At the vet’s office this week, as Sadie sat on my lap in the waiting room, I tried flipping through a magazine.
That didn’t really work and I ended up just petting Sadie, but I managed to catch a glimpse of one article that sparked my interest.
What did your older child want to name your younger child? (Props to the kid who wanted to name their brother Mufasa. Awesome.)
This article made me laugh because my mom told me that I had very strong opinions when it came to naming my sister, Leslie. At one point the name “Wendy” was briefly discussed and I apparently had a fit because I wanted to be named Wendy since I loved the movie Peter Pan. In my four-year-old brain, if I couldn’t be Wendy, nobody could be Wendy.
I also think it’s interesting to ask your parents what your name would’ve been had you been born the opposite sex. I would’ve been Andrew. I like that name, so it would’ve been fine with me!
Breakfast
Breakfast this morning was another glorious two-egg sandwich served on top of a Thomas’ whole wheat English muffin with muenster cheese and raspberry jelly.
Plus a hot mug of foamy peanut buttercup coffee!
Questions of the Morning
- Do you know what your name would’ve been, had you been born the opposite sex?
- Did you have any opinions regarding the name of your siblings? If you’re a parent, did and of your children have an opinion about their brother or sister’s name?
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I would have been Michael. I actually went through a phase where I insisted that my parents actually call me Michael. I was quite the tomboy. Eek!
I would have been David as a boy. When my sister was born, I was 3 and my parents asked me what I would choose- Amy or Anna- as a name—- I chose Amy, and so that’s what they went with! Ha, I’m sure there’s more to the story and their choice, but this is what they tell people
My name was supposed to be Erin Lee (my parents have the same middle name.. Lee) but my cousin popped out before me and snagged the name 😉 Now I’m Keaghan and it is definitely a conversation starter lol.. people always assume I’m a boy when they hear my name!
If I was a boy I would have been Skyler or Brandon.
I wanted my little brother to be named Christopher Robin SO bad..for the first few weeks of his life thats all I would call him.
Haha! Now I want to ask my mom what I wanted to name my youngest brother. I was gonna be named Gregory if I was a boy. And, actually, I was originally going to be named Samantha. My parents changed their minds last minute because I was sick and they were inspired by a brave woman they read about in the newspaper with the name Brigitt.
My youngest sister, Kelly, was born when I was 6. Though, my parents deny this, the name definitely came from me – inspired by Barbie’s little sister Kelly. At least I didn’t choose Barbie’s other sister Skipper! haha
My parents didn’t find out whether I’d be a girl of a boy, and my 6 year old sister INSISTED that I be a girl and named for my grandmother (who had just passed away) my mom was terrified of how she’s react if I was a boy. When my mom had me and called my grandparents to tell my sister I was born, apparently she answered the phone “Did you have Helen Marie yet?” My poor mother! If we were boys we would have been named William and Harry. I’m so glad we weren’t or we would have gotten endless Prince jokes.
I don’t think I was old enough to say what I wanted my younger brother to be named, but since he’s Kevin I assume I would have been Kevin if I were a boy!
My older sister did name me. My parents couldn’t decide on a name so they let a 4 year old choose…Luckily, she decided to name me after her best friend who had a normal (but very common) name. If I was a boy I would’ve been Tyler.
I think i would have been Andrew… which I would have been very happy with! LOVE your egg sandwiches with jam. Need to do that sooon!
Oh gosh, I don’t know what my name would have been if I was a boy, but I do know that my sisters wanted my nickname to be spelled “Caitie” instead of “Katie” which is actually pretty, but odd and more complicated for me to learn. 😉
If I’d been born really near Valentine’s Day, though, (I was born on Feb. 3– apparently that was far enough, phew!) I would’ve been named Valentina, so people would’ve had the chance of nicknaming me either Val or Tina, haha! 🙂
I would have been Christopher James if I were a boy. My mother called me Ashleigh because she had never heard of a girl being called Ashleigh before, she only ever knew it as a boy’s name. So she changed the spelling to leigh (the feminine form of Lee) and here I am! 🙂
If I was a boy my name would have been Alejandro. Not kidding…I would so not be a good Alejandro. It is kind of confusin because before I was born (my parents didn’t want to know if i was a boy or girl) my parents found a cat and named him Alex…so I guess we both would have been Alex or they would have changed his name. haha. So they gave the cat my name…thankfully I was a girl.
