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What "fun" name did you give your child whilst pregnant?

62 replies

LewishamMum · 06/06/2021 21:54

My DD has a perfectly normal name. But during pregnancy I called her "The Papaya" and made sure everyone else did too. The reason? At the time of my anomaly scan the NHS website said that was her size! (I didn't announce my pregnancy until after that - long story.)

Anyway, just wondered what fun names people had called their own bumps. I was Gary btw!

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NewlyGranny · 08/06/2021 12:50

The twins were Poppy and Sweetpea throughout. Poppy turned out to be a boy, and Sweetpea got a totally different name IRL! Inspiration was from our favourite flowers.

MyFloorIsLava · 08/06/2021 12:29

DD was called Bug. I can't remember what DH called DS, but my family called him Sunshine. He is a very sunny natured little guy so it suits him :)

MrsTophamHat · 08/06/2021 12:26

Skeletor

2tired2bewitty · 08/06/2021 12:24

DH was training to be a vicar whilst I was pregnant with ds so my dad used to refer to the bump as Holofernes, who is a particularly obscure biblical character. It did not make it onto the name shortlist Grin

RuthW · 08/06/2021 12:18

Bart and then Eric.

I was certainly she was a boy!

BettyUnderswoob · 08/06/2021 11:55

@Gem176

Fanny 🙈 I'm in Scotland and had an unhealthy love for irn bru when I was pregnant.... at the time the irn bru advert was about naming a baby fanny so my bump was christened fanny 😂
I love the Irn Bru 'Fanny' advert!

No idea how the actress playing the new mum managed not to crack up when saying "Fanny. We're going to call her Fanny" 🤣

GlendaSugarbeanIsJudgingYou · 07/06/2021 18:08

They were both our Waffles.

PennyDreadful66 · 07/06/2021 18:07

Bean

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 07/06/2021 18:07

Stewie

Gem176 · 07/06/2021 18:05

Fanny 🙈 I'm in Scotland and had an unhealthy love for irn bru when I was pregnant.... at the time the irn bru advert was about naming a baby fanny so my bump was christened fanny 😂

PrimeraVez · 07/06/2021 05:06

DD1 Annie (because she was conceived on our wedding anniversary)
DS1 Carol-Ann - no idea why!
DS2 Noel - because we had our 12 week scan (and it suddenly started to feel real) at Christmas

BettyUnderswoob · 07/06/2021 04:32

@Bluebell9

DD was pumpkin as her original due date was the 31st October. I still call her my little pumpkin now
My first DC was Pumpkin, too!
UpToMyElbowsInDiapers · 07/06/2021 02:01

DC1 Squirmy
DC2 - Gabriel (which became his middle name)
DC3 - NTAF (Number Three And Final)
:-)

Stevearnottsbeard · 07/06/2021 01:51

My eldest was mouski and I kept craving cheese flavoured things... Can't remember the other 2 were 🤔

Viviennethebeautiful · 06/06/2021 23:46

Elvis.
I had a planned caesarean 26 years ago. As I was being prepped they asked me what name I had planned. Throughout the pregnancy telling people Elvis, if they asked, shut them up.
The surgeon went outside and asked my husband. He confirmed Elvis. We are very trad, middle class. My son has a beautiful classic name but I loved being able to keep the plan to ourselves🤣

YouBoggleMyMind · 06/06/2021 23:41

Pip 💙

Iecydda · 06/06/2021 23:37

Flipper. Every time I had a scan she kept flipping over! Grin

MsJuniper · 06/06/2021 23:34

Also papaya! He was that size on the app and it stuck.

FluffMagnet · 06/06/2021 23:31

Dave and now Fred. Dave turned out to be a girl, and I'll find out about Fred when they evacuate their current abode in October.

Hughbert · 06/06/2021 23:23

Bob. I forget why, but obviously it seemed reasonable at the time.

Tillygetsit · 06/06/2021 23:18

None for my babies but my parents called me Willoughby. Willoughby a boy or a girl?

butterfly990 · 06/06/2021 22:30

Boo boo 😅

BruceAndNosh · 06/06/2021 22:20

Rocky

I hate Boxing

Councilworker · 06/06/2021 22:18

Baby one was Bisellah which is the diminutive of the Yiddish word Bissel for little bit.
Baby two was Tarkus which was the name Bisellah suggested we call the baby is it was a boy. He was a boy and that is not his name!

Aardvarkitsabloodyaardvark · 06/06/2021 22:15

Bean and 25 yrs later its his nickname 🤣