https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:46:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-469075 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:33:04 +0000 lemondrop 469075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: not at all ;) my parents are nutty ex-hippies... I can't imagine your name being worse than mine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-469069 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:31:04 +0000 Rubies 469069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: OMG, I'm so sorry if I offended youuuu!!!! DID NOT MEAN IT LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(:(:(:(:(:(:( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468967 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:44:32 +0000 spaniellove 468967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I was a boy my parents were going to name me Tony. I don't know if they meant Anthony? The name I ended up with is still a bit outdated but I like it better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468802 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:26:07 +0000 eeh 468802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents were so convinced I was a boy so they only nada boy named picked which was Ryan Nathan. Since I ended up being a girl my dad picked my name on the fly and mom went with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468783 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:11:40 +0000 lomom 468783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Jennifer or Alexander </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468765 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:04:10 +0000 banana 468765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Margaret! She said she liked that name. I can't imagine being a Margaret though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468720 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:33:39 +0000 smocks 468720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to be Casey if I was a boy or a girl... but I guess I didn't look like a Casey when I came out. So now I'm Christine :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468710 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:19:58 +0000 Rescuemom10 468710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess they only had ONE girl name picked out, they didnt even know if I was going to be a girl or boy. My mom just "new" I was a girl. I have an older brother, and if he was a girl he was going to be Jennifer, well my cousin got that name. So I think had my Uncle and Aunt not had used that name I would have been Jennifer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468707 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:15:53 +0000 Weagle 468707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could have been Laura Jo or Savannah. Thomas Milton would have been my name if I were a boy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468698 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:03:32 +0000 lemondrop 468698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: haha, that's the one I got saddled with! Boy or girl, they only would have changed the spelling. Guess I'm thankful to have ended up a girl? I'm indifferent to it, but took naming our son much more seriously!</p> <p>What drives me crazy is that people always assume I'm Catholic and call me Mary Frances. Nothing wrong with that other than THAT'S NOT MY NAME! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468676 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:44:19 +0000 LuLu Mom 468676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Jennifer was thrown out there for a girl, but my dad has a horse named Jennifer that hated my mom...she vetoed it thank goodness, I did not want to be named after a horse! I would have been Jared if I were a boy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468665 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:39:27 +0000 fussygal 468665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom wanted to name me Marina but my dad's mom told her that was a brand of toilet paper, so that ruined it for her. The other option was Cody (they liked that it was unisex) - glad they didn't go with either, although Cody is kinda cute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468658 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:34:46 +0000 autumnlove 468658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Leialou: Love your name! Timber?! Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468653 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:30:35 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 468653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom wanted to name me Timber. My Mema saved me from a lifetime of torture lol. She told me mom it was dumb every day until she changed her mind. My Mema also thought my actual name was dumb too. She said, "what kind of name is that?" I love my name though, so I'm glad my mom didn't change her mind again. </p> <p>If I were a boy I would have been Zachary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468609 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:05:55 +0000 singingbee 468609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They were team green and didn't know what I was going to be. They didn't really have any boy names picked out, but their top girl name was Samantha. They decided to go with the my common (around there) name of Jennifer. Well, it was 1980 and apparently, so did everyone else! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468584 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:57:45 +0000 MediaNaranja 468584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to be Ann Elizabeth but my cousin born two months before me was named Elizabeth Ann, so my parents chose a different name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468541 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:37:15 +0000 Chillybear 468541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have been Victoria... but they didn't think I looked like a Vicki or a Tori when i was born. I was nameless for a few hours, until my dad went to McDonald's to grab my mom some dinner. Apparently, my dad thought the server was cute and her name tag said Stephanie that was in 1984 and also the #1 name that year. So thats how i got my name... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468447 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:11:40 +0000 mrs. bird 468447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>if i was a boy i was going to be jacob. they didn't have a girl named picked out yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468445 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:10:41 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 468445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if they had other girl names picked, but if I had been a boy I would've been Justin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you/page/2#post-468441 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:09:29 +0000 polkadots 468441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my parents didn't have any boy names picked out, but I was originally suppose to be Sydney, until they saw a cool MTV music video :s </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you#post-468427 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:04:14 +0000 MrsTiz 468427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to be Nicole or Kati Lynn<br /> So they compromised on Katilyn </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you#post-468426 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:04:01 +0000 yoursilverlining 468426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom wanted to name me Kitty. Not Katherine with Kitty as a nickname, just Kitty. Thankfully my dad put the hells no on that choice. My mom also wanted to name me Ballard, which I would be fine with as an adult but since the neighborhood we grew up in was right next to a neighborhood called Ballard, I think there would have been a fair amount of teasing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you#post-468416 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:59:02 +0000 mrs. wagon 468416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, my mom liked Laura but it sounded funny with our last name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you#post-468413 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:58:31 +0000 Bao 468413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom wanted Paige and my dad wanted Aubrie. My name is Aubrie Paige (first and middle, not one name) My dad won that one ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you#post-468406 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:56:11 +0000 Mrs. Blue 468406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I was a boy, I was going to be Daniel Logan. My name was predestined because my dad had always wanted to name a daughter after my mom's grandma. If either of my brothers had been girls, they would have had my name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you#post-468388 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:51:41 +0000 lovehoneybee 468388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Caoilin (I think the proper pronounciation is KEE-lin but they'd have pronounced it Kay-oh-lin) Siobhan. I don't know why but they changed their minds at the last minute (like after I was born) and I ended up being Sarah Caitlin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you#post-468382 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:49:32 +0000 Mrsbells 468382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents nearly named me Elizabeth </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you#post-468380 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:48:31 +0000 Andrea 468380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: I know, your parents were a little more creative but I see they like A names, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you#post-468348 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:33:59 +0000 Shutterbug 468348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom wanted to name me Lily (which I like) or Hyacinth (no). If I were a boy it would have been Eric. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-other-names-your-parents-were-considering-for-you#post-468347 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:33:19 +0000 creativemomma15 468347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I was a boy I would have been Carrington Bryce. I'm not sure how I feel about that name. </p>