Jesse.
I’d probably have the same name, but instead of Tracey I’d be Tracy, since the male variant usually doesn’t have the “E.”
Robert.
Boy, I’d hate to be a Bob. Or Robbie. Or Bert.
Hoo-ray for my vulva and vagina! Hip-hip-hurrah!
Robert Bruce Jones, junior.
Gag.
I would’ve been named Joshua. I’m glad my mother wasn’t one to follow traditions, otherwise I’d’ve been called Harry William, like my grandfather, and his grandfather etc ad nauseum.
Max.
Hey, your mom coulda been in an even weirder mood and named you after the last name. Count your lucky stars, Toots.
And another cheer for Tortuga’s vagina! Err, huzzah!
Probably Joseph, which is my younger brother’s name.
Rose, apparently. Glad I’m a guy; Finn is a better name, I think.
I’d put that in my sig, but I reckon it’d get taken out of context. There are some sick people out there, after all.
~ Isaac
My younger sister’s name, which is Sandra.
Stephen, and was almost a Stephanie anyway. No worries though, Mom must’ve really liked the name, she had a Stephen two babies later.
Astrid.
Philip or Andrew - fortunately they didn’t pick the other female choice of Colette (puke-making)
Alexander. They really wanted another boy too for some reason even though they had one.
Bryan, which led to my oddly-spelled name.
My oldest sister was supposed to be Bryan, but wasn’t. My middle sister was supposed to be Bryan, but wasn’t. My mom said that when I was born, she wasn’t trying for any more Bryans, so Brynda it was.
Elizabeth. Almost named me after my paternal grandfather[Ralph], but was eventually named after my dad. I’m not a Jr. though.
Hamish. I am so, so glad I’m a girl. A boy of clear Asian origin, named Hamish?
The mind boggles.
William. It’s not a bad name but I’m glad I’m a girl (for many other reasons too) because there were always multiple Williams in my classes at school.
Benjamin. My mother LOVES that name.
My parents always teased me that if I was a boy I was going to be named Cyril, but that was more of a family joke. Chances are I’d have ended up with a combination family first name/geographical middle name. As it is I ended up with a family male first name for my middle name. Freak parents.
Anthony.
Years later, when Toni Teneill was popular, my mom was disappointed that she hadn’t named me Toni. Phew! Glad I escaped that bullet! Who knows what I’d have gotten up to.
(voguevixen, my dad wanted me to be named April, after the really hot dental hygenist that worked in his dentist’s office. My mom had her teeth cleaned when she was 8 months pregnant, caught onto his plan, and shot that idea down pretty quickly.)