What were your dream names for your kids when you were growing up?

I never called any of my DDs this.

I didn't think too much about children when I was growing up, I preferred cats and dogs The names I liked, more girl related and what I would have preferred as my name changed constantly.

I never really thought about it, but my female line has a name running through it, so I knew that any daughter I had would have my name.

I never expected to marry and have children anyway, so didn't waste time on what I thought, for me would be a pointless exercise.

Anna was a name I loved but never used. Tamzin was a name liked by my ex. We never used it as we had a son.

We traced our family back to 1737 and the names Clara or Clarissa featured in every generation, my GM was Clara and my M was Clarissa , however she didn’t like her name and I missed out on it as did my D.
When my GD was born it came as surprise to everyone including my Son in Law (now ex) that although it wasn’t used his M was Clarissa so my GD has it as a middle name.

An only child-I wanted to have at least four preferably six children .
But I didn't think of names for them .

When I was pregnant I chose a name for a boy and a girl and gave birth to a girl .
I'd chosen a very unusual name for her .
The family were against my choice and repeated stories about our relatives having far too many unusual names and a traditional Victorian name was chosen .
The name is pretty ,but rather popular.
When she was younger it suited her .
But as she hit her teens I don't think that the name suited her at all and my original choice would have .

I was always very interested in names, but never thought about having children until I had them. Both mine were boys, and I only liked girls’ names, so it was difficult, but I think the names we chose were good.

I never fantasised about weddings either. I only thought about being a ballerina. Didn’t happen.

Usedtobeblonde

I used to know a family where the parents hoped for a boy and had boys named picked out, the first was a girl and the chosen name had been Joseph so she became Josephine.
This happened four more times, with a boys name chosen and a girl being named the feminine version, think Edwin , Edwina, I won’t use the names as it may identify.
The last pregnancy just a girls name was chosen and it was another girl.
They were a lovely happy family.

My last child was Alexander until she arrived 😀

TerriBull

I didn't think too much about children when I was growing up, I preferred cats and dogs The names I liked, more girl related and what I would have preferred as my name changed constantly.

I just wanted a pony 🐎

When I was young I thought if I ever have a son I wanted to call him Cory as I loved the Flowers in the Attic books. I’ve never been able to use that name be it my boys or dog or cat. My DH really didn’t like it.

Jeremy for boy and Petronella for a girl. I don’t like either of them now. We only had girls but Petronella was not on the radar at all.

I had an ever changing list of names for imagined daughters. I never forgave my parents for giving me a boring name that most families had named their daughter too, so I changed it.

Whitewavemark2

I never imagined myself with children.

Neither did I. I can't say the idea of baby names ever crossed my mind.

Allira

TerriBull

I didn't think too much about children when I was growing up, I preferred cats and dogs The names I liked, more girl related and what I would have preferred as my name changed constantly.

I just wanted a pony 🐎

You and me both! I had many fictitious ponies and horses, but never a fictitious child!

I never gave it any thought. Never gave marriage any thought either - it wasn’t on my agenda at all - until DH turned up. And I certainly didn’t see myself as anyone’s mother. However, needs must and my son is named for an English king, a saint and DH; my daughter has her grandmother’s second Christian name.

I never thought past whatever age I was. I played out, hide and seek, rounders, picnics with a bottle of water snd jam sandwiches. Never thought about children or getting married.

I was going to have a girl and boy and call them Jane and Simon. I had 3 boys and didn’t use the name Simon ☺️

I thought we'd be more space age by the time I had children so I wanted Apollo for a boy and Cassiopeia... That isn't what I called them of course! Though my daughter has called her daughter Cassie 😊

My daughter, when small, wanted to name her future son Malwod. It's Welsh for snail. Luckily I only have a granddaughter!

Charlotte... serena .. but they turned out to be boys, but I still called them that..lol

valdali

No I didn't think I would have children, but I liked the names Tamsin (out of one of my pony books) and Malcolm.

I'm guessing you were a Monica Edwards reader? Loved her books!
(Sorry. To keep on topic, I too loved the name Tamsin but didn't choose it for either daughter in the end)

My husband is a descendant of a seventeenth century Huguenot refugee. I saw one of his ancestors was called Damaris which I would have liked but we had already had and named our little girl. If she had been a boy, my mother wanted him called Angus after my father who had died shortly before I became pregnant. But my husband said it was a name for a dog in England. So it was just as well we had a girl. We didn't have any more children but if I had had a boy, today I would like him to have the name Angus.

One my sons has the name of one of my childhood imaginary children, another has the male version of the other.

Elizabeth was my favourite name growing up and I named my daughter that. My husband wasn’t too keen as she would be the ninth person with the name over the four surviving generations. But I won the discussion. His choice was a family name on his side so his argument didn’t wash. So it’s the middle name.
Now said child is all grown up, identifies as non binary and prefers to go by a completely different name. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I wanted Erin for my daughter too, same reason, (The Waltons) and Amie for another. I had two sons. [Smile] For some reason I didn’t even consider having sons. My lovely sons are Jamie (now James or Jim to his friends) and Benjamin (Ben).