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I am everlastingly grateful that my mum was prevented from calling me...

83 replies

GrendelsMum · 23/07/2009 19:58

Rainbow.

Really. I don't like the name she did give me, but at least once a week I think 'this job would be so much harder if my name was Rainbow'. (Though perhaps it would have given me a tougher personality?)

Is anyone else pleased to have missed out on a name?

Caveat to all Rainbows / mums of Rainbows on here - I'm sure you / your daughter will love it.

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usernametaken · 23/07/2009 20:30

My dad wanted Hermione or Hepzibah for me and Jasper for my brother. My mother put her foot down and thankfully saw through his hormonal whims.

Stannie · 23/07/2009 20:27

Candida ...

She blames the hormomes.. She wanted to be able to call me Candi

RealityIsGettingMarried · 23/07/2009 20:22

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LaTrucha · 23/07/2009 20:20

Candace here. Phew!

TrillianslebAstra · 23/07/2009 20:18

Daisy May.

I'm just not a Daisy. Or maybe if I were Daisy I'd be all sweetness and light and giggly. I still woulnd't be blonde though.

whomovedmychocolate · 23/07/2009 20:12

Tell that to my friend Tuesday (no seriously, I think her parents were drunk for much of the 60s!)

PuppyMonkey · 23/07/2009 20:04

It might have made you more interesting.

Not that you're boring!! It just might have given you a different, more exciting character.

Hassled · 23/07/2009 20:04

I was nearly Elspeth. And for years I thought "thank God I wasn't Elspeth." Now I really like the name, more so than my own. But at least I'm not Rainbow.