What where you "almost" named.

[rayoflightboy]

Mine was Claire,it was on the radio when I was born.
Luckily I wasn't called it as there where loads of them about.

Nearly Sophie but I am an Emmie. Would have been Daniel if a boy.

Lois, after Lois Lane. but I did become a journalist

I have been told many times that, had I been a boy, I’d have been Christopher. By parents who were obviously disappointed I wasn’t a boy.

I have no idea what the other contenders for my name were, but they went with something pretty terrible (a name that is always a prominent feature of threads about names that will never make a come back - and rightly so). I know my paternal grandmother threw a tantrum because I wasn’t named after her (which is good because that is an even worse name than what my parents went with).

Anastasia after my great grandmother or Harriet after my great aunty
Or Christopher if I was a boy

Ian but my folks were expecting a boy. They still gave me a (slighlty less) male name and Dad did moulded me into a mini him.

I was to be James - but I was a girl!

Laurie or Catherine

Anastasia and Harriet are awesome names rooarsome. They have good taste.

Adam if I had been a boy.

Early 90's baby:
Sky (my mum's choice)
Karen (dad's choice)

Out of the two I would have preferred sky but even then it's not really my style so I'm happy with what I have.

My parents flipped a coin because they couldn’t decide on which name to go for. I could have been a Zara if the penny had landed tails side up.

My actual name but with a creative spelling. Thank goodness someone persuaded them otherwise ;)

Emily. If I was a boy then Timothy.

Siobhan. My mum has Irish roots...

@keepingbees me too

I was named Denise but my adopted parents changed it, I was only 3 months old

Diana 🤔

My mum wanted Elizabeth for me. I don’t think I’d like it to be shortened to Liz and I’m definitely not a Beth, so prefer what I’ve got.

Cinderella no joke thank god I have an older sister who prevented this happening

Pauline!

Codie / Codey / Cody, not sure what spelling they would have gone with.

Gertrude...we are from Northern Italy near Switzerland which makes it a less odd choice but I'm very happy I didn't end up with it!

I was to be either Claire or George.

I’d have liked Claire.

Hyman (after my grandfather). Thank God I turned out to be a girl. I ended up with a very 70s name - there were six others in my class at primary school - but it wasn’t Hyman so I’m forever grateful.

Esmerelda, think my Dad was on crack...

If I had a penis I’d have been Bradley.