Did your parents almost pick another name for you?
My parents came close to naming me Ariel (before "Little Mermaid" came out), but decided against it because of the possible nickname "Air Head". Good thing too, since I turned out to be a red head. Little mermaid jokes would have been endless.
My mom also really considered the name Shannon, but my Dad vetoed it. I wouldn't have minded Shannon too much, but I'm happy with my name.
What were you ALMOST named?
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
I don't know what my name would be if I were a boy, but my sister's name would have been Lenny. My mom picked my brother's name, so my dad got to pick her name. My mom was in labor praying that she would be a girl so she wouldn't have to name her kid Lenny- she hated it!
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
@Arden: your name really is Arden, right? because I love it!!
My parents almost named me Laura but our last name started with L. My first best friend was named Laura so that would've been cute!
apricot / 384 posts
I was almost Erica and my grandma wanted Natalie. Those names are ok but I like mine much better!
squash / 13764 posts
My mom wanted to name me Whilamena--no idea where she got that from. Instead, my middle name is Whitney. My parents were also considering Kate/Katie, which is funny, because I'm constantly told that I look like Katie Holmes 
So it would have been a really weird coincidence if they had named me that!
honeydew / 7589 posts
@mrs. wagon: Thanks! Yeah, I really do like the name Arden. Much better than Ariel!
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
I was going to be named Nathan if I was a boy (which I hate, sorry if that is a name you like) and it was between Rebecca (after my great grandmother) and Rachel if I was a girl. Rachel won.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
@Arden: I love the name Arden It's my litto niece's name too!
clementine / 861 posts
They thought that I was going to be a boy up until the moment I was delivered and my name was going to be Daniel. I actually have a quite a few pictures of me wearing blue when I was a newborn. Oops!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@Arden: I like your name too!
I was going to be Noelle Joy, but my grandma had a fit cause I wasn't a December baby. If I'd been a boy, I would've been Levi.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@hilsy85: I LOVE Whitney! I think Wilhemina is cute too... you could've been called Winnie for short 
squash / 13764 posts
@Coco Bee: haha I told that name to my high school friends and for a few years they called me Whil, which kind of goes with my real first name (Hilary).
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
I was going to be named Dana. I'm so glad they named me Jill!!!
blogger / pomelo / 5361 posts
If I was a boy, they were going to name me Daniel Logan. My dad knew as soon as he met my Mom's grandmother that he wanted to name a daughter after her; since their first two kids were boys, there was never any question what my name would be if I was a girl.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
My dad wanted to name me Jennifer, but my mom said absolutely not because it was the name of my dad's favorite horse who passed away when they were in high school! haha thank goodness, I would hate to haev been named after a horse!
If I was a boy I was going to be Jared.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
My name was Frances for three days. At the last second, they changed it. And in my opinion, they chose a worse name! (Not that Frances is a bad name...I just really, really hate my first name).
Also, my brother's name was Ace (yes, as in Ventura)...But changed it to what it is now.
coconut / 8681 posts
If my dad has his way I would've been named Emily. I wouldn't have minded, I think it's pretty! We're actually considering that name if our LO is a girl. If I was a boy I would've been a junior, Timothy.
pomelo / 5321 posts
My mom wanted to name me "Alabama Lynn" and call me "Ally." Luckily, my aunt talked her out of it. I'm so glad! It sounds like a stripper's name.
pomelo / 5178 posts
My mom wanted to name me Star but there was a girl born in our town the week before me whose name was Star, so my mom had to pick something else (thankfully, my real name is a lot less stripper-ish :).
My dad wanted to name my little sister Surprise, lol!
clementine / 916 posts
Apparently my Dad wanted to name me Jenna so badly. In the end, my Mom won the battle and Dad's consolation was Jenna as a middle name.
eggplant / 11824 posts
My mom really, really wanted to name me Ballard, but my dad hated the name. It would have been kind of funny if they had named me Ballard, as I grew up in Seattle – living in the neighborhood right next to the Ballard neighborhood. So, everyone would have assumed I was named after that part of the city.
My mom also wanted to name me Kitty. Not Katherine, with Kitty for short – just Kitty. Thankfully my dad also put the kibosh on that one as well.
grapefruit / 4110 posts
I was going to be Bethany. But then my mom had twins (didn't know until they did an ultrasound when she went into labor). So then they had to come up with two names. If any of us were boys (we had 3 girls first) we were going to be Kenneth (kenny).
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I was almost Shannon - instead I'm Erin : )
If I was a boy I was going to be Patrick. Yup, we are Irish!
apricot / 427 posts
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!
coffee bean / 42 posts
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.
pomegranate / 3398 posts
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.
GOLD / squash / 13464 posts
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.
grapefruit / 4006 posts
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
coconut / 8498 posts
I would have been Thomas Milton II if I had been a boy. Other girl names were Laura Jo and Savannah Jane.
grapefruit / 4703 posts
Hyacinth. Seriously.
I blame it on my mom's pregnancy hormones, and slight hippy-ness.
honeydew / 7504 posts
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).
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts
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.
clementine / 994 posts
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.
cantaloupe / 6791 posts
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.
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