It’s not so much what I wish I was named - it’s that I wish my first and middles were switched! I’ve always gone by my middle (ever since I was a baby) and it gets very confusing for others sometimes, especially because my first name is a unisex name that I don’t feel fits my feminine nature. I’m engaged and I’m planning to switch the order of my first and middle names when I am married and legally change my last name; I don’t want to ditch the first one completely because I know my mom loves it, but it will be much easier to have the name I go by actually be my first name.
That said, I am glad my mom didn’t go with one of her first choices: Rayn [name_f]Beryl[/name_f]. [name_u]Rain[/name_u] Barrel. I can’t believe that was even in the cards
I never liked my name growing up (it’s [name_u]Hillary[/name_u]). It always felt childish somehow. If I could easily rename myself tomorrow, I would choose [name_f]Fiona[/name_f] for sure. I’ve always felt a strong connection to that name and plan to name my first daughter that, but I would gladly use it for myself instead :). The only other name I could see myself as would be [name_f]Lia[/name_f].
Today it’d probably be: [name_f]Fiona[/name_f] [name_f]Jasmine[/name_f], [name_f]Fiona[/name_f] [name_f]Renee[/name_f], or [name_f]Fiona[/name_f] [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] // [name_f]Lia[/name_f] [name_f]Fiona[/name_f], [name_f]Lia[/name_f] [name_f]Renee[/name_f], or [name_f]Lia[/name_f] [name_f]Celestine[/name_f].
I really like my full name - [name_f]Bethia[/name_f] - and the nn [name_f]Beth[/name_f]'s OK, so I wouldn’t want to actually change it.
However, there is one name that I feel fits me and that I would love to bear, and that’s [name_f]Maud[/name_f]. I just think it’s gorgeous, however atm it doesn’t seem to be fitting in with my top girls’ names, and it feels more like a ‘me’ name than the name of a future daughter.
Another name I could see myself going by is [name_f]Rowena[/name_f].
I love my name. My mom insists on spelling it “[name_f]Madelyn[/name_f],” but I hate it and prefer the traditional french spelling [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f], so I spell it like that unless i’m signing important documents or something. The only other name I can identify with is [name_f]Janet[/name_f].
I am learning to love my name. My parents feel really connected to it. It was my grandmother’s name, she was alive when they named me but is a tradition in Greek families to give the kids their grandparents’ names. I have a pretty unique name for where I live (I was the first one on the database) and I used to hate it because of that.
I think a name that suits me is [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], nicknamed [name_f]Kate[/name_f]. My friends told me that a couple of times and I really love it. [name_f]Violet[/name_f] was a name my mom loved when she was pregnant and I think it suits me, too. My personal wish would be [name_f]Flora[/name_f]. So strong and feminine at the same time.
I’ve always been happy as a [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], especially because I could have been a [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], which is a name I strongly dislike.
However I would have loved to have been a [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], I think it would have really suited me.
I was almost named [name_f]Natasha[/name_f] which I’m not too fond of! However if I were to chose my name I would probably be [name_f]Kate[/name_f] or [name_f]Katie[/name_f]. I’ve had the nickname [name_f]Katie[/name_f] for a long time by one of my uncles and I fell in love with the name at an early age. But seein as the name is my of my boyfriends sister whom I’m not too fond of at the moment I’m losing my love for it! But it still beats my actual name( [name_f]Christine[/name_f]) which I hate so much…
I would’ve loved to have been [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] nn [name_f]Liv[/name_f], I think it suits me. It doesn’t go with my surname but I like it anyway!
I was going to be [name_f]Jasmyn[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] up until I was born and I didn’t “look like a [name_f]Jasmyn[/name_f],” so they picked [name_f]Eryn[/name_f]. It was still a thought out name so it’s special and it definitely fits me, but I wish I had a nickname.
I didn’t really like my name growing up, it was too different and people would mix it up with [name_f]Karen[/name_f], [name_f]Kerri[/name_f], and to a lesser extent Kerren, so I thought a lot about other names that I wished I had. My favorites were [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f] and [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] which were fairly popular at the time, and [name_f]Natasha[/name_f] and [name_f]Claire[/name_f], which were less common. I feel like [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f] probably went best with my mn [name_f]Louise[/name_f] together with my last name which begins with a hard ‘C’ sound.
