What were you ALMOST named?

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I think I was supposed Valtteri or Petteri, can't remember which one. I'm kinda glad my parents settled for Tuomas. It's a common enough name not to have raised any mockery, but unusual enough so that there aren't any other Tuomases in my circle of friends -> no funny nicknames for me.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 June 2005 06:06 (twenty-one years ago)

caleb is a great name!

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Thursday, 2 June 2005 06:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Josephine

― Nellie (nellskies), Thursday, 2 June 2005 06:15 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a four-name list written at the back of a book of names - the options not taken were Julia, Eleanor, and um Geraldine I think?

(underneath that list there is another of names I would have called myself had I had any say in the matter. like Jacqueline. and Robyn, and other horrible horrible names I thought were cool-sounding when I was nine or so.)

― spontine (cis), Thursday, 2 June 2005 07:11 (twenty-one years ago)

If I was a girl I would have been Anna.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 2 June 2005 07:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I was almost named 'Benjamin', to the point of one Aunt actually giving a baby present with 'Benjy' already sewn in as my name. I think Benjy was a popular dog on TV at the time or something...

I also almost had one of my Grandfather's middle names as my middle name - either 'Percival' or 'Octavius'. I would have preferred the latter. Particularly because an acronym of my name would then be R.O.B., which would have been kinda cool.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 2 June 2005 07:46 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, the dog was 'Benji', but close enough. He was cute, though.
http://www.dogtimes.com.br/imagens/benji.jpg

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Bethany
Delphine
Felicity
Wesley
Enzio
Ryszard (after Ryszard Horovitz, I assume)

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Dolores! I thought that was such a beautiful name, more *schpecial* than Nathalie which seems so... not really ordinary but not really original.

― nathalie's baby (stevie nixed), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Oooh! I've got to remember Delphine! I really like that name!

― nathalie's baby (stevie nixed), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Dennis!

― Community Cornerstone (deangulberry), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:15 (twenty-one years ago)

my parents always say if I was a girl I would have been called RONA, ugh which apparently is a name. imagine the horror.

they also thought of calling me Gareth because a prominent politician in the party supported by the family traditionally was Gareth Fitzgerald, a former PM of Ireland now too. I am also glad they didn't lumber me with a politically associated name.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I prefer 'Ronette'.

I often give thanks that I'm not a man, but never more so than when I recall that my dad liked the name BRUNO.

Possibly not as bad as 'Tybalt' or 'Bunyip' though wtf??

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I know my parents almost called me Paul, because that's what my middle name is. I received a letter from my birth mother last year, which flipped my wig by revealing that I was called Daniel for the first few weeks.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Narrowly escaped being named Rosamond. No idea what male names my mom planned out.

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I was going to be Jessie or Jesse, with the same middle name I have now.

― sgs (sgs), Thursday, 2 June 2005 10:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Dolores or Delphine...which one will she get, if indeed she is a she?

As for what I narrowly escaped being called...you really don't want to know...

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 2 June 2005 10:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I could have been Mica.

― Alix with an i? (alix), Thursday, 2 June 2005 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Ruddiger.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 2 June 2005 11:50 (twenty-one years ago)

they also thought of calling me Gareth

My brother's name is Gareth (but not after any politician, although my father had always hoped that my brother would become the first Prime Minister of Wales)

― C J (C J), Thursday, 2 June 2005 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

For a long span of time, apparently, my parents intended to COMBINE their last names (Snyd3r and C0leman) into SNYD3RMAN, which would be proceeded by a PETER and a PARKER, hence I was ALMOST named PETER PARKER SNYD3RMAN.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 June 2005 11:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Cartoon Superhero!!

― C J (C J), Thursday, 2 June 2005 11:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Then they apparently put down the pipe and decided giving me my dad's surname as is the tradition would suffice, and almost named me after their favorite singer PETER GABRIEL. I just know in my heart of hearts, had I grown up a PETE or a GABE instead of a NICK, I would now be the gayest gay man in the history of gay.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 June 2005 11:56 (twenty-one years ago)

If I was a boy I'd have been Daniel and my sister would have been Robin. This was before girls were called Robin, in this country at least. It's pretty dull though. Unlike one of my best pals, who escaped being OLYMPIA by a whisker!

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 2 June 2005 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)

My dad wanted to call me Bobby, so that I would have the same name as the popular footballer.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 2 June 2005 12:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Olympia?

Naming a child after a typewriter is just wrong.

― C J (C J), Thursday, 2 June 2005 12:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Tiffany (ugh, but after the glassmaker at least) or Anastasia (nice)or Melissa (middle name) if I was a boy I would have been Benjamin.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 2 June 2005 12:14 (twenty-one years ago)

David, until a last-minute change of mind. Think I prefer Mark.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Thursday, 2 June 2005 12:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Aww, you're pretty special too.

(Sam Kate Ca5arotto, if I'd been a girl)

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 2 June 2005 12:28 (twenty-one years ago)

My grandfather REALLY wanted my mom to name me Tony cuz he was obsessed with being Italian. He was a big scary Irishman, but he pretended that he wasn't. He made us kids call him Poppa and my grandmother Momma. He even bottled and sold his own tomato sauce on Long Island and called it "Mrs.Dano's" (His name was "DAN O"connor). My mom liked Scott better though and Anthony became my middle name. My grandfather still called me Tony anyway.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 2 June 2005 12:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Were I girl I would've been Robin Renee. (That may seem like too many R's but my last name here is an alias -- with significance, though.)

