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.

Debbie or Caroline, if I could choose from those two I’d have gone with Caroline. But they went with their other choice which is now my name which is ok but there were 3 of us in my year at primary and 5 of us in my year at secondary.

I think my brother would have been Mark but again they went with something else.

If I was a boy I would have been called Harry (born in 1974)

I remember thinking this was dreadful as a child but it was well ahead of the curve and would be pretty cool for a 49yo now!

Maiden name Brown, mother German, father wanted to call me Eva, I was born not long after the war! I think(hope) that he was joking!

Victoria. Apparently I popped out and didn't look anything like a Victoria. So I got given a non-traditional name and when I use the full hyphenated version I sound like I should be a country and western singer. My dad also spelt it wrong when he went to the registry office, which my mum has never let him forget.

Kimberly or Kylie.. the name I was given is nothing remotely similar, far more classical than dated 80s.

If I were a boy, Henry which I think is a decent name.

Ryan if I was a boy

Ellen or Erin were top contenders and one of those is my name.

Oh I liked Georgia for my eldest it's a lovely name. Don't worry I'm not your mum she isn't a Lauren 😀

Beatrice or Neil

Exactly the same here. My Mum loved names like Jade (her favourite) Crystal and Coral...
My Dad's choice was much more traditional shall we say!

Roberta. I half wish I'd had that rather than my actual name. I was one of three at secondary school, and really resented it, though like it well enough aside from that.

I'd have been Richard if I'd been a boy.

Apparently my Dad wanted to call me October or Tabitha (from Bewitched) I ended up with the name of quite a famous film star and they didn't even realise until after I'd been called it 🙄 every teacher I used to have would comment at the beginning of term

Sandra or Cara (depending on if my siblings
named me or parents )

Brooke, Rachael and Rebecca were all on the list, born 1980. I ended up with Lucinda which is nothing like a typical 80s name but I like it

Céline after a relative who died just before I was born but my parents decided that they didn’t want me to carry the name of a dead family member.

Britannia. Fortunately my mother wouldn't have it and I got a mildly, but not totally embarrassing 1960s name instead.

Wendy or Juliet

Holly and Zoe were my Dad's choices.

Cerrie and the name I actually have were my Mum's.

I like Holly and my actual name best out of the 4.

I was born late 1950s and was almost called Cheyenne. My Dad couldn't remember how to spell it when he went to register my birth. I think it was the name of Clint Eastwood's character in "Rawhide" a popular western TV series at the time!

If I'd been a boy, Oliver, which is fine, or Endymion which would decidedly not have been.

My mum wanted to call me Lorraine! Thankfully my dad intervened 😅

Janet, Judith or Heather. I'm not keen on any of those (apologies to anyone with those names). I think they were already falling out of fashion in the early 70s. I ended up with a timeless classic name which I really like and which my daughter has as a middle name.

Richard if I'd been a boy. I like the name but it would have been a bit unfortunate with my surname. Not quite as bad as Dick Head but along those lines.

If I'd been twin girl number 2 I would have been Jane. But my twin brother popped out first. So I got first choice for a girl. I got one of the compulsory middle names of the time and I really wish they'd used Jane. My 2 names can be a hyphenated first name ( eg Anne-Marie type name)
and it pisses me off when anyone calls me that.
My mum's excuse was that she had a lot of names to think about. My dad didn't get much of a say apparently as he wanted to call me Victoria!

I was meant to be a quadruplet, we would've been called Eleanor, Jude, Lucy and Sadie... yeah my parents were Beatles fans...
If we were boys no doubt we would've been George, John, Paul and Richard

i was supposed to be called sally but my dad and his best mate when to the pub before they went to the registry office and forgot the name they were supposed to give me!

my DD was supposed to be names Megan-Louise.. and the minute she was born me and her dad looked at her and said 'nah' and immediately gave her another name.

Kirsty, which would have been ok? Or Declan if I was a boy - a name which i found appalling as a kid and not so bad now.

Anyway, they did well with the final choice.