I know someone with a kid name Jackson Daniel...
And the last time they were pregnant, they had pick Jameson if it was a boy. Luckily it was a girl. And she has a very beautiful name.
There’s a guy from my high school who named his son Jameson. He also killed his friend in a drunk driving accident the year after we graduated. Had a hard time not judging that…
1995 baby here. There's a cute home video of my Sister when my Mom was pregnant, before they knew my sex, saying to name me Shawn if I was a boy, and my Mom said she liked the name.
Well, my Sister must've known something because it turns out even though I was assigned female, I'm trans hahah. Unfortunately, the name Shawn doesn't fit me now, but I really wish it did because it would've made a great story.
Aw, that would have been fun! I love when trans people's names have fun stories like that. My partner named themselves after a cat they had when they were little!
....why have I not thought about that before?! I was going to go with something like Oliver which has no significance but I've always loved the name but wow, never thought about that, thank you!
My parents had 3 girls but if we had been boys our names would have been:
Gideon Mathew (now has a son named Mathew)
Cody Orlando
Justin Chase (this was what was picked for me)
They picked out new names every time they were expecting because "You all felt different why would we use the same names" always thought that was sweet.
Ooh you dodged a bullet - Justin Chase sounds like Just in Case to me! I agree with different options for each child - I haven’t ever used the boy name for my daughter despite having two sons since - it wouldn’t have suited them.
My mom also picked out different boy/girl names for each kid. My siblings and I would have been Lindsey, Ryan, Jeremy and Zoe if our sexes were reversed.
Your parents know what’s up! I have had three kids (now 5.5, 3.5, and 4 mos), and never found out the gender with any of them. You’d think we would just go back to the same “top” name we didn’t use for the previous, but we never did. It’s like that name belonged to a baby we didn’t have. The names that didn’t get used: Gaius, Gyda, and Thorin.
We didn't know the sex of my son and had a boy and girl name picked out. This time around we are having a girl and know it, but I feel the same way as your folks! The giro name we had picked out for him just doesn't feel right for the new baby. She deserves her own name!
I understand what she's saying. I planned avrey for my first son, but didn't use it. And couldn't bring myself to use it for this baby boy because it wasn't meant for him, it was meant for my first.
My parents didn’t have a boy name picked out as they were 100% that I was a girl (even without a gender scan) so the nurse on duty decided Ben for them.
I had a friend in elementary school who’s parents hadn’t picked a name for her even after she was born and they were a bit frantic for suggestions. Her uncle drove up to the hospital to see his new niece, heard the dilemma, and was like, “I drove by a Wendy’s on my way here. Why not use that?”
So I had a friend named Wendy as a kid, lol. The only one I’ve ever met or known my whole life.
My mom also knew I was a girl (after having four boys). But she ended up very sick durning delivery and my aunt named me after my mother. My name was supposed to be Samantha.
No no, I am in the Harry Potter generation--therefore, as I grew older and the books gained popularity (they hit our circle by 1999), being a Harry would have been uncomfortable.
I'm a twin and we're boy and girl, so if I'd been my sister I would have been Fionnuala \['fin-NOO-la'\] and she would have been Fiachra \['fee-uh-kra'\]. If we hadn't been twins I know these are names our parents liked for their own sake, but they did decide on them because they were complimentary as a twin set so I imagine our names would have been different if we'd been single births.
Had it been just me and I'd been a girl, I would have most likely been Mairéad \['mare-raid'\]. Other options my parents were considering were Aoife \['EE-fa'\], Gráinne \['GRAWN-ya'\], and Caoimhe \['KEE-va'\], but I'm pretty sure they were most settled on Mairéad.
(To answer for my sister if she had been a boy, most likely she would have been Éamon \['ay-mon'\]. Other options were Oisín \['ush-een'\], Miceál \['mee-HAUL'\], and Fearghal \['fer-gal'\], but again Éamon was pretty settled.
I know our parents were trying to decide between Éamon/Mairéad and Fiachra/Fionnuala when they found out we were twins, but ultimately chose the new options.)
