Hopping on the Name Post Bandwagon
I really enjoyed reading all of your comments in relation to my post about my name being Jen/Jenny/Jennifer. Apparently name posts were big while I was gone. Swistle and Shelly Overlook had a really fun posts about names also. Swistle's post was about regretting the name you chose for your child. I commented that I LOVE my children's names and do not have any regrets for the names Tate and I chose. Shelly Overlook wrote about whether or not you like your own name and if not, would you change it. I jokingly commented that if I weren't Jen/Jenny/Jennifer, I wouldn't mind being called Trixie LaRue.
All of these posts got me thinking about what my name would have been had I been a boy. I'm pretty sure I would have been Shawn Scott. Blech. Not the greatest combination of names in my opinion. I like the names individually, but not paired together. Also, I prefer Shawn to be spelled S-E-A-N. My brother, had he been a girl, would have been Elizabeth Lane, Beth for short. I think it's interesting that my parents didn't keep the name Shawn Scott and bestow it upon my brother. Of course, when Ella was born, I didn't keep the girl name we'd chosen if Carson would have been a girl (Emeline Siobhan).
What would your name have been had you been the other gender? What names would your children have been had they been the other gender? Did you use the other name chosen for your first child when your second (or third, fourth....) was born?
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By the way this is my 301st post and sometime in November was my one year blogiversary. It's hard to say the exact date since I deleted lots of my original posts and pre-dated others.
I appreciate all of you out there in BlogLand and credit you with helping me feel like "me" again.
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I think if I were supposed to be a boy that I was going to be Cambell. I'm sure there are lots of very nice boys with that name, but I have to say - I'm glad it isn't mine!
Happy 1 year!!
Our girl if ever we were to have one was going to be Hailey Joren. A little unique but no strange spelling!
If I was a boy, I'd have been Damon. Which is my younger brother's name. lol
When we were pregnant with #1, we had a boy and girl name picked out. He was a boy and we used the name we had decided on. When we got pg with #2, I didn't like the original girl's name we picked so we picked another one. We had another boy though, so we didn't use it.
This time, pg with #3, I'm still in love with the girl's name from pregnancy #2 (could be cause it's only a year later...) but we're picking different boy names then the ones that were on our short list last time.
I guess we just change our minds a lot...
Good morning Trixie!!! :)
I don't know what I would have been named if I had been a boy. And no, we didn't name subsequent children the names we had picked out for the one before. Somehow it just doesn't seem the same.
I forgot to ask earlier...
You have only been blogging for one year?!
I have not a clue what my name would have been if I'd been a boy. I'll have to ask Mom.
If my Sugarplum (her real name is Aislinn, my favorite Irish Gaelic name) had been a boy she'd have been Ian Patrick.
If Shark Boy (Hampton, a family name) had been a girl he'd likely still be "Baby Boy" 5 years later due to the disagreement of his parents over what constuitutes a nice girl name. The only thing we could come remotely close on was Mary Margaret, and call her Maggie. But it was the fight that never formed, for lo, we had Shark Boy and he is named after his Daddy.
Honey Bear (Matthew) would have been Maria had he been a girl. Maria developed as the lovely solution to our girl name problem. Hubs favorite girl name is Mary (hence, Maria was acceptable) but our last name is one of those highly generic ones that begs for a distunguishing first name. Maria was our answer, but we got Baby Matthew, a name we both loved.
I still think Jennifer is lovely (my sister got Jennifer; it still bugs me). The reason I did not suggest it for a girl this last time I was preggers? Too many famous Jen's. I figure it will be really popular for a while. Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Garner and lesser Jennifer's like that Love Hewitt chick. It's all over the place!
My parents named me after my maternal grandmother's brother named Nathaniel. Had I been a boy that would have been my name.
When I was pregnant with #1 my grandmother was in very poor health. If she had passed away (which she didn't until SB was 9 months old) and I'd had a girl, the baby would have been named after her. We always knew we wanted to name a boy after D's late grandfather so once we found out the sex at 20 weeks, we no longer had to discuss girl names.
If this baby is a girl, she will be named after my grandmother. I'll find out this Friday if I'm going to have my little (insert grandmother's name here) after all.
Happy Blogiversary!
Little Miss was going to be Victoria Elizabeth, we have a 9 letter last name, so that would have been a mouth full!! Hubby put his foot down and said NO! I'm glad he did. She would have hated me!
My parents never came up with a boy name for me, Mom was sure I was a girl.
Oh, I love this. I did several posts about naming our son and the girls name we had picked out prior to finding out he was a boy and future naming possibilities. ;)
My Zachariah would have been Laila if he'd been a girl (maybe, I didn't have time to go back and forth, because we knew it was a boy).
My parents had picked out Adam for me if I was a boy. They had different boy names picked out for both of my younger sisters. But one of the girls names they liked for me is my sister's name.
