What's Your Name & How Did You Get?
My mom wanted to name me Kenneth after my father but he vetoed the idea for several reasons: He didn't want anybody possibly calling me "Junior" so that was out, my mom had a brother named Kenneth, and one of my cousins middle name was Kenneth (after my dad). So, they came up with the bright idea of using the first part of my dad's name (Kenneth) and the last part of my mother's name (Ruedell) and named me Kendell. But I've always chosen to go by 'Ken'.
My mom was named by one of the nuns at the hospital where she was born - never knew the origin or why.
BTW, a person who worked for me some years ago had an aunt named "Elevena" because she was the eleventh child and the parents ran out of names!