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What was your baby *almost* called? Does it fit him/her?

34 replies

Starberries · 11/06/2010 23:13

What names did you nearly choose for your DC's? Would it suit them now? Is it the same style as the one you chose?

DP is 3 months pregnant and we have a few set in stone, wondering if by 9 months we'll choose something completely different!

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Clary · 11/06/2010 23:45

DS1 was always the name he is.

DD I honestly can't remember what else was on list.

DS2's first and middle names were nearly the other way around (then he would have been George - still like that actually but not sure it's quite him).

More interesting maybe is the "wrong" names (ie the names for sex we didn't get); we would have Ella, George (those 2 then became DD and DS2 second names) and Agnes! Oh yes rather nice actually.

springheeledjack lol @ Edith as buttoned up name! Know what you mean tho. Delilah is lovely tho, please don't regret it.

SecretSlattern · 11/06/2010 23:41

DD2 was almost Nicola, right up until she was born, all through pregnancy. She became Emma the next day though.

thisisyesterday · 11/06/2010 23:29

linus, lars and nico

would have been very fab

SpringHeeledJack · 11/06/2010 23:27

DD2 was almost Edith

I looked at her serious and slightly worried little face on the way to get her registered and wailed "we can't give her a such serious buttoned up name! let's call her something fancy instead"

...we called her Delilah. Edith would've suited her much better. Still regret it

3andahalfmonkeys · 11/06/2010 23:23

ds1 was daniel but within 8 hours we had changed our mind to matthew - he didn't look like a daniel and is a matthew. so with dd we didn't choose any names and chose what suites her.

Imarriedafrog · 11/06/2010 23:23

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AllSheepareWhite · 11/06/2010 23:21

DH was adamant that if she was a boy she would be called Jan Venegoor or Tamerlane, so glad she was a girl so I didn't have to explain for the hundreth time that no child of mine will be named after a dutch footballer or a bloodthirsty 14th Century conqueror!

Haliborange · 11/06/2010 23:20

DD1 could have been Natasha or Scarlett. Either would work, although when I have mentioned it people say "but she is such an Amelia".

Funnily enough I have since had DD2 and did not use Natasha, even though I still love it.

thisisyesterday · 11/06/2010 23:17

ds2 should have been Lars. I suits him perfectly and I wish I had used it

ds3 should have probably maybe been Nico