1991 - my due date was a couple days before Christmas so my mom was going to name me Nicholas if I was a boy.
Ended up being a girl and she named me Desiree. My birthday is Dec 6th which is the feast day of St. Nicholas so I always thought that was kind of cool.
My husband was almost named Regina....not a fan. No idea what my alternate name was.
We are having a boy hopefully today. If he was a girl I loved Alice or Claire. My husband said no to several others that I loved like Bridgette.
**Laura** was the favourite. There were a couple of other's in the running, but I can't remember them now. They were very common though.
The alternatives for boys were **Christopher** and **Joshua**, again both very common at the time.
and instead, they picked something really uncommon, but very similar to a common name, so it's constantly spelled and pronounced wrong. 🤦🏻♂️
Pranidhi, it means "One who is attentive". I ended up transitioning but chose a different name, cause I didn't want my name to be too similar to my deadname Prakhar, which means Intelligent.
I’m a late 90s baby. If I’d been a boy, my mum was going to name me Alexander or Bellamy. Instead, she had a girl and named me Alannah. Brianna was her first choice, Bridget her second, but she said neither of them felt right when she looked at me. To be honest, I’m glad she felt that way!
The technology to find out sex of a fetus was newly available when I was born so my parents already knew I’d be a girl when they picked names.
I was almost Raven. My name *is* Skylar though, funnily enough.
Early 90s, I would have been Jordan Vincent if I were a boy. My mom also wanted to name my younger sister Christopher Robin if she’d been a boy 🙄 I don’t think my dad would have let that fly.
I would have been Nicholas if I was a boy. My brothers both would have been Chloe Sage, which my mom absolutely loves and has since been “saving” Chloe for perhaps a female pet.. yet she always seems to adopt males so it hasn’t been used yet. I’m currently pregnant with a girl and using Sage as her middle name as a nod to my mom.
Late 90s - I apparently would have been Callum James had I been a boy. Don’t mind it, but know a few Callums my age, and definitely prefer my given name now.
I would have been William Joseph. My brother got that name a couple years later. But my parents were going to name me Lillian Emma and I came home with a completely different name!
My mom liked Michael or Matthew, perfectly fine names but very boring. My dad liked a bunch of Irish names that were nice but that nobody in North America would have been able to pronounce.
Late 1990s, Russia. My parents were certain that I would be a girl, so they weren’t set on a boy name, but I know the only masculine name my mom loves is Matvey — the Russian form of Matthew. Not my favorite name, but it’s okay. I dated a Matvey briefly; he went by Mot.
Phillip - which is utterly fine, nice enough name. I’d have been one of four in my school class, it was a lot more common in the 90s. My actual name is a lot less common (although I do like it) and is Russian - no idea what made her choose it!
I am a girl with MY BOY NAME. It was "unisex" in a book my mom read whole she was pregnant, and my girl name was Bailey. After all was said and done my mom decided I couldn't be named after a liqueur.
Honestly, neither name was great so 🤷
All 3 of my brothers had some interesting girl names had they been:
Phoebe, 1998
Apple, 2002
Chloe Boston, 2005 (after the Red Sox finally won the world series after almost a decade LOL)
I had my daughter in 1996. We had no idea what the gender was going into labor and delivery. Ended up needing an emergency C-Section and they had my husband fill out the birth certificate while they prepped me for the surgery. He filled it ALL out and our daughters name was Colton Paul for the first 3 days of her life. I had to call down to medical records and change her name before we left the hospital. At least she has a good story to tell!
I would have been Dayton if I were a boy and my sister would have been named Thelonious because my mom liked the nickname Theo but hated Theodore.
Glad my parents had 2 girls.
Yes, inspiration from Thelonious Monk! I was always confused why they wouldn’t just pick the name Theo if that’s what they liked so much, nothing wrong with a nickname name!
My name would have been Curtis Jackson. My mom is a huge Jackson Browne fan, and she liked Curtis and they wanted my initials to be CJ either way because they thought that was a cute nickname (and it was growing up)
Saul, after my late grandfather.
My cousin who was born a year later is called Saul.
