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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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kimbles1984 · 03/06/2010 17:33

as a child i had imaginary twin children called Jamie and Elise, and as a teenager i was adament that my future children were to be named Atlanta Dreamer (girl) and Joshua Clayton (boy) so glad i didnt have a baby girl in my teen years

funkychunkymunky · 03/06/2010 17:29

*out

funkychunkymunky · 03/06/2010 17:29

My mum had my baby brother when I was only 7. When she asked me what I wanted to call the baby I said:

  • Pebbles for a girl
  • Bambam for a boy.
I really liked the Flintstones! Turns outh that he plays the drums so Bambam would have been apt!

I called all my dolls Sally or Katie.

posieparker · 03/06/2010 17:23

There is nothing pretentious about Roman, I have one.

mazzystartled · 03/06/2010 15:25

Stella and Roman
(pretentious, moi?)

NotSoRampantRabbit · 03/06/2010 15:24

Brian

LadyWellian · 03/06/2010 15:22

Was mortified next time I saw Brookside after giving birth to DD and realising we had given her the same name as Rachel Jordache's baby... (or Jordache copied us, more like.)

LadyWellian · 03/06/2010 15:19

Had an elaborate game as a teenager with a few friends where we planned (theoretically) to repopulate the world using a gene pool only made up of our 6th-form mates and doing our best to avoid interbreeding. Of course all the hypothetical children needed names. Macbeth and Acid were two I recall, although my personal favourites were the twins, Welwyn and Hatfield. Never used them, of course, though might do in the future with cats!

ellesabe · 03/06/2010 15:05

Mark and Chloe

CheeseChomper · 03/06/2010 15:03

When I was a child it was either Shannon or Jade.

As a teenage i'd moved onto more chavtastic names (only thought of girl names though). My girls were going to be called:

Ashleigh-Jaye Mariah
Crystal
Destiny

I'm 6 weeks pg or so now with my first, and I can safely say that those names will NOT be featuring on my list! I such a chavvy 90s teen!

MagalyZz · 03/06/2010 14:38

Fluffles, lol at Sylvia and Goldia. coooool (this is the 14 year old part of my brain saying cool)

MagalyZz · 03/06/2010 14:35

I liked Lydia and Marcus, which I still really like. I couldn't use either though, for different reasons.

The worst names I liked were when I was pregnant. Dahlia! Good grief. What was I thinking. ALso Freesia. Until I realised I was getting confused between the cow and the flower. But I had some really hideous ideas....

Butterpie · 03/06/2010 14:24

Joseph and Mary

Although come to think of it, DD1 is Marianne, so maybe I subconciously remembered...

ambriel78 · 03/06/2010 14:16

I blame the 80's, but after my Mum refused to let me change my name to Tracy or Denise, I was insistant that it would be my childs name, as thought they were very cool
Didn't think at that age that there was a 50/50 chance of having a boy, in my head I'd only ever have a girl.

Did not use either, but do only have a DD, so I was right about that!

bobbiewickham · 03/06/2010 14:15

Bethany for a girl, and I remember being gutted when my sister nicked it.

I liked Daisy, too.

And Juillet

Jared or Jeddeth for a boy.

Still quite like Jared.

Never used any of them.

Wordsonascreen · 03/06/2010 14:02

Starr for a girl (after the drippy hippy in The Lost Boys)

Tate for a boy (no reason just thought it was uber cool)

ChunkyBrewster · 03/06/2010 13:58

When I was five - Dolly Partner or Pollyanna
As a teenager - Galadriel or Louise

I think I hated the name of my DD when I was younger, funnily enough.

AandO · 03/06/2010 13:50

Heavenly or Amber for a girl.

Ethan for a boy.

Have a ds, his name is not Ethan.

mynameis · 03/06/2010 11:11

GinaDavies I DID use a Home and Away name, Chloe called her baby Olivia and I loved it from there. Don't admit that very often in RL though

I adored the name Dale as a teen but as I have been eternally blessed to always have a D starting surname, felt it wouldn't quite go

memphis83 · 03/06/2010 11:05

i was going to call my boy zac after zac morris in saved by the bell! im now pg with a boy and he wont be a zac

asdx2 · 03/06/2010 10:06

I wanted Pagan, Roxanne and Shyloh for girls no doubt inspired by books and films that I had enjoyed.
I didn't use any of them thank heavens.
Never really considered boys names as thought I'd have girls tbh.

thecatatemygymsuit · 03/06/2010 10:05

Damian and Midas (I read too much Jilly Cooper in my teens).
Then had a phase of wanting a Che.
THank god I had a girl!

boodleboot · 03/06/2010 09:57

I really wanted to have a little girl called Epiphany.....Pip. I was even more gutted because a friend of mine was actually born on 6th Jan (which is the date of Epiphany...) and her mum had called her Beth instead!!!!

DastardlyandSmugly · 03/06/2010 08:49

Oh have forgotten I also wanted another girl with Duran Duran's guitarist John Taylor who I was going to call Jonanne

toddlerama · 02/06/2010 23:36

I wanted a girl called Aqua. Bloody hell...I'd forgotten about that...

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