What would your parents have named you if you'd been a GG?

[Cristi]

I'm curious about something.

We all have the luxury of naming ourselves. We can shift through every name in the world until we find the one that fits how we see ourselves.

But a GG gets given a name at birth and, for the most part, keeps it for life whether they think it 'fits' or not. Plus, I personally believe that a persons name effects their self image a bit and, in a small way, helps shape who they become.

So... have any of you ever had a conversation with your parents in which they've told you what they would have named you if you'd been a girl?

Now parents know LONG before birth if the baby is a girl or boy, but back when I was born parents usually had a boy name AND a girl one picked out since they didn't know the babies gender until the moment of birth.

I've never asked my mom what girl name they had picked out, but it did come up in conversation one time that the boy name I have was almost different... and I would have preffered the one they DIDN'T use! Oh well.

I think if I ever find out what girl name my parents had picked out, I'd change to that and just 'make do' with it whether I like it or not... just like every other woman has to do. It couldn't have been too bad, they did a pretty good job coming up with my sisters' names.

[EveMarie]

Wow seems I'm the first to reply…

My mother told me up front my name would have been Sally…

Don't know how "Mark" came from that, but that's what she said.

I would have preferred Michelle, or another softer type name, but now I have the power oveer it so I chose "EveMarie"

xx, Evie

[Cristi]

I like 'Sally' :)

BTW: While thinking about names, check out this page. It is an interactive name explorer that lets you see how popular any name has been over the decades. My real name was mildly popular in the 60s, but has gone downhill since.

http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager

'Sally' was very popular during the 30s-50s but has pretty much vanished as of the 90s.

[EveMarie]

Interesting, My mother's name was "Sandy" or "Saundra" if you will, so when she said mine was to be Sally, it kinda made sense, I guess.

when I married my 3rd wife from Mexico I actually made a name up for our son "Doñel" pronounced like "Don't Yell" without the "t". My wife thought it sounded like a girls name, but I stuck to my guns, and to this day he's preferred "Daniel", so go figure:straightface:

[Zenith]

Zenith of course...
:D
Probably Julie or Jennifer...sticking with the "J"s here...
:heehee:

[Mariah]

my parents were going to name me Stephanie, so I took that as my middle name.


Mariah

[KateSpade83]

I'm lucky; my real name is Jesse - and that often gets confused as Jessie - the girl name version. So helpful on my credit card too when enfemme as they still take Jesse as a girl's name. I'm so happy I wasn't a Michael!

[Jemanda]

I would have been Colleen, not really the name I took for myself tho.

[Jessicaparkson]

It was actually supposed to be Jessica...though my last name isn't even remotely close to parkson.....

[battybattybats]

Tegan.
That was the name I would have been called if I'd been born a girl.

[Vintage4sarah]

I would have been called Mary Alma after my two grandmothers. My younger sisiter ended up with that name. I was actually named Paul which is interesting since my mother's name was Pauline!

[Karen_Ski]

Don't know for sure but if I had to venture a guess I would say what my younger sister is named, Cheryl Elaine

[Anna the Dub]

Apparently my Mother wanted a girl. Well, she didn't want any more children but since she was pregnant anyway, and this was Catholic Ireland, she knew she was having a baby so wanted another girl. She had had 3 boys and then a girl and she wanted another to round off. So, she chose the name Ruth. Then I popped out. Would've been so much easier is she had gotten her wish. Anyway, I would've considered taking this name if it wasn't for the fact that all of us Irish people do not pronounce the 'th' sound, and we tend not to pronounce the 't' sound at the end of a word either. So, I (and probably every other Dubliner in existence) pronounce this name as 'Ruh'. Didn't want that, so chose Annabel instead, which became Anna at work and with my friends.

[Karren H]

I'll give you one guess!!! :):):)

[Deborah Jane]

My choice of Deborah Jane was settled on after a conversation i had with my mum after coming out to her. Apparently she was going to call me Deborah anyway if i had been born a girl and mentioned she,d thought about having Jane as my middle name.

