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When you were growing up, what did you imagine your DC would be called?

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AnnieApple123 · 16/12/2022 14:47

And have you ended up using any of those names?

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ginislife · 16/12/2022 21:32

@Squeezedsquash there's nowt wrong with Gillian !!! 😂
Mine was Samantha. I never had children.

I still like Gillian. I’m not quite sure why I thought it was like a waterfall though!

WordtoYoMumma · 16/12/2022 22:34

I was going to have twin boys called Joshua and Jacob.

I used Joshua as a middle name for my eldest. No twins in my family ever 😂

SallyWD · 16/12/2022 22:29

I was obsessed with the name Alice when I was a child. I was sure I'd name my daughter Alice. I didn't.

VickerishAllsort · 16/12/2022 21:48

Tom. Every story and book I read as a child seemed to have a hero called Tom.
So that's what I called him. And he is a bit of a hero.

Cyclingforcake · 16/12/2022 21:47

Ben and Kate. I would have used them but DHs last 2 girlfriends were called Katie and one of them had left him for Ben. So they were sadly abandoned.

Thunderorlightening · 16/12/2022 21:44

Yes I did.
Matilda.
Never thought i'd use it as partner hated it when we had our boy but then came around when daughter came along!

Eatentoomanyroses · 16/12/2022 21:43

Sylvia and no I didn’t use it. I thought it sounded sparkly and pretty like silver.

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AnnieApple123 · 16/12/2022 21:42

I actually really wanted triplets (or more!). I thought that would be so much fun. 🤣😂

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AdaColeman · 16/12/2022 21:41

Sebastian or Marcus or Dickon for a boy, and Christabel or Berengaria or Flavia for a girl.
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AnnieApple123 · 16/12/2022 21:39

Quornflakegirl · 16/12/2022 21:21

I truly believed I would have boy/girl twins and planned to name them Brenda & Brandon 😳 or Harrison and Holly 🥴

I now have twin girls but there names are completely different to each other.

Oh my goodness, Brenda and Brandon! That takes me back. I need to find thst show to watch…

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ginislife · 16/12/2022 21:32

@Squeezedsquash there's nowt wrong with Gillian !!! 😂
Mine was Samantha. I never had children.

ChristmasBallBall · 16/12/2022 21:25

Always thought if I had a DD I'd call her Molly. But when I was pregnant with DD, it didn't even make my shortlist. Ended up calling her something entirely different.

catsonahottinroof · 16/12/2022 21:24

Jessica
Tommy or Sam - didn't use any of them

Quornflakegirl · 16/12/2022 21:21

I truly believed I would have boy/girl twins and planned to name them Brenda & Brandon 😳 or Harrison and Holly 🥴

I now have twin girls but there names are completely different to each other.

LaQuern · 16/12/2022 21:19

Caitlin and Joshua

Figgypudding123 · 16/12/2022 21:15

Stacey (yuk!) and Owen.

I did have an Owen 🙂

tillynetball · 16/12/2022 21:15

Lydia - was obsessed with it. Didn't use it but do still quite like it.

WiseUpJanetWeiss · 16/12/2022 21:13

Simon and Jennifer. Jenny was on mine and ExDH's list for girls, although Kate was at the top. He was a boy, though, and his middle name is Simon. We couldn't use it as his first name because by then one of our close friends was called Simon and that would have been weird. However his actual name is nicer. I'm old...

wannarunfromitall · 16/12/2022 21:11

Elizabeth or Amber or Jade, and Brad or Bailey.

Er no to both

RebeccaCloud9 · 16/12/2022 21:11

Abigail Mary McLeod. That isn't my surname but I wanted it to be!

OrionsAccessory · 16/12/2022 21:10

I was going to have girls and give them boys names like Charlie, Tony and Andi. I did have girls but they all have very nice girls’ names rather than basic middle aged man names.

Squeezedsquash · 16/12/2022 21:04

Peter and Gillian. They were both names I used to think of as watery, reminding me of bubbling streams.

I have no idea what I was thinking…

Spendonsend · 16/12/2022 21:01

Zachary and Amy.
Didnt use either.

Ilovedthe70s · 16/12/2022 20:59

Rosalie and Roxanne,
didn’t use either

DaisyDaisyDoesHe · 16/12/2022 20:56

If I had a girl it would have been Lily as I loved the character in the 80's fantasy film Legend. It then became ridiculously popular the last 10 years and put me off it. Had a baby boy anyway.