On her birth certificate, her name was registered as Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong. Despite her birth name, she was known from childhood by the name that is famous now Dido. Dido has made it clear that "Dido" is now her real name and not simply a stage name or nickname. Her name derives from that of the mythical Queen of Carthage. As a child, she had to deal with its ambiguous and unusual nature, which led to her being bullied and even to her pretending to have an ordinary name. As she explains:
To be called one thing and christened another is actually very confusing and annoying. It's one of the most irritating things that my parents did to me. Florian is a German man's name. That's just mean. To give your child a whole lot of odd names. They were all so embarrassing. I thought it was cruel to call me Dido and then expect me to just deal with it.

Its just too funny. I've always called her dildo as well. I think she's beautiful, but she'll always be dildo to me.
"evil will always triumph because good is dumb."

As listed in the legal records, her full birth name is just
Florian Cloud De Bounevialle Armstrong
. Some of the stories she tells in interviews make it clear that her mother called her Dido as a child (which she did not like btw). The fact that Dido is not her legal birth name does not really matter anyway, if her parents call her Dido, then Dido it is.
The original source of the name Dido is its use as a nickname for Elissa. (a queen of Carthage in Greco-Roman mythology). Prior to that usage Dido may have been the name of a pre-classical Greek goddess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido

Do you know her?? In person???
Whats your favourite song (Dido)?
If my life is 4 Rent, well i deserve nothing more than I get cos nothing I have is truly mine.

who cannot love her??????????
http://www.rhp.ro/didosweety
http://www.didomusic.com boards

WOW. Amazing photos of a BEAUTIFUL WOMAN CALLED DIDO.
LOVE HER.
If my life is 4 Rent, well i deserve nothing more than I get cos nothing I have is truly mine.

her full name's DIDO florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong. why r u guys so unoriginal? Dildo? I've never thought of it.
http://www.rhp.ro/didosweety
http://www.didomusic.com boards

I've known someone called Jem - and I still think it's a stupid name. End of.

Jem is short for Jem adn I know someone called Gemma with a G who gets called Gem alot.
Jem isn't a stupid name
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www.ethereal-lullaby.com

She must have been teased a lot growing up lol.

Cool - I'm not the only one. It is fun calling her Dildo. And yeah, why the HELL did she pcik the name Dido? Dido was a character in Virgil's The Aenead but she should know, she lives in 21st century England. It's like Jem - another STOOPID name!
"I told you I was ill"
(epitaph on Spike Milligan's gravestone)

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I do too. My mind is in the gutter. I wonder if Dido owns any dildos.

Yes!! I totally do as well. So do all my mates and family. It's just so funny-why call yourself that when it isn't even her real name and it's 1 letter short from being dildo?