Before you were born we were gonna call you ...

[Anarien]

If I turned out to be a boy, my mom wanted to name me Peter. I'm Christina, and wouldn't change it.

 

[Dogstile]

My mum said moonbeam. I hope she was joking.

 

[Fbuh]

The doctors said that I would be a girl, and were 100% sure of it. If that had been true, my name would have been Anna Marie, after my great grandmother. Instead, I was borna boy, and so was named for my father.

 

[Flying Pilgrim]

I might have been named Tristan but my father's friend said that sounded "gay".My parents also considered Logan...

 

[ultimateownage]

That or Zack, which is a cursed name, because everyone I know named Zack is a complete wanker

QFT Seriously, I know a zack and he's such a dickhead, he has the mental age of a 2 year old.

OT: I don't think my parents had any other name for me has I'm there third child, so by this point they had used their girls name and their first boys name and decided to use the other name we know every parent has. My brother (Oliver) was going to be called Aengus (my name, It's pronounced Angus just like every other spelling of the name, my nicknames beef, I'm also fat so it fits well.)
But my middle names weren't so easy, my mum wanted John after my dad and her dad but my dad wanted William just because he liked the name, they settled with John William. ( I have 2 middle names, my full name is Aengus John William Matthews)

 

[Jark212]

My mother planned Seamus from birth, she said if I had a brother he'd be named Hayden or something of Gaelic decent...

 

[LostProxy]

I was meant to be named Dante, Dorian, Rio, or Virgil. If I have a son I may name him Dorian.

 

[X123Lewis123X]

my dad wanted to call me Alistar, my mum wanted Lewis, they were both good scotish names but im glad my dad relized if my mum dint get her way she would hav cut him. so i was called Lewis ^^

 

[TimeLord]

Terry or Gonad

 

[smudgey]

No story behind my first name, but when i was born and the nurse asked my folks what my middle name was to be, they asked her what her husband's name was. I am thankful to this day he didn't have an embarrassing name.

 

[triggahappyhaza]

My Brother Wanted to Call Me "Figgy"...

somehow that came to the conclusion that Harry would be my name

 

[Urgh76]

forest........... *shudders*

 

[Breaker deGodot]

If I was a girl, my parents where going to name me Meredith. Once I found out I didn't speak to them for a week. Thank God I was a boy.

 

[Ashtovo]

originally i was going to be called Simon Hadley Dole. When i was born it got changed to Hadley Simon Dole. Not sure why they switched my first and last name but they did.

 

[lolandrew4]

Benjamin, its fine with me I would've just made it Benji

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

My parents always wanted to call me Sean. My grandad wanted me to be called something gaelic and random (I can't remember off the top of my head), but thankfully my parents didn't listen to him, as he's absolutely batshit crazy.