QotD: Also Known As

What other names did your parents consider for you?

Well, my parents weren't really thinking of names for me ahead of time. They had a suspicision I would be a girl, athough they weren't certain. My mother wanted me to be pretty, healthy and smart. My father was just being a typical man, worrying about how he was going to provide for his new girl. So, names came when I entered into this crazy world. My father liked Monica. My mother liked Roxanna. Thank God my aunt was around to steer them away from both names ( and my apologies to all the Monicas and Roxannas out there) but I'm just not either. She liked the name Mona. My parents both thought it sounded nice and it means "the only one," so it stayed.