What would YOU like to be called...?

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Is there a name that you wish your parents had called you instead of your actual name...? Would you like to be something a bit more unusual, more ordinary...?

DH wishes he was called 'River'.

Think I'd quite like to be 'Nell'.

:)

Elizabeth which is actually my middle name - just think it has so many lovely nn's and I'm not very keen on my own name!

I quite fancy being Louisa or Eliza I think....

Bodicea

Anna.

L'Oreal....because I'm worth it.

Kate or Laura.

my first name is awful really common

my middle name is much nicer - ann i wd be happy as an annie

aurora rose as my middle name is dawn and my first name means little rose in gaelic

QUite like my name.

BUt would like to be called Eloise.

I'd be called something quite timeless and classy like Charlotte, Rebecca or Catherine. I don't like any of the nicknames for those though, which is a problem.

My own name is OK but again I dislike my nickname, which is all I am ever called.

Maybe it's nicknames that are the problem? Try again - I'll be called Lucy.

Lucy or Sarah

...or Kate

Oh yes, all Rebecca's are beautiful, can I swap and be a Rebecca instead?? (obviouslyy being called Rebecca would make me beautiful i'm NOT already, just to be clear.)

Not a Becky though, they are bubbly and slightly irritating, definitely a Rebecca.

All the above names are on my list for if I ever have DD I go by the rule of calling a child what you would like to be called yourself!

I always wished I was called Iris so I called my 10 year old dd Iris. I still love it.
My parents other names for me were Hazel or Ruby. I am gutted I was neither of these as they are both far nicer than my name. I would love to be an adult Ruby (but would never use it for a child now)

I'm a Kate and I honestly wouldn't pick another name. Am slightly irritated that I am called it actually, as we are currently (unsuccessfully) trying to find a name for DC2 and Kate would be a good option!

No, I can't think of a name I'd prefer to my own, I really like it!

There are too many to choose from. Some days I think I'd like to be called Felicity or Imogen,then I think Cordelia is really nice or maybe Lucy. Then I think a traditional family name might be better like Isabella or Eliza, or Alice, there are loads of these in my family tree and I really like them but ironically did not even consider them for either of my dd's.

I think I'd better just stick to my own name, which is fairly boring and there were 5 of us at my school, in my year but hey I can live with that.

Artemis, absolutely love it

Oooh would quite like to be a Kate too!

Definitely should call a child something you'd like to be called me thinks! DS's middle name is River, chosen by DH. However, he vetoes Nell for a future girl! Hmph.

Thinking I'd also quite like to be a Rose or a Maeve...

Louisa

Beth. My mn is Elizabeth and I always wished I could be called it. But I felt silly asking people to call me a different name and now I think its too late. Sad because names mean a lot to me for some reason. My sister used to call me Abby and I loved that too. Ah well.

I'm a Rebecca and, although I like it, I don't like Becky, Bex or Becca which is all I ever get called, except at work. So I end up liking my theoretical name but not the end result. Very few Rebeccas get to stay Rebecca.

I'd like to be Hannah, Amy, Isabella, Francesca, Jessica or Abigail

I wanted the name Heidi when I was at school

I hated my real name and haven't used it since I was a teenager. I chose a different name instead and it isn't Heidi .

When I got married I was so pleased that the registrar called me by my chosen name until we got to the legal bit when she had to use my real name
It was quite funny to see the confusion on peoples faces (including my DH) as only my parents and brother knew.