See, my mum never even considered boys' names, because she was ABSOLUTELY SURE she would have a daughter. Apparently, she was shopping for girls' toys when she was still single. I imagine my alternate!boyself would have felt pretty akward, and possibly overly feminine.

I had a name change after I was born too-for a week, I was a Christina. I can't imagine any significant difference in my life if I stuck with that, except perhaps being spared the annoyance of the Uni teacher who kept calling me 'So-FI-YAH'.