigass doctor

" After a friendly ghost. "

" @TheSeductiveMoose said:

" After a friendly ghost. "

Vigo The Carpathian? "

Named after my Mother's Father, Joseph. Same name, I go by Joe however.

i'm not named after anyone. my middle name is also my dad's middle name.

My Dad. I'm Scott Neal Ellison II (the 2nd)

An American folk singer. My parents were hippies.

My little brother was named after the John Wayne movie Big Jake.  If you can't guess, his name is Jake.

My first name... eh. 
 
But apparently my middle name Albert is named after Albert Einstein. 
 
I would have prefered Einstein if that was their thing but oh well.

Alistair, after my dad. I'm rarely actually called by my full name, I go with Ali since it's much less clunky.

My name is Spencer and I'm not named after anyone, because my parents  had enough creativity to come up with a fucking  name.

My name is Chris Kent, my parents were thinking of naming me Clark. Sadly, they did not.

My name is Brian and I was named after an Irish King
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Boru

Diego Verdaguer

I'm named after Thomas Edison and Mr. Ed, the talking horse. I just had this discussion after one of my classes today.

My dad did his best to name us all uniquely because he didn't want us to be stuck with boring common names like his, so my first name is not after anyone in particular. My middle name was inspired by my grandma's first name, however.

" @AngelKore: Ha! No way! Are you yanking my chain? Because not only would it be too fucking cool that I've bumped into someone who has the same name for the same reason (up top, mate!) but the magic just had to happen here at Giant Bomb, didn't it? Man, this place rules hard.
 
P.S. Quests are fun. "

I was named after I was born. I have no idea who was named before me though. Could be anyone really.