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

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wishingwellofhope · 22/04/2009 14:36

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

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Thunderduck · 22/04/2009 20:30

The other possible girl's name was Claire, my cousin got that and if I'd been a boy it would have been Craig or Michael, after deceased relatives.

HecatesTwopenceworth · 22/04/2009 20:41

My middle name was supposed to be Naomi. My parents loved it. My mum went to register me and for some reason that she cannot explain to this day, registered my middle name as Maria instead. Maria was not a name either of them had given any though to at all. She has no idea how it happened.

Oh, and had I been a boy I think I was going to be Luke. Or was it Saul? Or maybe my sister would have been Saul? I dunno.

HecatesTwopenceworth · 22/04/2009 20:45

Just spoken to my mum and mentioned this and she said they were also considering Selina, Jemima, Primrose and Miranda!

HecatesTwopenceworth · 22/04/2009 20:45

oh and PANDORA!!!

hester · 22/04/2009 21:11

Hedwig. I kid you not.

CakeandFineWine · 22/04/2009 21:14

my DM would have called be Alistar if I was a boy!!! Thank f*ck I was a girl, even if Jane is the most BORING name on the planet, at least its not too embarrassing

differentID · 22/04/2009 21:17

My parents never had a girl's name ready for me they were so convinced I was going to be a boy called Michael Edward Peter James. As a result it took them nearly the whole 6 weeks alloted to decide which versions of my grandmothers' names to use.

numal · 22/04/2009 21:21

I was named after my aunt. She was a wonderful lady and died 5 years ago. We only then discovered from her birth certificate that her name was not what she was known as and I was named after, but.... Honor. That is such a beautiful name and it should have been mine (shock). Instead I have had a name I have never liked.
God knows how it was mixed up, the registrar must have been deaf (or drunk)or both.(sad)

Lubyloo · 22/04/2009 21:24

I narrowly escaped being called Perdita!

pranma · 22/04/2009 21:26

I was nearly Gloria Jean

tigerdriver · 22/04/2009 21:26

Daphne. Don't know what I would have been if I was a boy. Probably something like Paul or Colin given my age.

feedthegoat · 22/04/2009 21:27

My dad wanted to call me Tracey or Sharon but my mum put her foot down! If I was a boy I was going to be Mark.

BananaFruitBat · 22/04/2009 21:31

I was very nearly Tabitha Tamsin.

Yup. Daddy refused. I love him.

MadamAnt · 22/04/2009 21:31

I was nearly Angel!! Or Laura, which with my surname would have sounded like Lorelei. Ended up with a v old fashioned name. Actually I like my name and the also-rans.

girlandboy · 22/04/2009 21:32

Eric apparently.

Thank goodness I was a girl.

tigerdriver · 22/04/2009 21:33

lol Eric. alright if you are a Viking.

percy2006 · 22/04/2009 21:41

Born late 70's Wesley if a boy or Louise which is my middle name now. bit boring which is why I have 2 dd with unusual names!!

Stayingsunnygirl · 22/04/2009 22:05

Rhauri, if I'd been a boy.

MarchNowFebMum · 22/04/2009 22:07

numal - change you name to Honor!

was going to be Jeff if boy which is weird as I have a very unusual girl's name

dinkymum · 22/04/2009 22:55

My mum wanted Julie-Anne or Matthew my dad Greg or Storm, Gail or Arlene im neither of these! thanks apparently to my half siblings!

EachPeachPearMum · 22/04/2009 22:56

I was going to be 'Victoria' - its a darn sight better than the name I do have

Baysmum · 22/04/2009 23:00

Jasper after Mr Carrott if I was a boy - well we are Brummies! Lily for a girl as I'm v blond - would have quite liked that actually.

MrsSchadenfreude · 22/04/2009 23:06

Johanna...not bad...but Benedict if I had been a boy.

Servalan · 22/04/2009 23:40

My DF wanted to call me Bridget

Or Mitzi

My DM put her foot down

LetThemEatCake · 23/04/2009 08:31

Justin if boy.

Xanthe was a contender, but they were put off by the fact that it means golden-haired or something - and being of Indian descent, the chances of that were slight.

I actually really like it as a name but do like the name I have too (means princess!! very fitting)