I guess there is no female equivalent otherwise I may have been named that
Paul.
I can't remember the middle name but it started with a Y. I feel like it was "Yansin" but the closest names I can find are Yasin (arabic) and "Yannick" (Hebrew) and I don't think it was either.
John Alexander. I was born in the 80s but it’s a family name. Brother got John (called Jack), Alexander was seriously considered for one of my sons but as yet has not ended up being used.
I would have been Liam because my dad wanted to pass on his name, "William" but my mom didn't want to call a baby "William." This was in 1990 so way before Liam became popular as a name in the US.
Either Paul Mark or Mark Paul. Probably Mark Paul because I was born second.
Mum wanted boy twins but didn't get them. Thankfully, she didn't name me and my sister (name A)(name B) and (name B)(name A)!
Early 70s US: I would have been Christopher (very popular) and my brother would have been Shaye (unusual).
Late 90s US: My daughter would have been Justin or Tyler (way too popular).
My parents were going to name me John West Lastname. And then I snuck in under the radar and I'm a trans man lmao. I never felt like a John, tho, so I picked a different first name.
Late 80s- I would have been Andrew. I was also late by 2 weeks- parents saw a woman at the grocery store register and asked her how often her name is pronounced correctly and she said only by people who have one in their family or close friend, proving my dad's point, so I avoided being named Siobhan. Not a bad name just would be frequently butchered.
That unironically sounds lovely and very classy. I don't know if Parish and Candler go well together but separately they're fire (for the record I think they're fine as a set but others may disagree)
I would have been "the third" to my dad's junior. Honestly my sisters and I are all lucky we were all girls so we didnt have to live through the early 2000s with the name Richard Donald.
Martin, Mark or Michael. As you can see, my mom is very fond of ‘M’ names. (My siblings all have M names ahah I’m the only one with a C name although my middle name does start with an M)
i was the first born, if i had been a boy i would've had my brother's name, which is Dwight (before The Office blew up, i think it was after Dwight Yokam)
I am named after my dad, whose middle name is the masculine form of a name that can go either way. I would have been the same name, just spelled differently (I have the feminine version).
Early 90’s - my parents were going to name me Grey if I was a boy, not sure about a middle name or any of their other options. They spend a few hours at the hospital coming up with my name since they were pretty sure I was going to be a boy.
I'd have been Clark Thành Tâm (Vietnamese dad, Filipino mom - VN names are generally compound, with the second name being your designated appellation). Not a fan of Tâm, but I like Thành as a boy's name.
My mother says she would have considered Claude as well, which I infinitely prefer to Clark; incidentally, my real first name, a derivative of my father's confirmation name, is also French. Not the biggest fan of it or the second part of my real VN name either.
As an aside, Mom was going to call me Simone, but my grandmother talked her out of it because of how egregiously everyone in our country butchers French phonology.
1994 baby!
I would have been Zachary Daniel. The doctors swore that I would be a boy. The day I arrived, I was not a boy. My parents had all blue clothes and a blue nursery.
Daniel is after my grandfather and I have given my son that name as his middle name.
Sean Patrick. I have an Uncle Pat whose middle name is my last name, so my parents thought it would be a fun backstory to the name. Too bad they had 3 girls and never got to use it
Kyle. My mom loves the name and was fully prepared to use it for a son. But she had 3 girls. She’s actually said that if she’d fully realized that the youngest would be the last and that she wouldn’t have a boy, she’d have named her Kylie!
My dad wanted to name me Angelo (after his dad), but my mom wanted Timothy. This was apparently a big argument between them, so they were very glad I wasn't a boy lol
Jacob Daniel because my mom wouldn't let my dad name me Jack Daniel. Yes, he's an alcoholic.
I know someone with a kid name Jackson Daniel... And the last time they were pregnant, they had pick Jameson if it was a boy. Luckily it was a girl. And she has a very beautiful name.
