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I wish I were called...

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cornishglos · 13/04/2016 12:26

Tell me what name you would like for yourself. And maybe your partner. So I can hear some names that work beyond the baby years. Thank you.

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butteredmuffin · 02/05/2016 15:59

Elizabeth or Anna or Alexandra.

GinandRoses · 01/05/2016 18:39

I'm a Rebekah and I've never thought it suited me; I was originally intended to be a Poppy.

I think I should be Violet!

LemonRedwood · 01/05/2016 10:14

I wish my parents had chosen my middle name - May - as my first name.

I'd use it as my name now but unfortunately I think I'm firmly established as my first name and look more like her than a May IYKWIM.

ManonCrempog · 01/05/2016 10:10

I'm Manon. I love it, it suits me perfectly.
Other names I like are Elizabeth, Mary, Katherine, or Siân.

jellybeansprout · 01/05/2016 09:42

I wish my name was Zoe, Tara, Megan or Jess.

Bombaybunty · 30/04/2016 08:42

Josephine. I'm Already a Jo but Josephine is so much nicer than Joanne.

VaVaVooom · 30/04/2016 08:23

I always wanted to be called Samantha when I was a child....

Now perhaps something like Pandora or Evelyn?

cheapandcheerful · 30/04/2016 07:53

Eliza or Felicity

OSETmum · 30/04/2016 07:22

I'd be Charlotte nn Charlie which was actually my parents' 3rd choice but I hate my actual name although it is probably the most features name on this thread for some reason!

iisme · 29/04/2016 18:19

I've always wanted to be Eilidh too! My name is kind of nice but pretty plain and very dated - about 80% of people who've ever had this name must have been born in the 70s or early 80s and I often have to use my surname initial when emailing to differentiate myself from other people with the same name!

StepAwayFromTheThesaurus · 29/04/2016 17:37

DS1 (nearly 16) is absolutely certain that he wouldn't want to be called anything other than his own name. So clearly I'm better at choosing names than my parents.

StepAwayFromTheThesaurus · 29/04/2016 17:36

My actual name is horrible. I'd rename myself Eilidh.

HighDataUsage · 29/04/2016 17:32

Lucinda or Lydia

EmmaWoodlouse · 28/04/2016 20:50

My real name is OK but at times I've thought I would have liked to be a Charlotte, or possibly even Adelaide (I went through a phase of reading a lot of Regency romances). DS2 has just told me if he had to have a different name he'd be Josh.

Scattymere · 24/04/2016 06:48

jasper for what it's worth think its in a different league to Tabitha which is twee and plain to me, enjoy your pretty name!!

Scattymere · 24/04/2016 06:47

Also always wanted to be a Jessica!

Linnet · 24/04/2016 01:33

My mum once told me that the two other names in the running for my name were Caroline and Debbie. I actually like Caroline and would have liked that as my name, there was a third name which is the name that was chosen for me. If I could have chosen my name myself I'd quite like it to have been Grace.

dd2 tells me that she'd have liked to have been Charlotte. DD1 I don't think has a preference, she seems to like her name.

sn0wdr0p4 · 24/04/2016 00:28

As my name and middle name have been mentioned several times on this thread as names people would like ,maybe I'll stick with themSmile

I always fancied a longer name though , Alexandria maybe.

JasperDamerel · 24/04/2016 00:16

I'm a Jessica, too, and don't like it much either. I'm older than abit, because when I was little it was unusual, and I could never get any stuff with my name on it. Then, just when I reached the age when an exotic and unusual name was appealing, it became incredibly popular. My dad recently said that he'd thought of calling me Tabitha, and I would have preferred that.

Shesinfashion · 24/04/2016 00:07

My name is a deeply unfashionable 1960's/70's one. I would love to be a Phoebe, Melissa or Victoria.

Bellasima20 · 23/04/2016 21:27

abit how funny you don't like your name, Jessica is the name I always wish I was called! I'm a Katherine and find this so full, plain and boring, Jessica to me is super feminine, upbeat, individual but not weird.

jollygoose · 23/04/2016 18:41

I would love to be a Suzannah I tried to influence my dd towards this name if she had a dd however she has 2 boys and didn`t like it anyway.

Yika · 22/04/2016 23:20

I've always loved my name and never wanted to be called anything else. I'm a Sophie. It was more unusual in my day though (born in 60s).

justlikeastar · 22/04/2016 23:08

I'm Hannah.

I wanted to be called Megan, Louisa or Imogen growing up - the first two belonged to the coolest girls in school and I just adored the name Imogen. Quite happy with my name now though, very inoffensive (I think Blush) although I wouldn't mind something slightly more glamorous like Serena.

ParsleyTheLion1 · 21/04/2016 10:44

Willow

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