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My Mum was gonna call me Brooke. But when she went into labour (for 78 hours) She was in a room with a crazy lady who kept screaming and swearing and breaking stuff, her name was Brooke so there went that idea :P
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I was about to be named ANTHONY ; I wish I had of been ... +5
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My mom wanted to call me Hannah, but it reminded my dad of Hanna-Barbera :-D +4
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Maureen. That would have been ok.
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jannifer +5
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Charlotte
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I was almost named after a men's restroom. +5
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john travolta.. ;-)
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Jessica. Turns out it was not a good name for a boy.
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I was almost named Nichole Rene, turned out too many people were naming their daughters Nicole at the time, so it was changed to Rene Nichole.
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My dad wanted to name me Jesse James....Mom finally put her foot down and would have nothing to do with it.
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I was named something else - Naiabee; but my father changed it to just Naia because "Naiabee" means "child of the nymph"
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My Mom wanted to name me Maxwell Mitchell but my Father didn't want me growing up being called Madmax so instead it became Michael Morgan...The downside to that is that when I was young the only Morgan who was popular at the time was the actress Morgan Fairchild...it was a Lil' rough having the middle name of a girl back in elementary school...Lol
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i was almost named a few things. my dad thought it would be funny, seeing as our last name is March, to name me April May. and then when i filled out things (last name first) it would be March April May. and then i was born in December, so my mom thought it would be funny to name me Holly Noel. and then they liked Karissa Danielle. and that was my name, until a week before i was born and my mom say some movie and decided my name should be Courtney instead.
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Scarlet Tara (Tara sounds totally different in English accent, of course) =)
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they thought i was going to be a boy & my name was going to be Jack Daniel. *shudders* its a good thing i'm a girl. :)
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My name is Wyn but my mother wanted to name me Susan. I was born in the late 50's and my classmates all had rather run of the mill names like Mary, Sue and Jane. I took a ton of teasing but I love my name and wouldn't trade it for a common name for any amount of money.
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well, my parents thought i was gonna be a boy, so they were gonna name me Ricky. THEN i came out, and they realized i was a girl. SO they named me Elisa instead.
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My Dad said he wanted to name me Dip-Shit.
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My Mom always told me that my Dad wanted to name me Susie Belle. Thank goodness THAT didn't stick! I'm just not the "Susie Belle" type of girl.
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i had more than 15 names that were being tossed around. the final 1 b4 the name i have was simon
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My dad wanted to name me Robin.. i like it better then stephanie, its way to long. love short names!
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I was almost Matthew.
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Windy - I'm glad it wasn't chosen
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I was almost named Meaty Pie.
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No but My brother was going to be named a girls name.
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Rafael and Verne. Rafael would have been cool.
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hmmm never asked.
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Olivia. I was almost Olivia which is so much lovlier than my real name. Humph........ #(
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Tacy, (not Tracy, not Stacy, TACY.) That was after a character in a book. Thank goodness she changed her mind.
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i was almost name after a orange pumkin that's what my mom called me.
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I was almost named Georeges gan de laos Martinez. :o ++
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well my name is ashley my mom was either going to name me tarah or courtney but my grandma liked ashley unfortunatly
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I was almost named Catherine. I'm glad they decided on Christina at the last minute. ; ) +3
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kieth
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Claire, thank goodness not. It's a pretty name, it just completely doesn't suit me!
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Dildler
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My parents had three choices they were debating on; Gabrielle, Gisèle or Roxanne. Bah I say! Why not like, Desdemona, Hecate or like, Nina.
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Yes, and I consider myself very, very fortunate that they chose the name I carry instead. Some familiy members wanted to continue the Sr., Jr., III thing, and thought I should be named "Henry Harrison Horn, III." Oh ... my ... God!
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I was suppposed to be Jane. But my expected bday was 12/8 - the Immaculate conception - and was I named Mary. Both are boring so it didn't matter.
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Drago
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Well I was gonna be called the same thing, but they wanted my name spelled. JAYME, but something got messed up on all the paperwork and nutrilization crap (I was adopted) and I ended up being called JAMEY. but you dont run into that spelling very often so its cool. lol.
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My mum aked my older sister what i wanted to be called she replied CONK! fortunantly my mother didn't call me that lol.true story
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Cristina, but then I turned out to be a boy.
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I was almost named Beatrice after my grandmother, i geuss they liked Lauren better. Though half of the girls at my high school were named lauren. so they nicknamed me laur laur.
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My names is Holly, but I was almost named Heather and if I was a boy I was going to be names Brian!
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If I was born a girl my name was going to be: Kammy Kay, I am so glad I wasn't born a girl. Also my last name at the time (before I changed it) Started with a K! I told my mom when she told me this "Do you realize that my Initials would have been KKK?" She did know it, but didn't see the problem in that.
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My mom almost named me Dara. Thank God she changed her mind, Madison is much more normal! :)
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I was almost Gerturde
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