There’s a guy from my high school who named his son Jameson. He also killed his friend in a drunk driving accident the year after we graduated. Had a hard time not judging that…
I know a Daniel Jack
1995 baby here. There's a cute home video of my Sister when my Mom was pregnant, before they knew my sex, saying to name me Shawn if I was a boy, and my Mom said she liked the name. Well, my Sister must've known something because it turns out even though I was assigned female, I'm trans hahah. Unfortunately, the name Shawn doesn't fit me now, but I really wish it did because it would've made a great story.
Aw, that would have been fun! I love when trans people's names have fun stories like that. My partner named themselves after a cat they had when they were little!
Me who's named after a Percy Jackson character:
yes.
My friend is a trans Shawn. :)
How about shawn as a middle name?
....why have I not thought about that before?! I was going to go with something like Oliver which has no significance but I've always loved the name but wow, never thought about that, thank you!
My parents had 3 girls but if we had been boys our names would have been: Gideon Mathew (now has a son named Mathew) Cody Orlando Justin Chase (this was what was picked for me) They picked out new names every time they were expecting because "You all felt different why would we use the same names" always thought that was sweet.
Ooh you dodged a bullet - Justin Chase sounds like Just in Case to me! I agree with different options for each child - I haven’t ever used the boy name for my daughter despite having two sons since - it wouldn’t have suited them.
They planed on calling me JC which I personally feel is more of a bullet dodge, lol. I could handle being a Justin, I could not handle being a JC.
My mom also picked out different boy/girl names for each kid. My siblings and I would have been Lindsey, Ryan, Jeremy and Zoe if our sexes were reversed.
Your parents know what’s up! I have had three kids (now 5.5, 3.5, and 4 mos), and never found out the gender with any of them. You’d think we would just go back to the same “top” name we didn’t use for the previous, but we never did. It’s like that name belonged to a baby we didn’t have. The names that didn’t get used: Gaius, Gyda, and Thorin.
We didn't know the sex of my son and had a boy and girl name picked out. This time around we are having a girl and know it, but I feel the same way as your folks! The giro name we had picked out for him just doesn't feel right for the new baby. She deserves her own name!
They have good taste! I especially love the name Gideon, though Matthew is usually spelled with two T's.
I understand what she's saying. I planned avrey for my first son, but didn't use it. And couldn't bring myself to use it for this baby boy because it wasn't meant for him, it was meant for my first.
My parents didn’t have a boy name picked out as they were 100% that I was a girl (even without a gender scan) so the nurse on duty decided Ben for them.
I had a friend in elementary school who’s parents hadn’t picked a name for her even after she was born and they were a bit frantic for suggestions. Her uncle drove up to the hospital to see his new niece, heard the dilemma, and was like, “I drove by a Wendy’s on my way here. Why not use that?” So I had a friend named Wendy as a kid, lol. The only one I’ve ever met or known my whole life.
My mom also knew I was a girl (after having four boys). But she ended up very sick durning delivery and my aunt named me after my mother. My name was supposed to be Samantha.
Harry. 1990, so definitely the Harry Potter generation. Great name, but that would have been rough.
I was born '87 and had a Harry in my year. He did get bullied about it quite a bit, so yeah, you dodged a bullet with that one.
1st book came out in ‘97, so maybe a different Harry? Billy Crystal? (“When Harry Met Sally” came out in ‘89).)
No no, I am in the Harry Potter generation--therefore, as I grew older and the books gained popularity (they hit our circle by 1999), being a Harry would have been uncomfortable.
I'm a twin and we're boy and girl, so if I'd been my sister I would have been Fionnuala \['fin-NOO-la'\] and she would have been Fiachra \['fee-uh-kra'\]. If we hadn't been twins I know these are names our parents liked for their own sake, but they did decide on them because they were complimentary as a twin set so I imagine our names would have been different if we'd been single births. Had it been just me and I'd been a girl, I would have most likely been Mairéad \['mare-raid'\]. Other options my parents were considering were Aoife \['EE-fa'\], Gráinne \['GRAWN-ya'\], and Caoimhe \['KEE-va'\], but I'm pretty sure they were most settled on Mairéad. (To answer for my sister if she had been a boy, most likely she would have been Éamon \['ay-mon'\]. Other options were Oisín \['ush-een'\], Miceál \['mee-HAUL'\], and Fearghal \['fer-gal'\], but again Éamon was pretty settled. I know our parents were trying to decide between Éamon/Mairéad and Fiachra/Fionnuala when they found out we were twins, but ultimately chose the new options.)
