What were the other names in the running for yourself? my names [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] but i was going to be [name_f]Camilla[/name_f], [name_u]Sasha[/name_u] or [name_u]Jessie[/name_u]
Eleanor was the main one!
Freya. [name_f]My[/name_f] nameās [name_f]Abigail[/name_f] and my last name begines with s. [name_f]My[/name_f] middle was going to be [name_u]Rae[/name_u] butā¦ [name_u]Abi[/name_u] [name_u]Rae[/name_u] Sā¦
My mom was going to name me [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] in honor of her grandmother who raised her [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]. She really liked [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] but at the time [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] wasnāt very popular so she wasnāt brave enough to name me [name_f]Hazel[/name_f]. She also strongly considered [name_f]Leah[/name_f] for me!
My parents considered [name_f]Molly[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], or [name_f]Amelie[/name_f] (or [name_m]Ben[/name_m] if I had been a boy). I like my actual name fine, but I would have loved to be an [name_f]Amelie[/name_f]! None of my younger siblings ended up named these, eitherāI think my parents had a new list each time.
Iām [name_u]Kelly[/name_u], but apparently [name_f]Megan[/name_f] and [name_u]Chelsea[/name_u] were in the running, all with the mn [name_u]Lyn[/name_u]. If I were a boy, my parents talked about [name_m]David[/name_m] or [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], probably with mn [name_u]James[/name_u].
Initialsā¦
Well, my parents always tell me that they just āknewā I was a [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] when I was born. But my dad liked [name_f]Ann[/name_f] (mom vetoed that) and they liked [name_m]Walter[/name_m] for a boy (Iām happy I was not born a boy.) Itās a plain name but I love it overall!
[name_f]My[/name_f] mother wanted to name me either [name_f]Irisa[/name_f] or Sarosha.
I think I wouldāve preferred those to the name my father picked out for me.
[name_f]My[/name_f] momās picks were [name_f]Crystal[/name_f] or [name_f]Emily[/name_f], with [name_f]Rose[/name_f] as a middle.
[name_f]My[/name_f] dad liked [name_u]Fallon[/name_u], [name_u]Aberdeen[/name_u], and [name_m]Valerian[/name_m].
They compromised and named me [name_u]Ashley[/name_u], and my middle didnāt end up being [name_f]Rose[/name_f].
Personally, I wouldāve rather had any of those names (except [name_f]Crystal[/name_f]) over the one they ended up giving me.
Itās okay though, I just go by [name_u]Ash[/name_u] instead now!
@penelope_lynson I think about that all the time haha. I actually have had [name_m]Valerian[/name_m] on my list since before I knew he considered it for me!
I donāt know where he got the names from, because heās not actually into names, so probably from movies and books!
Iām not sure what other girls names were considered for me. They say they canāt remember whenever I ask. But it probably wouldāve been other Welsh names since my dad chose my first name and that was his only criteria.
Although I do know that if I had been a boy, I wouldāve been named [name_m]Kier[/name_m] (even tho itās not Welsh )
Fiona, [name_u]Tennessee[/name_u], [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f], [name_f]Zelda[/name_f], [name_m]Otis[/name_m], or [name_m]Abraham[/name_m].
[name_f]My[/name_f] parents strongly considered naming me [name_f]Stephanie[/name_f] as an āSā name to honor my great grandpa [name_u]Sol[/name_u] who has recently passed away. Then at the last minute, my mom somehow justified that MicheLLe was close enough to SoL, because she wanted to name me after a Beatles song! [name_f]My[/name_f] sister is [name_u]Jamie[/name_u] after recently passed away Grandpa [name_m]Joe[/name_m]. I always wanted to rename us [name_f]Jane[/name_f]/Janie & [name_f]Stella[/name_f]. [name_m]Way[/name_m] more interesting 80s girls than [name_u]Jamie[/name_u] & [name_f]Michelle[/name_f]! Sheād make a great [name_f]Janie[/name_f]. I may be a little too even keel of a personality to be a [name_f]Stella[/name_f], but I do love it & it would actually honor [name_u]Sol[/name_u].
My parents were between [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] and [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]. I think my mumās cousin named his daughter [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] about a month before I was born (although Iāve never met her so not completely sure) and thatās why they went with [name_f]Lucy[/name_f].
I was [name_f]Kayla[/name_f] [name_f]Renee[/name_f] up until I was born, but had I been a boy I wouldāve been named [name_u]Michael[/name_u] [name_m]Zachary[/name_m] and called [name_m]Zach[/name_m].
I know my father decided to name me [name_f]Katrin[/name_f], a popular name in [name_m]Germany[/name_m] the year I was born. He just liked it and thought [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f], my middle name, was too old fashioned for the time. Itās the name of both of his grandmothers.
[name_f]My[/name_f] mother wasnāt interested in all that and I never talked to her about things like that (or any personal things, itās difficult).
If I had been a boy I think he said he would have chosen [name_m]Martin[/name_m]
I was almost a [name_f]Luisa[/name_f], since [name_u]Louise[/name_u] is my grandmotherās middle name, though I ended up being named [name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_u]Louise[/name_u] instead. [name_f]My[/name_f] mum also strongly considered [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] and [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] for me. She said she had a gut feeling I was a girl so didnāt bother with boy names (despite her friends from one of the local supermarkets at the time saying that sheād have a boy, lol) but she said her favourite boys name is [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] (which coincidentally was my cousinās āalmost nameā - heās a [name_u]James[/name_u] instead). Itās a relief she was right and I did turn out to be a girl!
If I was a boy I would have been [name_m]Cole[/name_m] [name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
If I was a boy, [name_m]Joshua[/name_m].
My parents only had two names picked out; [name_f]Jessica[/name_f] and [name_m]Joshua[/name_m]. They got us both. However, if my brother, [name_m]Joshua[/name_m], was a girl, he wouldāve been [name_u]Julianne[/name_u] or [name_f]Julianna[/name_f].