What were YOU supposed to be called?

[Phantom]

Anyone have any stories about what your parents were thinking of naming you before you were born?

My mom wanted to call me Bianca but my dad said it was a "hooker's name". My mom also like Tara but again... daddy thought that sounded too hookerish too! So I got stuck with Nicole because he wasn't aware of any hookers with that name.

 

[Sophie1205]

My mum and dad were originally going to call me Stacey, but my mum went off it because of a character on a TV show xx

 

[AFC84]

Narelle apparently...I'm glad I got Tamsin instead!

 

[malia]

Well mine were expecting a boy so I was meant to be Andrew
When I was born my dad wanted to call me Rebecca but my mum won and chose Helen

 

[Waiting2bMommy]

My parents thought I was a boy too and I was supposed to be Chayse. Then I came out a girl and mom wanted Corinne but dad didn't so I became Whitney Corinne.

 

[RubyRainbows]

They had the names Ginger & Theresa in mind for me -- somehow they ended up naming me Tamara (nn. Tammy). This is surprising to me tho -- since my parents don't strike me as the type that would choose such a unique & uncommon name, especially back in the day!

 

[SweetJennie]

I was either going to be a Jessica or a Jennifer if I was a girl or Christopher if I was a boy. Glad they went with Jennifer! lol

 

[crazykewl]

If I was a boy it was going to be Dallas, but they got me so Im here as Jessie-Lyn

 

[alexalomb]

Yolanda apparently

 

[discoclare]

My dad wanted to call me Allie after Allie McGraw, but my mum didn't like it and picked Clare instead. If I was a boy I was going to be Stuart. None of them are very good choices IMO!

 

[Lauraxamy]

If I was a boy John after my Dads Dad that died a year or so before I was born, then for a girl I'd either of been a Laura or a Rachel and I ended up a Laura!

 

[crazy mummy]

My mum wanted to call me Lucy and my dad wanted to call me Francesca, they had a huge row about it and when dad said to his friend what would you call a girl he said Kelly and dad said that will do (really), I later got told by my mum that she hates my name always has and I can change it if I want, I was going to be Christopher had I been a boy

 

[PrincessJenna]

I was Christopher if I was a boy & Roseanne if a girl luckily Mum changed my her mind when I was born to Jenna

 

[JessdueJan]

I was going to be Matthew had I been a boy.
Dad wanted to call me Poppy when I was born but mam wasn't keen and they settled for Jessica I'm glad they did, I don't think I'd suit being a Poppy...

 

[Hollys_Twinny]

If I was a boy, I was going to be Wesley.

 

[Dragonfly]

I was going to be called Annette then they changed it to Anneke which is said Anneka. Its a mix of my dads dutchness and my Irish grans name.

 

[msdizzydolore]

My father's name is Bobby Lee...but for some strange reason family and friends called him Horace. I still have no clue WHY.

Sooooo...when my mom got pregnant with me...she was going to name me...wait for it...

HORACETINA

I don't know why she changed her mind...but thank God she did. She named me after her, Dolores.

 

[MommyMika]

If I was going to be a boy I would have been named James... which I think is really funny, because my husbands name is James!!

 

[hayley x]

My real dad wanted to call me Zoe, and Matthew if I was a boy x

 

[Raspberries]

I was originally either going to be called Shelley or Tia-Maria, early on (or Paul if I were a boy)

I'm so glad I got called Staci in the end, it was the name my nan suggested to my mum, the last time they spoke before she died when my mum was 3 months pregnant with me so its kinda special.