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Hellobee Boards Topic: What did you ALMOST get named? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 02:46:58 +0000 Beyond2 on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-141963 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:11:30 +0000 Beyond2 141963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I would have been Matthew. My parents didn't find out the gender but my mom was sure I was a boy. My dad picked out my name thanks to a Boston song :) loveisstrange on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-141936 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:43:55 +0000 loveisstrange 141936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My mom's top 2 choices were Abigail and Allison, both of which my dad vetoed. They knew I was a girl from the start since my mom was already 5 months pregnant when they found out, so there was never a boy possibility. lemondrop on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-141931 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:55:31 +0000 lemondrop 141931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Either way it would have been the same name, it is old fashioned and works for both boys and girls. My silly hippie parents :) sulli301 on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-141896 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:48:54 +0000 sulli301 141896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was almost named Sarah & if I was a boy I would have been Michael. Bluebonnet on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-141253 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:13:29 +0000 Bluebonnet 141253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was almost Catherine or Katherine (family name on both sides) but my parents couldn't agree on which spelling to use, so they nixed the name. If I was a boy, I would have been named John Michael. Jumpingjacks on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-141150 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:27:26 +0000 Jumpingjacks 141150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was almost Brandy. My Grandma talked my mom out of it. I don't think it would have suited me at all! Meridian on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-141128 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:02:53 +0000 Meridian 141128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was almost Janine because it sounds phonetically close to my Chinese name. lovehoneybee on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-140949 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:51:14 +0000 lovehoneybee 140949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Caoilainn Siobhan (would have been pronounced KAY-lin sha-VAHN). At the end, though, my father decided that I was going to be their last child, and only daughter, and that no matter what I did or who I became I would always be his little princess, so I was named Sarah Caitlin (because Sarah means princess, and Caitlin is close to Caoilainn, but also closer to my mom's name Cathryn). MsMamaBear on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-140879 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:52:15 +0000 MsMamaBear 140879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Coco Bee: LOL! That's what everyone told me, but I was ok with William, so I could deal with it! I AM glad I "won" though!LOL Mrs. Pen on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-140776 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:43:51 +0000 Mrs. Pen 140776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MsMamaBear: haha my husband tried that on me and there was nooo way I was going to let him have that kind of control when I was the one going through pregnancy to make the kid! And I had known ahead of time what my husband would have named our son before we conceived, so there was no way I was having it :) But we discuss things well and were able to agree. MsMamaBear on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-140772 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:40:36 +0000 MsMamaBear 140772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ If I had been a boy, my name would have been Ahmad...Rashad.LMAO Yes, my dad was into sports big time. My dad was going to name us if we were boys and my mom us girls. Now that i think about it, we did like them, We were Team Green (they had no choice but to wait back then,LOL) and I chose her name if she was going to be a girl and he if she had been a boy..weird... Rainbow Sprinkles on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-140746 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:18:34 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 140746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ If I was a boy I was going to be Jayden (back in the 80s, before the name was super popular). The other girl name they liked for me was Megan. Glad they picked Heather! MegWag on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-140715 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:53:33 +0000 MegWag 140715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was nearly Michelle Stephanie. Not a bad name, but it was because my dad's name is Michael Stephen... so kind of lame... I'm glad they decided to go a different direction. Ms.SK on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-140643 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:54:25 +0000 Ms.SK 140643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I could have been Samantha but my Dad says he looked at me and decided he didn't want people to call me Sam as a nickname. Funny is that my brother would have been Robin had he been a girl, now my husband (don't tell that I am saying this) is naming out son Robin. He says it is after Robin Hood. I just know our son will be teased do I'm going to use his middle name and hope it sticks. Do u think he will be teased? Mrs. Superhero on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-140626 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:43:48 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 140626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was almost Charity but my aunt convinced