almost your name

[certainthings]

Do you know what your name would have been had you been born the opposite sex? Mine was going to be Christopher Michael.

What about what you were almost named? I was almost Crystal. I'm really glad my mom changed her mind on that one. And then at one point she was going to name me Jericho (as a girl) ... at least I'm fairly sure it was that name. That might've been kinda cool.

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[laurondo.livejournal.com]

I don't know what I would've been named if I were a boy, but I was almost named Jessica, I think.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I like that name.

[annemiek81.livejournal.com]

Ohhh I like this post. I like those names but I think I like Michelle better! :)

If I was a boy I would've been named Nico

I almost got named Marjan coz my grandparents names were Margje & Jan.....

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Nico's a nice name. Hmm, I think I like Annemiek more than Marjan but then it would've been kind of neat to be named after your grandparents.

[earlofcardigans.livejournal.com]

If I were a boy, I would have been called Johnny Keith after my grandfather and father.

I was almost called Stephanie Elizabeth. And yeah. Put with my last name, that would have been one hellaciously long name.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I like your boy name. My Grandpa's name is John and I have an uncle Keith. :)

What is your middle name now or do you not have one?

[insaneboingo.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what my name would've been if I was a boy. I should bug someone, and find out.

Clementine. My father at one point wanted to name me, Clementine. Yeah.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

After, 'Oh my darling, Clementine ...' ?

[indigo-blind.livejournal.com]

If I had been a boy I would have been called James.

Apparently my parents always liked Lisa for a girl and they never wavered.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

James is a good name.

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

My Mom was convinced I was gonna be a guy and was planning to name my Rusty James. Seriously.

My grandma, her mom, was sure I was gonna be a girl and wanted MOm to name me "Star" or "April."

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Rusty, eh? *snorts*

April would've been nice but ... Star? Eeesh.

[20shannon.livejournal.com]

if i was a boy i would have been called camden. also it was between emma and lisa. thank god thwy chose lisa :)

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like the name Camden.

Huh, I do like the name Emma but Lisa seems better suited for you, though I'm not sure why.

[gwendolynmstacy.livejournal.com]

I think your name fits you ;)

Don't know about if I was named a boy but I've been told several times I was almost named Emerald Ann.

Although, Mom does get myself and my Step-sis/Aunt mixed up and sometimes (alot really) I'll answer to Charlotte (her name) so I think based on that I could've been the 3rd Charlotte in my family.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Is that a good thing or a bad thing that my name fits me? The majority of the Michelle's I've met in my life have all been ... well, I really did not like them at all.

Wow, for your sake I'm kind of glad you were not named Emerald Ann. Unless, you uh really like that name and then I don't know how to reply to that. :/

[benitle.livejournal.com]

My parents claim they can't remember how I would have been called if I were a boy. Boo! :(

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Tell them they should just make something up, how are you going to know the difference, right? :p

[sly-fuck.livejournal.com]

My parents thought I was a boy like up until I was here. I kept my back to the ultra sound and they got a crazy tech at some point who went 'Boy.' My mom likes to say I was a little shit before I was even born. =D

So I was going to be Samuel Douglas. I was almost Sam! It was that or Jacob. Hee. I was almost Jake too. Nice one parental units.

They had no girl names picked out so I got stuck with Ashliegh. Which while spelled wrongdifferent is still the most common name ever for my generation. There were 15 in my graduating class. *headdesk*

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I love the name Samuel (even long before Supernatural) and Jacob's a good name too. *nods*

Holy crap, was it a large graduating class?

[cityphonelines.livejournal.com]

I think Michelle definitely suits better than Crystal. No offense to any Crystal's in the room, of course.

If I'd been a boy my name was going to be Marcus Jamal. Thank God for being born with girl parts.

I was almost Raquel Maria, but my daddy jumped in w/ Vanessa Lee (so country fried Southern I could cry some days. I'm glad my momma nicknamed me Vinnie).

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

*nods*

Raquel Maria's a pretty name but Vinnie's a cooler nickname.

[jeyhawk.livejournal.com]

Indeed I know. I would have been Jens.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

As a boy?

