My name was almost.............

[kuhio98]

Missy's name thread HERE started a family conversation. We asked our Mom if they had planned to name us something else before we were born. Yeppers! All of us had different names, but when we were born they didn't seem to fit.

My name is Lisa -- it was supposed to be Robin.
My sister's name is Carmen -- it was supposed to be Bronwyn (we lived in Scotland at the time)
My brother's name is Donald -- it was supposed to be Brian

How about you? Post your "almost" name here.

[Karen]

My name was going to be Donald Robert Junior if I was a boy. It was almost Kristine, but Dad remembered his Aunt Christine who was somewhat biased against anyone who wasn't a Swedish immigrant to America ... so Karen I am!

[angelbow20]

Well If I was a boy my mother was going to name me Adam... and When I was born they had no idea what to name me because the doctors thought I was going to be a boy and so did my parents then!!! Big Suprise when I came out huh!!! so since it was close to xmas time and since my dad named my older sister it was up to my mom to pick out and name so she decided on Angel.

[animal_rescue]

I was suppose to be a boy and when I "was" a boy for that short time my mom wanted to name me.... Buck.

But when she found out I was a girl she had two other names for me that I can remember, Charlotte(Charlie) and Raquelle. I don't know if she had any others though. But no I'm Megan now.

[Cincy'sMom]

I'm not sure if I was ever supposed to be anything differnt, but my sister's name definetaly changed. Up to the time my parent's left for the hospital, it was a girl, she would be Erin Nicole. The next morning, I was told I had a new baby sister, Christina Sue. Evidently, she didn't look like an Erin Nicole!

[buckner]

I don't think I was "almost" anything. I don't think it took my parents long to decide on Sara Louise once they found out I was to be a girl.

My brother's name is Ryan Nelson (Nelson was after my dad's middle name). The first name is 4 letters and the middle name is 6 letters, and both names have 2 syllables. Well, my parents are HUGE math people, and they do a lot of things that revolve around numbers. So, I had to have a first name that had 4 letters and a middle name that was 6 letters, and both 2 syllables. That was pretty much the criteria. Oh, and neither of my names could end in "ner" or "nor" and neither could start with B, or have a "K", "CH", or "CK" sound.

My mom immediately decided to name me according to one of my grandmother's names. It was either Anna or Louise (her name was Anna Louise). Because my dad knew her as Louise, he decided on Louise. Something about it sounding "stronger".

So Louise was my middle name. Now it was time to pair up a first name that sounded good with my last name and with the combination of my middle and last. Cara was out of the question, so they thought about Tara. My dad IMMEDIATELY botched that idea. I won't explain the reasons, as I don't want to offend anyone whose name is Tara. So, somehow, I became Sara Louise.

I love my name, and I wouldn't want any other name.

And it turns out Sara means Princess. That's what my daddy calls me.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Well, my grandma wanted me to be named Barbara Alicia, but my mom didn't like that. And if I was going to be a boy, I was going to be Devin Thomas.

But I got my name of Barbara Briana. I go by my middle name, obviously, XD.

[Anita Cholaine]

I was almost a Zulema. My dad really liked that name, so I was going to be a Zulema Natali or a Natali Zulema. Thank God I ended up being a Natali Luciana

[jenluckenbach]

I am Jennifer with no middle name. The other choice for my first name was Dierdra (OH MY! I don't even know how to spell it!!!) And they also considered adding Rebecca for my middle name but opted not to give me one at all.

[Freedom]

I was "Baby Girl" until I was 6 months old. My mom was quite ill when I was born and remained in hospital 4 months. My grandparents took care of me.

As my Dad's family is Sicilian, tey have a structure for names. First boy after the father's father; first girl after the father's mother. Second boy after the mother's father; second girl after the mother's mother. And so forth. That's why we see the same names generations after generation, and first cousins with the same names!

So I was supposed to be "Isabella." When my mom got home and heard this she said NO WAY. It took another 2 months, and my grandaprents getting nervous that I hadn't been either baptized or christened yet, to name me. Mom always told me she had no idea what made her say Sandra.

Both my mom and my dad had brothers named Francis, so that was my middle name.

And then Alberta got tacked on; it was my grandmother's (dad's mom) first name in Sicily. She changed it to Isabella when she came through Ellis Island. Dad never knew her real name until he was 14 and she was going to her citizenship!

So I finally, at 6 months old, got named: Sandra Frances Alberta.

[dukedogsmom]

My poor mom's name is Dorcas June and when she was in school, she said she'd name her daughter Dorcas July. I'm so thankfull she didn't! And yes, she goes by June.

[luvofallhorses]

I don't know what my name was supposed to be but I know my middle name was going to be Belle and it's Leigh. I would rather have it be Krista Belle because it's prettier IMO!

[Chilli]

I was supposed to be a little boy. =D
Cory Micheal had been my original name, but at the last minute, I suppose that I decided to be a girl, and as a result: Courtney Michelle. I asked mum, and she had no other "girl" name for me aside from that. It just popped in her head and it stuck.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

When my mom was pregnant with me, they didn't know what sex I was, so she and my older brother just called me "cookie." When I was born, my parents could only agree on "Jill" but I guess I was almost "Tara"- pronounced "Tah-ra."

[catnapper]

I was supposed to be Deborah. Mom didn't even know how to spell Kimberly.... she had written Kimberlee and the nurse told her she spelled it wrong. I always thought "lee" was cooler than "ly" but now am very glad the nurse spoke up! LOL