them that I would get picked on for it. Not that I didn't get called Hanna Banana my whole life... I would have been Joel if I had been a boy, and that's what they named my younger brother. Mrs. Pickle on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-140520 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:30:07 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 140520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My mom tried to name me Timber. True story. My grandmother saved me from a lifetime of teasing and eventually talked her out of that one. Thank goodness. If I were a boy I would have been named Zachary. GrapeCrush on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named/page/2#post-140353 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:33:54 +0000 GrapeCrush 140353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ my mom wanted to name me either Abigail, Samantha or Elizabeth. my dad hated them all! i'm assuming if i was a boy i would have been named either of my brothers names lilteacherbee on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named#post-140344 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:27:38 +0000 lilteacherbee 140344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was almost named Patricia Marie (my middle name is still Marie). I'm so glad its not because I'm not a fan of the name Patricia- probably because I've disliked every Patricia I know. If I was a boy, I would've been named Matthew Dean. joyjoy on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named#post-140341 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:23:54 +0000 joyjoy 140341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My dad wanted to name me Christine Joy, but my mom won with her made up combination name (which I prefer because it's unique). My dad got to keep Joy as my second name, though. MaisyMay on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named#post-140330 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:17:35 +0000 MaisyMay 140330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My mom was convinced that she would be having a boy and a girl twin, so she had picked out Carrie and Bill. Instead, 2 girls showed up! Thankfully I'm not a Bill. :-) littlebug on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named#post-140327 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:14:23 +0000 littlebug 140327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm pretty sure I was Erin from the word "pregnant." There was not even another consideration. If I was a boy, I would have been Kevin. They had a harder time with my little sister. If she'd been a boy, she was going to be Kellen (after Kellen Winslow, the football player, whom my dad loved). But they had no idea for a girl. I eventually helped pick out her name (Callie). Shutterbug on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named#post-140312 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:57:59 +0000 Shutterbug 140312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Hyacinth. Seriously. I blame it on my mom's pregnancy hormones, and slight hippy-ness. Mrs Sorbet on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named#post-140294 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:43:59 +0000 Mrs Sorbet 140294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @volksgirl64: I was almost named Erica, too. Weagle on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named#post-140288 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:40:03 +0000 Weagle 140288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I would have been Thomas Milton II if I had been a boy. Other girl names were Laura Jo and Savannah Jane. SleepyMonkey on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named#post-140276 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:28:14 +0000 SleepyMonkey 140276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Other contenders were Vivian, Ivy and Iris. Mom decided to go with the most popular name of the year though. You can guess whatvit is from my username :) MamaMoose on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named#post-140274 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:27:41 +0000 MamaMoose 140274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ If I were a boy I would have been Gregory (my dad says he has no recollection of agreeing to Gregory... but mom says that would have been my name whether he liked it or not!). When I was born and they found out I was a girl they almost named me Samantha. My mom's friend talked her out of it because she said everyone would think of Bewitched!! I do like the name Samantha, but mom says she would have called me Sam, which I don't love for a girl. Crisark on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named#post-140245 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:06:48 +0000 Crisark 140245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Boy, I would have been Christopher. The other Girl name was Jennifer. I'm glad I'm not a Jennifer. Just wouldn't be me. Ohlizaa on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named#post-140240 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:03:55 +0000 Ohlizaa 140240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was almost Georgia Rae (which I actually love, it after one of my mom's favorite songs) and my best friend in college was almost Stevie Rae so it would have been perfect lol. JessicaMcB on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named#post-140207 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:51:54 +0000 JessicaMcB 140207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was almost three different things before they settled on Jessica (AKA,. the quintessential 1980-1990 white girl name). In order of when they were dropped I was almost: 1. Megan 2. Robyn 3. Gertrude Soooo I personally don't mind being a Jessica that much! winniebee on "What did you ALMOST get named?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-almost-get-named#post-140198 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:46:22 +0000 winniebee 140198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was almost Shannon - instead I'm Erin : ) If I was a boy I was going to be Patrick. Yup, we are Irish!