What did you think were great baby names when you were younger and how do you feel about them now?

[Sunbird24]

Found an old diary from when I was about 9, and apparently I was adamant if I had 2 daughters they would be called Bethany Jade and Jenna Sylfae. I don’t hate those names now but they probably wouldn’t make the shortlist!

Did anyone else have names picked out for future children a long time in advance? Did you end up using them or have a complete change of heart?

I was going to call my DD Posy obviously was obsessively reading Ballet Shoes.

Until you mentioned that book, I was waiting to hear of her two siblings: Perkin and Pootle

My twin girls were to be Bianca and Claudia. Because classy.

Bianca was one of mine, from the 'Rescuers' film I think.

Sabrina (Charlie's Angels) and Nadia (gymnast) were others.

I do know a Bianca and a couple of Nadia's and still like the names but didn't use them.

I have two girls. One has a name that I've loved since I was 11 years old and the other has a name I hated and vowed I'd never use, until I changed my mind about 2 days before she was born!

I was going to have twins - Jessica and Elizabeth like Sweet Valley High 🤣🤣

I was going to have boys called Erryn (?) and Dylan, which I thought was pronounced die-LAN 😂

I remember really liking Ashley for a girl, it sounded so cool and American to 8 year old me.

I wanted twins called Catherine and Caroline. The most vile woman I ever met had one of those names and I went off the other.

I wanted Jacob, Issac, Isaiah and Lazarus. I'm not at all religious I just really liked biblical names. DS was not named any of those. If I were to have girls they would have been India and Sydney. I'd still use Sydney.

I liked Poppy, Isabel and Olivia for girls, Roman, Felix and Ethan for boys.

I was about 10 (so 25+ years ago). People told me they were silly names.

We didn't use them when we had kids because they were too popular! I was ahead of the curve.

Samuel James
Ruby Jayne

Neither of my children are called this

Trudie, Annabella and Sabine. None of which made the shortlist!

Donna-Marie, Lexie and Lilly for girls and Josh for a boy. I wouldn't consider any of these names now!

Tabitha and Jemima. No boys names.

Neither got used!

My name for my daughters in the late 80s (mid secondary school) were Frankie and Caitlin (pronounced Kate-Lyn - I actually do still like the correct pronunciation) HIDEOUS

My dolls were called Star, Moon, Sophie and Jessica. I actually used one of those names.

When my daughter was born my brother asked why I hadn't named her Renee. I had no idea what he was talking about but apparently when I was a kid I said if I ever had a daughter I'd name her Renee after the character in Ally McBeal 🤷🏻‍♀️ I also remember loving the name Ysabelle after a bloody squirrel (yes, 🐿) in a book I loved as a kid 😂

@RosieLemonade

My dolls were called Star, Moon, Sophie and Jessica. I actually used one of those names.

While Star, Moon and Sophie were enjoying their lives at the advertising agency, poor old Jessica was busy rotating shelves at Boots...

Shannon.

There was a baby Shannon in Coronation Street who I thought was incredibly cute. Lots of hair.

I didn't end up having a baby Shannon, but I did have 2 DDs with lots of hair

@Shesapunkpunk

My name for my daughters in the late 80s (mid secondary school) were Frankie and Caitlin (pronounced Kate-Lyn - I actually do still like the correct pronunciation) HIDEOUS

What other way is there to pronounce Caitlin? Is it an Irish way?

@RosieLemonade

My dolls were called Star, Moon, Sophie and Jessica. I actually used one of those names.

I do hope it was star or moon.

I was always going to have two boys, Ben and Miller. Decided that when I was about 13 I think ... fast forward 35 years and my Ben is 17 but I only had the one. One day I will be getting a dog and he will be my Miller :)

Love this I wanted 4 girls called Paris, tayla, Aliyah and kelsi. Safe to say I don’t like those names now

I was going to have two girls called Toni and Terri! This was in the early 90s!!

I wanted daughyers called Kayleigh ( after the Marillion song) and Simone. Then I read the St Claire's books and I wanted a Claudine too.

DD has none of those names!

I loved the name Olivia when I was little but wouldn’t use it now. And Henry or Joshua for a boy. Didn’t use either for DS