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What did you call your pfb?

81 replies

hightrees · 13/06/2011 14:03

Why? And, do you still like it?

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Dumbledoresgirl · 13/06/2011 20:47

Declan. 15 years ago. Love it still.

MyBoysHaveDogsNames · 13/06/2011 20:46

Rex. Was always a bit of a joke name and he would call people Rex as a mickeytake. I didn't realise he was serious for our baby and just humoured him while I thought of other names. However, drugged up after my C section, I just agreed! Since then, I have loved it and it suits him.

duckdodgers · 13/06/2011 20:45

Connor, and yes I still love it, 18 years later. Smile Not many 18 year old Connors around here either.

Phoenix · 13/06/2011 20:44

Lewis, after my great grandma Louisa (mostly know by Louie), she passed away just before I found out I was expecting him :) We mostly shorten his name to Lew or Lewie and yes I still like it, in all versions :o

cazzybabs · 13/06/2011 20:40

Isabelle - wish we had gone for a different spelling though (isobel) but she doesn't like people shortening it to Izzie (unless they are a very cool 20 year old riding instructor) and she wishes we had called her Isabella.

The thing about names is after about a day you can't imagine them being called anything else.

sweetkitty · 13/06/2011 20:34

Abigail still love it

MigratingCoconuts · 13/06/2011 20:32

Sarah, after my Gran, who was terminally ill at the time..I was worried it would be too common, but she is the only one in the school Grin. it was a way for me to tell my gran how much she meant to me before she died, 6 weeks later.

i then found out that my gran was named for her great aunt who had helped my great granny out alot as a child. So a family connection (with photos) going back a clear 150 years..love it!

Sarah is absolutely a Sarah and I am so pleased we chose it.

JiltedJohnsJulie · 13/06/2011 20:20

George. Was ill for most of the pregnancy, DH asked if it was a boy could we call him George as it is a family name on both sides. Never really considered it myself but said yes just to shut DH up. Seven years on I love the name and him.

rusmum · 13/06/2011 20:01

Ruby Mae still love it but it is got very common so sad at that
and rose ellyn I LOVE!!!!

Georgimama · 13/06/2011 19:58

George. Was only 4 years ago but we still absolutely love it.

dexifehatz · 13/06/2011 19:56

Hattie Hope. Still love it.Never been another one at school! Hurrah!

Mollydoggerson · 13/06/2011 19:33

Cillian,

Yes I love it, especially because it suits our surname. I was only getting used to the surname for me so was pleased that the 2 names worked well together.

mumatron · 13/06/2011 19:28

Jack

No where near as popular here 10 yrs ago, as it is now.

It was also the only name we agreed on, neither of us wanted anything that could be shortened. Instead he is jackie boy, jacko, jackson etc.

I still think it suits him so yes, I do still like it.

JemimaMop · 13/06/2011 19:22

Rhys Wyn.

He is now almost 9 and I still like it. It is a good, strong sounding name.

He was actually supposed to be called Steffan, but he didn't look like one when he was born and the name Rhys seemed to suit him.

It is fairly common, but he is the only one in his (small) school. There are however three Steffans.

shmoz · 13/06/2011 17:48

Aleksander Franciszek.
He's Alex to my family, Olek to me and DP.
I love it Smile

tummytickler · 13/06/2011 17:40

Iris.
Big fan of Iris Murdoch, and it is my grandmothers middle name.
I still love it, and 10 years later it suits her so much.

otchayaniye · 13/06/2011 16:47

Edie was my teddy's name and I love it and am considering it for this one.

LadyWithNoManors · 13/06/2011 16:42

James.
I liked it then and I love it now. Smile

razzlebathbone · 13/06/2011 16:41

Edie Magdalene

Big fan of Edie Sedgwick and Magdalene is my confirmation name.

Still love them both.

headfairy · 13/06/2011 15:56

Before he was born dh called him Magic... as in Magic Johnson (I don't get it either, we're neither tall, American or basketball players)

After he was born we fought over Enzo and Luca and I won and got Luca (Enzo is an old man's name surely?) and yes I do still love it. He's Luca B, Luca Bear, Luca Bazooka, Luca Bean and a million other variations on a theme.

ChristinaEliopolis · 13/06/2011 15:52

Sophia and yes, twenty seven years later I still love it.

All my children had 'working titles' before they were born though - these were daft names that were given to wind up my very opinionated mother. It was fun watching her gulp and say 'Very nice dear' to a name that she absolutely hated. Grin

The look of relief on her face when they were born and we called them something more suitable was priceless.

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shesparkles · 13/06/2011 15:12

Rachel-still love it...she was going to be Rebecca till about 6 weeks before she was born, but there was a spate of Rebeccas in the birth notices in our local paper so we changed, so grateful to the parents of all those Rebeccas!

DoIHaveToTellYouAgain · 13/06/2011 15:09

Kaia - yes I do still love it :)
DH & I spent a long long time looking for names. It was the only one on both our "love it*" lists

(*as opposed to the "I guess I could tolerate it" secondary lists!)

mopsyflopsy · 13/06/2011 14:40

Quentin

Yes, we still love it. It is a classic easy to spell/pronounce name that goes well with our short one syllable surname.