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What would 16 year old you call a baby?

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macara · 11/05/2023 23:52

Steph

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PurpleAirGuitar · 06/06/2023 15:14

Boy - Richard or Matthew

Girl - Tamsin or Charlotte

I would actually still have happily used any of those when I actually had children in my early 30s, but they weren't quite as high on the long-list any more.

JamSandle · 04/06/2023 23:51

Cherelle
Natalie
LaToyah

MendaciousMabel · 01/06/2023 09:35

Meredith (I was really into grey's anatomy at the time...!)

JenniferBarkley · 29/05/2023 22:08

I had two names I loved at about that age - Chloe, after Chloe in Home and Away. And a beautiful, unusual name I'd never come across in real life: Ava Grin A couple of decades on and Ava must be the most common choice among my acquaintances by far.

I did go on to have two daughters, neither name even made the long list.

CatkinToadflax · 29/05/2023 21:34

Katherine (that specific spelling) or Emily. Clearly it never occurred to me that I would have boys.

Although I was given a toy bear when I was about four and DS1 has the same name as the bear!

animalcrossingfan2021 · 29/05/2023 20:58

Boy - Charlie or Oliver
Girl - Molly or Chelsea

thatstheviewfromhere · 25/05/2023 21:56

Phoebe. I sat next to a girl in maths when I was about 12 and she was called Phoebe. I told her I loved her name and if I ever had a baby, I would call her Phoebe! I did have a little girl many years later and called her Phoebe. The girl from maths private messaged me on Facebook and said, I can't believe you stuck to your word all these years later 😊

spudulike1 · 25/05/2023 20:12

Thank god I didn't have a baby when I was 16. I was a real hippy. They would have been called Tranquility Bay, ocean etc

maryberryslayers · 25/05/2023 19:18

Amber and Jade 😂

Denise82 · 25/05/2023 13:46

Octavia and Ebony were the names I loved as a teen

46mumof6 · 25/05/2023 13:37

Jade, Ruby or Saffron
I used none of these names

SoShallINever · 25/05/2023 09:13

Sam

Bluelightbaby · 24/05/2023 22:14

At that age I loved the name shannnon

Chocolatesandroses · 24/05/2023 22:09

Crystal 🙈🙈

CatsForLife · 24/05/2023 22:08

Liberty or Demi

mrsfeatherbottom · 24/05/2023 22:00

Nikki

Neverknowinglysensible · 24/05/2023 21:58

Electra. I thought it was so futuristic and cool!

BabbleBee · 24/05/2023 21:54

Shannon

4 DDs and nothing remotely similar!

pollpp · 24/05/2023 21:52

Frankie

DaniFar · 24/05/2023 21:50

I was obsessed with American culture as a teenager so probably Lori or Britney.

coloursquare · 24/05/2023 21:49

Pippa

janeinthewild · 24/05/2023 19:38

Peter or Hugo for a boy and Iris or Eleanor for a girl

Lilbunnyfufu · 24/05/2023 19:32

Molly
Mark

porridgeisbae · 24/05/2023 19:32

Sephrenia or something else awful out of a fantasy novel.

JulieHoney · 24/05/2023 19:18

Quietasamouuse · 23/05/2023 22:59

Eustacia, as I loved Thomas Hardy books.

My brother pointed out that it sounds like the tube in your middle ear, which dulled the glamour a little.

I named a black cat with a white blaze on her face after her.
Stacey for short.