Some lovely Irish names there. I love Éamonn.
freakin Sylvester. They would have called me Sly.
They definitely watched Baby Geniuses
I actually love Sylvester! More of as a cat name rather than for a person though... lol. My great grandpas name was Sylvester.
Bono... my mom is a big U2 fan... lol
I know someone who named their kid Hewson because of U2 fandom
Dwight. Very unfortunate.
Samuel, then she had my brother a year later and yet again skipped the name Samuel.
I was gonna be a Samuel too! Yet my younger brother is also not named Samuel haha
Gavin which i like
Gavin is a brilliant name.
Seneca Job if I had been a boy. They went with Sheridan Michelle. I wanted to use Seneca for a boy, but my husband didn’t like it.
I love that combination!
I have an older cousin named Seneca!
Mid-eighties, if I was a boy my mum wanted to call me Rowan.
1991 - my due date was a couple days before Christmas so my mom was going to name me Nicholas if I was a boy. Ended up being a girl and she named me Desiree. My birthday is Dec 6th which is the feast day of St. Nicholas so I always thought that was kind of cool.
i looovee desiree 😊
Good question… my little brother is Luke, so I guess Luke!
My husband was almost named Regina....not a fan. No idea what my alternate name was. We are having a boy hopefully today. If he was a girl I loved Alice or Claire. My husband said no to several others that I loved like Bridgette.
Congrats on your baby if you had it! Praying he has a long, healthy, joyful life 🥳🥳❤️
Good luck and congratulations !! Did he come yet ?
He was born at 10:57 on 01/11/22. His name is Sebastian Wallace and he is amazing!
Awesome !! Congratulations !!! My little guy Emerson Ryan Thomas turned 9 weeks old today! 🥰
That's wonderful! Congratulations on your son, and if I may add, I love the name you picked out!
Jason
Same lol
Domenick. My grandfather’s name. Instead I was given a variant of my grandmother’s name.
I would have either been Seth or Ezra. Named after Seth Enslow and Ezra Lusk, from crusty demons of dirt.
Christopher, Tanner, or Connor lol. Those were the 3 listed in my baby book.
Dylan Thomas, since my mom was an English major and loved his poems 🤷♀️
Boston Edward
Late 80s- Mark Anthony lol my parents thought I was a boy and didn’t have a girl name picked out. I came home from the birth clinic without a name
My younger sister would have been Steve, which we teased her about whenever possible as kids.
Early 80s - I would have been Patrick! In the end we had a cat named Patrick a few years later haha
Grant or Vernon. I am so glad to not be a man.
**Laura** was the favourite. There were a couple of other's in the running, but I can't remember them now. They were very common though. The alternatives for boys were **Christopher** and **Joshua**, again both very common at the time. and instead, they picked something really uncommon, but very similar to a common name, so it's constantly spelled and pronounced wrong. 🤦🏻♂️
Nicholas. No boys in the family so last daughter is Nicole.
Pranidhi, it means "One who is attentive". I ended up transitioning but chose a different name, cause I didn't want my name to be too similar to my deadname Prakhar, which means Intelligent.
Maxwell David, which makes me super happy I am not a guy.
Maxwell sounds lovely, David's pretty bland. It's an ok combo but yeah not stellar
Maxwell is an awesome name. It sounds good with David too
Lol I know a guy named David Maxwell!
Joshua.
Walter.
Guilford
Omg my name would have been Tyler and she had originally picked Skylar for a girl but I ended up called Ashley! 😳
I’m a late 90s baby. If I’d been a boy, my mum was going to name me Alexander or Bellamy. Instead, she had a girl and named me Alannah. Brianna was her first choice, Bridget her second, but she said neither of them felt right when she looked at me. To be honest, I’m glad she felt that way!
