what would they have been named if..........

hi all

Just curious, its something you will get asked by your little one when they are older:
what would they have been called if they were the opposite sex?
Or was there more than one name to decide from on the birthday?

Mine are/would have been:
Samuel - would have been Samantha if girl.
twins/ Zachary & Savannah - other names Ethan & Eloise.
Tabitha - was almost a Natalya, would have been Benjamin if boy.
Eloisa - would have been Nico if boy.

One on the way, haven't a clue yet what this one will be called.

I love thinking about what my family would have been named if they were the opposite sex.
Orlando would have been Lily
Imogen would have been Romeo

We had so many names picked out lol

Ethan almost was a caleb and if a girl would have been Madeline
Isaac I don't think we had any other names picked this time
Jacob if a girl was going to be Olivia
and lastly
Olivia if she had been a boy would have been Elijah

mya-rose would of been Seth
&
Bodhi would of been either Willow or Ivy.........mind u, these are my names not df's hehe

James would have been Tijana
Madeleine would have been Ryan
Noah would have been Noelani but had he survived, he would have been named Nate or Isabel (we chose Noah & Noelani for their meanings)
Harrison would have been Lucinda

Brianna Jade would have been Benjamin John
Tobias Lawrie would have been Charlotte (Charli) Rose

I used to ask my Mum this all the time!

If I was a boy my name would have been Thomas James.

When I was born my name was Amelie Jane but apparently my Mum's OB told her it was too close to the name Amelia Jane which was a naughty character in a book. So my doctor told my mum I looked like an Amy Sarah and it must have stuck!

We have found out the sex of all of ours prior to picking names so they only had their names. I had The only real changes that may have happened are

Evan James - could have been James Evan
Glenn Joseph - was possibly going to be Zenith
Isla Jewel - was possibly going to be Isla Jade.

This one is most likely to be Iain.. But still deciding on that or Finn.

Mitchell would have been Mische

Elizabeth would have been Che

Tyran could have been Tyrean (pron Ty-ree-arn). If he had of been a girl, he was going to be Nyah .
This bub will be Jyden, but could have been (or may still be?) Cohen or Korbyn, if there has been a huge mix-up and he is a girl, he (or is it she?? lol) will be Aysha .

Jack Robert would have been Emma Kate

we considered changing Katy's name when we found out she wasn't going ot be with us, we came up with Charlotte Anne but after one night sleep we said no way she is our Katy Roseother choice was Jake Robert

Hannah would have been a little Tobias Luke.
Elisabeth would have been Jovah Daniel or Micah Thomas.

Jayden would of been Madeline

Taylah was always Taylah, but spelt Taylor

Mason could of been Logan

Zavier was almost Zander

Kane was always Kane

Bubby Girl will probably be Aurora Kay, Harmony Kay or Autumn Heather or something else entirely... :lol:

Zayden would have been Kendra

Mayleaka Would have been Izaya

Kailaia Who we thought was a boy so were shocked to see a girl on my tummy took 2 days to name her but she was going to be Kaison

Alexzander was almost just Xander & was going to be April if he was a girl.

Juliette was going to be Gabriel is she was a boy.


If I was a boy I would have been David, mum said all of the girls (three of us) would have been David. I was also going to be Sarah Lee, but the cakes came into popularity around that time, so I became Sarah Jane (dad wanted it hyphened). It turned out it was also my great-grandmother's name but my parents didn't realise until later.

We didn't have any girls names picked out but other names we had for Loklann to choose from when he was born was Josef William
Mikal William
Ryder William

Mum said if I was a boy I would have been names Jean (pronounced "Shon") Pierre (sp?) all I can say is I'm glad I ended up being a girl! I think my twin sisters name would have been something like Jean Angelo... how embarrassing!! LOL

My DD Matilda would have been Mason - this is too be the name of our son if we are lucky enough to have one.

I was told that if I was a boy I was going to be named Shane Chevy Lee ----, instead I am Deanne Lee ----.

Sara would have been Matauesz or Patrik
Loren was nearly Maea or if she was a boy Patrik or Kristian.

Next bub for a boy I am thinking of Aleks, Erik or Tomasz, and a girl Juliet

Madeline Natasha would have been Kian Patrick had she been a boy. My MIL was so convinced I was having a boy (she has all boys and was longing for a grand-daughter, I think the idea of a girl was too much to wish for in her mind) that she was called Kian from early on in my pregnancy.