[Annie D]

I would have been Rosemary. My mother came to the U.S. after the war from France, so it probably would have been pronounced Rose Marie. Both are pretty and when I come back in my next life and I am not a GG, then I'll choose one of those feminine names as a CD.

[Jonelle]

my parents actually thought i was a girl and had a named picked out and everything..

Christina... Kinda cute!!

[Deanna2]

My mother's choice for me if I was a girl was Judith. It is a pretty name, but does nothing for me.

[Amy Hepker]

I wish I knew, I asked my mom one time and she came up with a name but, she said she really did not remember what it was way back when I was born. She said she probably would have named me Anne, after her, but I don't think so or she would have named one of my 3 sisters Anne, after all they were born before I was.

[MelindaHow]

Sadly, I don't know. I have never asked my Mom.

[Laura_Stephens]

My mother never told me what my name would have been. Hopefully, it would have been Laura. I LOVE that name!

[crystal99]

I was told i was to be called Kate if i was born a girl, but i opted to call myself something more exotic, Kates a little boring (sorry any Kates out there)x

[Holly]

I would have been Eileen. When I was a kid I knew I was really in trouble if my mom called me by my first name and subsitiuted my middle name with what would have been my girl by birth name!:eek:

[Chari]

According to my great Aunt, everyone thought my mother was going to have another girl and talked to me in the womb as Charlene Catherine. Even as a young child I remember my Mother and older sister would sometimes call me "sissy", but discovered later they were saying "CC" - initials for my girl name.

[ChristineRenee]

As she used to tell me growing up soooo many times...you were supposed to be my girl and I was going to name you Renee. My femme middle name is in part an homage to her.

Christine came from two sources...the 1957 Plymouth Fury from Stephen King's book and movie Christine about a car that is possessed by the spirit of it's owner. and also for Christine Jorgensen one of the first well known male to female transsexuals. Renee came from what my Mom was going to name me, and also from the tennis pro Renee Richards, formerly Richard Raskin. These were all the sources for my femme name Christine (now Chrissie) Renee. :)

[Tasha T]

My parents flat out told me that I was supposed to have been born a girl and they were going to name me Cindy.

[MsEva]

My parents flat out told me that I was supposed to have been born a girl and they were going to name me Cindy.

Me too! Mom held out hope, but alas four boys, one younger brother. Poor thing! If she only knew it was three and a half boys and one half girl!:battingeyelashes:

Anyhoo, my dad, God bless his soul, used to try to tease me by calling me Danielle when in the day I wore long hair. If he only knew!

[Tina B.]

Mom had wanted another girl, and had the name Karen Susan, which by southern standards would have come out more as Karen Sue, But I decided to go with something more in line with my male name (Used my male initials so monograms work both ways).
Tina Lynn Betterman

[linnea]

This is easy for me to answer because my mom told me on a number of occasions that she would have named me Elizabeth and called me Betsy if I had been born a girl. She also told me on several occasions that she had wanted to have a girl. She stopped short of saying that she wished that I had been born a girl, but she had me try on dresses when I was quite young and she had me wear girls' panties throughout my elementary school years.
I didn't really want to use "Elizabeth" as my femme name though it is a name I like very much.

[Lisa Golightly]

Lisa...

[Kyara]

I would have been named Nelly.

[Melanie R]

When I first came out to my wife about my dressing 28 years ago she came up with my name, Melanie Ann. I later found out from my mother that before I was born my parents had chosen the name Melanie Ann if I was born female. She never told me until several weeks before her death in 2003.

[Tedi]

I brought up the subject of names with Mom one day, why she and Dad named my brothers what they did, where they came up with my name.. Etc.

I asked.. well.. what if I had been born a girl, (Mom and Dad definitly wanted a girl on the third try!) She kinda rolled her eyes and with a bit of a discusted voice said.. "Mary". I knew right away why she did that.. It's Dad's mothers name. Although Mom and her got along ok.. it wasn't a real loving relationship. I didn't press her to see if there had been any other names discussed, but I suspect that Mom might have had some other ideas.

