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

[Riptide]

If I were a boy, my name would have been Jordan xD

[Twisterdog]

I don't know what I would have been named if I would have been a boy. But my dad wanted to name me, for a girl, Kizzie. I'm serious ... Kizzie. Is that even a name??? My mother said, "Over my dead body!" so they fought and fought about it. One day my mom had gotten a box of apples to make apple butter with, and the brand on the side was "Shanna Valley Apples". My mom, angry, says, "How about Shanna?" and my dad, angrier, says, "Fine!" ... still hoping in his heart for Kizzie, I'm sure.

Thank GOODNESS for apples!!!


I was set on the name Dylan for my son from the beginning, although I thought briefly about Dane.

If he would have been a girl, I was going to name him Logan.

[Glacier]

Had my father had his way, my name would be Heidi. I am so not a Heidi! Instead, they decided to let my ticked off, "I don't want a sibling", 10 year old half brother name me. I don't have a middle name. My full first name is TamaraLyn, no hyphen, no space, yes that's a capital L and it's supposed to be one! I swear Lance stuck the capital L in the middle of my name just to make my life more difficult. I have had to produce my birth certificate on more than one occasion just to prove I know how to spell my own name! That is what happens when you let the angry boy name the sister he doesn't want(and still doesn't particularly like)

My younger sister's name is Patricia. Had she been a boy, she would have been Bart. *she was born long before the Simpsons. My Mom still loves that name!

[Sevaede]

I do not know if I was thought to be a boy. I think my mom was one of the folks who just like to be surprised.

If I had been born a boy... My first name would be Axel.

[Killearn Kitties]

I was going to be Maureen, until my Mum read a book while she was expecting me about a baby, called Karen, born very prematurely, that still survived. She was inspired by the story and liked the name, so Karen I became.

I have always known plenty of Karen's, but it can't have been too common a name at the time, judging by my Dad's Mother's reaction of "Karen? What kind of a name is that?!"

[kuhio98]

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

Well, at least the nurse was helpful. When Helen (Bobcat's ex) gave birth to the twins, she was all drugged up because it had been a difficult, emergency delivery. The nurse asked her the babie's names. She said Ron and Robin. The nurse asked her how to spell Robin. Helen responded R-o b zzzzzzzzzz b-i-n (passed out for a moment during the spelling). The stupid nurse put Robbin on the birth certificate, so that's how it is to this day.

[CathyBogart]

I was supposed to be "Alexander" right up until the time I was born! oops!

My sister didn't have a name at all when she was born, and my parents wound up naming her after the doctor who delivered her.

[CountryWolf07]

My name is Rachel; my name was going to be Jacqueline.

[Whisk_Luva]

Well I was almost called Amy and Emma, but my parents decided they liked Eleanor the best!

[Husky_mom]

funny stories........
my parents didn´t know what to name until I was born....... so.... they hears some bells ringing and thought what a nice sound let´s name her is - a - bell (nice ) so I´m a bell.........


just kidding...... that what i always say to make it funnier...... my grandmas name was Maria Isabel, my mothers name is Isabel Adriana, so my name is Isabel Adriana..... yes I´m a second, but wait it gets better.....I have two cousins older than me also named Adriana.....one on each parent side ....

obviosly I go for Isabel.....my mom and my cousins go for Adriana.....

as a joke I thought naming my baby girl Isabel IV....yes, in roman numbers....

my mom told me she thought of naming me Sofía..... no middle name.....

if I had a girl I wanted the name Samantha Cheyenne until I knew it was a boy so I had thought about Isaac Alexander or Adrian Isaac....(hubby´s name is Isaac, gotta keep a track not only last name huh?)
but he finally got Joshua Isaac......and he has a "call" name....Bobby... don´t ask me where it came from but it sure has stuck.......for good.....

[sparks19]

My mom wanted to name me Racheal. My dad wanted to name me Brian (lol that is his name and he was certain I was gonna be a boy lol)

But when my mom went into labour the last song she heard was Tanya Tucker... the rest is history

[Suki Wingy]

If I was I boy I would have no name for the first few hours, they had none picked out. My mom says I'm named after the book legth poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and my dad says he read my name off a gravestone while taking pictures there and thought it was pretty!

[Pam]

I was going to be Joan Lynn. When my dad was visiting my mom in her hospital room after I was born he told her he had a better idea. He said "how about Pamela for her first name and Louise after your (my mom's) middle name. So I became Pamela Louise. I must admit there were many times through grade school that I wished I was Joan Lynn. Pamela was a very RARE name back then and I felt a little odd. It sort of grew on me as I got older, but I definitely prefer Pam.

I was planning to name my daughter Kelly. You all may know her (Christiansmommy) as Robyn. Right before her birth my hubby said that the name Kelly reminded him of a bar he passed (Kelly's Bar and Grill) and he wasn't really fond of it at all any more. One day I was watching Captain Noah with my son (it was a children's program in the Philadelphia area). Kids would send their drawings in to him and he would show them on the air and comment on them. One little girl, who sent in a drawing, was named Robin. I thought to myself....."I like that name." I presented it to hubby that night and he did too. We only changed the spelling a bit, changing the *I* to a *Y* and named her Robyn.

[JuniorxMyxLove]

Haha. Well...

My name is Melanie...If I was a boy, I was supposed to be Joel or Everett(oh god I'm glad I wasn't a boy!!!!) I dunno what it was sposed to be for a girl...maybe Melanie?

My SISTER!! HAHA!!! My dad seriously wanted to name her Scooter! But of course...my mom said NO. She too was supposed to be named Everett or Joel is she were a he. I think she was supposed to be named Michelle if she were a girl...but thats her middle name.

My dad is wierd. Haha.

Oh, and if you were wondering, my grandpa's name is Everett. But my grandma calls him Bud or just "hey you!" haha.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

My mom wanted to name me Heidi, but my dad hated it and it didn't go at all with our last name. My mom gave up naming me and let my dad do it- he named me Kari. If I were born a boy I would have been Timothy.

My husband's parents had the hardest time naming their 3 kids. They had no names picked out for Justin until after he was born and they were asked what name was going on his birth certificate, they quickly picked the name Justin. With their second kid they decided on the name Melissa, they put it on the birth certificate and brought her home from the hospital- a few weeks later they decided to have her name changed to Lindsay. Lastly Justin's youngest sister came home with no name! Her birth certificate simply said "Baby Girl" as the name. It took them a little while before they finally decided to name her Diana.