Would you still choose the same names for your DC's?

BTW trying out a new name if you hadn't realised

BTW do you always use both parts or do you sometimes just use the first part?

Lol did you know the B part means climing plant? Got a friend with the same name And they are definitely not made up

Yes dd1's name is hyphonated nappy. Both parts of it made up according to DH.

I've never met another child with the same name as either of mine, and I like it.. I wouldn't name them otherwise! Mirabelle was not destined to be a Mirabelle, it wasn't on our short list, in fact we dragged it out 7 days after she was born and it was the only thing that stuck. I can't imagine ever not loving the name. Beebe is unusual but she is often called Bee (or Phoebe by the oldies that mishear / refuse to accept Beebe as a name).

Would like a son just so I can do a boys name, but it would have to match!

TBH i dont think we should name babys till there born as our hormones are everywhere when were pg and the poor children end up having some wierd names bless them ..

85% happy with dd1's name. Our compromise names have turned out to be better choices than I really understood at the time. But my personal number one choice is still my favourite name.

I had some whacko suggestions on my list I now realise though, such as Dahlia, Genevieve and Freesia. Now I just think, oh so clever, yawn+eyeroll.

My son could easily be one of the other two names I wanted, but his name is also unusual and very quirky but not weird and just him really. 95% happy with son's name.

I'd love to be 100% happy with both their names.

Love DS1s name - it would have been the same / similar had he been a girl.

DS2s name i also love it is alot more unusual. I've never met another and only found two on the internet.

Neither name i'll ever find on mugs / keyrings (which could be a downside) but at least i only have to put their first names on school stuff.

I adore my dd's name. I've never regretted it for a second.

I would have gone for a slightly different version of my son's name - something almost the same but not quite. I wanted it originally, but DH preferred the version we chose. Still love his name, though.

Love my DD's name. Wouldnt change it for the world.

My 3 dc all have very traditional names ,my 2 ds both have names which are in the top ten lists and probably have been for about 100 years.my dd is not in top ten but still is a very traditional name.I think they suit their names, although had I known how my dd would be , ie dramatic, very individual and arty I may have called her scarlet although she would have liked to be called lola. Some made up type names and ultra of the moment names sometimes not always correctly fit a "type " of person and can lead to judgements being made re class etc. It's a big resposibility , my name is very sixties , boring and I don't like it. My dh liked ben for a boy, but I knew too many dogs by that name!

I love ds's name. It is very normal, but I have loved it all my adult life. He is only 4 months old, and it suits him down to a t.

Your dd1's name is a hyphenated name too isn't it Shesells..?

I LOVE my dd1's name. DH hates it and says had he been around he would not have let me name her that. She would have a normal name and not a made up one.

MY choices for dd2 were Amelie, Angel, Alyssa or Anja. Dh hated all of them. Stating again that they were made up names. He wanted to call her Sophie, which I don't like so we let dd1 choose. It's not a name I would have chosen myself, but its growing on me.

i was only 17 when i had my 1dd and her name is cody it suits her but i dont think i would of chose it now not to keen on it now lol poor child ..

All the names I've liked for years and years are suddenly very popular now.

Didn't put me off choosing the name we chose for DD as it was a good compromise - I loved the name and DH loved the nickname, so she is called both.

I didn't realise it was quite as popular as it is though, when we went to register her it was number 10 I think in the top ten names.

Have always loved Caitlin and Ellie too and they are v v popular now. Don't think that would put me off though.

My sister has a Jade (a few months before 'The Goody' arrived).

She really regrets it, as she very nearly chose Amber. She's spent ages trying to come up with a nickname but because the name is so short, no where to go. The best she has come up with is Jaye which is not that inspired.......

Sometimes I toy with the fact they should have been Elinor and Struan.

I was never that struck on Elinor and dh doesn't like Struan hence our two have the names they have now!

My DS has a hyphenated name. I think I would have chose a different name for the 2nd part cos it begins with a J and now everyone insists on calling him by his initials which I hate.

I might have chosen a different name for DD if I'd known there were going to be so many - it has really shot up in popularity, and I know there will be at least two others in her year at school. What would I have called her though?????

My dd1 is Lilly, spelt wrong by me to rhyme with Billy and Silly! There are loads of Lilys, so mine went through primary as Lilly T, along with Lily D and Lily B. Surnames, not alphabetical! I then had a Molly, again very common!

Why is it, if the person becomes the name, people with the same name often have the same characteristics? Eg, Mollys are usually naughty.