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What name might you have been called instead of the one you have now

185 replies

wishingwellofhope · 22/04/2009 14:36

My DF wanted to call me Merlin if I was a boy and Gwenevere if I was a girl. My DM wanted Joseph for a boy and Abi-Jo for a girl. I ended up with Abi but secretly i'd have liked Gwenevere

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GetOrfMoiLand · 22/04/2009 16:55

Squeaver - my name is Kirsty. You're right, it's a common crap name .

I was nearly called Regan. After the girl from the Exorcist. What a wonderful inspiration!

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MuppetsMuggle · 22/04/2009 16:31

not sure for a boy - think they only wanted a girl, I would of been Catherine, but my mum heard the name they gave me on the ward and loved it, so thats what they have me. TBH I would of preferred Catherine, or the proper spelling of my name!!!

My sister would of been Daniel James, parents convinced it was a boy, put out so much by birth of a girl she was unnamed for 5 days lol

aGalChangedHerName · 22/04/2009 16:27

My dad wanted to call me Patsy after Patsy Cline cos he liked her voice

So glad my mum put her foot down!!

FrankMustard · 22/04/2009 16:25

I would have been Guy
My cousin would have been Tarquin - she had the really lucky escape!

Guadalupe · 22/04/2009 16:23

I was going to be Harley if I was a boy. My dad was called David and yes he was a biker.

I can barely type it without wincing.

MayorNaze · 22/04/2009 16:19

Kim or Oliver (Kim for a girl btw)

I ended up with an equally gender-ambiguous name (and i am a girl, in case you were wondering...)

mishymoo · 22/04/2009 16:17

My mum wanted to call me Toni but my Dad didn't so I ended up with the feminine name of my DB Michael

tiredemma · 22/04/2009 16:13

Jolene.
After the Dolly Parton 'Classic'

OsmosisBanana · 22/04/2009 16:09

I was very nearly Imogen or Rosamund.

Yikes.

sweetkitty · 22/04/2009 16:06

Marlena if a girl (my Gran was Lena and I was nearly born on her birthday)

Dale if a boy

kidcreoleandthecoconuts · 22/04/2009 16:04

I was going to be called Blue if I was a boy

Hassled · 22/04/2009 16:03

Elsbeth or Graham.

My parents compromised on something very hard to pronounce instead. Cheers

HeadFairy · 22/04/2009 16:00

I was due to be born on 14th July, Bastille day, so as my mum is half French and spent most of her childhood there she was going to call me Marie-France, which is the traditional name given to girls born on Bastille day. Thank God I was late... I've still got a French name though.

MrsMattie · 22/04/2009 15:57

I was nearly called Angharad (and we aren't even Welsh!), Would have been Matthew or Sean if I'd have been a boy.

SarahL2 · 22/04/2009 15:57

I was going to be Sarannah!!

I ended up Sarah, my sister is Hannah 2 for 1

PortBlacksandResident · 22/04/2009 15:56

I was nearly Phillipa. I would have been called the boy equivalent of my name.

Jackstini · 22/04/2009 15:53

I was called something else - was Lyndsay Marie for the first 24 hours,
Was going to be Duncan if a boy....

ShowOfHands · 22/04/2009 15:46

If my Mum had picked I would be Josephine, Heather or Flora.

My Dad picked. I am named after a Beach Boys record.

EyeballsintheSky · 22/04/2009 15:45

I was going to be Justin/e

Flower3545 · 22/04/2009 15:42

I was "meant" to be Paul after my late grandfather. My dad was most put out when mum delivered a girl

yappybluedog · 22/04/2009 15:39

I was nearly an Adrienne Leigh, which I quite like, much nicer than the name I ended up with

steamedtreaclesponge · 22/04/2009 15:26

I was almost Georgina

Would have liked it although I am quite happy with my own name!

Dior · 22/04/2009 15:25

I was going to be Louisa, which was my grandmother's middle name (her first was Hilda!) But, my parents had a change of heart. I do like my name, but would have been happy to be a Lousia too.

blondiep14 · 22/04/2009 15:21

My Dad would have called me Shem if I was a boy...

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