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?

I was hazel for a while but they changed there minds.

No alternatives have ever been suggested for me ,but if DH had been a girl ,his mum wanted Janet Edith (and floated the suggestion gently in the direction of our dd....)

They were arguing over Susannah (dad) vs. Suzanne (mum) but all along they were convinced I was ... yet another Robert. I ended up being named something altogether different by my aunt.

I was either going to be Clare or Maria.

I'm glad they picked the one they did.

My brother was going to be Philip or Neil.

Again, I approve of their choice.

Must be about the only thing my parents & I, did agree on

I was going to be Oskar if I was a boy. And up till I was about 2 days old I was Jadwiga. My scottish granny wasn't having any of it. So I got a boring average name that works in all 3 languages. :(

Victoria or Helen

Matthew for a boy (I am now married to a Matthew!)

My mum isn't the slightest bit woo usually but she only chose the names for me and my siblings, and didn't bother choosing names for if we'd been the opposite gender. Because despite not actually knowing what we'd be, she just 'knew'. If that makes any sense whatsoever

Abigail or Mara.

Abigail was "too" unusual, back then, so they named me a name so popular that there were six of us in one class.

My second name is Maria, because Mara was also thought to be too unusual.

(Do I sound bitter?)

My husband was going to be Barry!!! Luckily his dad changed his mind at his registration. Mind you, his actual name isn't much better...

Matthew for a boy (not bad, but very common in my era - I'd definitely have ended up as a "Matt B") and Janie for a girl.

I am very glad of my (unusual but classic) name, which I ended up with only after a well-loved relative passed away, my mum decided to honour her with my name. Much better!

I was almost a Donna.

Glad I wasn't a boy or i would of been called Collin. Surname then (maiden name) also started Colli... so would of been abit of a mouthful!

I'd have been Randolph if a boy.. I mean fucking Randolph!

If my sister could of named it would have been Lucy Brown (from Snoopy)

Claire, or my Gmothers choice was Annabelle. Michael if I was a boy. Not very imaginative my parents!

My Mum fancied being exotic and calling me Carmen or Sophia...My Dad unfortunately got his way and I was named ...wait for it.......Donna!

India. If a boy, I'd have been Thomas.

I've ended up a Hannah. Which I like

If I was a boy, my bio-Dad wanted Spock or Kirk and

I was to have been Robbie if I was a boy....I wanted to use that for ds but dh vetoed it

If I'd been a boy and my mum had her way I'd have been Shamus!!!!!! Bloody Shamus.....we're not Irish, and as far as I'm aware we have no leprechaun blood in us, god knows where she got that from! My dad says there was no way that was ever going to happen though.

Michael James Edward Peter

Sarah Louise or Philip

They then had 3 boys, none of whom have Philip in their name!!

I ended up as Joanna.

Wish I was called Kat!

Dd was going to be kaida which is a japanese name as I was a judo instructor but at the time there were not many unusual names about so I decided against it.

I then wanted Isabella and bump was Charlotte for a while but now exh said no and dd got number one common name of year which I hate :(

Boy would have been Jack or Aiden.

My mum has never discussed it with me :(

My parents considered Fleur and Mercedes. I got lucky!

Sarah. Although they chose something completely different in the end. Weirdly, people ask me if my name is Sarah when they don't catch my name properly the first time. Seeing as my name is nothing like Sarah, i can only figure that I must look like a Sarah.

Heather Dawn - sounds like paint
Naomi - pronounced by the first person my mum mentioned it to as Ny-Omi, which put her right off.