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Help[Opinions] Re: Almost names
in reply to a message by hello_1234
My father wanted me to be Sarah Anne, after his late mother. My mother, who didn't appreciate her MIL at all, tried everything to change his mind, but finally had to settle for a delivery-room lightbulb moment, which I suspect she'd been planning in secret. My mn is Anne, which I'm happy with. I really don't like Sarah at all.
I recently discovered a distant relative on my father's side whose grandfather (my dad's brother) gave his two daughters the names of his sisters as their mns: Ann Florence and Veronica Nellie.
I asked my parents what my name would have been if I'd been a boy, and they looked embarrassed and said that they never considered having a boy and so they never thought of boy names at all. Since both their fathers were named Thomas, nn Tom, I suppose that would have been a good choice. I could imagine a male version of me being Tom.If I'd had a second son, I'd have used Thomas as a mn.
I recently discovered a distant relative on my father's side whose grandfather (my dad's brother) gave his two daughters the names of his sisters as their mns: Ann Florence and Veronica Nellie.
I asked my parents what my name would have been if I'd been a boy, and they looked embarrassed and said that they never considered having a boy and so they never thought of boy names at all. Since both their fathers were named Thomas, nn Tom, I suppose that would have been a good choice. I could imagine a male version of me being Tom.If I'd had a second son, I'd have used Thomas as a mn.