Oh and I am an only child so I didn’t have any siblings but my mom said I liked the name Molly bc thats what I named my doll and for a boy I apparently liked the name CooCoo because that was my imaginary friends’ name. “He” also cut my hair one time and hid it under the couch. hahah
I am not sure what my “boy” name would have been. But the name my mom had decided on for a girl was Cassandra, but when I was born she thought that was “too much” name for such a little baby and she named me Lynn. It is interesting because the name Cassandra does not suite me and I wonder if I would have been different if I had been name Cassandra like my mom’s original thought.
I would have been named Jason David. I think it’s funny that I do like the name “Jason”.
I asked my parents one time what my boy name would’ve been, and my Dad replied, “Herbert.”. Very funny.
And I still don’t know if he was kidding or not.
My brother wanted to name me Claribel the Cow (some disney character). Thank goodness my parents didn’t oblige 🙂
LOL!
If i was a boy, I would have been named Matthew or Morgan. My older sister is named Megan and had very red hair as a little girl. My mom was hoping to have children that resembled the Campbell’s soup twins.
I was going to be Christopher. With my kids, my husband and I had a pact, he could name the girl and I could name the boy. He wanted Taylor for our girl, which he got, I wanted Courtney. Then when the time came for our boy, he was pleading for Kyle, but I wanted Gavin, which I got. I would have been happy with Kyle too, but I liked the rock-n-roll aspect of Gavin. LOL
I was already hungry, now your breakfast & PB coffee is making me salivate! <3 your positive posts!
Boy or girl, I was almost Kendall…but now my brother is Kendall!! Funny how it works out 🙂
My mom actually let my brother name me. He said Laura and somehow I ended up Lauren??? My mom was going to name me Jade, so that’s what I ended up naming my little girl!
I remember asking my parents what try were going to name me if I had been a boy. I am pretty sure my mom said that was a non-issue because they didn’t think about names until they found out I was going to be a girl. But for some reason this answer didn’t fly with me because I insisted! She finally told me Stephen, but I don’t even think that’s the truth!
My cousin thinks I should name my baby (if it’s a girl) “Oh, Baby.” I thought that was funny, but probably not the best name. 🙂
If I’d been a boy, I would have been Kirby. Which is weird because the only person I know named Kirby is a girl. And even when I was meant to be a girl, I should have been Crystal, but at the last minute they decided I looked more like a Samantha. This is fine with me now but I remember a phase when I was about 10 where I was really disappointed that my name wasn’t Crystal!
My parents didn’t know if I was going to be a boy or girl when I was born so I was going to be Alan if I was a boy or Thresha (they wanted Trisha but not spelled like other Trisha’s so they made up the spelling of my name Thresha) if I was a girl. Almost four years later when my brother was born, they named him Alan…..they hadn’t changed their mind in four years! Haha
I would have been a Zachary or a Mason if I had been born a boy. But as it turns out I was actually supposed to be a Johanna but my father got confused and put the wrong name on the birth certificate. They had “discussed” Sarah Catherine but my Mom’s heart was set on Johanna. I was the 3rd and last kid so she knew she’d never have another chance. She didn’t speak to him for a week! I guess she got over it because there was no change in the birth certificate and I am still named something akin to a Catholic nun. 🙂
I was supposed to be Jeff. Not a fan. My parents also considered Corey Christine and Casey Christine, but they chose Julie Michelle. Not sure how that brainstorming session went in such a different direction!
I had a friend whose sister wanted to name the baby Pixie. 🙂
I remember at the time that my mom was expecting my younger sister, I was six years old and loved the “American Girl” books… Samantha was my favorite (and I always had an obsession with the name), so I wanted her to be a Samantha. =)
My mom wanted to name me Carrie Jacinda but then the movie “Carrie” came out so she came up with Angela Jacinda. She had no boy name picked out because she was convinced I was a girl. She never found out my gender either her whole pregnancy. As for my little sister, I never really helped pick out a name.. They chose Malea and I went along with it lol
My mom told me that if I was a boy I was going to be named Justin. But when my brother came around there were too many Justins so she went with Joel.
I was going to be named Natalie after Natalie Wood, the beautiful actress. Instead, right before I was born, my mom saw a movie in the TV Guide that starred Lindsay Wagner, and that became my name. If I had been a boy I would have been Patrick Taylor, which is what my younger brother was named. My parents named both me and my brother with the intention of calling us by our middle names, so annoying! So Kathryn Lindsay (called Lindsay) and Patrick Taylor (called Taylor)….don’t do this to your kids! 🙂
When I was born, my parents thought I was going to be a boy. Everything that my mom bought and got at her baby shower was blue. When I was born and it was announced that I was a girl, my parents were empty handed. Since my mom was still under anestesia, my dad went out for drinks with my uncle to pick out last minute baby names. They came up with Ashley Arlene. Ashley because it was 1990 and everybody was naming their baby that (awesome creativity) and Arlene because my dad thought it would be awesome if my initials were AAA along with my older sister. If I were a boy, my name would have been Jose Guadalupe Alvarez III. I clearly dodged a bullet. Haha.
