Names you might have chosen

I always liked Lydia and , but for Kermit the Frog’s record of the same name , that’s what my eldest would have been called. I also liked Briony but my Mum was appalled and had already set her heart in Victoria ( long story). If I had gad a boy, he would have been David. My husband had decided on …. Walter Ernest Cecil ! Thank God the second one was also a girl !🤔

If I had any daughters they would have been
Beverley Jayne
Scarlet Elizabeth
Only had sons

I knew someone who had 4 boys and desperately wanted a girl which she got and promptly called her Terri

I love the biblical names of Hebrew origin we gave our 1 boy and 3 girls.
I would give them exactly the same names again.
We had 3 children in 5 years and a 5 year gap before Naomi, our youngest arrived.
I always thought a second boy would have filled the 5 year gap beautifully. He even has a name ,Gabriel, shortened to Gabe.
He doesn't exist of course. He was never meant to be but it's a lovely idea.

Naomi- anyone remember The Chalet School series???

My DD was named after the Latin word for a certain type of tree, the middle names are the title of a song and my name. We named our DS Alexander and the middle names were my husband's name and the main character of a Western. These were later changed by deed poll. Before the name change we always called him Alex and I still love that name like mad.

We had a child at school named SX. ( Essex) his parents said !!

When I was pregnant the first time my husband wanted Sally for a girl or Spike for a boy! Everybody laughed at Spike so he changed it to Rory which I did like. But we called eldest son something different.

I was careful to think before naming my children as my Aunt's neighbour called her daughter Hazel. Their surname was Nutt.

Had my firstborn been a girl, Emma Louise, then my brother used Emma for his eldest. If my next three had been girls they would have been Justine Lorelei or Kathryn Amber, but when we finally had a girl we gave her a different name entirely - much to her relief! I'd probably use the same names now.

I wanted to call my daughter Myfanwy. Then a Welsh friend told me the English derivative so we decided not to bother

Our oldest son has the name l have loved since l was a child and still do. Our second son was going to be a certain name but we found that the shortened version rhymed with our surname so it is his middle name. His first name turned out to be one of the two most popular boys' names that year and there were several others with the same name when he was at school. For our daughter we chose a name that was a little unusual without being outlandish. Had she been a he, he would have been called William or Oliver. If we had had a fourth child and the baby was a girl we would have called her Rosalind.

Our daughter was named after a popular foreign tennis player of the day, just before the name became really fashionable - there are loads of girls born around 1984 who have the name. I still love it but I actually prefer her more unusual middle name. If I were choosing now, she'd be called Dulcie, such a pretty name I think. Our son was another trailblazer with a name which was very unusual when we chose it but immensely popular since. We did have Liam and Lucas on the list but they were really to please DH, he was always going to be what he is called as far as I was concerned. I'd probably choose something far more unusual if I was choosing now - Atticus or Cameron perhaps. Our 2 grandsons have very unusual first names & family middle names. henetha , my sister is Elizabeth Jane but I doubt it was Thomas Hardy related! In the family, she's always been Jane but used Liz professionally which caused all sorts of mix ups!

My daughter was nearly Roxanne (Police had the single out!) or Fiona, but I’m not fond of Fi, it reminds me of miniature poodles, so she ended up as neither. My son was a toss up between Connor and his actual name.

You do wonder at people,
I knew a couple who named their son and daughter Sam & Ella.

Neighbour, not known for being bright, called her latest Chardonnay. Poor thing ( a very attractive baby) got re named Newt by her eldest son… ……. After the expression pixxed as a Newt
Worse name I’ve seen was in Germany over 30 yrs ago, where grandparents announced his arrival by ending the newspaper announcement with “Unfortunately named KitchyKoo”

If we had boys they might have been Dan and Nate.

We might have called our son Miles. I’m glad we didn’t as he is quite tall..

Toyed with the idea for my 3rd child
Richard
David
Stuart
And Nicholas/ Nicola = Nikki

Lisa
Hayley
Alison
Eleanor

HE didnt get called any of them.

First two girls ,names chosen and stuck with them,couldnt think of any boys names I liked.

My GD is Charlotte, never ever shortened, her brother is James again never shortened.
My D also won’t allow her name shortened, I won’t give it as it it unusual and with the other two names would be identifiable.
I will just say it is biblical.

I wanted to call my daughter Alexandra but my husband registered her as Zoe before I came out of hospital. She hates it and has always insisted on Nic. In fact she changed her name by deed poll

Grandmabatty. We were like you with our daughter. She was going to be Nicola , but when she was born, she didn't look like a Nicola, so we changed our minds. Her daughter now had that name.

My favourite girl's name has always been Charlotte, shortened to Charlie if that is a better fit. I never had a daughter but one day I was chatting with a pregnant workmates who had a few ideas for names for her child. She asked which names I liked and I said Charlotte. A few months later she had a daughter, who she named Charlotte.

When my daughter was choosing names for my grandson, she couldn't decide between George and another traditional name and asked my opinion. I said, jokingly, "If you call him George you could buy his clothes at Asda and won't need name tapes when he starts school!" She decided to give him the other name.

My name was Hazel but at my christening my gran said to mum 'she'll be called 'Hazelnut' at school'

We would have chosen Elisabeth Mary and Keith David if things had gone according to plan.