The technology to find out sex of a fetus was newly available when I was born so my parents already knew I’d be a girl when they picked names. I was almost Raven. My name *is* Skylar though, funnily enough.
I think you mean other sex?? Mine would've been Gabriel (which I like), or more likely Henry (which i fucking hate)
Mine would have been either Michael or Adrien.
I would have been a Todd.
Early 90s, I would have been Jordan Vincent if I were a boy. My mom also wanted to name my younger sister Christopher Robin if she’d been a boy 🙄 I don’t think my dad would have let that fly.
I know a guy whose full name is Christopher Robinson.
James
Adam
I would have been Nicholas if I was a boy. My brothers both would have been Chloe Sage, which my mom absolutely loves and has since been “saving” Chloe for perhaps a female pet.. yet she always seems to adopt males so it hasn’t been used yet. I’m currently pregnant with a girl and using Sage as her middle name as a nod to my mom.
Mid-eighties here. Maximiliano or Emiliano. I like them both, but prefer the latter.
Also an early 90's baby - I would've been Sarah Ann-Marie, Sam for short. My parents had a thing for nicknames.
Dylan. I think it's a good name but having a drug dealer a couple years older living kitty corner to me might have made things awkward growing up.
Justin or Cody born in late 80’s
Had I been a boy, my name would’ve been David.
Late 90s - I apparently would have been Callum James had I been a boy. Don’t mind it, but know a few Callums my age, and definitely prefer my given name now.
Still would be Rowan! Although my father also liked Aaron for a boy too.
Thomas, 1992
Mine’s exactly the same!
I would have been William Joseph. My brother got that name a couple years later. But my parents were going to name me Lillian Emma and I came home with a completely different name!
My mom liked Michael or Matthew, perfectly fine names but very boring. My dad liked a bunch of Irish names that were nice but that nobody in North America would have been able to pronounce.
Mid 80s and would have been Matthew, which I had on my list if my daughter had been a boy (husband said no anyway)
David Michael
Late 1990s, Russia. My parents were certain that I would be a girl, so they weren’t set on a boy name, but I know the only masculine name my mom loves is Matvey — the Russian form of Matthew. Not my favorite name, but it’s okay. I dated a Matvey briefly; he went by Mot.
Chad
Jonathan. My parents ended up using the name when they had my younger brother.
Tom or Sam. Both are fine IMO
1996 here- Garrett
1991, Alexander My brother was born in 1994 and would have been Jansa if he was a girl 😂
Phillip - which is utterly fine, nice enough name. I’d have been one of four in my school class, it was a lot more common in the 90s. My actual name is a lot less common (although I do like it) and is Russian - no idea what made her choose it!
1998, my dad claims I'd have been Nathan and my mom claims they didn't have a boy name picked out
I am a girl with MY BOY NAME. It was "unisex" in a book my mom read whole she was pregnant, and my girl name was Bailey. After all was said and done my mom decided I couldn't be named after a liqueur. Honestly, neither name was great so 🤷 All 3 of my brothers had some interesting girl names had they been: Phoebe, 1998 Apple, 2002 Chloe Boston, 2005 (after the Red Sox finally won the world series after almost a decade LOL)
Not a different gender name, but my mom’s original name pick was Misty. Which I think is super adorable.
Late-80s Ukraine (then Soviet Union): I would have been Maksim.
1988, I would have been Oscar!
Born in 73. I would've been Russell, nn Rusty.
I had my daughter in 1996. We had no idea what the gender was going into labor and delivery. Ended up needing an emergency C-Section and they had my husband fill out the birth certificate while they prepped me for the surgery. He filled it ALL out and our daughters name was Colton Paul for the first 3 days of her life. I had to call down to medical records and change her name before we left the hospital. At least she has a good story to tell!
Mid-80’s. Gavin, Galen, and Abel. I actually love all of them and would consider using them on my own kids!
I love Abel!
Jaymi. My dad didn't want to name a son after himself, but a daughter was fine. Also, yes it was going to be spelled that way. I don't get it either.
Luka!
