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Would you choose the same names for your children if they were born today?

31 replies

Parisbanana · 06/05/2016 18:54

Not asking if you dislike the names you gave your children. And names really become the person, it's difficult to imagine them called anything else (we were going to call dd Jessica for about the first 7 months of my pregnancy but changed our minds and now just cannot imagine her with that name at all).

So, if you were to be starting your family all over again, do you think you would choose the same names? And how old are your kids?
I think we would choose the same. I still love the names. Not too popular but no one ever bats an eyelid at them so not odd. They are 19 and 14.
But Nina would now be a very strong contender!

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LadyAntonella · 06/05/2016 19:40

I would give my DD a different or extra middle name to the family name we ended up with. Her first name I love but I do wish we had chosen something a bit longer so she would have a choice of nns when she gets older. She's only 16mo btw, so I guess her name hasn't gone out of style or anything yet. It's quite a classic name though so maybe it never will Smile.

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 06/05/2016 19:21

No definitely not

tabulahrasa · 06/05/2016 19:05

Hmm, DS is 20 and DD is 16...I'd give DS a different name I think.

My name is very very unusual and causes me a fair amount of hassle between spelling and pronunciation, people seem to just not get it at all and I spend a lot of time answering to a different name entirely because it just doesn't stick in people's heads.

Because of that I was going for safe and traditional names and I think with hindsight I went a bit too safe and traditional with DS, with DD I really do like her name, but I struggled more with boy's names and I think I kind of settled for good enough.

It's not awful or anything though.

TheTartOfAsgard · 06/05/2016 19:00

I'd choose the same. I picked both DCs names when I was a young teenager (named after book characters) and still love them now, despite the fact dds name is now in the top 10. Dd is 12 and ds 11.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 06/05/2016 18:59

Ds1,,19, yes definitely.

Ds2, 17, and Ds3, 16, probably not. There are other names I prefer now I think.

WorriedOrStressed · 06/05/2016 18:57

Yes I'd choose the same. DC are 12 & 10. They are more traditional 'family' names though.