As the title says … what name were you almost called – either if you had been the opposite sex, or your parents chose something else when you arrived, etc!
I found out recently I was going to be Cameron if I was a boy…which is not the name they called my younger brother who came next haha.
I was meant to be [name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f], but my dad said no. If I were a boy I would have been either [name_m]Ryan[/name_m] or [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m].
I was almost [name_f]Madison[/name_f], which I do like but know too many Maddies to have really appreciated it!
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]My[/name_f] boy name would have been [name_m]Dillon[/name_m]. 
[name_f][/name_f] Like the name, hate the spelling!
my almost name was [name_f]Lily[/name_f] or [name_f]Chloe[/name_f] or [name_f]Piper[/name_f] (very trendy around my birth year)[name_f][/name_f] but my parents chose [name_f]Danica[/name_f], 'cause[name_f][/name_f] it combined my parent’s name.
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]My[/name_f] boy name was [name_m]Kayden[/name_m]
I was nearly [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] “Jo”, [name_f]Leilani[/name_f], [name_f]Clover[/name_f], or [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]— all very differing styles, all names I love, but all vetoed by my dad 
[name_f]Collie[/name_f].
[name_f][/name_f]Yes, like the dog breed.
[name_f][/name_f]No, I don’t want to talk about it.
Some interesting names from my parents’ top 10 for me are [name_f]Bettina[/name_f] and [name_m]Fosse[/name_m] (prn FAWS-ee) after the interpretive dancer [name_m]Bob[/name_m] [name_m]Fosse[/name_m]. In the end, it was between my name, [name_f]Orli[/name_f], and [name_f]Lila[/name_f]! I do like my name, but I think [name_f]Orli[/name_f] (or even Fosse) suits me the best out of all of these options!!
my parents considered poppy, beatrice and mia, with the middle name arabella. if i were a boy, i would have been thomas edmund or maximilian edmund! i know they also liked alexander ‘sasha’ but i think that was more in the running for my brothers 
I was almost an [name_f]Alexandria[/name_f] (which I cannot see myself as lol but it is more timeless than my own name!), and if I were a boy I probably would’ve been [name_m]Charlie[/name_m] or [name_m]Levi[/name_m]. [name_f][/name_f] I like my parents’ option for me if I were a boy over their girl options lol.
[name_f][/name_f]Realistically I would’ve just been a [name_m]John[/name_m] III, since my brother is, though. [name_f][/name_f] 
I was due to be [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], pretty much right up until i was born!
[name_f]My[/name_f] mom’s list for me also included [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Ariana[/name_f], and [name_f]Ariel[/name_f]. [name_f]My[/name_f] dad said [name_f]Lily[/name_f] was the one he disliked the least and here we are 
If I’d been a boy, I would have been [name_m]Gus[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m].
I was going to be a [name_f]Juniper[/name_f] [name_f]Louise[/name_f][name_f][/name_f], but my dad vetoed and they decided that they preferred [name_f]Louise[/name_f] as a first name and [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] as a special honour. I really love [name_f]Juniper[/name_f] though! They also considered [name_f]Erica[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f], and [name_f]Roberta[/name_f], but only briefly. Honestly, my name was picked super quickly. If I was a boy I would have been [name_m]Lionel[/name_m], not sure on the middle.
[name_f]Irene[/name_f] was my “almost name,” and [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] if I had been a boy.
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]My[/name_f] kids have “almost names” too and I feel almost as connected to those names as I do to their real names. Maybe one universe over, my name is [name_f]Irene[/name_f] and my kids are [name_f]Ruby[/name_f], [name_f]Gwen[/name_f] and [name_m]Otis[/name_m].
If I was a boy, my name would have been [name_m]Joshua[/name_m] or [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] (thank goodness I was a girl lol )
If my brother was a girl he would’ve been [name_f]Emily[/name_f] [name_f]Yolanda[/name_f] [name_f][/name_f]- I think [name_f]Emily[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f] would have matched a lot better with my own name, but he was a boy so it didn’t matter anyway!!
I was supposed to be [name_f]Jessica[/name_f] if a girl or [name_m]Logan[/name_m] if a boy. When my mom found out I was going to be a girl she decided to keep [name_m]Logan[/name_m] regardless. I have younger sisters and neither of them were named [name_f]Jessica[/name_f], so my mom never used that name at all anyway lol.
My name was picked very early on (one of my moms had a dream about it and the other was easily swayed 
) but if I were a boy, I would have been [name_m]Alexis[/name_m]; which I like a lot.
Had I been a boy, most likely [name_m]Morris[/name_m].
[name_f][/name_f]Other names my parents considered for a girl were [name_m]Morgan[/name_m] & [name_f]Maureen[/name_f] (which my mom quickly shut down). I think my mom also loved [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]!
If I were twins I would have been [name_f]Eve[/name_f] and [name_f]Dawn[/name_f], which I find kinda cool
Oh I love asking people this question! [name_f]My[/name_f] mother wanted [name_f]Nancy[/name_f], my dad wanted [name_f]Alice[/name_f]. They settled on [name_f]Erin[/name_f], my grandmother wanted [name_f]Angharad[/name_f].
[name_f][/name_f]How we got to [name_f]Martha[/name_f], I don’t know
[name_f][/name_f]If I were a boy, I would’ve been [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_f]My[/name_f] mom wanted [name_f]Belladonna[/name_f], my dad liked [name_f]Fiona[/name_f], neither fit. They called me [name_m]Dandelion[/name_m] for about a week and then had an epiphany.