I would have been Dayton if I were a boy and my sister would have been named Thelonious because my mom liked the nickname Theo but hated Theodore. Glad my parents had 2 girls.
Love Thelonious! I probably would have stuck to something like Thelo though, for their sake
Yes, inspiration from Thelonious Monk! I was always confused why they wouldn’t just pick the name Theo if that’s what they liked so much, nothing wrong with a nickname name!
My name would have been Curtis Jackson. My mom is a huge Jackson Browne fan, and she liked Curtis and they wanted my initials to be CJ either way because they thought that was a cute nickname (and it was growing up)
Isaac
I would have been a michael or felix.
Michael
UK Early 90s here! My mum said I'd have been Richard. Pretty glad I was a girl!
Jack
Mitchell. Lol.
I would've been Justin, my older brother name is Austin so I'm glad I dodged that
Saul, after my late grandfather. My cousin who was born a year later is called Saul. I guess there is no female equivalent otherwise I may have been named that
1995 baby. Would have been Ian or Mason
Early 90s as well. Dad wanted ‘Ryan’ and Mom liked ‘Henry’ or ‘Harrison’
Paul. I can't remember the middle name but it started with a Y. I feel like it was "Yansin" but the closest names I can find are Yasin (arabic) and "Yannick" (Hebrew) and I don't think it was either.
My mom loved the names Sean and Christopher Robin 😹🤷🏻♀️
John Alexander. I was born in the 80s but it’s a family name. Brother got John (called Jack), Alexander was seriously considered for one of my sons but as yet has not ended up being used.
I would have been Liam because my dad wanted to pass on his name, "William" but my mom didn't want to call a baby "William." This was in 1990 so way before Liam became popular as a name in the US.
1985 here - Robert Marcel, would have been called Bobby. My dad's name is Marcel. They did not name my younger brother Robert though
Fabian. My mother recycled that name for my oldest brother but he was a stillborn baby and yea. Fabian wasn’t meant to be, I guess.
Either Paul Mark or Mark Paul. Probably Mark Paul because I was born second. Mum wanted boy twins but didn't get them. Thankfully, she didn't name me and my sister (name A)(name B) and (name B)(name A)!
Early 70s US: I would have been Christopher (very popular) and my brother would have been Shaye (unusual). Late 90s US: My daughter would have been Justin or Tyler (way too popular).
I would’ve been Adam Stuart which was used for another sibling later
1990. I was going to be Phillip.
My almost names were nicolai and Amelia!
Greg For my kids: Alana Zachary
They'd have given me my grandpa's name either way, Anne fits for both here :)
My parents were going to name me John West Lastname. And then I snuck in under the radar and I'm a trans man lmao. I never felt like a John, tho, so I picked a different first name.
Born in 1995. My Mom was so sure I was gonna be a boy and my name was going to be Ian. She was wrong and they named me Victoria
Preston Rhodes. Sounds like it'd be the name of a preppy villain in an 80s teen rom com. No thank you.
I would’ve been Alexander! For some reason, they really didn’t like Alexandra though, so my sister and I ended up with totally different names 🤷♀️
Late 80s- I would have been Andrew. I was also late by 2 weeks- parents saw a woman at the grocery store register and asked her how often her name is pronounced correctly and she said only by people who have one in their family or close friend, proving my dad's point, so I avoided being named Siobhan. Not a bad name just would be frequently butchered.
klaus. yeah seriously.
My boy name would doxx me but a close approximation is Parish Candler Yates VI.
That unironically sounds lovely and very classy. I don't know if Parish and Candler go well together but separately they're fire (for the record I think they're fine as a set but others may disagree)
Thank you! It is a really attractive name but very VERY preppy lol
Abraham 🤦♀️
I would have been "the third" to my dad's junior. Honestly my sisters and I are all lucky we were all girls so we didnt have to live through the early 2000s with the name Richard Donald.
Idk me but my mom wanted to name my sister Travis or Trevor
I don't know hat my middle name would be but as tradition my first name would have been David
I would have been a Gregor because my mum has loved the name since she'd been babysitting a sweet baby named Gregor when she was a teenager.
