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[Luv4My4]

DD #1 was going to be James Patrick (Jimmy) after DH and her paternal grandfather, DD#2 & DD#3 were going to be John Francis (called Jack) after my DH's Uncle (who was like a second father to DH), DD#4 was going to be James Francis (Jimmy) after my DH (first name) and DF (middle name) while I was pregnant with DD#3 DH's Uncle Jack died and then between the birth of DD#3 and DD#4 my DH's cousin (Jack's DD) had a son and named him Jack so we went back to our original name for DD#4. We pretty much picked the girl names right away with no argument. DH wanted Stephanie for our oldest DD but I won with Erin We did have a couple choices for Shannon (DD#2) I think Megan was one but Shannon won out pretty quickly. We chose between Katie & Kelly for DD#3 (Katie won) and DH had Molly picked out long before I got pregnant with her (just in case ). I was going to be Joseph Anthony if I was a boy after my Uncle who had always wanted a son. That's my brother's name (he's 2 years younger). My parents briefly thought about naming me Marion or Anastasia instead of just Stacey

[valegirl5292]

Our first DS is Frank Robert (after my DH and Dbil who passed away before he was born) we knew is was going to be a boy but I had Alssya Ashley picked out for a girls name. Our second DS is Christopher Anthony, again Alssya Ashley was out there in case he was a girl. I had wanted to name him Dominick James but my DH was dead set against it, now looking at him he could be nothing else but Christopher. If we have a third I told my DH if its a boy he is going to be Dominick no matter what and a girl Alssya Ashley (I have loved that name forever, hopefully I will get to use it someday).

[HiddenMickey]

DD would have been Thomas MacKenzie
DS would have been Kristin (and I forget the middle name)

In both cases, we were very happy to have the opposite, as we love their actual names way better than their "almost" names.


My parents named me Suzanne (after a friend Susan and my mom's middle name Ann) with no middle name, but had I been a boy, I would have been Christopher. My sister (18 months younger) is Robin and would have been even if she'd been a boy. My parents would have had Christopher/Robin.

[Colexis Mom]

If Alexa was a boy, she was going to be Nolan. Not sure if I like that now or not. If Colin was a girl, I think he was going to be Aleen, or Abigail. Honestly I can't remember, other than it was an "A" name

[Belle*]

Originally Posted by Teresa

We had names we liked, but didn't make a final decision until after we met out kids and let them tell us who they were. No, they're not adopted from childhood, they are all "natural" children - although I don't like that way of explaining. Adopted kids are natural also!!

Thank you! Someone asked me if Ryan was my "natural" child once and I said, "Well, he's not a robot or an alien so...yes!"

Had Ryan been a girl, he would have been Meaghan Anne. Ryan was really the only boy's name we both loved. Apparently, I was supposed to be Julie until I was born in a rather "drama queen" fashion (breech and backwards, emergency c-section) and my mother named me Sara after the actress Sarah Bernhardt. Little did she know...

[RobDVC]

Joseph would have been named Morgan Elizabeth if he was a girl.
Nicholas would have been named Natalie Morgan if he was a girl.

[Disney_Scarlett]

If I had been a boy (which everyone was sure I was going to be), I would have been Marc. I don't know about any of my siblings, except my oldest sister: my grandpa's name is (was) Donald Lee, and if my mother would have had a boy, he was going to be Donald Lee as well. It was a girl, so she is Donna Leigh.

I know that my niece Maeve was supposed to be Ava Grace right up to the eleventh hour, when Krista pulled the "I'm in labor, I'm gonna name her what I dang well please" and they went with the name Krista really had her heart set on, but her hubby wasn't crazy about: Maeve Elise. Now that we "know" Maeve, I'm glad Grace isn't her middle name.

When we got Quincy, our Pekingese, Mama really wanted to name him Egg Roll. She had had two Pekingeses years ago, and one was Wonton and the other PuPu (after the PuPu platter ). Dad doesn't like Chinese food, though, so he vetoed Egg Roll (and my suggestion of General Tso ). They went with Quincy, although said later that they could have done Bamboo - it's Chinese and not a food.

