How much has your taste in names changed?

Oh, and I remember naming my first baby doll as Abigail.

Sophia, Annabelle and Camille are names I've loved for ages, but curiously have never used
Oh well, if there's ever a dd3 ...

In my early 20s, my favourite names were different to those I prefer now (31 now). I liked Mia and Sebastian then but have since gone off them.

I prefer dd1's middle name to her given name and wish I'd been stronger and pushed for that middle name to be her first name.

I like names now that sound kind of flouncy (to my ears): mostly flower names for girls, as well as Victorian 'virtue' names.

Meaning is extremely important to me. My own dds names have significant meanings to us and, although trends change and my own tastes fluctuate, those meanings hold firm.

My teenage babies would've been Jackie, Tracy and Corey for a boy - you can probably guess my era from that!
In my twenties a girl would've been Chloe, Molly or Megan and a boy Oliver.
My dcs are not called any of those. I still like my twenties names but our surname is bloody awful, sorry, difficult and didn't go.

*I'd

A lot - if you'd told me 15 years ago if call my son Henry I would have fallen off my chair!

My favourite boys name ever goes back 30 years. I named DS1 it and it's still my favourite now.

My taste didn't change between my teens and my 20s. I decided, aged 16, that if I had 2 daughters they would be called Elizabeth and Eleanor. I had DD1 when I was 29 and DD2 aged 31 and they are, indeed, Elizabeth and Eleanor.

However, if I was having babies now, I would choose different names.

In contrast to the other posters my tastes haven't changed much I'm only 20 but I've been thinking about baby names since I was tiny :p

When my brother was born if he'd been a girl I was told to pick the name as my parents couldn't agree I said Elizabeth. And I would call this baby Elizabeth if it wasn't too similar to dps daughter's. There aren't any names I've previously liked which I now hate but there are several I like more or less. Also dps opinions have made me consider other things. Books and films do make me temporarily LOVE a name I like only like though.

Hugely change!

When I was 17 I loved the name Chelsea Leanne!!

Ha!

When we played Mums n Dads as kids, my boy names were Mark and Graham!! Pmsl!

I have 2 boys now....neither of them called those names.

If they had been girls they would have been Annabel Amy and Sofia Oriele.....nothing like Chelsea!

Oh it definitely changes, partly I think because you're influenced by trends (even subconsciously), but also because you change so much, especially over the course of your twenties. At least, I did :)

When I was a teenager I liked really 90s popband names like Aaron, Joshua, and (for a girl) Kristen.

At your age, at uni, I remember being influenced by literary characters and wanted a girl called Sophia Micòl. Much flouncier, more unusual pretentious names. I liked Giacomo or Iacopo for a boy (I do speak Italian though!)

My tastes now (aged 28) are a bit less out there, less desperate to be unique and clever, more classic and timeless for boys. Though I still like foreign, unusual, pretty names for girls.

I think most peoples taste in names changes with trends, so I am now trying to avoid anything too trendy!

When I was about 10 years old I was adamant I would have 4 children called Peter, Michael, Lindsey and Emma.
By aged 20 I wanted 3 children - Rhys, Joseph and Kirsten.
Now aged 30 (ish) I would like 2 children and front running names include Nathan, Leon, Sophie and Chloe.

So yes taste in names (and number of children wanted!) has changed over time!

Yes massively. Bonnie-Jean hyphenated and all!
Your taste is also influenced by your partner's taste. DH pretty much rejects 90% of my suggestions lol.

They change so much!

When I got to an age where babies were possible, I always kept note of my favourites. Maybe a list every two years. As a nearly retired lady, my 20s names were bloody awful!

Beyond all recognition thankfully.

My name choice aged 19 was..........Jordan.

For a boy OR a girl