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What would your DC have been called if your pregnancy hormones had had their way?

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BikeRunSki · 30/08/2021 16:30

Mine would have been Isambard and Isis !

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BikeRunSki · 30/08/2021 19:32

@Noroiscoming

Andromeda and Agamemnon. They have Greek heritage and we lived in Greece at the time. Life happened, and we now live on a run down English council estate. Thank fuck I didn't call them that.
When considering names I was very mindful that we live in an old out village!
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BikeRunSki · 30/08/2021 19:31

@Hoppinggreen, Gabriel was a serious contender for DS’s name! So serious I was on the short list for if DD had been a boy.

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MrsSchadenfreude · 30/08/2021 19:25

Roswitha
Ekaterina
Yael.

fuzzymoomin · 30/08/2021 19:21

@WhenZoomWasJustAnIceLolly

Rosalice. I liked the mash up of Rose and Alice. Don’t know what I was thinking, it’s horrible 😂
Glad you changed your mind, I read this as Rosa-lice!
ozzyfroggy · 30/08/2021 19:11

I was set on Gloria for DD2. My dad ripped the piss. She didn't look like a Gloria or the backup names. I said to my husband I just wanted a name full of life and he suggested Zoe which means life. And it just fit. Still love Gloria though.

Thiswayorthatway · 30/08/2021 18:13

Boris Shock

Kanaloa · 30/08/2021 18:09

Salve. I’m sure dd5 will be glad when she’s 15 that I came to my senses quickly!

3GreenPullups · 30/08/2021 17:57

@Noroiscoming

Andromeda and Agamemnon. They have Greek heritage and we lived in Greece at the time. Life happened, and we now live on a run down English council estate. Thank fuck I didn't call them that.
My ILs were living in Greece at the time which is why i wanted Agamemnon!
3GreenPullups · 30/08/2021 17:55

Girl

Isis, Hera or Leveret

Boy

Horatio, Agamemnon or Tobermory.

(actually i like Tobermory).

DowntonCrabby · 30/08/2021 17:54

Outing if my family read this as it’s totally batshit but Grover. I often wish I’d had the balls to stick to my hormonal guns.

Hoppinggreen · 30/08/2021 17:52

@MinesAMassiveSalad

Gabriel. I still like it but everyone (including the neighbour) said no way!
I loved it too, we did go for it as a middle name
nancybotwinbloom · 30/08/2021 17:29

@TheVanguardSix

Ophelia. Still annoyed I didn't call her that.

I came SOOO close to calling DD that. That was THE name. And then, I'm standing there, about to go into see the midwife (routine appointment) and I find myself staring at a framed poster of that infamous painting of Ophelia by John Everett Millais.
I just thought, "Nah!" after years of yearning to use this name. Grin

Just googled that and you've taken some of my regret away Grin
Noroiscoming · 30/08/2021 17:29

Andromeda and Agamemnon. They have Greek heritage and we lived in Greece at the time. Life happened, and we now live on a run down English council estate. Thank fuck I didn't call them that.

Shannith · 30/08/2021 17:27

Persephone

FourSeasonsTotalLandscaping · 30/08/2021 17:25

I wanted to call DD (born on 2016) Karen. Probably lucky that DH vetoed. I was convinced it was going to come back into fashion and we'd be ahead of the curve...

Lsquiggles · 30/08/2021 17:21

Rainbow Blush

JayAlfredPrufrock · 30/08/2021 17:21

October.

MinesAMassiveSalad · 30/08/2021 17:19

Gabriel.
I still like it but everyone (including the neighbour) said no way!

FibroidFanny · 30/08/2021 17:18

@WhenZoomWasJustAnIceLolly

Rosalice. I liked the mash up of Rose and Alice. Don’t know what I was thinking, it’s horrible 😂
Ha ha, twilight fan?
Aroundtheworldin80moves · 30/08/2021 17:16

Boudicca and Edelweiss.

Isis would be an extremely pretty name... if it wasn't for the terrorist organisation.

TheVanguardSix · 30/08/2021 17:15

Ophelia. Still annoyed I didn't call her that.

I came SOOO close to calling DD that. That was THE name. And then, I'm standing there, about to go into see the midwife (routine appointment) and I find myself staring at a framed poster of that infamous painting of Ophelia by John Everett Millais.
I just thought, "Nah!" after years of yearning to use this name. Grin

RussianSpy101 · 30/08/2021 17:12

@Mustardbay my new niece is called Dahlia!

I wanted to call DD Emilia. I didn’t as I felt she’d go through life saying it’s Amelia with an E.
Funnily enough, her best friend is called Emilia and does constantly have to correct the spelling.

TheVanguardSix · 30/08/2021 17:11

Jezebel or Scheherazade for a girl

Isambard for a boy

Hormones are now seriously on the wane as oestrogen abandons me. The ol' ovaries are having a 'WE'RE CLOSING' fire sale and I've got more hairs on my chin than a Carpet Right warehouse. Fleeing hormones aside, I'd STILL use those names if I could! Grin

SingleHandSue · 30/08/2021 17:05

I wanted Peppa for DS2 had be been a girl.

I still really like it

nancybotwinbloom · 30/08/2021 17:05

@Mustardbay

Dahlia
Ooohh I love that