I think I'll have different names for future children. Maybe a few the same, but I think I'll change my mind a lot like I did last time. Although my husband is still stuck on Laila for a girl. Guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
My name would have been David if I'd been a boy. My Dad's brother had a son after I was born and called him David which is why neither of my brothers got the name.
My son has the name we chose if Miss E had have been a girl. We really only loved her name and his - if we have a third kid I don't know what we'll do because we can't agree on many names at all!
I love the name Trixie.
I would have been Adam Paul had I been a boy.
My mom wanted to name me Laura Kay but my dad didn't like it. I wish I had been Dixie. Then you and I could be Trixie and Dixie.
Oh, and I don't remember if we ever picked out official girl names. We threw some around but nothing firm until we found out what we were having.
Gracie was on the list. That's all I remember.
I'm Danielle. My grandmother fought tooth and nail to have me called Vivian. Luckily, Mom did not bow to the pressure. I do have an equally spectacular middle name though.
My parents had Julian picked out for me if I appeared as a boy. I like the name.
We picked out different boy names when I was pregnant with Peanut (girl) than what we ended up naming BusterBrown. We also thought BusterBrown was going to be a girl during the first 2 ultrasounds. We had a girl name picked out, Abigail Rose. Took a while after we found out BB was a boy to pick out a name. It was hard to "switch gears". I love the names we picked out for our children, no regrets whatsoever. In fact, I already have two names picked out if we had a third. I'm a planner.
Trixie LaRue is what I call myself when I'm being the dress up diva with my daughter. Wow, small world.. great minds, yada yada.
I love the names we picked out for our kids. If I were a boy, I was going to be Jeremy :-) Instead they went with the stunningly original *read with heavy sarcasm* Rachel. Yep, taxed their grey matter on that one they did. :-)
I enjoyed the name post. My friends named Jennifer hate being called Jen, too.
Congrats on your 301st post!!! Woo hoo!!!
Quickly to comment on the first commentor: My son's middle name is Campbell. I think it's quite lovely. It's also my maiden name.
I would have been Stevie had I been a boy.
My husband I thought we'd never have kids, so we named our two girl cats the girl names we both liked, Sophia and Zoe, so we were lucky Mateo came out a boy.
Both boys would have been Hannah or Rebecca. We like Biblical names.
My name was going to be Matthew. My parents were pretty sure I was going to be a boy. I'm not sure if they had pre-picked Meredith or not. As for Little Elvis, he is named after my dad and one of Bob's uncles. We had a long list of possible names, but when we found out he was a boy, we went in a completely different direction. I'm not sure what we'll do if we have another -- my mom doesn't like her name and we're out of close male relatives. Guess we'll have to be more creative. By the way, I LOVE the name Siobhan. But my southern accent doesn't do it justice, and Bob didn't think it sounded good with our last name.
Hmmm... I most definitely wasn't supposed to happen so I am betting they didn't have a boy name picked out.. Aren't I glad I did happen:)
I hated being one of a million "Annes" growing up, so my husband and I gave our boys pretty unique names. Not the ones on my blog, but very close. They were each named after a grandfather, though, and we quit at 3, thus sparing someone the horror of "Herbert Lorenzo."
My mom can't remember what boy name they had picked for me. The other girl name they had was Tiffany though (I sure dodged a bullet there).
As for the kids, Elliot was going to be Elliot either way. And Arlo would have been either Norah or Violet.
I would have been Shawn Christopher. Or Matthew John, my mother was unsure, because she was convinced I was a girl. My brother was going to be Lauren Elizabeth or Kristen Michelle...which my mom actually named her sisters kid a year later.
I'll tell you though, I already have kids names picked out.
My name could actually be a boys name as well so I'm thinking it might have been the same...but who knows - to hear my mom tell it she and my dad hadn't even thought up boys names because that was just unthinkable. They wanted girls. Crazy.
Happy Blogiversary and 301st post!
My mom didn't have boy name picked out, but she had to fight my father who wanted to name me Jolene. At the time (I think) that horrid Dolly Parton song "Jolene" was out and my mother was mortified. Thankfully she won. I am not crazy about Shelly, but it's better than Jolene. For me, I mean, no offense to all you Jolenes out there.
My first and middle name would have been "Kim Lester" if I had been a boy. They thought I was a boy right up until I was born and was, um, lacking the correct body parts.
I joke with my mom that I heard my name just before I came out and had a sex change immediately.
I think Blogger just ate my comment.
I'm happy with the boys' names--they fit them.
I would have gone with Olivia Jane the first time I was pregnant. The second time I would have gone with Jane--calling her Janie.
PS--I'm on my 309th post. I think we must have started around the same time.
If I Caden was a girl, he would have been Tabitha Jayne.
