Your name

[xxxmx]

my mom wanted to name me jasmine. jazz for short

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

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

[camchristo]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

I think this is tied with morning star right now.

Shut up, bitch! Two words: Hookah Cafe.

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by xxxmx

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

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

[rubytuesday]

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.

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by xxxmx

jazz for short

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

[darklinensuit]

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.
I was going to be Judith if I were a girl.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

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

You should talk with my brother, Lemonjello.

- Jake

[DeadliestPoison]

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

I'm named after my dad.

[xxxmx]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

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

at least you do have a "real name."

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

[sara1998]

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.

[golden braid]

My dad wanted to name me Dorothy 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.

[Betsy]

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.

[Steviefan49]

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..

[gldstwmn]

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

[SuzeQuze]

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.