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

[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."

[pitc9]

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.

That would have been kind of cute Val!

Then the next one would have been Dorcas August!!

I was my parents last chance for a boy. (I have 3 older sisters)
My parents were so sure I was a boy they didn't even have girl names picked out! I was going to be Robert (after my dad and grandfather that was killed in a car accident before I was born)
So when they found out I was a girl, my mom wanted to name me Roberta so they could call me Bobbie. I think that would have been cute, Bobbie that is.... not so much Roberta
And it would have been so fitting because I'm a daddy's girl through and through! But my mom was out voted when my dad thought to name me after his mother Angela. I'm not a second though because her middle name is Elizabeth and mine is Marie.
Funny think is that in school, I was friends with 2 other Angela Marie's!!