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When you were a child/teen what did you want to call your future children?

169 replies

LetThereBeRock · 02/06/2010 15:05

I know that not everyone thought about this when they were a child but if you did what names did you love then, and did you use them?

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lovechoc · 06/06/2010 14:56

didn't really think about it tbh. has just been something I have had to do as an adult choosing names when actually pg.

Ineedsomesleep · 06/06/2010 14:55

Tuesday, yes really. Amber and Chloe (before Home & Away made it so popular).

In my teens it was Lucy but again that became really popular and one of my friends used it first.

Never really thought of boys names.

weegiemum · 06/06/2010 14:53

Since I was 6 I planned to call a dd Katherine.

Dd1 is Katherine (now, at her own request, known as Kathy).

I'm very glad I did it!

Poohbearsmom · 06/06/2010 14:50

Shannon, James and Sarah in that order i would love to use Sarah but dh vetoed

MamaLazarou · 06/06/2010 13:28

Bowie and Christabel.

Thank God I waited!

Linnet · 06/06/2010 13:26

I can't remember naming future children when I was a child. When I was in my teens and had met dh the names Jamie for a boy and Ellie for a girl were bandied around.

In the end we had two girls and neither of them are Ellie.

fatzak · 05/06/2010 19:31

I remember thinking that Chelsea was such a cool name when I was younger!!! And Bailey for a boy

stressheaderic · 05/06/2010 19:29

SE13 - I have a Bethany and our boy's name choice was Jacob!

SE13Mummy · 05/06/2010 11:28

I was planning on having 4 children: Bethany, Jacob & Zachary (twins) and Eleanor (aka Ella).

I now have two DDs and haven't used any of those names although DD1 was very nearly Bethany. Eleanor was problematic because my DH doesn't like Ella as a nn and the boys' names sound awful with our surname.

Gangle · 04/06/2010 21:56

Bliss and Fallon for girls, Miles for a boy (was a big Dynasty/Colbys fan)

JaxTellersOldLady · 04/06/2010 21:51

when I was about 7 I got a rabbit and called it Jacqueline. I loved that name and was convinced that when I had children my daughter would be called JAcqueline. Lord knows what i was thinking.

I didnt use it.

FrameyMcFrame · 04/06/2010 21:47

Aurora...

I didn't use that name when I had DD

escorchio · 04/06/2010 18:26

India, Daryl (that Mallory Towers thing again), Beth (oops little women), and Skye. For a boy, it was always going to be Noah. Got three girls, and finally used Skye as a middle name for DD3. No boys, but maybe the next cat....

inmypants · 04/06/2010 17:52

I wanted a boy to be called Bobby - (aka Bobby Ewing)

sockmonkey · 04/06/2010 17:49

As a teen, I loved Aaron for a boy and Selina for a girl... infact I wanted to be called Selina...

Didn't use either.

Kingsroadie · 04/06/2010 17:38

I was obsessed with Samantha. Or Charlotte, but mainly Samantha - I just called my dolls that instead!

FionaCW · 04/06/2010 17:34

When I was eight I wanted the new baby to be called either Princess Snowflake or Jethro. Fortunately no one listened to me! I still kind of like Jethro... especially after NCIS

DooWahDiddy · 04/06/2010 15:52

I used to have a page in the back of my diary when I was about 13/14 with lists of my favourite names for my future children

My taste in names was truly awful Storm, Raven, Tempest & Bliss for girls, can't actually remember any of my choices for boys.

When I was much younger my favourite girls name was Sandy, thats what my doll was named.

LoveJules3 · 04/06/2010 15:37

I wanted
Eden Constance (no reason)
Daniel Louis (Interview with a vampire)

I Have an Eden (DD2) and my DD1's middle name is Constance. My Ds isn't a Daniel or a Louis though!

herjazz · 04/06/2010 14:59

catra (?!) cat for short

so glad I was never a teenage mum

lazycow007 · 04/06/2010 14:53

I wanted twins Bethany and Megan (Beth and Meg)and also wanted to be called Penelope or Naomi when playing dressing up games!! Have used none sufficed to say though know a Penelope and Naomi! Boys names never featured and just as well as i have girls!

TiggyR · 04/06/2010 12:57

Rocco, when I was about 16

And it was a long time before Madonna's.

I went through a phase of really liking the names Karen and Hayley when I was about 12.

chenge · 04/06/2010 10:59

in our school there was a girl who was so beautiful and was the cleanest,though not the smartest of us,,her name was N-Kay,,not kidding,,pronounced en kay,,well my daughter is named something more fitting,,and proper,,

pogleswife · 04/06/2010 10:41

Sandra and Roger - thought they were the coolest names ever when i was 11. Probably from
the Liver Birds, and James Bond.

mummyingreen · 04/06/2010 09:16

I was quite influenced by the Phoenix family and wanted boys called Leaf and River and a girl called Rainbow. Luckily my dds have escaped that fate since I was about 13 at the time!

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