My brother (were he born female) would've been an Isabelle for French-Canadian couples ice skater Isabelle Brasseur. I think the middle name might've been Alexandra but I can't remember.

― Ian Riese-Moraine's all but an ark-lark! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 2 June 2005 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

If I'd been born a few hours later I would have been Guadalupe.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Thursday, 2 June 2005 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I came very close to being called Fiona or Iona until my granny stepped in and said enough with the Gaelic. If I'd been a boy I'd have been called Ian, because there is a tradition in my family of calling brothers Hamish and Ian. However, my brother nicked "Ian" as soon as he was legally old enough to do so.

I don't understand why. I think the name Hamish is lovely. If I had a son, I'd call him Hamish. A friend of mine told me he was nearly named Hamish - a shame except his own name is even prettier.

― The Square Root Of Negative Two (kate), Thursday, 2 June 2005 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Always "Matt" for me,
as "Alvin Matthew the Third"
sounded so poncey

my father refused
to think any of us
would be a female

(xpost to 'sam': Lupe is a hottt name but yours is just fine)

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Thursday, 2 June 2005 13:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I think you're the only person who thinks that. ;)

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Thursday, 2 June 2005 13:27 (twenty-one years ago)

it is my mom's name,
but also the name of She
Who First Held My Hand*

*S. B4rr3tt, an exotic beauty from white-trash-ville, during couples' skate at the Oregon City Skate Rink

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Thursday, 2 June 2005 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I was almost named April. Fortunately I was born in May.

My brothers got off easy but had my mom had her druthers they'd have been Obadiah and Christopher Robin; alas for her castles in the proverbial air, Dad is not particularly macho but he did put his foot down re: those two.

― Laurel, Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Friends have a father who is very keen on his Wagner, hence they are called Conrad and Merlin. Their sister got off a lot lighter, with Josephine.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I only know one Lupe, and she's lovely and cool!

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Elizabeth or Jennifer.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:22 (twenty-one years ago)

THe other day we heard a kid being called "Frodo." I wonder what the other options were...

― nathalie's baby (stevie nixed), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Hot twins in my jr. high school: Lulu and Lupe G0d1n3z. Tell me those weren't the best twin names ever! The only ones close in my school were December R4y and her sister Starr.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I was very close to being named Gloria. I HATE that name so I'm glad my mom changed her mind.

― Leon hearts Crazy Frog (Ex Leon), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I was almost Robert Grady Baker which looks and sounds a lot better than what I've got now. The folks eventually just named me after my father, who was named after his father.

Since my dad and I had the same name, for the first month of my life, my parents called me "Bub".

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

i was gonna be siobhan. then i showed up and my parents realised siobhan was someone else, but they weren't quite sure who i was. i was nameless right up until the day they make you fill in the formal form thing, and they suddenly saw i was emma.

― emsk, Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Elizabeth or Jennifer.
-- kelsey (kelstarr...), June 2nd, 2005 10:22 AM. (kelstarry) (later) (link)

In other words, you were born in 1977. I am glad they went with Kelsey, tho, as I've often said before.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

i was almost named phoebe after my brother's rich english grandmother. im often reminded of the riches i would have inherited and the european boarding schools i would have attended had my mother agreed to make her my namesake. instead, a little girl named katie came to the door one day, while my mom was pregnant, and that was that.

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 2 June 2005 17:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Chloe, Zoe, Martha

― Je4nne ƒur¥ (Je4nne Fury), Thursday, 2 June 2005 17:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Bob and Pheebs, sitting in a tree...

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 2 June 2005 17:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I was nearly a Buck.

― Rhodia (Rhodia), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:09 (twenty-one years ago)

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My mom swears that I was almost

JEDEDIAH

― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:02 (fourteen years ago)

I don't think you're legally allowed to name a babby Jedediah unless you're Amish. If that isn't actually a law than it should be.

― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:22 (fourteen years ago)

Gunnar or Gunner (mom claims the former, dad claims the latter spelling)

― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:48 (fourteen years ago)

Blaise

― flopson, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:45 (fourteen years ago)

Guy

― Steve Youngblood (dan m), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:54 (fourteen years ago)

Mom apparently had "Marc Anthony" on the short list (or maybe even "Antony", not sure which)

― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:49 (fourteen years ago)

My mom told me when I was younger that she only wanted two kids, with at least one girl. But since her first two kids were boys, she decided to try again with a third kid who would be Lisa. But alas her third kid was a boy too, so I became Lee. I heard that story several times when growing up, but she has since recanted it.

― Lee971 (Lee626), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:13 (fourteen years ago)

almost named jennifer

― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:18 (fourteen years ago)

Jessie

― owenf, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:30 (fourteen years ago)

lucky I wasn't. Moved to the UK as a teen where Jesse doesn't have quite the same cowboy badass connotations

― owenf, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:32 (fourteen years ago)

If female, I'd have been Emily

― mh, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 22:39 (fourteen years ago)

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