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

[timmytom1]

My parents were originally going to call me Joel.....thank christ they didn`t

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

I was going to be called Evan... I got stuck with Jonathan instead... I don't really like either... I end up with people spelling it wrong since I have an abnormal spelling of the name, which, coupled with my last name (which is constantly misspelled) has lead to a life of frustrating spelling errors).

 

[Sketchy]

I was going to be Alexander. That got swapped out to be my middle name in favour of Michael, which I much prefer.

Nothing against the name Alex, but it just really doesn't suit me.

 

[Nuke_em_05]

My dad 'jokes' that he wanted to name me "Figaro"; My last name is Newcomb, pronounced similar to "Nuke'em", and he wanted to call me "Fig Newcomb" like the "Fig Newton" bars. Yes, my dad has a convoluted sense of humor. The problem is, I'm not entirely convinced that it is a joke...

 

[IncindiaryPickle]

My dad said that he wanted to name me either Rocco or Vito, and since he wasn't pushing me out of his body, my mom named me Nick .

 

[Evilbunny]

I was gonna be called Michelle, which is weird because I'm a guy.

 

[soren7550]

I was going to be [saying in a really high pitched & annoying voice ] Rose Emily or Emily Rose.
*shudders*

But either way, I was given a name I hate so I prefer going by my pen name, Soren Alenko.

 

[la-le-lu-li-lo]

My dad wanted to name me Sophie or Rachel, which just so happens to be the names of two of his ex-girlfriends.

Luckily my mother put her foot down and named me after some English queen from back in the day.

Katherine.

I likes it much better than Rachel or Sophie [no offense to any Sophies or Rachels out there.] Just suits me I guess.

 

[Kajin]

My parents wanted to name me after John Henry the steel driving man. They settled for Henry*.

*My father settled for Henry. He was adamant about adding the John and she was adamant about beating him if he didn't change his mind.

 

[Sparcrypt]

Was going to be named after my dad, but they changed their mind... then I turned out to be the spitting image of him so it probably would have been appropriate

 

[Mstrswrd]

My dad's side of the family is not even a little creative. All males either have the name of Anastasios or Panagiotis, which are Greek for Tom and Peter, respectively. My dad is Constantinos (Gus) because his father was Panagiotis, and his older brother was Anastasios, so the third, extra, name was used. Seeing as Panagiotis hadn't been used for awhile (and the rule is to name the son after the grandfather), I was Panagiotis, until I turned 17, at which point I said "Screw it. I have never used Panagiotis, hell, I can't even spell Panagiotis. I'm legally changing it to Peter, which is what I always use anyway."

By the way, I really couldn't spell Panagiotis until my drivers permit exam. I used Peter, I am Peter, I have always been, as far as I am concerned, Peter. And now, legally, Peter is my name, and not Panagiotis. Thank god.

 

[Revenge Revisited]

Ugh. My mom actually has a list in the back of a baby naming book. Let's see...

Female:
Sierra
Eden
Scarlet
Michaela
Veronica
Vivian
Victoria
Phoenix

Male:
Spencer
Skyler
Skylar
Mason
Sebastian

I can assure you that none of these is my name. Thank the gods.
(Skyler is actually kind of cool.)

 

[la-le-lu-li-lo]

My mother wanted to call me Felix! Thats a fucking cats name! That or Zack, which is a cursed name, because everyone I know named Zack is a complete wanker! Thank god my dad stepped in and called me Henry, which is quite uncommon in Australia, but who cares? I'm not called Felix and that is what matters.

Mendelssohn's first name was Felix... :[

 

[NuclearPenguin]

Sebastian Frojd Blaker.
My dad thought sebastian was too uncommon and too long for me to have.. So they decided to shorten it and call me "Zeb" instead.. Common my ass. Oh, and he didnt like "Frojd" So I got called freeman instead.

If I had to choose id be called Alucard, duh. ;o

 

[Pimppeter2]

God, but the Church advised against it so they picked the next most awesome name

 

[Andalusa]

I was going to be called Courtney. Another name where I know more guys than girls with that name. Or Mark or something if I was a boy.

 

[Skuffyshootster]

If I was a girl I would've been Emily.

Otherwise, it would've been Evan anyway.

 

[JemJar]

I was going to be James but my parents had given James to my brother as a middle name so they changed their minds at the last minute and went for Jeremy.