[Carousel96]

I was going to be George if I'd been a boy. Something about a hymnwriter relative of my dad's. Phew!

Lauren's "working name" was Joey -- when I went for my L3 ultrasound she was moving a lot and the amnio took forever because she kept wiggling so the nurse joked we weren't having a baby but a kangaroo. Since Rick's Grandfather was Joseph, the name worked. And we were convinced we were going to have a boy (we made the Dr promise not to give us the amnio results).
When I went into the hospital we hadn't even settled on a girls name -- I wanted Caitlin and Rick wanted Lauren. After she was born he looked at her and said "I really think she looks like a Lauren." I was too tired to care, but exercised my right to pick her middle name.
And now that she's 8 he's so right. I look at her and think that Caitlin just wouldn't fit. I still love Chelsea for a girl, but BIL/SIL already had a Kelsey. And I liked Sarah or Katherine but the other BIL/SIL "informed" us that it was their choice for a girl and we "couldn't use it"

The cat arrived "used" from a friend and prenamed -- though Ebony was the obvious choice and it fit. We've often discussed what we will name our next cat, but I think we'll have to meet it first. Who was it that said all cats have names -- us humans just have to figure them out.

[think*tink]

DD16, Kerryn would of been Nicholas Lee after Jack Nicholas & Lee Trevino. Thank goodness she was a girl. My DH is a big golfer. Although she hates having to spell her name to everyone and can't find her name on anything. DD13, Michelle would of been Brock if she was a boy. Now I don't know what I was thinking with that name. (Sorry, if there are any Brock's out there!!)

[GoofyMom]

I was thisclose to being a Stacy. But my Dad changed it just a little before I was born, so I'm Donna.

Drew (Andrew Daniel) would have been Kirstin (pronounced the Norwegian way kyir-sten) Ashley because DH's family is Norwegian. I'm glad we didn't have to use it though because it would've been a pain correcting everybody's pronunciation of it. Daniel is DH's name.

Paige Kimblerly - I wanted her name to be Lauren because it's a variation of my maiden name and it's a tradition in my family to use the Mom's maiden name as a middle name, but DH would have none of that. If she'd have been a boy, we kicked around using my Grandpa's name, Hunter. But we were positive she was a girl, so we didn't really worry about boy's names much with her.

[snoozin]

My eldest was going to be Sarah Elizabeth, but I took one look at her when she was born and was sure she didn't look like a Sarah (expected her to have blond hair), so we named her Elizabeth and came up with Anne for her middle name as we walked up to check out of the hospital.

[RobinKay6573]

If I was a boy I would have been Scott. The other name mom and dad picked was Lisa...glad I am Robin. That is much better then Lisa or Scott.

When I got Belle her name was Paris. That changed REAL quick!

[lukeandbrookesmom]

I didn't find out the sex before they were born so for Luke Joseph it was that or Margaux Grace, and for Brooke Elizabeth (I was positive she was going to be a he because my pregnancies were identical) she would have been Jack Francis.

[cynholjot]

My oldest DD dad wanted to name her Carolyn Elizabeth, our last name had 11 letters in it also. I said, the kid will be spelling her name for 5 minutes. She ended up being Holly Rita, and she truly is a Holly and her middle name is for my Grams who passed away just before she was born. If she had been a boy she was going to be Richard James for our dads. DD#2 I liked Sabrina, she ended up being Jodi and it is perfect for her. DS is a Jr which I hate, but his dad insisted.

[theJordans]

My DD became Meryl as it was the only name me and DH could agree om. I`ve a sister named Meryl - so it wasn`t a hard name to find. She hasn`t got a second name as again we couldn`t agree, I liked Carmen. When she was born she looked like a Helen, though we stuck with Meryl.
Fortunately DD named the cat, otherwise she`d still be called cat!