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all of us have different styles of naming and most have a long list of names they like - but what about our parents?  what names were your parents considering (for the opposite gender and for the gender you are) and why did they go with that name over the others?

my name is Lauren Julianne ... they had a really bizarre collection of names that they wanted to call me.  here are some of the final cuts!
- Kellan Sophie (I do not know why my parents had this as the final choice - I mean they just dont seem like that kind of couple!  I wouldnt of minded being Kellan - it wouldnt have bothered me.)
- Rita Taylor (oi - no idea why my dad wanted to name me Rita - I am so not a Rita)
- Sera Florence (ehhh it is ok but not what I would see myself as)
- Rebekah Lynn (I would have been one of a million other Rebecca/Rebekah/Becca/Beckys in school with me.)

if I had been a boy I was going to be either
- Michael Francis or Michael James (it would of been more likely the first because my mom didnt want anyone call me M.J.)

I am Lauren Julianne because my parents were watching Casablanca a couple nights before I was born and they were talking about Humphrey Bogart and my dad all of a sudden said that they were going to name me Lauren after Lauren Bacall - and that is what happened!  If my parents hadnt watched that movie I would be Kellan Sophie!
are you happy they chose your name they ended up deciding on or do you wish they had gone with another of their choices?