Your name

skcin · #1 10-22-2007, 02:30 PM

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.

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.

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.

camchristo · #2 10-22-2007, 02:56 PM

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.

DrummerDeanna · #3 10-22-2007, 03:03 PM

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

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.

**mylittledemon** · #4 10-22-2007, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

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.

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.

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.

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.

camchristo · #5 10-22-2007, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

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!

skcin · #6 10-22-2007, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

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

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.

My friend was named Deana (pronounced Dee-na) after Dean Martin.

People always call her Dee-anna.

mikeschmike · #7 10-22-2007, 03:45 PM

My grandma suggested that I be named Oscar. Oscar Waska.

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.

**mylittledemon** · #8 10-22-2007, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by camchristo

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

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

#1LiddyBuckFan · #9 10-22-2007, 03:53 PM

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

My mom wanted to call me Asher Lee.

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.

Stew_Matthews · #10 10-22-2007, 03:55 PM

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.

JazmenFlowers · #11 10-22-2007, 04:03 PM

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.

michelle2677 · #12 10-22-2007, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeschmike

My grandma suggested that I be named Oscar. Oscar Waska.

I think this is tied with morning star right now.

Chrislit18 · #13 10-22-2007, 05:55 PM

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.

, 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

estranged4life · #14 10-22-2007, 06:01 PM

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.

Villavic · #15 10-22-2007, 06:22 PM

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..