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.

Jeremy if I'd been a boy. Thank God I wasn't.

I've got cousins ( brothers) John, Paul and Michael. My mum always referred to them as John, Paul and Ringo!

I like the name Chloe!
Isn't Rafaella a chocolate now?
I was almost a Caroline, which would have been far preferable to what I ended up with!

I’m a 90’s baby.
i was going to be either Sky or Morgan (if not the name I was given)
or if I was a boy I was going to be Kye or William

If I were a boy I would have been Liam

Then I was supposed to be Rebecca until my mum went off the name just before I came.

Meredith was on my list for DD and recently found out at just one week old my name was almost changed to that.

Mum wanted Rachel, dad wanted Fiona.

I absolutely love Fiona.

Would have been Colin if I was a boy

My mother wanted to call me Rebecca but my dad insisted I was named after his grandmother. I'm glad because I don't think Rebecca would have suited me.

Gage, truly awful name. I'm very lucky I wasn't a boy.

Grace or Octavia. I'd love to be Octavia tbf.

Lee (if I had been a boy).

And Robert if I'd been a boy. My younger brother is not called Robert, though!

Natasha no idea why

Carol - but they decided that too many people would think I was named after them

I was almost maned Samantha. I also feel a real connection to the name. It would have suited me, I think. I don't mind the name I have though.
It was after a character in the movie "High Society". My actual name was after a prominent film star of the day. 😊

me too!

dodged a bullet there

Dennis if I'd been a boy. My DC's think it's hilarious.

I was very nearly called Marley, but my parents changed their name at the last minute.

If I was a boy, I would have been Alfie of Herbie.

Alison or Sharon. I much prefer my actual name!

If I was a boy I was probably going to be Michael.

Cecilia

Jane, Catherine, Elizabeth, Mary. My mum loves Jane Austen 🤣

My dad wanted me to have his mother's name which was Margaret.When he told, just after I was born, she said no, as there were two many Margarets at that time (I am a lot older than most on MN).She also reminded him that a friend of my mother's had just named her baby wit that name.She told him the name she preferred which was the name of one of her sisters who had died at a few months old.
I got my grandmother's choice, but my dad never told my mother it was his mother's choice of name.

Christopher if I'd been a boy.

An alternative spelling of my name if my Mum had got her way (God only knows why she didn't insist. She who births the baby gets final say IMO )

Robyn

Oh I'm so curious to know what your name is now 😂
Can we get the first letter please?

My actual name has been said on this thread.

Names are cool. I've always felt a connection to the name Deborah. Then I learned that I was nearly called it.