What were you nearly called?

[Abigail47]

I was nearly called Deborah or Scarlett.

They were in my parents top three names.

Then they finally chose my name.

I feel a bit of a connection to those other two names.

I was born before scans were a thing and my parents were told I was twins. As they already had three boys they presumed I was going to be two boys and decided on calling me (us?) Dominic and Nathaniel.

Once I was born they picked a random girls name from a book. It's fairly uncommon and most people pronounce it wrong, but I like it!

My parents maintain to this day that the only name my Dad could think of for me was Agamemnon.

I'm neither a man or the King of Mycea!

Also, massively outing as my cousin's still call me it now. There can't be many of us.

Meg short for Margaret. Scuppered by Australian cousin named Megan. Got it as a middle instead.
I think Margaret/Meg/Maggie is almost cool again. My actual name is fine but every second kid in the late 70s was called it and it has yet to have its comeback moment.

I really hate the name Elaine I find it grates on me when I hear it said out loud !

Valerie

@honeyfox those are the actual middle names of my brother and I. I think I was going to be Elaine but it ended up in the middle.
My brother was thankfully called after his grandfathers in the end - my mum wanted him to be Damian John and my dad wanted him to be Hamish Alexander!

Ruth or Grace

Nicola or Geraldine

Roisin, it’s the Irish for Rose.

Lucille. After the Kenny Rogers song being in the charts when I was born 😀

Nancy

Ooo I quite love that name!

Love Estella too!

Mercedes or Holly. If a boy, Benjamin.

My mum and dad were both dead set on my name and had no alternative. They would have struggled had I been a boy.
I went through all my school years being the only ‘name’ in the school, then at college there were two of us in a class of 6!

Danielle. My actual name is more of a timeless classic. I can’t imagine being called Danielle, but no doubt I would have been shortening it to Dannii and putting hearts over the i’s in 80s fashion.

Actually I don’t even know how to spell it - is it Danielle or Dannielle?

Tracey. My actual name is better. Just.

My mum wanted Georgia and my dad wanted Jessica.

So how they ended up with Lauren is baffling to me 🤣

If a boy Dominic or Stephen ...
We are twins
Thankfully we were girls but I do live these names my name is a bit meh. A traditional Welsh name but cannot be shortened. And no one spells it right, even in Wales.

I was reading this really interesting spiritual book lately.

It said that the babies parents don't pick the babies name.

The soul of the baby picks the name . And the parents pick up on the vibration.

Very interesting

Jemima.

If I was male I would have been Thomas or William.

Juliette or Richard
My actual name is classic and timeless

@Abigail47 I like that.

I was almost Lily! Obviously I wasn’t floral enough