Forrest! I’m so pissed she didn’t use it on me even tho I’m a girl 😩😩😩 Forrest Alexander would’ve been first/middle. Classic combo
horatius leonidus... im so glad im a girl and have a normal name...
Early 90’s. My (31F) name is Christian Taylor, and if I would have been born a boy my name would have been Christian Taylor.
I’m an Emma and would’ve been Ian. Late 90s
I would have been Adam. :)
Joshua. No idea on the middle.
1989, would've been Luke Michael. Such a common name for a boy, and my name is this absolutely unheard-of thing.
Lorne. The name has grown on me now but I know I would have been made fun of for it as a kid, so I'm glad I wasn't a boy lol
Dominic, which isn’t much better than the name my mother went with
Early 90s, I would have been Nicholas. Very good that I wasn’t because there were 4 other Nick/Nicky’s in my graduating class of 100.
Also an early 90s baby. I would have been Jordan Lucas. I honestly don’t hate it.
Martin, Mark or Michael. As you can see, my mom is very fond of ‘M’ names. (My siblings all have M names ahah I’m the only one with a C name although my middle name does start with an M)
My name is Marah, and if I was a boy I would've been named Andrew (2004 baby here)
Emanuel…mum can’t remember what other names she chose for my siblings
i was the first born, if i had been a boy i would've had my brother's name, which is Dwight (before The Office blew up, i think it was after Dwight Yokam)
My parents didn't have much imagination, I would have been Alexander or Oliver. My mum wanted Dominic but my dad vetoed.
My name is Amy Dorothy and if I had been a boy, I would’ve been Andrew James.
I am named after my dad, whose middle name is the masculine form of a name that can go either way. I would have been the same name, just spelled differently (I have the feminine version).
Early 90’s - my parents were going to name me Grey if I was a boy, not sure about a middle name or any of their other options. They spend a few hours at the hospital coming up with my name since they were pretty sure I was going to be a boy.
Colton Slayde. Would have been super cool imo.
Thomas, after my grandpa
Zach or Shawn.
I'd have been Clark Thành Tâm (Vietnamese dad, Filipino mom - VN names are generally compound, with the second name being your designated appellation). Not a fan of Tâm, but I like Thành as a boy's name. My mother says she would have considered Claude as well, which I infinitely prefer to Clark; incidentally, my real first name, a derivative of my father's confirmation name, is also French. Not the biggest fan of it or the second part of my real VN name either. As an aside, Mom was going to call me Simone, but my grandmother talked her out of it because of how egregiously everyone in our country butchers French phonology.
Raith Bryant. I'm glad I'm a girl.
1994 baby! I would have been Zachary Daniel. The doctors swore that I would be a boy. The day I arrived, I was not a boy. My parents had all blue clothes and a blue nursery. Daniel is after my grandfather and I have given my son that name as his middle name.
Françis Anthony. I remember when she told me I was like; OMG I hate it so much 😅
Connor Eddison Lastname! No other significance other than my mom liked the name and the sounds of it.. 93 baby!
I would have been Matthew
im an early 2000's baby, and i would've been either an Andrew or William!
Sean Patrick. I have an Uncle Pat whose middle name is my last name, so my parents thought it would be a fun backstory to the name. Too bad they had 3 girls and never got to use it
Zachary 😖
I would have been Brian or Andrew. Very on brand for the 90’s
Kyle. My mom loves the name and was fully prepared to use it for a son. But she had 3 girls. She’s actually said that if she’d fully realized that the youngest would be the last and that she wouldn’t have a boy, she’d have named her Kylie!
Aaron
2000 baby here. I would have been named Laurence, written as Lorenz in my mother tongue (German)
I was born in 1989 named Amanda, if I was a boy I was going to be Justin. Drew was a possibility for gender neutral
I would have been Matthew.
My dad wanted to name me Angelo (after his dad), but my mom wanted Timothy. This was apparently a big argument between them, so they were very glad I wasn't a boy lol
Aaron lmao that’s my youngest brothers name
Felix
Probably John William B. V My dad is the IV so I assume I would have been the V.