What name might you have been called instead of the one you have now

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My DF wanted to call me Merlin if I was a boy and Gwenevere if I was a girl. My DM wanted Joseph for a boy and Abi-Jo for a girl. I ended up with Abi but secretly i'd have liked Gwenevere

I was very nearly Imogen or Rosamund.

Yikes.

Jolene.
After the Dolly Parton 'Classic'

My mum wanted to call me Toni but my Dad didn't so I ended up with the feminine name of my DB Michael

Kim or Oliver (Kim for a girl btw)

I ended up with an equally gender-ambiguous name (and i am a girl, in case you were wondering...)

I was going to be Harley if I was a boy. My dad was called David and yes he was a biker.

I can barely type it without wincing.

I would have been Guy
My cousin would have been Tarquin - she had the really lucky escape!

My dad wanted to call me Patsy after Patsy Cline cos he liked her voice

So glad my mum put her foot down!!

not sure for a boy - think they only wanted a girl, I would of been Catherine, but my mum heard the name they gave me on the ward and loved it, so thats what they have me. TBH I would of preferred Catherine, or the proper spelling of my name!!!

My sister would of been Daniel James, parents convinced it was a boy, put out so much by birth of a girl she was unnamed for 5 days lol

Squeaver - my name is Kirsty. You're right, it's a common crap name .

I was nearly called Regan. After the girl from the Exorcist. What a wonderful inspiration!

I was going to be Simon. Not bad at all.

They only had one girls name as my Mum had decided when she was a little girl that if she had a daughter she'd call her .

If I'd been a boy, I would have been Robert or Christopher. But my younger brother is called James, oddly.

if i'd of been a boy i'd of been benjamin

other choice of girls name was louise/louisa

I'm very glad my granddad intervened. My Mum thought she liked Kerry Anne. fcknig horrible.

My Grannddad said, "what carry on???!!!! you can't."
"No Kerry Anne!."
"Carry ON! that's not a name."
They changed it to something a lot more conservative.

What a massive favour he did me.

Bernadette.

I was going to be India and my brother Quatermass Ignatius
Thank god for my mother

Not sure will have to ask my Mum!

dad wanted me to be called Tracy!

and my eldest sis wanted me to be called Claire after her best friend lol,so that's my middle name

Dr Who.

My poor brother was devastated that I was not a boy ( he already haad two sisters) and was asked what he would like to call the new baby. DW had just started and he was already a fan. He was earnest in his suggestion and was thwarted again!

Nearly got called Blodwen! Have another Welsh name - a bit better but there are lots of Welsh names I like better. Personally, I would have chosen Alexandra. Perhaps it ought to be the done thing to be able to officially change your name at the age of 21 ( not before else we could all have ended up with some awful pop star name).

I would have been a Ben if I was a boy. My mum wanted to call me Martha but my dad said no!

I was very nearly a Morag.

Quite a harsh sounding name IMO so I'm glad they changed their mind

i like morag, thinking about it for bump. harsh, but if you have the right personality so cool.

I was almost called margaret, which i use to be aghast about but recnetly have begun to think of as a pretty and mistreated name

Verity

Or Joem if I was a boy (I'm not sure this is even a real name, it may be something my mum dreamed up).

christopher

born in the early 80's my dad wanted to call me either keith or sharon thank god my mum got the final say so!