The other boy names we considered were Ethan, Declan, and Gavin.
If I was a boy, I was going to be named Eugene. How awful is that!
Its funny. I had this discussion with my parents this weekend. I would have been Sean too had I been a boy. Named of course, after John Lennon's son. As for my son's name? Well lets just say he was named by his father while I was still pretty out of it after labor. And that his name is not really a full name, but a nickname of a full name. Sigh.
I have 2 children, and didn't know their genders until they came into this world. Our first child's boy name was Trenton James. Thank God she is a girl and is named Nicolette Brianna instead.
Our second child's boy name was Christian Alexander. Again a girl bestowed with the name Maree (Dutch pronunciation of Marie) Elizabeth.
I think God is waiting for us to come up with a decent boy name or else we are going to keep having girls.
If I had been a boy my name would have been Nicholas Adam, still called Niki. You see my mom had this thing for Nicholas on 8 is enough when she was pregnant with me so it was gonna be Niki either way.
As for Boogie, if he had been a girl it is likely that he still wouldn't be named as we could not agree on a girl's name. Still can't really, if there is a next one. Originally we both liked Cait and then it went to Cate and then I decided I didn't like either but I liked Sofie. Now I've decided that I like Ruby (a family name, Boog's is a family name) for the next, if there is a next and it is a girl. The husband does not like Ruby.
He's gonna have to get over it I think. Boog's name is from his family so I think I'm due. Plus there is the whole growing the kid for the better part of a year and then feeding the kid for a year. I feel like my opinion has more weight. Granted if he absolutely hated a name then I wouldn't push the issue but I think given the significance and the amount of time between the remote possibility of another kid, Ruby will grown on him. I hope.
Oh yeah and my grandmother's name actually is LaRue. :D
...Let's put it this way in regards to names...I'm glad I didn't have a boy...it sounded good at the time, but with time....NOPE...
If my big boy were a girl he would have been Molly.
If my monkey boy were a girl he would have been Mariska (Mari for short).
Ahhhh....would have been nice to use either of those names....no hope now...
My parents adopted me, so there was no boy name picked- however dad wanted to grace me with Penelope and call me Penny... My maiden name is Nickels. :| Bleh!
I hate my first name.
I love my middle name, Laine.
if i had been a boy i would have been christopher michael.
i always grew up convinced i'd have twins and name them christopher michael and kristin michelle. UM, yeah.
well, i grew up, and i don't have twins.
and thanks for the post idea! maybe i'll finish the story over at my place. (:
happy blogiversary
I would have been Kenneth Joseph. Just thinking that gives me cottonmouth. My little man would have been Declan if born in Ireland (long story) but since he was born a true Texan he ended up Zane Austin. I love, love, loved the girl name we had picked out (Kamille) just in case but I don't think I can recycle it. . . Great post and congrats on your bloggiversary!!!
I don't know about what name I would have had if I were a boy (I think Mom was convinced I'd be a girl), but I almost got stuck with a DIFFERENT name. My mother had picked out a name for a girl and apparently half-way through the pregnancy forgot all about it. After I was born, my Aunt went to the hospital to visit--and my mother told her she was naming me "Shelly Dawn." Aunt says, whatever happened to "Carrie Anne?" I can't even IMAGINE being a "Shelly Dawn." *shudder*
We did use the other names for our subsequent babies. The girl name went to the first girl. The boy name (with heated debate over the middle name--over which I won) went to #2--a boy. With the third kid--second girl--we used the name we had picked for a girl if #2 had been a girl. All three were named after close family members, though, so not not originality there.... We simply can't have a fourth baby because we've run out of names.... If #3 had been a boy, we'd probably STILL be at the hospital trying to figure a name out--or naming him after the cat or something.
Not that there's anything WRONG with "Shelly Dawn." It just doesn't suit me. I think I would have grown up just KNOWING I had the wrong name.
I had 2 girl names and 1 boy name picked out long before I was even married. Luckily I had 2 girls and the a boy and a husband that liked the names I wanted. Well I had to do a little persuading. Our 4th was a surprise and we had time deciding on a name for her.
I would've been HOYT. yeesh.
My four boys would've been- Caitlin, Madeline, Anna Grace, and Elizabeth. ~sigh~
This baby? no clue!
Trixie LaRue- Total porn queen, baby!
Had I come out a boy, I would probably have been named Roland Bradford, after my grandfather. I have two relatives with the same name and they both go by their middle names, and so did my grandfather! WTF?
We picked out William Alexander for a boy's name (he would SO have been a good conqueror), but ended up with a girl. Then my SIL took William, as it's the Grandfather's name. Good thing we had another girl or I would have been pissed.
I picked eldest's name (Rebecca) because I always wanted a daughter to call Becca (never, ever Becky). Hubby picked youngest's name because she was conceived shortly before a trip to Ireland (Alannah, which gives me a headache each time I have to spell it). Middle names are the middle names of both Grandmas. No regrets there.
