That thread got me thinking about names.
Do you know what your name would have been if you'd been born the opposite sex?
Do you know what your name would have been if you'd been born the opposite sex?
Yes, my parents already had a boy, wanted a girl, so name was going to be Christine. Instead got another boy, so I was Christopher. Had another kid, and this time a girl and so she was named Christine.Originally Posted by allroundthesun
Do you know what your name would have been if you'd been born the opposite sex? [/color][/font]
Haha, especially "Sara Lee"....LOL!Originally Posted by kara_leigh
I would have been James.
I was actually supposed to be Sara instead of Kara, but two weeks before I was born my mom's good friend had a baby and named her Sara, so my mom changed it up a bit. I'm glad, b/c I like Kara much more than ordinary Sara.
HAHA! No kidding! I already got enough "Nobody doesn't like Kara Leigh" jabs, I can't imagine how bad it would have been if I were Sara Leigh. LOL!!Originally Posted by kluchetta
Haha, especially "Sara Lee"....LOL!
Me too!Originally Posted by kluchetta
I was born 6 weeks early so there weren't ANY names picked out yet LOL.
Try Isadore Meyer.Originally Posted by Alison Joy
Even though my parents had come up with both male and female names, they were primarily set on a boy's name as that is what they expected. The doctor insisted I was a boy despite my mother's feelings that I was, indeed, a girl. And, thank goodness as the name they had picked for me had I been a boy was atrocious...Jason Joseph. Bleh!
My younger brothers were saved from that horror, though. They were born Matthew Joseph and Michael James. My youngest brother was Brian before being re-named Michael, but he is much better suited as a Michael anyway. I still remember, though, my parents arguing over the fact that my mom wanted to name him Oliver Henry. Now, I think that name is adorable, but I think he dodged a bullet in the end.
I'm grateful my parents had thought of baby names ahead of time. I was born 9 weeks premature and am frightened by the thought of what I would've wound up with, name-wise, if they had to come up with something on a whim -- especially since they were expecting a boy. Jason Joseph is bad, but who knows what I could have been named! It's a scary thought...