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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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GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 02/06/2010 23:30

dylan or lysander
ianthe or jessica

Magdelena · 02/06/2010 23:21

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LadyThompson · 02/06/2010 23:17

When I was a small child,

Jasmine and David (quite conservative really)

When I was a teen,

Septimus Darwin and
Julia Cordelia (was having a big Brideshead Revisited phase)

Don't like any of these now, possibly apart from Septimus (and now I have an Octavia!)

ilovemydogandMrObama · 02/06/2010 22:25

Pele. Met a Hawaiian woman named Pele and she was such a beautiful person. Really strong, but gentle and thought I would name a girl Pele. Never did....

LaRagazzaInglese · 02/06/2010 22:18

Dee and Ashley - bleeugh!

ByThePowerOfGreyskull · 02/06/2010 22:05

charlotte and matthew - I even managed to convince dh when we got together that that is what our children would be called.

we have neither charlotte or matthew

MollieO · 02/06/2010 22:04

Amber and Oliver. Had an Oliver and frankly that was enough .

DinahRod · 02/06/2010 22:03

Jason or Michael

Lucy-Anne or Jade and definitely not.

flier · 02/06/2010 21:53

Caitlin for a girl, as was a favourite book I read as a teenager. Was very well used by the time dd came along so needless to say I didn't use it, as much as I still like it

Shaz10 · 02/06/2010 21:51

Liberty and Roxanne.

Thank god I had a boy.

Cicatrice · 02/06/2010 21:50

Pamela

Not for DS!

YouCantTeuchThis · 02/06/2010 21:50

Kimberly-Jo for a girl
Drew for a boy

helyg · 02/06/2010 21:49

Dylan. But I married one instead!

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maristella · 02/06/2010 21:45

Rosalind
Scarlet
Charlie (girl)
Sophie
Jasmine

Jason
Kieran

I was going to have soooo many children!

Eglu · 02/06/2010 19:52

I wanted Matthew, Summer and Daisy.

vintage · 02/06/2010 19:50

Derek and Evelyn i didnt use either thank God

MrsKitty · 02/06/2010 19:33

Tiffany for a girl, Blue for a boy

MrsJohnDeere · 02/06/2010 19:33

Sally or chloe

stressheaderic · 02/06/2010 19:29

I had dolls called Sandra and Pamela (early 80s...)

janeite · 02/06/2010 19:28
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LuluF · 02/06/2010 19:27

Janeite - I'm totally with you with Morrissey (I even tried to slip it in as a middle name for DS but DH having none of it )

iwasyoungonce · 02/06/2010 19:25

Chloe, Cara, Sadie, Beth.

I didn't plan on having any boys!

teaandcakeplease · 02/06/2010 19:21

Seth was a big one for me. Never did do it.

CrankyTwanky · 02/06/2010 19:21

Freedom.

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