Your name
 

Brought up in the "I wish" thread. Have your parents ever told you they were going to give you a different name? Or what your name would have been if you had been born the opposite sex? Do you wish your name was different, and if so, what name would you choose?

My mom was going to name me Jennifer. :shocked: No offense to any Jennifers here, but I am not a Jennifer. Def. not a Jenny either.

I was named after my grandfather, who was Pavel, which is Paul. If I were a boy I would have been Paul. The woman typing up my birth certificate glanced quickly at my name & put me down as a boy - needless to say, my parents had to have that changed. :o I am, and always have been, a female, thank you very much.

I like my name - not that common, but not bizarre either. I thin kI'll keep it. :D

As posted in the "I wish" thread. My mom wanted to name me Morning Star. She was going to call me Star. My dad stepped in. I was named Cameron. I always hated it growing up but I was always called Cammie, which I didn't mind since it was different. Now I like it and I use it professionally because it is easier to understand over the phone.

I can't really see myself with another name now, so I'll keep it as well.

My mom was going to name me either Noel or Emmanuel because I was born so close to Christmas.

My dad had a co-worker named Noel who he hated - so he vetoed that. And Emmanuel was the name of a porn series thing - so he vetoed that.

Then my mom was going to name me Danielle (after my uncle Danny) - but that was vetoed as apparently they thought, at birth, I'd be a moron - they figured that would be too hard for me to learn to spell what that time came :rolleyes:

And I still don't know how she ended up with Deanna - but that one stuck! I pretty much hated my name growing up as no one could get it right. I was, and still am, always being called: Dana, Diana, Dina....I mean come on, how hard is Deanna...really?

When I go to a restaurant and they ask my name I always say, "DEEEEanna..." like I really emphasize - yet I almost always still get called "Diana".

I've gotten used to my name over the years but have never really liked it.

Well I've been told "Ian" was supposed to be my first name...which is Scottish for "John"...(which is my Dads first name and my grandpas first name). But they didnt want a John Jones III since I have a twin he mightve felt left out. So they named me Brandon.

If I have a son...God forbid...I'm naming him Indiana. You can guess what my last name is.

We don't have to guess, you told us! :cool:

My friend was named Deana (pronounced Dee-na) after Dean Martin. :p People always call her Dee-anna.

My grandma suggested that I be named Oscar. Oscar Waska. :shocked:
Thank god someone came to their senses and thought of Michael! Something good came out of it though. It gave my mom a legitimate reason to hate her mother in law. :D

HAHA. I've been working since 6am today...I'm tired. The brain no work so good.

If I was a boy, I was supposed to be called Matthew.

My mom wanted to call me Asher Lee. :eek: Thank goodness my father stepped in with this and suggested Lindsey. Asher Lee is a tad Gone With The Wind-ish to me and I definitely don't fit the southern belle mold. ;)

Before I was born my parents had decided that if I was a boy my father would pick my name and if a girl, my mother. Had I been a girl it would have been Isabella Matthews. But my father got to choose and William it is, although it has been shortened to Wil for as long as I can remember. I adopted Stew, my middle name five years ago for work mainly. I was in China and my colleague’s pronunciation of my name drove me steadily mad. Once even I started saying WiiiiiiiiiiLiiiiiiiiiiiammm:) , I had to change it.

Wil is fine.

my parents didn't have a name picked out or anything as far as I know. after having me my mom met a boy in the hospital that was terminally ill. she said he was sweet and kind and precious with big blue eyes and imagined I'd grow up to be like that so she named me after him. well...the blue eyes stuck. :laugh:

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I think this is tied with morning star right now.

My name story is kindof funny.

I was suposed to be Elizabeth, my mom apparently always said she wanted to name her daughter Elizabeth, and my aunt even told me once, that she wanted to name her daughter Elizabeth, but my mom wouldnt let her [my mom is the older sister, that is probably why.]

But when I was concieved, my mom told my dad that if i was a boy he would have gotten to pick, but if I was a girl, she got to. My dad wanted [For girls names] Darlene (like from Rosanne. YUCK, I am NOT a Darlene) or Charlene or something like that. I am NEITHER of those names, and for a Boy he liked Cameron. [I would love to have that as my first name now, but oh well.]

My mom told me that she liked Christine for ever too. (I think she lied, and is just a closet Mac fan personally. :P) my Dads name is Christopher, so it really isnt that far feched. :lol:, but I still think that she just randomly made it up.

So Hence my name is Christine Elizabeth.

Dont get me started on last names, mine has been changed...3 or 4 times already, and I'm not even 18 yet :mad:

My parents had several names picked out for me:

Omar Bradley (A 4 star US military general)
Elvis (Yuck!)
John Paul (After my Mom's favorite band, the Beatles)

But my parents disagreed on my naming, so somehow they came to a liking of the name Brian, supposedly after the actor Brian Keith. But they did not like the name Keith, so my mysterious middle name comes from the middle name of uncles on both side of my family.

Well my name is Carlos Gerardo, The story goes like this: my mother actually wanted to named Gerardo. And she was asking What goes with Gerardo?Then my aunt suggested Carlos, but Gerardo Carlos didn't sound good so they named mi Carlos Gerardo.

So at the end, though I was registered as Carlos Gerardo, everybody called me just Carlos, and never used Gerardo.

Don't remember the girl name my mother wanted if she ever had a baby girl, but I know she mentioned long ago..

my mom wanted to name me jasmine. jazz for short :shocked:

yeah, my dad reminded her that my surname would be desmond. jasmine desmond. thanks for stepping in, dad :wavey:

oh, and i would have been bryan michael had things gone the way of the Y chromosome.

