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.

Exactly the same for me too.
But my Grandad said Anne was boring and came up with another A name, which my parents went for instead.

Rebecca
Ruth
Samantha
Rachel

If I was a boy, I would've been called Angus Bruce or Bruce Angus...can't remember the other girl names that came close though...will need to ask my mum.

My brother chose my middle name. He was 5 and, not long after I was born, said to his nursery teacher that he had a new baby sister called Lucy. The teacher told my mum when she picked him up but they hadn't actually chosen a name for me yet!😆

Maya!

I was called 'Lauren' for a week!
I would have been Lauren Gayle which is a lovely name.

Megan. If I was a boy I would’ve been Daniel.

Mum wanted to call me Cynthia. Thank the lord my dad objected

Mary 😳 and what makes it worse is ima twin born near Christmas and he was going to be called joe 😂.
I'm so glad they had a rethink

Eve.

I was so glad as a Teenager I wasn't called Eve, but as an adult I love the name now!

Camille (Jane Helen middle names)

Timothy!!!!

What a dreadful name.

Pamela!

My DS would have been Phoebe if he was a girl

My parents decided my name on their first date. If I'd been a boy I would have been Ignatius, Clovis or both!

Sinéad. I like my actual name but I’ve always wished my dad hadn’t vetoed it.

Mary is a beautiful name imho

I was going to be Cameron if a boy.

My parents had me when they were 21 and my mother had a very difficult (cowbag) Great aunt who disliked my actual name and decided i ought to be called Natasha instead. (My real name is more of the 'Jane, Anne variety).

So to a fairly large cohort of my mother's family I have always been called Natasha. Because my parents (and my grandparents) sadly never put their foot down on the subject.

Mad really.

Also Scarlett! I wonder if we're the same age... my mum was a fan of Gone with the Wind...

Marley
Thankfully I am not Marley.

Juliette

Fanny my mother's choice they drew straws. Dad won. I kinda like Fanny but I had a Scandinavian surname before I married that is used as slang for male genetalia so happy it was not used considering I ended up living in the UK.

Keith is an awful name thank goodness you're not a Keith ☺️😂

Karen.

My Mother wanted to call me Sophia and my Father wanted to call me the name I am now. They both tossed a coin and my Father won. I would have preferred Sophia I do love my name it's just a name most people say incorrectly because of one letter.

Felicity, I'm told I was introduced as such before DM changed her mind, before I was registered.

My middle name was supposed to be Naomi.
My dad chose it. (She chose my first name. That was the deal.)

When my mum went to register me she claims she forgot my middle name and panicked and said the first name that came to mind, which was Maria.

Yeah, my catholic mother just had a sudden bout of amnesia about my dad's choice of middle name and so went with Maria in desperation. 🤣 She thinks we're all daft I swear.