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If I was a boy, my parents would have called me...?

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WiiUnfit · 16/05/2011 21:39

What would your parents have called you if you were born the opposite sex?

I would have been a Daniel Jack, tennessee whiskey anyone? Grin

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BelleEnd · 17/05/2011 16:19

Niiiice jeffinghell. Lovely classic name. Is your name as nice?

I would have had the lovely Welsh moniker of Deio. Love it!

gabid · 17/05/2011 16:16

Robert

Sheepasaurus · 17/05/2011 16:15

I would have been a James, I was nearly a Faye, which I much prefer to my actual name.

AvengingGerbil · 17/05/2011 14:56

My Mum says she would have called me Peregrine. My Dad says no she bloody wouldn't...

jeffinghell · 17/05/2011 14:46

Tomos Llywellyn.

yodelayheehoo · 17/05/2011 14:45

I would have been David, good job I was a girl as I was the 5th child and my surname was Clark!

Dave Clark 5! Grin

RAlover · 17/05/2011 14:43

Jason.........and thank God I wasn't, there were 3 Jasons in my class at school Grin

moid · 17/05/2011 14:39

Graham

MadamDeathstare · 17/05/2011 14:36

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Trinaluce · 17/05/2011 14:33

Honestly don't know: but probably James. Like my dad. And his dad. And his dad. And... well, you get the message...

msbuggywinkle · 17/05/2011 14:32

Carl. Yuck! 1984

princessProudmel · 17/05/2011 14:32

Rory or Greg.

nickelbabe · 17/05/2011 14:31

I would have been Scott.

Don't know about middle name.

Scott does not match my surname (which is Don, so it would be tongue-twister Scott Don)

LaWeasel · 17/05/2011 14:31

I have met family's like that, they usually come from countries where people aren't usually refered to by their first name but by their middle name instead.

Have met a friend of DH's though - he is one of a close family where all 6 cousins/brothers, have the same middle name and all their first names are really similar (think Benjamin/Benedict type similar). I can only think it's a tradition and they obviously find it very normal, but I found it very confusing!

mummysgoingmad · 17/05/2011 14:29

stewart after my dad

olympialimpet · 17/05/2011 14:28

Nigel (also 1970's)

Butterbur · 17/05/2011 14:28

Brian. Bleaghghg. It was out dated even when I was born.

Mind you, my actual name came high up a one-time Daily Mail list of names most likely to belong to chavs and losers. My parents had no taste.

izzybiz · 17/05/2011 14:27

I'd have been named Cye.
My younger brother born 3 years after me is named Cye, if he'd been a girl he'd have been Leanne.

wheniwishuponastar · 17/05/2011 14:26

that is truly ridiculous!!! kind of defeats the point of having a name!

Malvapoeding · 17/05/2011 14:25

I would have been Xavier Christopher or Christian John.

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wheniwishuponastar · 17/05/2011 14:20

did they all have Maria as a first name???

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LooloosMummy · 17/05/2011 11:33

i would have been Reginald, Reggie. (Thanking all my lucky stars i am female!!)

TheBride · 17/05/2011 11:33

James Robert (1975)

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