We'll keep Kian Patrick for the next one if it's a boy, otherwise it's Aislinn Rose. Well kind of, DH isn't convinced on the Aislinn but I have ways of convincing him! *L*

Great thread!! :D

Luke James would have been Taylor Elise if he were a girl.

I would've been Daniel (funny, being my DH's name! ;))

Samuel Noah was always going to be just that...no girls names picked out.

Phoebe Belle could have been Phoebe Eden or Phoebe Erin...if she had been a boy could have been Liam Tate or Liam Tyler.

Harrison would have been Bethany if he was a girl.

Lily Kate was almost Hannah Rose, and if a boy, Callum James

Liam Jeffery was going to be Callum James/Jeffery, but ended up being Liam at birth. If he had have been a girl, then it was going to be Anabell .

We ddint find out Claires gender until she was born, so we picked a girl name and a boy name... even though my instinct was that I was carrying a girl.
If she was a boy, DH had picked Aidan William as a name.

I was sure i wa having a girl....but guess what?
It was a boy.............
We had amaya joanna for a girl( maya for short) and no name really for a boy....
I always liked Taj so on 11/06/2008 at 6.55am we decided to go with Taj Jai,
Jai is my middle name too!!

Tahlia was always going to be Tahlia, we didn't really have boys names, maybe Jordan.
Jay would have been Jaye if he was a girl, we also liked Jayden.
Ella would have been Koby if she was a boy. We also had Remy, Kobi, Tia, Layla, and Taya as other possible girls names. We found it hard picking her name. She really suits her name though! :)

DS would have been India Dawn if he had been a girl.

Kameron & Lachlan would have been Hayley Michelle
Ashton would have been Halle Michelle

Naturally if Kameron had been a girl I wouldn't have called them all the same name LOL

I would have been Christopher Mark. My 2nd cousin (3yrs younger than me) has that name since I didn't use it LOL

This is a great thread!

Ruby was going to be Gaia - but she was all red and squishy and didn't look like an Earth Goddess...:rolleyes:

Finnian was always going to be Finnian - Finnians rainbow my fair warrior for peace...:heartbeat:

Lucy was always Lucy after her Great Grandmother that died at her conception... :jawdrop:

Eva was going to be either Eva or Anna... DH wanted Anna and I wanted Eva - of course once he saw me labour and birth - he would have agreed to Bertha! (no offence to any Berthas....:wink:)

Imogen was going to be Mabel or Dorothy - but I knew DH would just hate those names - so I chose Imogen for a number of reasons. It means "in the image of her mother" - "blessed strength"- and "last born". Depending on the book.

Leila was going to be a Nico if she was a blue bundle...

I was going to be a Jack...

Emma would have been a Luke

Hamish would have been a Hannah

Lachlan would have been either a Olivia or a Matilda or Rose

And i was going to be an Anne Marie or Marie Anne

I was nearly a Rachel Louise but ended up a Jennifer Kate

Amber Stephanie could have been a Stephanie Amber or a Harrison Angus if she was a boy.

Jacinta would have been Ayrton if she was a boy
Other girls name we have picked is Celeste but we had decided that our first girl would be Jacinta and if we have another girl then she might be Celeste.

Archie Connor would have been Alexi Christine if he were a girl.

I would have been Jared if i were a boy.

Next bub will be Patrick Joseph or Claire Christine.

Chelsea Rose would have been Aidan Dominic

Jasmine Emily was always that...we knew she was a girl

BumbleBee is still a secret incase he turns into a girl so keeping both girl and boy name secret!

Lexxen James would have been Imogen May and Oliver James would have been Mackenzie Jade.

My little sister would have been Bede Thomas ...

I had three names on the short list and let XH pick from the list.

DS1 would have been Nicholas or Benjamin. Would have been Matilda if a girl.

DS2 would have been Oliver (my fave) or Oscar. If a girl, would have been Matilda, Erin or Ellen (my fave).

I was supposed to be named Krystal, but there was a big argument and my Grandma freaked out and said you may as well call her China or glass!
If I was a boy I would have been Christopher.

Mackenzie Brooke was going to be Darcy Flynn if she was a boy.

I was going to be Sunny or if I was a boy - Robin (GROSS!!!!!!) I am Peita