[Jennifer Devine]

Hannah

[trisha59]

I would of been Julie.

[Sarah...]

I would of been Julie.

Yep, me too! Julie.

Sarah...

[Marjory]

i was supposed to be a marjorie so I named myself Marjory

Marjory

[serinalynn]

MY mother wanted to name me Robin but when some close friends named their daughter Robin. I got Robert instead..... should have getten Serina, that is the name of my paternal grandmother. even as a boy I may have been able to deal with Serina knowing what I know about Crossdressing now.

[Lisa Marie]

My mom had two names picked out for me one was Angela Marie and I think the other ones name was Christina.

[Amy Sue]

If I was born a girl it was suppose to be Carrie, which I actually think is kinda pretty.


Amy :)

[Empress Lainie]

I would have been Roxy, my sister born later got it, after our mother and great grandmother.

[Kate Simmons]

Rachel Anne I was told. When I was younger the fact that my Grandmother and Aunts always told me I should have been a girl didn't help. I was determined to prove them wrong and ended up becoming a "tomboy". It does seem, however, that I more or less ended up being a girl anyway. I dunno, you decide.:heehee:

[Melora]

Mom kinda wanted a daughter..
My name would have been michelle.... Um.. I "think" that is the right spelling..??

[Paula G]

I asked my mother a couple of years ago, and she thought that I would have been named Rachel or Deborah. I kind of like Rachel, but neither name really fits me.

[Billie Renee]

My mom was going to call me Renee Gail but she only called me that when I would dress since I was born male.Had a lot of fun being Renee growing up though.:)

[Emma26]

They would have named me Emily.

For my "chosen name" I was going to be Emily, but the first friend I came out to thought that Emma was better (probably because she knew a lot of Emilys. XD)

If I were to ever get a legal name change it would probably be Emily, even though I go by Emma with my friends.

[Leasa Wells]

I was named after an aunt and Lee works for the male an female. But I like the Lisa better so i combine them as Lisa Lee.

[Harley]

I was supposed to be Shawna, but was a boy. Mom was pissed when my Aunt used the name a year later. So my sister is Cindy. I wish I was Shawna:)

[Sabrina Flowers]

I would have been called Tracy Louise.

[Ann D Bluebird]

The baby girl that wasn't to be, was to be "Helen"....

[heathr1]

I've never asked.

[Alex!]

Apparently, I was going to be Alexandra. I've always liked that name. I should have picked it as my femme name, but for some reason didn't.

[LilSissyStevie]

I asked my mom about this one time. She said that after she lost her first child and almost lost the second -- both were pre-mature -- she no longer tried to think of names until she knew we had a good chance to live.

[jennifer marie]

Mom was sure I was to be a girl she told me many times. Margret Mary was to be my name.

[Sarah Doepner]

My mother had picked out Marie as the name for her daughter. I have taken it as my middle name and have no idea where they got my male name from. It doesn't matter that much anyway.

[Carly D.]

I think Maria was what they would have named any of us boys if we had been born a girl.. the reason I took Carly was because it is close to my real name..

[fluffy_kingston]

Crystal.

[Cheryl T]

I never had the opportunity to ask my mom.

I did however go out one Halloween dressed and had a few pictures taken. When I showed her she beamed and handed them to my dad saying, "See what your daughter would have looked like if we had one".
...If they only knew...

[Katheryn]

I'm curious about something.
So... have any of you ever had a conversation with your parents in which they've told you what they would have named you if you'd been a girl?


Yes, I did. And they said Christina. Not a name I'd have chosen. Oddly, that happens to be the name of the sister of my best friend growing up.

I always wondered what my parents thought of me asking that question.

Kate

[Donna tv]

I would have been Christine , I like it lot and not sure why I would not have been logically Donna

[Alys]

Having had this discussion with my parents when I started to go by Alys, they decided they would have named me "Alice" after my Godmother. Alys was a sort of modern and unique twist on the name which pleased me and also let my parents have some input~ :3

[suchacutie]

That our mothers were all prepared to give us girl names! hmmm

I would have been Kathy.

tina