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

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

ds3 should have probably maybe been Nico

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.

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!

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.

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

linus, lars and nico

would have been very fab

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

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.

ds was going to be Max, until MIL bought dd a baby Max doll!
Though it wouldn't have suited him anyway

DS was between his name and Oliver...He most definately suits his current name.

Love love love the name Oliver, but it's most definately NOT his name

awww thanks Clary!

loved Ruby and Rueben, would almost consider having dc 3 (but not quite!!)

SpringHeeledJack that is so funny!

Both lovely names though, you couldn't go wrong.

dd was going to be Thomas. I didn't have any girls' names because I couldn't imagine being a mum to a girl.

It still wouldn't suit her.

Wanted Erland for ds, but dh wouldn't hear of it. Chose other exotic unpronouncable Scandinavian name, which actually seems to suit him better.

Husband wanted isambad kingdom brunel - first dc was a girls so all breathed sigh of relief

My DS was going to be Luca/Luka or James. We had no preference - loved them both! As soon as we saw him though he was def a James through and through. Even now at 19 months he's def a James and doesn't suit Luca/Luka at all! I'm pleased tho as James is such a long standing family name (both first and middle name). We gave him the nickname JJ (James Junior) for the first couple of weeks but had to ask everyone to stop calling him it as he's def a James and nothing else suits him!

On the other hand my sister chose the names Amber and Holly for her 2nd child. If she was born in December or January she'd have been called Holly but she was 2 weeks overdue and came on 7th Feb so my sister called her Amber. It's a shame as even now, at 12 years old, she is def a Holly not an Amber (in my opinion). My sister did say a couple of years ago she wished Amber was born on time (in Jan) as Holly suits her much more with her dark brown hair and hazel eyes. Maybe I'll steal the name if I have a DD?!

I love the name Emma-Leigha for a girl. She could be called by the full name ie like Emily but with an a (Enily-a) or just Emma or Emmy or Em or Emma. So many variations but my DH HATES it so bang goes that name that I vowed to call my first daughter for the past decade! Oh well you win some you lose some! Lol

LOL at Imarriedofrog and thisisyesterday having identical taste! Ds1 should have been Sam but then I decided a Sam wouldn't have dark hair as ds1 had at birth. Think I was a bit baby-bluesy! Anyhow, he did later turn blond.

ds4 was hayden from 20 week scan when he arrived i immediately felt it didnt suit him as it meant littlle fiery one when he arrived stretched both hands yawned and went back too sleep . he is still very placid. he ended up as gabriel a name that we'd both discounted during pregnancy and it suits him perfectly.

DS1 was very nearly Callum until a last minute change of heart.

I wanted DS2 to be Oliver, but with DS2 having quite a traditional name I wanted something a bit fancier

DD had no name until about 2 weeks before. Pregnancy hormones must have taken over as while I like the name I chose, if I could name her again I would. I wanted her to be an Olivia and I still do

DD was almost Alice, which I think would also suit her.

A small part of me felt that she didn't suit the name we chose until a couple of weeks ago when she started to turn her head when I called her it. Now it's just her name