Shut up, bitch! :wavey: Two words: Hookah Cafe. :lol:

Well...
 

I was Bryan W. for a few hours, until my Mom noticed the medical staff mispelt my name...Weird. :lol:

I was named after my grandma, can't you tell it's so old fashioned. My brother was named after my grandfather Wesley but doesn't like it so he calls himself by his second name Thomas. I guess I might have been named after the other one so I would have been Timothy. It would be weird having Tom and Tim. But our last name is so ridiculous that everything sounds stupid in front of it.

you'd be living my nightmare. there are actually people that don't even know my real name.

I was almost Jason or Joshua. The J name was in memory of my father's father, who was Jack (nicknamed Jake). My middle name is in memory of my mother's father's father. My mother's mother had a fit (to put it mildly) when she heard that my 1st name was from my father's family rather than my mother's family.:rolleyes:
I was going to be Judith if I were a girl.

- Jake

You should talk with my brother, Lemonjello.:wavey::lol:

- Jake

I was going to be Ted, if my mother had any say in it. :shocked:

I'm named after my dad.

at least you do have a "real name." :p

there's nothing specifically wrong with the name, but the way it rhymes with my last is terrible. and then, on that fateful day before the big event, my mom was watching woody allen's Manhattan with mariel hemingway. she liked that better. thanks, mom :wavey:

Swear to God, mom almost named me Stephanie Lynn. When I was born, dad quickly changed that to Maria Ann. I never knew if there were boy names picked out, because mom swore I was a girl.

My dad wanted to name me Dorothy :eek: after his mom. That is such an old fashioned name. My parents settled on Deborah because it still starts with a "D" and my mom's sister has the same name.

I am one of 8 kids. Numbers 3 + 4 were identical twin girls. One got sick with rheumatic fever and was dying. She and my mom were in the hospital at the same time.

They told her she got to name the baby. When she came out of surgery, they asked her what the baby's name was. She was groggy and said the first thing that came to her mind..."Betsy"

The next day, she changed her mind. She wanted "Janet Twinkle."

My folks went with her first choice.

Great thread!! I'm named after my Grandfather.. His name was "Aaron".. so, why couldn't I be called "Erin".. but noooo... way back in the stone ages when I was born, that name was non existant as a female name- so it was either Abigail or Arlene..And way back when, my Mother loved Arlene Frances, and Arlene Dahl.. I guess I'm glad they chose that one instead of Abigail, as I just can't see me an Abby or Abigail..:rolleyes:

My parents thought I was going to be a boy so I was almost named Patrick.

Mom wanted to name me April but I wound up Susan after her because of Dad. I would have been Bill III otherwise. My little brother took that one, so we are Susan/Susan and Bill/Bill. Don't do this to your children people. :lol:

Ruby is actually a cute name. Imagine if your grandmother had a really old-school name like Martha or Pearl or Wilma or Berniece or Beatrice or Marjorie... :eek:

Great stories, people! Jaz - yours is so touching, I love it. And I lol'd at Betsy/Twinkle.

Another thing - my parents never gave us middle names. If you ask why, their reason is "we just didn't." :shrug: They both have middle names, so does everyone else in our fam. Oh well, at least I didn't get stuck with some horrid embarassing one. Also, if it had started with an E my initials would have been PEZ. :laugh: I made my maiden name my middle name when I got married - it's so unique I didn't want to lose it.

^^^
I forgot about that. Weird. I forgot what your maiden name was, but I remember thinking it was cool.

I don't know why I was named Amber, but I have five middle names, all but one are my mom's relatives. The other one is her best friend. She left out her brother, haha. His name is Paul. It wouldn't fit nice with all the girl names. :p

Hmm, I know one reason was no nickname possible for Amber, but I can't remember hearing any other reasons.

I like these stories about everyone's name.

Anita.

Yuck! I don't like it, but it is a tad different. The thing is, I'll be in a supermarket, and hear over the loud speaker "I NEED A checker on isle ____."
I hear the I NEED A and think someone is calling my name. lame but oh so true.

Could be worse. As I have mentioned in other threads, so help my gawd, I knew a "Gang Ba(e?)ng." Sweet girl in junior high. Surely in Laos that name was no problem. People w/ the cutsie names, like an old friend of my moms, Candy Valentine...ugh! Sickly sweet. Chrissy Snow...a for real one. All of a sudden Anita is ok. It's just bland, and I think there is no charachter to it, so I work extra hard to make it memorable :nod: I just hate that I get Anna all the time. Hello, Anita is 5 letters...NOT that hard.

Have a cousin that I was supposedly named after. Dad also knew a hot red-head name Anita, so how both came to the conclusion, well.......
Was supposed to have been named Erin (girl) or Aaron if I had been a boy. Not so sure I'd have liked that anymore. I like exotic names. Sahara, Anastacia, Isabo etc. Although I don't think I'd ever change my name I always right prose about a "December." Just has a far away sound to it.

I have no clue what other choces my Mum had as she wasn't around when I was growing up. And my Dad never seemed to remember things like that. I always hated my name though

My parents considered several names (Julie, Ginger, Shelley, etc) but eventually wanted to go with a "Kris" name and liked Krista the best. I personally have never liked my name. Not so much the name itself, but the fact it's mispronounced so much -- I get Kristy, Kristin, Krystal, Kristine, Kristina. My middle name, Marie, is after my mother (Mary.)

No nicknames, huh Amby? :p And I guess your parents made up for mine in the middle name category. 5? Holy crap!

Pip,
just for the record. I love it. :xoxo:

I love your name - Pip! I think it's SOOO original, and UNIQUE!

Isn't Pip the nickname for Philippa?