[depply-in-luv.livejournal.com]

They liked Blake for a boy. And they were going to call me Amy or Katherine, but they decided on Ida after my grandmother. Thank God, I'm glad I have a unique name.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I like the name Blake.

Do you just have the one grandmother? Or was the other one not upset that you weren't named after her?

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

Well my dad wanted to name me George, whether I was a boy or girl, and my mom almost named me Bailey or Ashley.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

A girl named George, eh? I kind of like that. And I love the name Bailey.

[lalita82.livejournal.com]

Wow, that interesting.

I would have been a boy named after my dad's name Victor Maunel but I was a girl so I got Vanessa Michelle.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Oh. I like the name Victor Manuel.

[astrablue.livejournal.com]

My parents planned on naming me Peter because they thought for a long time that I was a boy. This was back when ultrasound were around, but were only used for high-risk pregnancies, so my mom never had one done on me.

When she went into labor with me, though, she just knew all of a sudden that I was a girl, and my first and middle names just came to her.

An alternate girl name was Nadia Therese, which I used to think (when I was younger) would be awful, but now I'm warming up to it.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

That's kind of neat that they just came to her. *nods*

Nadia's a pretty name.

[thehighwaywoman.livejournal.com]

The name that I devoutly thank all things thankable that was actually on my birth certificate first and later changed... was Leigh Lee. Do not want!

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Oh. Oh, my.

[kashmir1.livejournal.com]

I would've been either Anthony or Jared and the one other girl's name my mom was considering was Justine.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I do think that I like Juliette (sp?) better than Justine.

[mistojen.livejournal.com]

If I was a boy, I'd have been John Joseph. My little brother got the name instead ;) And my parents never mentioned anything about what I was almost named...maybe Jennifer May was their first choice. I know May for the middle name was, because their wedding anniversary is in May (hence May, not Mae)

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Your brother's name makes me want to sing 'John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt.'

What is your middle name?

[lightly.livejournal.com]

Charlene, Fiona, Karenza, Tamzin or Giselle

My mum really wanted Karenza Giselle, or if I was a boy it would have been Kiran Gregory. But mum really didn't like the fact that my initials would have been KGB.

Instead I was named Selena Jane Dorothy (middle names are from my Grandmothers)

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Do you think you would've shortened your name to Karen if you'd been Karenza?

[regala-electra.livejournal.com]

Hmm I don't even know if my parents ever really discussed a boy name for either me or my sisters--I think they waited until they knew the sex of the baby before picking names.

Anyway, thanks to my dad saying oh hell no, I was NOT named Monica Veronica.

Man. I would've been one of those evil cheerleader girls in high school if that was my name.

And thanks to me and my sister K, we convinced our mom NOT to name our youngest sister Angelica--this was during the height of Rugrats on Nickelodeon and man, my sister Johnny would've gotten reamed with a name like that.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I would've been one of those evil cheerleader girls in high school if that was my name.

Dude, totally. They probably would have had some sort of ceremony for you.

Is your sister actually named Johnny because awesome or is that a nickname?

[winterweathered.livejournal.com]

Ryan Adly.

They were like, 100% sure I was going to be a boy (they didn't ask when they had the sonograms) so that was what they'd settled on. I don't think they had any other names picked out in case I was a girl! Just Carina Adly.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I like that they kept the middle name the same. Are you named after anyone?

Every time I see your icon I think it's you.

[apey1013.livejournal.com]

If my bro an' I were both boys, then I would've been Alexander. If we were both girls then I would've been Savannah. If I had been born on Halloween instead of Nov. 2 then my nickname woulda been Spooky.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Dude. Seriously? Spooky?

[littlestclouds.livejournal.com]

My name would've been the name my brother ended up getting-- Noah Joseph. My mom and dad had wanted to call me Whitney, but my grandfather said no because it was too black. :P

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Huh. I don't think so, Whitney sounds more like a spoiled white rich girl's name. Unless of course your last name is Houston.

[pocketfullof.livejournal.com]

My parents were clearly very boring. I would have been David if I'd been a boy, and the other option for a girl would have been Julie.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's just what they want you to believe but really they were going to name you something a little insane.