Coincidentally, I get called Jennifer on a freakishly regular basis, since middle school even. Real name is Rachel, so where does that come from?
Michael Vincent. gag me.
If I was a boy, I would have been Michael. A junior, ick.
Cordelia was almost a Katherine, but we decided at the last minute we didn't want something so common.
Two of our friends named their daughter Katherine before Miranda was born, so we didn't consider using the name again.
If I'd been a boy my parents were going to name me Scott Donovan...ick! I'm an only child so they never got to use it...thankfully!
Both our children are girls so if either of them had been a boy their name would've been Alexander Joseph. But now we like the name Jackson better, so who knows what will happen if we ever have a boy.
I don't regret my daughters' names. I'm not super keen on my 4 month olds middle name, but it's my mom's name and I don't regret naming my daughter after her.
I would have been Robert. Ick. Though I was almost a Candace - double ick. My mother reminded me of that every time I complained about there being too many Jennifers.
When I was pg with #1, we had a girl name and a boy name picked out. Somehow, though, we chose a new girl name after we found out we were having a girl. #2 was a boy and we just used the name we'd thought of before.
well...i'd like to tell you how the hell i got here, but i really don't know.
i've never asked my parents what my name would have been if i had been a boy. maybe i should.
my son's name was easy to pick. the daughter...was more difficult. way too much conversation was had over 5 simple letters: J E N N A. and don't call her jen or jenny. she hates that!
I would have been Ryan, if I were a boy.
I regret not giving all my kids my maiden name for their middle names.
Had I been a boy, my name would have been Douglas Anthony...YUCK!
If my son had been a girl he would have been Sophia Marie. My daughter, as a boy, would have been Carter James.
If Thing 1 or Thing 2 would have been a girl the name would have been Morgan Elizabeth. After Thing 2, when we considered having another baby, if it would have been a girl it would have been Elaina Elizabeth and a boy would have been William Christopher.
We're lame as our name choices are easily gender transitional. Our first son is Samuel had he been a girl he would have been call Samantha. Our second is Alexander as a girl, Alexandria. We are lame, so lame. Sam and Alex it is and would have been.
With two boys I mourn the girl names that could have been---
Eliza! Avery! Madeline! Lucy! Eleanor! Elizabeth!
Sigh.
If I had been a boy, my name would have been Steven Roy. I know you're loving it.
Jacob would've been Grace Elizabeth and Adam would've been Rachel Erin and Elizabeth would've been Nathaniel Peyton or Ethan Samuel.
I just found a girl name I am so in love with, Bronwyn, on the Food Network no less, so I either need to have another girl baby or get another pet.
I would have been Terrence Christopher. Seriously dodged a bullet, there!
Sacha was going to be Havah Jessie if he was a girl. But now, I can't use that name. It feels weird. This one will have a different girl's name.
Happy Blogversary.
I would've been Todd. I'm not overly fond of it. Of course, I hate my name, so I was screwed either way.
I'm saving my girl name. I may or may not use it.
I was going to be Stephanie Dawn if I turned out to be a girl. But then my mom decided at the last minute on Catherine. (No Dawn.)
With my own kids, we each had a name we liked -- me for a girl, Hubs for a boy. So I named the first one, he got the second.
I was going to be Stephanie Dawn if I turned out to be a girl. But then my mom decided at the last minute on Catherine. (No Dawn.)
With my own kids, we each had a name we liked -- me for a girl, Hubs for a boy. So I named the first one, he got the second.
if i'd been a boy, i would have been named Andrew...which is my younger brother's name!
it's funny....both times we had 4 times as many girls names as boys names. we never decided on a specific name. we just had a list for both boys and girls names, and waited till be met our babies to pick a name.
congrats on your blogiversary...300+ posts is quite an accomplishment! my blogiversary is coming up in January, and i only have half as many posts...of course, i did take a 3-month sanity-hiatus in the middle of it!
My name is Kelly Jean. Had I been a boy, I would have been Brandon Patrick. My first born was a son, and he is Brandon. My second son is Nolan Patrick, but would have been Kendall had he been a girl. Next time around, we got a girl, Kendall.
mom tried to name me Sunshine (Sunny) and my dad had a fit, so Ashley it was ... middle name (Raye) is after my greataunt, an amazing lady ... if I was a boy, it would have been Drake or Hunter
for our kids, if we ever had a girl (and now it's sure that we will not), I would have named her Katherine Renata (after my grandma and my mom's little sis who died as a teen) ...
with our second boy, it's Charles after my father in law - no other options as far as my hubby's concerned ... middle name's up in the air but I like Whitfield (I'd probably call him "Whit" after an someone I worked with in DC) ...
fun post, Ash in Okla
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