What was your parents other choices of names for you!

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The name my dad wanted to call me was Deborah, as a kid I would have preferred this name but now im not convinced though it's a lovely name. What about you guys?

They were caught short a bit - having wound lots of people up saying they would call their DCs after Lord of the Rings characters, it came as a shock when I arrived much earlier than planned, so they used the midwife's name instead.
Fortunately, my name isn't Smaug.

Hepzibah or Miriam (aargh!) or Petra (quite like that).

Thankfully I have a dull normal name.

DD would have been Savannah if she'd been born six months later because I loved the TV series. Good job she wasn't because I'd regret it now, I think.

Horse - it's not Horse, is it?
Stallion?
Gallop?
Whinny?

Astrid or Ingrid.

and if i was a boy Ian.

They only had one choice, Richard. Convinced/hoped they were having a boy.
Also ridiculous as it clashed horribly with their surname.

Could have been Wendy, Stephanie, Odette

Would have liked Stephanie, ended up with another unusual one along the lines of Odette....

Gabriella

I would have been Matthew had I been a boy. My mother wanted to give me an Irish girl's name, but my father vetoed it.

Mum wanted Olivia or Elizabeth. Dad wanted Wendy. I have none of those names! If I was a boy I would have been Alexander.

My brother was very nearly Matthew Adam Douglas- mum didn't catch on until he was born! Dad was devastated, he thought he'd got away with it.

My mum suggested Nicola, Angela, Claire, and Zoe; my dad vetoed them all. Apparently he quite liked Helen. Rachel = the only one they could both agree on.

The other name was Sian, but last minute change of mind.

Victoria, which I would have preferred

I was supposed to be a Claire but apparently I didn't look like one. If I'd have been a boy I'd have been a Lewis.

I'm a Sophie.

Hermione or Flora but the margarine came out in the 70's so couldn't be done at the time! I've always preferred my middle name to my first name so I can't say my parents got it right...

I would have been the name they called my younger brother.

Or Anneka- very unusual in the 60s.

I think my parents were debating between my name and Chloe. Also, my middle name caused some debate as my mum wanted Leanne and my dad didn't like it. I am glad that they chose my name rather than Chloe and settled on a compromise for my middle name: Leigh

I can't remember if they had agreed on Luke for me if I was a boy, or whether that was an alternative for my brother.

Natalie, but her bf beat her to it. I love the name, and would have given it to a daughter had I not had 2 boys!

I would have been Grainne, in fact my Dad thought that was my actual name, my Mum had a wobble when she was registering it in the hospital and changed it (to a very popular 70s name ).

If I had have been a boy I would have been David or Michael.

I was to be Christopher James.

My mother was a line sister with three brothers, my father one of four brothers, his father one of x brothers, his mother a one sister etc..

There hadn't been a female born in my father's "name" for 5 generations. I was a surprise and am not called Christopher

I was going to be Rebekkah right up until my Mother was 36weeks pregnant when she suddenly changed it to Rhiannon because she read the Welsh story. My Dad made her research it thoroughly to make sure I wasnt being named after some evil witch before agreeing to it! Growing up I wish I'd been Rebekkah but looking back, I would have been one of 7 Becky/Becci/Becca's in my school year.

If I was a boy, I would have been Vincent.

My parents agreed on the name of their first DD ( which turned out to be me) v early on in their relationship. They had two DSes before me, so were obviously running out of ideas when they came up with my alternative boy's name of Ignatius Clovis

Christina Mary or Maria
I got Christine and no middle name.

My dad wanted Tamara I am seriously not a Tamara Mum wanted Tara but I didn't look like a Tara when I was born apparently :o. Ended up with neither. They had no boy names because they were sure I was going to be a girl. Mind you the name I ended up with was on neither of their lists either.

My dad wanted Rebekkah but I ended up with something miles away.

My middle name Vanessa. I would have preferred it to my boring common (in an overused sense) name.