What's in a Name: Find your Name Sake

Melanie Faith over at A Quiet Symphony tagged me with this cool meme about "your name". At first I thought...well okay...I felt lazy... But Melanie's picks were intriguing, though. Then as soon as I started looking (I did a search for just "Nina" as well as "Nina Munteanu") I came up with some cool stuff! Thanks, Mel! To continue the meme, I choose: Jennifer, Virginia, Teresa, Kathleen and Bob. Go at it, if you dare...

The rules are simple, folks:

1) Go to http://www.google.com/

2) Click on Google images

3) Type in your name and search

4) Repost (w/ a link) the picture of the oddest, craziest, strangest, coolest, oldest, etc. person that shares your name. Post multiples if you find a few you like.

5) Have fun with it and pass it on.

The name "Nina" actually means "little girl" in Italian and is a common name in Italy, as well as Russia. It also stands for a Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and the daughter of Ea. Well, you pick which is most appropriate...Here's what I found for "Nina":

1. Nina Fresa Low Rise Jeans...don't I wish my *** looked like that!

2. Nina Moric: Italian actress, model and singer...rather accomplished, wouldn't you say?

3. The Nina, one of Columbus's ships. It was very small (66 feet long) and was the only ship of a fleet of 17 to survive a hurricane in 1495...I can only hope to prove as resilient!

4. Naughty Nina, a magic story game that features a mischievious little girl who reminds me of someone...

5. Nina Shoes--glitter pumps. OOHHH! How'd they know I just LOVE shoes!

6. Haute Couture Nina Ricci is one of the most prestigious names in French fashion design. It was founded in 1932 in Paris (my favorite city) by Madame Ricci and her son, Robert Ricci. The last time I was that thin was...well...perhaps never... :)

7. La Nina is an extreme phase of a naturally occuring climate cycle: cooler than normal sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean creates an impact on global weather patterns for an extended time...Yeah, I can dig that! Just don't get me mad!

8. Nina Simone is a smoky jazz singer, songwriter and pianist as well as civil rights activist.

9. Nina Munteanu (my true namesake!) is a German Balkan singer of "Randolina Music"

10. Nina Munteanu...well, there's me too! This is a pic of me trying to look smart at a convention several years ago.