It could have been worse...

[girlsteve.livejournal.com]

Recent posts got me thinking on my mothers list of maybe names, and I was interested to hear peoples comments

So, I'm a girl called Steve, just Steve on the birth certificate. I've grown to love it, but suffice to say I didn't used to and it brings with it certain ... difficulties. That said, in many ways I did have a lucky escape:

Names my mother was considering:

Storm (this was her number one choice right up until the last minute - she was still umming and ahhing when she registered me as Steve)
Angel
September
Friday

On the other hand, she also gave serious consideration to

Rae
Lois
Antonia
Sian
Natalie

Random selection, eh?

Any thoughts? Any near misses you would like to share?

Comments

[lovebird.livejournal.com]

None of mine are really interesting. My mom considered naming me Phoebe after Holden's sister in Catcher in the Rye and also Roxanne. I know up until my actual birth she was planning to spell my first name Merry instead of Mary. Then she had a horrible labor and decided I wasn't a very Merry baby after all hah. Even though I don't like my first name I think Mary Madalyn looks better with the matching a's anyways. Matthew was her boy name.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I want to call you Mary Magdalene..