Interesting thread.
My name has the following story:
Around the time I was 14 I sat in a car with my mother, staring out the window. At a red light we stopped right in front of a movie poster for
Sweet November and the first thing that caught my eyes was that name
Charlize. I'd never heard or read that name before and I thought it was beautiful. (Did help that the actress was pretty as well
) I've never seen the movie or became a big fan of her but the name stayed with me.
Then
Mia. Well, I always kinda hated my name so I went looking for a nickname I could call myself. I came up with Mia but didn't really stick with it. Then I found out that a friend of my ex-girlfriend called her Mia and I thought it was funny when I remembered the name.
The first time I put those two names together was in a fanfic that I never actually bothered to write but it involved a couple having a baby. I named the little one
Mia Charlize, that was how the name was born. Later when I registered on fanfic.net I decided to use it for myself. I kept it for this board and LJ so people would recognize me
That's my not so short story