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BikeRunSki · 2021-08-30T15:30:04+00:00

Mine would have been Isambard and Isis ! It’s just as well that you get 6 weeks to register a bi try h.

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

MsTSwift · 30/08/2021 22:16

Lorelai what was I thinking. Our surname has two Ls in it total tongue twister

Bellagonna · 30/08/2021 22:13

I had a very challenging labour, at one point I turned to one of the midwives and said I would call him Richard because he was being a complete dick about coming out properly

ladygindiva · 30/08/2021 22:13

Quinn ( still quite like it)
Claudia ( after a dream)
Django ( definitely hormones)

RicherThanYew · 30/08/2021 22:11

If I'd had more sense than to post for opinions on here my first born would have been Scotty, after the Star Trek engineer. I wanted his middle name to be Tiberius but my MIL stuck her oar in about that.

Put your foot down people and stick to your guns!

Biscuitsneeded · 30/08/2021 22:11

Hermione, which I still really like, but luckily DS was a boy so we didn't have to test out how a child named Hermione would fare in a state school.

MaMelon · 30/08/2021 22:09

@dontstealmymagnolias

Dd was born at 36 weeks via emcs as I had a catastrophic haemorrhage. I named her a very normal name in utero. When she was born and I first saw her in SCBU I just knew her name had to be changed to Cherry Blossom. No idea where this came from, but the feeling was so strong and I felt it suited her so well. I was absolutely devastated when I announced the new name to my family and they were all

. DH suggested that it would be too tiring for me to register her immediately and we should wait. About 3 weeks later I woke up and thought wtf about naming my child this. Dd is very grateful that DH wanted to hold off!

Oh that made me laugh

I’m glad you’re both ok - and that your DH was still thinking straight after such a difficult time for you all!

dontstealmymagnolias · 30/08/2021 22:03

Dd was born at 36 weeks via emcs as I had a catastrophic haemorrhage. I named her a very normal name in utero. When she was born and I first saw her in SCBU I just knew her name had to be changed to Cherry Blossom. No idea where this came from, but the feeling was so strong and I felt it suited her so well. I was absolutely devastated when I announced the new name to my family and they were all . DH suggested that it would be too tiring for me to register her immediately and we should wait. About 3 weeks later I woke up and thought wtf about naming my child this. Dd is very grateful that DH wanted to hold off!

ILoveAnOwl · 30/08/2021 21:56

Arya or Wren. Still love both to be fair.

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BikeRunSki · 30/08/2021 21:54

@sjxoxo

Great thread! I am currently pregnant with my first and now wondering if my 1st choice name is any good or if it’s my hormones 🤣 … it’s Hugo! Is this nice or naff ?? 🤣

It’s fine!!!! I know a couple who are 14 ish

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Fleetw00d · 30/08/2021 21:42

Not so much vetoed by dip in hormones, but by sensible DP 😒
Girl-
Morgan (I'm going to push this if we have another girl as it's one of my favourites).
Persephone
Maeve - also still love this
Violet
Sybil
Bryn

Boy-
Gryff
Maverick
Colwyn/Col
Ivor
Rowan

MaMelon · 30/08/2021 21:26

[quote GrumpyMiddleAgedWoman]@MaMelon
The first three might not have gone down too well at their Scottish state school, I recognise that now, but I’m still miffed about Magnus & Odin.
I've met a bloke from the Orkneys called Magnus.
I thought it was a brilliant name.[/quote]
It is, isn’t it?

DH knows nothing

greenlynx · 30/08/2021 21:24

The same, I’ve done my list of girls names in my 20s . 2 of them were already taken by DH’s nieces when we’ve met so I’ve got only one choice left.

GrumpyMiddleAgedWoman · 30/08/2021 21:23

@MaMelon
The first three might not have gone down too well at their Scottish state school, I recognise that now, but I’m still miffed about Magnus & Odin.
I've met a bloke from the Orkneys called Magnus.
I thought it was a brilliant name.

3GreenPullups · 30/08/2021 21:21

I also considered Artemis if DS2 had been a girl.

DSIS considered 'Bliss' when she was wacked out on diamorphine.

Justjoinedforthis · 30/08/2021 21:21

Dusty

MyCousinDaphne · 30/08/2021 21:19

DD1 I wanted to name Blossom. Do said no. DD2 I was going for Artemis. I still love this, but they do both suit their actual more mainstream names

NiceGerbil · 30/08/2021 21:16

Trader!!! Brilliant!

Made me think immediately of only fools and horses!

sjxoxo · 30/08/2021 21:14

forgot to add that my FIL wanted to call my DH ‘Trader’
Yes. What the actual F! I think it’s an Indiana Jones reference. Luckily my MIL vetoed that one

sjxoxo · 30/08/2021 21:14

Great thread! I am currently pregnant with my first and now wondering if my 1st choice name is any good or if it’s my hormones 🤣
… it’s Hugo!
Is this nice or naff ?? 🤣

Nettleskeins · 30/08/2021 21:11

Ornella
Thank goodness it wasn't a girl that time...
Still Nellie wouldn't have been that outlandish

BabyRace · 30/08/2021 21:11

Allegra. NN Allie. I still love it

MaMelon · 30/08/2021 21:08

@BikeRunSki

I love these., We should all be braver!!

I blame my DH - who was most put out when I wouldn’t consider Sarah because it was his ex fiancée’s name (it’s a nice name apparently

). So I don’t get all my lovely names DH but you get to name our DD after your ex? Yeah, jog on, you plonker.

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BikeRunSki · 30/08/2021 21:05

I love these., We should all be braver!!

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BikeRunSki · 30/08/2021 21:03

@JoyOrbison 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Friend of mine had hyperemisis right up to the birth of her son, followed by a crash section. She said she was genuinely surprised when the hormones and drugs wore off a few days later and realised they’d given him a very mainstream name!

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UpToMyElbowsInDiapers · 30/08/2021 21:01

DC1 was nearly Clement Darius. Thank heavens a colleague talked me out of it with a polite “Oh lovely! That’s a… big name to live up to.”