When my little brother was born, my sister and I didn’t really get to have an input on baby names. There was no doubt that he would be named Jose Guadalupe. However, we all call him “Pillo” (pronounced peeyo).
The 3-year-old son of a good friend of mine wants to name his new little brother Peter Parker Spiderman. (He is a HUGE spiderman fan). So his parents compromised and is naming him “Parker.”
I was two years and five days old when my brother made an entrance into this world and because my dad used to sing me the song “Sara Smile” I named him Sara-like all of my dolls. I called him that for months.
My mom actually did name her second little sister. Her parents asked her what she wanted to name the baby, and she replied, “Caroline,” her best friend’s name. So, she got a sister named Caroline. My aunt doesn’t like the name, though, so she goes by “Cally” and blames my mom for her poor five-year-old judgment.
OH, I forgot a story I just have to share! I taught 2 year old sunday school for about 8 years. In our classroom they had a regular preschool class during the week. I kept seeing these papers and art work with “Starfish” on them. It turns out there was a kid named “Starfish” in this class! We found out the story and her brother, who at the time was 2, got to name her. Poor kid!
I was almost 5 when my brother was born and my mom always tells the story that when she told me they named him Philip (after my grandpa). I died laughing thinking that was the funniest name ever. I would have also been named that if I were a boy.
I wanted to name my younger sister ‘Sabrina’ if she was a girl. There is this a kids book called Sabrina. If it was a boy I wanted to name him ‘Ugaboo.’ Not sure where that came from!
When I was three, I SO wanted to name my sister “Clock”.. like the clock from Beauty and the Beast hahaha unfortunately, my parents weren’t really on board with that
that is so, so awesome. 🙂
My parents thought I was a boy and were going to name me Robert, after my dad. When I was born and clearly female, my mom suggested Roberta but my dad shot it down and choose Linda for my grandma.
I don’t have any younger brothers or sisters but when I was growing up I said I would name my daughter Constance Obsession. It drove my mom nuts to hear that.
I went to high school with a kid named Mufasa. Actually I think it was Mustafa, close enough.
I think I would’ve been Andrew too. I was 1 and 3 when my sisters were so I’m not what my name ideas were. I’ll have to ask my mom tonight.
My stepson picked his dog’s name, Bella, and I love that name so I’m sure he wouldnt want anything too crazy for a brother or sister.
My sister wants to name her daughter Hazel and my mom hates that name. My mom even tried to get me to name my dog Hazel so my sister won’t use the same name!
Though I should also add that during Spencer’s 1st grade year, he requested that his teachers call him Bob. Which delighted the PE coach and he made sure to yell hey to Spencer Bob every morning. His official nickname that year was Bob Drako Weirdohead. (Drako from Harry Potter, and I’m sure Weirdohead was another brother-given nickname). I can’t make this stuff up.
oops, that was meant to reply on the next one…sorry!
I asked my firstborn son, age 5, what we should name his soon-to-be born brother, and he said his name should be “Pokey.” So, that’s what we still call him sometimes, “Pokey or Little Pokey.” Spencer is now 10 years old, and doesn’t really appreciate the nickname. Of course, he called his older brother Bubby for many years. Miss those days.
well we’re trying to think of baby names right now…maybe we’ll use zuma applesauce?
lol…. this cracks me up because my sister is expecting at the end of July and my oldest nephew (6 years old) wants to name the new baby girl, cheesy wheezy or poker face.
My sister wanted to name my brother Jippy Pop.
Because she had a true love of, and hard time pronouncing – Jiffy Pop popcorn.
Y’know, he kinda looks like a Jippy, now that I think of it.
She wanted to name me Priscilla.
It didn’t stick. But we did name the cat that instead!
My sister called my younger brother Al forever after he was born…she was obsessed with Aladidn at the time. (His name is actually Adam.)
my mom wanted to name me kristy. but she let my 10 year old sister name me…and she chose Erica, because she wanted me to be an E-name like her (erin)
I woulda been Bradley…. blah.