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What were your babies almost named?

132 replies

Horizonhopper2021 · 15/03/2024 16:49

I have 3 children and I love their names, and now I look back at what I almost called them and I don't think I'd of still liked some of the names now; anyone the same?

my first a little boy would have been either:

Ollie- still love it.

Ronnie- he'd have suited it. And love it still!

Herbie- this was actually my favourite at the time and now I can't quite believe it. Not my taste anymore

if he was a girl he'd have been Polly or Fluer

both I still like, but wouldn't use now.

my daughter came next, and for her we loved

Elora- still love it

Elowen- it's beautiful but wouldn't have suited her I don't think

Edie- I'll never get over my partner hating this name I think it's beautiful 💔

and boys we had Finn, Ozzy and Arlo as front runners

my third and final baby had her name before she was even conceived, but we did toy with the idea of

Izzie- which I like but I'm glad we didn't pick it

and Honey- which I will always love i think and would have suited her she has beautiful golden hair

if she was a boy I wanted Hugo which I stand by, lovely IMO

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soundsys · 15/03/2024 17:29

DD1 - Alys Still love it but couldn't have coped with the spelling headache

DS if he was a girl would have been Eirlys

DD2 if I'd had my way would have been Deirdre (pronounced properly!) but DH was having none of it!

VenetiaHallisWellPosh · 15/03/2024 17:14

I wanted flowery names like Rose, Daisy or Violet but was overruled. ExDh wanted Rebecca and I said no because the nn is Becky which makes my teeth itch. I liked Minerva (Goddess of War and Wisdom) or Cleopatra (also denied). We settled on something very benign in the end.

Sockdolager · 15/03/2024 17:13

DS was almost Iarla or Naoise. If he’d been a girl, he was going to be Medbh or Lir.

KirstenBlest · 15/03/2024 17:11

I liked Natalie but DH preferred Natasha so we dropped it. She'd have been Na'erly. Thanks goodness we didn't use it.

MineAgain · 15/03/2024 17:09

The other boys names in the running for my son were Harry, Joshua and Oliver. We didn’t have any girls names as we didn’t start thinking of names til we knew his sex.

For our daughter, other girls names we thought of were Amelie and Lara. If she had been a boy, she may have been Alexander, Lucas or Zachary.

TwoWithCurls · 15/03/2024 17:07

Wren, Ruby, Betty.

haveacat · 15/03/2024 16:59

My daughter was nearly called Jessica.

If I had had a boy he would have been called Jonathan.