When choosing a name did you ever consider the 'future prospects' of your child going by that name?

I would vote for names that meant the child would struggle to become a lawyer.

I just wanted one that would save him from spelling it every time, so written the same in our two languages.
It's sufficiently neutral that he could become PM.

I chose names that won't hold them back, yes. I can't imagine not even considering it - it's their name, not just a reflection of my tastes.

But Essential you'd surely look at qualifications and experience, not someone's name?

We tried to go for names that were a little bit different but not so unusual that people would have trouble spelling them. Turns out a lot of other people had the same idea and now they both have others in their classes with exactly the same names We also gave them both middle names so that if they have a choice if they ever fancy a change.

I think there's a really, really wide range of names which will scan just fine whether the child wants to be an artist, judge or anything else, even if people might make assumptions about class, ethnicity or whatever. I agree with merciful that the sort of parent who goes for a unique name is unlikely to be concerned but as a lawyer who seems to see a bazillion CVs for every role I wish all parents would think about it.

No, I didn't think about prospects specifically, because all the names I like would be the kind of names which would be fine for a CEO/lawyer/whatever, because I'm fairly traditional about that kind of thing.
And conversely, I would think that a person who liked very non-traditional, or 'uniquely' spelled names would be less likely to be worried about the prospects attached to those names. Otherwise they wouldn't like those names in the first place.
I just somehow can't imagine a thought process that goes 'Ooh I'd love to name my daughter Tyynkerbelle-Mae. Oh but hang on - that might cause problems if she turns out to be a high court judge'. Could happen, I suppose...

We chose our children's names with an eye to them being (a) easy to spell, (b) easy to pronounce and (c) classless/timeless. Mostly, though, they were just names that we liked. We'd have thought very long and hard, though, before giving them names that were really unusual or long or had suddenly come into fashion not long before.

To answer your question, I chose a name I liked. No I didn't consider what I wanted him to be as an adult when naming him.

I did think about the fact that my kids will become adults within 20 years, when settling on a name, but not whether they would become crown court judges or ceo.of MI5.

A name won't hold someone back I mean

I chose my daughters names with an eye to them (a) being short (b) easy to pronounce (c) names which are fashionable whatever the decade.

Although a name can tell you some things about the possible background, child hoof and type of parents a person has, the name is not what will shape that persons future.

So someone named lambrini might not be a bank manager based on their probable background, someone called Emily could come from any background and up bringing so could be a bank manager, a dinner last, a stay at home mum, an artist or any other possible career.

A name wing hold someone back, but their up bringing might.

Yes, but why wouldn't a name carry someone as an adult? That's what I can never understand.

Someone once said to me to consider that your child will be an adult and will the name carry through into adulthood in any walk of life/career choice as they spend more time being an adult than they do a child.

No, I always find it bizarre when people do to be honest.

I don't have children yet but I want a name that has been around for decades, so traditional names. Unfortunately that makes them super popular names though! Eg Emma, Sophie, Ruby, Lucy, James, Thomas, Louis.