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Names before original names?

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ellalouise90 · 22/05/2018 18:30

Just wondering as I thought this would be quite fun to do... what where all your names going to be before your parents picked the names they did, my name is Ella however they didn't come up with the name Ella until I was a day old! Before this I was going to be
Girl
Ellie
Elle
Emma
Tallulah😂
Tilly

Boy
Jack
Jackson
Lucas
Steven
Daniel

What where you going to be called?

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MammieBear · 22/05/2018 18:41

I was going to be:

Felicity
Melissa

Gregory

Sophronia · 22/05/2018 19:07

My parents liked...

Holly
Rebekah
Fern
Alix
Faye
Annabelle

Thomas
Alexander
Callum

auntyflonono · 22/05/2018 19:11

Lara or Nigel Grin

kktpj · 22/05/2018 19:13

Cherry as there were cherry blossom trees everywhere.....
Jemima.....would have loved this

MrsCD67 · 22/05/2018 19:20

Kelly or Jeb Hmm

itstheyearzero · 22/05/2018 19:22

I was going to be Zoe if a girl (which I would have loved) or James if I was a boy.

moofeatures · 22/05/2018 19:23

Georgina, Ailish, or... Adam

Goldmonday · 22/05/2018 19:29

Millicent
Claudia

My name is Alice

TheActualFuck · 22/05/2018 19:31

I was meant to be Georgina NN George or Charlotte NN Charlie. Absolutely would have loved one of those names but my dad changed his mind when I was born. James if I was a boy and they used it for my brother a year later Smile

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 22/05/2018 19:42

I was going to be Alana after my dad.
They went with Clare instead. The elderly gentleman up the road thought my name was GertrudeGrin. I answer to anything.

A boys name wasn't decided. Although my dad liked Carl.

Good thread

Scoleah · 22/05/2018 19:45

They were set on Sophie until the next door neighbours brought home an Alsatian Pup and had named her the same thing, My Gransh wanted to Call me April.
They went with Leah

redmini4 · 22/05/2018 19:45

Michelle or William

kaytee87 · 22/05/2018 20:04

Felicity
Heather
Katriona

OublietteBravo · 22/05/2018 20:09

Charlotte or Richard

(I don’t have either of these names, and nor do any of my 3 younger siblings).

LorelaiVictoriaGilmore · 22/05/2018 20:12

I was going to be Harry if I was a boy (although I suspect my parents would have had a re-think as I was born the day after Prince Harry. Probably would have ended up Alastair.

List for a girl was:

Leonie
Camilla
Patience Hmm

userabcname · 22/05/2018 20:13

Charlotte or Christopher. Neither of these names were used for me or my brother!

holasoydora · 22/05/2018 20:13

Amy or Eleanor. (I have a similar sort of name).

I don't really think about my name at all though. I like it but I just don't ever think about it!

userabcname · 22/05/2018 20:14

And DH would have been Gemma. He also had his mn as his first name to begin with but then his parents decided to swap the names as they thought his mn suited him better.

DramaAlpaca · 22/05/2018 20:20

My parents wanted to call me Sarah. Unfortunately for them, my cousin was born a few weeks before me & was given the name Sarah. My parents decided there couldn't be two Sarahs with the same surname in the family so they chose another name. I don't think they actually liked their second choice much as they've always called me by my middle name. Thank goodness, as I don't like it either.

vampirethriller · 22/05/2018 20:55

I was going to be either Zillah or Thirzah, or Samuel if I was a boy.
They actually named me after a dog.

SurroundedbyGiraffes · 22/05/2018 20:58

There seem to be a lot of potential Charlottes! I actually am a Charlotte but was nearly Danielle - I got called Charlie as a bump though and it stuck.

totorosumbrella · 22/05/2018 21:09

Was going to be Morag. Thank fuck my mum intervened.

stabbybitch · 22/05/2018 21:19

Jodie or nadine
Samuel if I was a boy which they also didn't use for my brother who came along 12 & 3 weeks later!

I was wanted to use Jody for DS3 but DP vetoed it saying it's a girls name Sad

I ended up with an unusual/made up to them name instead!

buttercup54321 · 22/05/2018 21:54

Elizabeth
Robert

Schmoochypoos · 22/05/2018 21:56

I would have been Vanessa - my mum liked names beginning with V!

DH would’ve been Holly had he been a girl

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