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Just for fun.....what do your children WISH you had called them?

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JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 11/07/2020 22:04

All my children have fairly classic but slightly unusual names - all sound a little nineteenth century.

DD1 5yo wishes we had called her Bella-Rubee and names all characters in her games this

DD2 is fine with her name but prefers Madam Hmm

DS 2yo insists on being Bimboink

So go on..... which of your DC don't appreciate the perfect beautiful names you lovingly picked out? Grin

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Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 11/07/2020 22:50

DS 2 (6) said he wished I called him Paul. He had a pretty classic Scottish name.
DS1 (11) says he doesn't know.

I don't really like name. No one actually really calls me the name I was given at birth, not even my parents. Everyone calls me the slightly shorter version, which is a bit better, but I did always wish I had been called Samantha, until I met one I really hated.

DreamMeOffMyFeet · 11/07/2020 22:43

DS 5 years old flips between I wish my name was Frankenstein, Lego, or conker Confused
I can assure you none of those were on my shortlist Grin

smiffypeabrain · 11/07/2020 22:34

Gary

xmummy2princesx · 11/07/2020 22:27

My 2 year old DS wants to be called lightning-McQueen

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JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 11/07/2020 22:24

Trashboat is actual genius

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Hoppinggreen · 11/07/2020 22:10

When DS was about 6 he wanted to change his name to Trashboat

Alpacamabags · 11/07/2020 22:09

I wanted Jesse for a boy. DH was having none of it. Mentioned it one day to DS 5 and he's loooooving it. 😂 We don't use it but he does like to say to DH that he loves that name and wishes he was called it. Makes me secretly happy 😊

Thirdchild88 · 11/07/2020 22:05

I think my 4yo would prefer to be called Elsa, Belle, Ariel or Jasmine. Especially since lockdown increased the frequency of Disney films in our house!