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

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I love Antonia, Natalie, and Lois. Antonia Rae would have been gorgeous. On the other hand, I'm glad your mom didn't name you September, Friday, Angel, or Storm;)

My dad wanted to name me Erin Karen, haha. Both great names on their own but just...eh. And my last name ends in 'en', too!

[girlsteve.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, I'm glad your mom didn't name you September, Friday, Angel, or Storm;)

Me too! Steve isn't my favourite on her list by any measure, but at least I don't sound like an X-man or a stripper.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Haha, speaking of your mom's weird taste in names (everything from Lois to Storm)...

The woman who writes the blog dooce.com (http://www.dooce.com) has a brother named Ranger and a sister named September. Her name? Heather. Yes, that's right. September, Ranger, and Heather. Talk about eclectic taste in names;)