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Ds will be 6 in June but today when tidying out an old box I found this list of potential baby names

Lila
Lillith
Elspeth
Rosanna
Melanie
Gabrielle
Kitty
Sasha
Opal
Kimberley
Claire/Clara
Adela
Cora/Coralie
Penelope
Patricia
Davina
Maria
Marcia
Audrey
Claribel
Annabella
Arabella
Cassandra
Seraphina
Jessamy
Henrietta
Harrietta
Lauretta
Tiger
Theodora
Caroline
Elsa
Edith
Tabitha
Petula
Eden
Fathom
Eliza/Elizabeth/Beth/Bethan
Bessie
Christina
Tia
Hope
Matilda
Gracie
Natalia
Carlotta
Stefya
Sarah
Esther
Hester
Pippa
Louisa
Luisa
Laurel
Trudie
Beatrix/Beatrice
Claudia

Felix
Elias (Eli)
Eden
Ash
Sacha
Graeme
Robert
Stewart
Andrew
Brook
Tate
Bobby
Casper/Caspar
Leonardo
Frederick
Dexter
Gabriel
Theodore/Teddy
Herbert/Herbie
Albert/Albie/Bertie
Tiger/Tige/Tigue
Rex
Nate
Ronnie
Harris
Cassius
Jeffrey

Wow you had a long list!
Dd2 would have been Tyra or Leila although I had a moment when I wanted Desiree VERY badly
Dd1 we agreed from day one

Had DS been a DD I wanted either Delphine or Elsa. I thought myself very generous for giving him an option of one or the other . He vetoed both to my utter devastation, but it turned out to be a moot point anyway.

I can't complain though, I did get my first choice for both DD and DS.

Baby girl on the way would have been Hattie. The boys all got names that I loved, we agree much more on boys names than girls names.
Although DS1 would have had much more thought put into his name (same name as his dad)

For DS I would have like Malachi or Isaac. I wanted Tamsin ore Genevieve for my new baby but husband does not like either.

Eden for a girl

I was pregnant in the late 80s, and had I had a girl, I was going to call her Jordan. I just thought it was the coolest name in the world. This was before Katie Price, obviously.

If it hadn't been for DH...

Lucius
Meredith (for a boy)
Atticus
Jupiter

Athena
Juno
Hermione

Clementine
Matilda
Elphaba
Bellatrix
Verity

Idris
Stanley
Aneurin
Clement
Hector

If it wasn't for DH my 2 DD's would be Catalina & Anna

If it wasnt for DH then DD would of been Rosalie and DS would of been either Michael or Sebastian.

Hebe.

DS we agreed on, but we're currently arguing about the incoming DD - I like Arianne, Chai, Indi, Gaia... he doesn't.

DD would have been Aoife
DS would have been Gus

We have neither blasted DH

Tiger Lilly

Elspeth

No kids yet but I love Silver for a girl. DH hates it booooo. We have agreed on Dexter and Evie when here day comes!

*when THE day comes

Elfie

I wouldnt use kimberley, lila or eden for a girl now. I like constance, isadora and hazel which I hadn't considered then.

I also wouldn't use bobby or dexter for a boy now but I do like brody.

Sidney or Sydney depending on gender.

I wouldnt use kimberley, lila or eden for a girl now. I like ethel, anna, joy, hilda, cecily, romilly, mavis, maude, mabel, constance, mildred, marissa, isadora and hazel which I hadn't considered then.

I also wouldn't use bobby or dexter for a boy now but I do like brody, humphrey, edison, edmund.

DS would have been Hazel had he been a girl (which I still love).

Boys names I liked but wasn't brave enough to use include: Aneurin, Blaise, Percy, Valerian, Orion and Saul

I've always thought Gethsemane would be a lovely name for a girl, and I like Persephone too.

DD would have been Grace as my first choice but DH will not have any virtues or characteristics name (eg Hope, Faith) and also wouldn't consider names that are other words (best example I can come up with now is Pearl) and he wouldn't have flowers either so no Rose or Lily etc. He was v.boring all round actually. I also really liked Posy after a character from Ballet Shoes but he looked at me as if I had three heads when I suggested that one. I would have considered Lyra from Northern Lights as a middle name too.

For boys I like really normal names so he agreed with me instantly on our boys choice. First name suggested was Alexander, we both agreed so that was that. I didn't tell him I planned on shortening it to Sasha though

It would have been so easy had she been a boy. As it was she had no name for a couple of hours.

If ds1 had been a girl he would have been Willow..bloody glad he is a boy..size 9 feet and 5"5 at 11..not exactly small! Dd1 was a really porky baby and is also tall for her age...glad we had given up on the name by then!

Ds only narrowly avoided being Redgrave. TBH i think dh and i were double-daring each other.

I love long girls' names and would have loved Tabitha or Gabriella for a dd. Perhaps lucky we never had one as dh only seemed to be able to envisage using his mother's name.