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What were you nearly called?

237 replies

Abigail47 · 08/08/2024 19:13

I was nearly called Deborah or Scarlett.

They were in my parents top three names.

Then they finally chose my name.

I feel a bit of a connection to those other two names.

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Sfxde24 · 08/08/2024 19:20

My parents changed my name when I was 2. I was called Ann. I am now not!

Blondiney · 08/08/2024 19:19

Jade. My father put his foot down though.

TeenToTwenties · 08/08/2024 19:19

Susan.
But luckily my cousin was born a couple of months before and stole the name.

OlympicsFanGirl · 08/08/2024 19:19

Morag

Gumbo · 08/08/2024 19:19

Dierdre. Thankfully my father made my mother see sense. (He wanted to call me Stephanie, which I actually would have loved, by my mother vetoed it...)

Clueless2024 · 08/08/2024 19:18

Sunburnisrareinscotland · 08/08/2024 19:14

Barbara Ann or Wednesday...
Wtaf was she thinking?. Have a 'name' song that's not very popular at all!

Sherry?
Rosanna?

Mrsjayy · 08/08/2024 19:18

Christina ? I'm not sure how I feel about it I would have definitely been my dad's name if I was a boy.

Clueless2024 · 08/08/2024 19:17

Carly. Or Melissa. I wish they went with Carly, it was decidedly less common than my actual name. I went to school with like 5 other my names.

Funnily enough, I unintentionally did that to DD1. Her name is common & everywhere.

Dontknowwhyidoit · 08/08/2024 19:17

Chantelle Louise

blackcherryconserve · 08/08/2024 19:16

If I'd been a boy (mother wanted 3 and ended up with 1 girl) Pierre!

imnotthatkindofmum · 08/08/2024 19:14

If I was a boy I would have been Keith. Bloody awful name!! I think
My name was set in stone as I was named after a great aunt.

My girls could have been Charlotte, Constance and Avery. None of these names suit them now lol

Sunburnisrareinscotland · 08/08/2024 19:14

Barbara Ann or Wednesday...
Wtaf was she thinking?. Have a 'name' song that's not very popular at all!