As a little girl I wanted to be named [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] more than anything. I was always [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] whenever I played princesses with my friends. I had three dolls and two stuffed animals named [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]. I loved that name so much, but around the time I turned nine I decided [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] was too childish and became obsessed with the name [name_f]Emaline[/name_f]. I still love them both, but if I had to choose one thing to change my name to it would be [name_f]Rose[/name_f], because it’s beautiful, yet simple.
I like my name - [name_f]Amy[/name_f]. As a child I hated it, but I’ve grown to be fond of it. I was almost named [name_f]Katie[/name_f], which I really like, prefer [name_f]Kate[/name_f].
If I could choose any name I wouldn’t stray to far from the name I have now. Probably [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] ([name_f]Amy[/name_f] as NN)
I like my name, [name_f]Carys[/name_f], because it’s common here in [name_m]Wales[/name_m] but outside people have all sorts of reactions to it because they’ve never heard it before. At school though, there were two other [name_f]Carys[/name_f]'s in my year alone.
I can’t specifically think of any names I actually wish I had. There was a girl called [name_f]Scarlet[/name_f] who joined our class in sixth form and everyone was crazy over her name - not that its unpopular, just for a 17 year old girl (at the time) it was lol.
I guess I’d like something that you may expect to find on a kid, but not an adult. Something like [name_u]Paisley[/name_u], or [name_f]Aurora[/name_f]. Maybe [name_u]Harper[/name_u]? Something a little trendy but not to [name_m]OTT[/name_m].
I’ve always been satisfied with my name (M@ry R3née), but I went through a brief period where I preferred [name_f]May[/name_f]. Nowadays I could easily picture myself as a [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] or [name_u]Ali[/name_u]énor… perhaps why I love those names together so much
I haven’t really thought about it before but for some reason when I saw the question I immediately thought of [name_f]Harriet[/name_f]. I don’t even love the name, I just like it. Maybe it’s because of my [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] obsession haha. But now that I think about it I do think I suit that name. Hmm.
This is awesome. I love my name: [name_f]Laila[/name_f], but because it carries several pronunciation issues I sometimes wish I had an easier name. I really like my middle name, [name_u]Juli[/name_u]@nne, so I guess that would be the name I would feel comfortable using the most. [name_f]Juliana[/name_f] is even better
My mum liked [name_f]Tatiana[/name_f] but my dad didn’t. I wish he had. I think it suits me much better than my actual name. I always think [name_f]Natasha[/name_f] is too graceful and prim to be mine. I could be a [name_f]Tati[/name_f] though.
My name is [name_u]Haley[/name_u], and I’ve never liked my name. I was almost named [name_u]Madison[/name_u] or [name_f]Lola[/name_f], and I love [name_f]Lola[/name_f] but hate [name_u]Madison[/name_u]. I don’t feel like either fit me, however.
I’ve been told by someone that I look like a [name_f]Bridget[/name_f], and I’ve been told by multiple people that I look like an [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]. I definitely feel like [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] would fit me better than my current name, but I also don’t think it’s really “me.” I like the name [name_f]Raina[/name_f] a lot and I feel it would fit me no matter what mood I’m in. If I wanted a nickname, I could just go by [name_u]Rainy[/name_u] or [name_u]Rain[/name_u].
[name_m]Even[/name_m] though I love [name_f]Raina[/name_f], I don’t think I would ever change my name.
[name_f]Kristin[/name_f] is my name and I like it inherently - I’m named for Norwegian relatives and I think it has a nice sound. But I hate how popular it is, how commonly it is misspelled and mispronounced, and how it was a trendy name that now sounds dated. But the other name my parents were considering was [name_f]Jessica[/name_f] (#1 when I was born!) so it could be worse. I wouldn’t want most of the names I am considering for my own daughters, as I’d want a name that wouldn’t sound out of place on a 30-year-old. [name_f]Jillian[/name_f], [name_f]Amy[/name_f], [name_f]Samantha[/name_f], and [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] are all names that seem like they would suit me and I like a lot.
