What odd names did you consider when pregnant and hormonal?

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My eldest is in his 20s, yet I can clearly remember thinking Roy and Hugh were really strong contenders when expecting him (thankfully not for long, he wasn’t born in the 1940s or 50s when those names might have been mainstream).

So what names did you consider that now you think WTF?

Anemone

DD1... Boudicca
DD2... Edelweiss

My now 8yo DD2 thinks Boudicca is a really cool name and thinks I should have used it for her.

The name Devon for a boy or a girl. Eek

Ariadne. I am not sophisticated enough in manner or accent for shouting that in the playground and it sounds dreadful with my surname.

Gracie-Mae

When I was pregnant with dd 9yrs ago I had a thing for the name promise lol no idea why. I put it down to hormones. It lasted for about a month till I thought wtf are you thinking lol

Kennedy Or Nova for a girl. I LOVED Kennedy and wanted her to be nicknamed Kenny… luckily I had a boy

Ariel (as is Sharron, no as in aerial)
Chad
Owen (have really gone off this, for no reason)

A boy not named Kenny BTW

Sullivan

Boys:Zephyr, Sylvan and Oberon.
Girls: Eartha and Persephone.

We didn't use any of those names and I'm glad about that!

Cherry as a middle name. Was talking about it recently with child who avoided it and I'm now thinking it would have really suited her and is quite cute.

My MIL's name. I suggested it as an option to several people. They kept looking at me weirdly. I had somehow totally disassociated it from her. I don't even like the name

Coco. For dd now 19. Still like it tbh

Jeffery.... I just thought Jeffery was so incongruous for a baby it would actually be cute...

... but then he did end up being called Hugh

I'm still thinking Fox..

My surname is Grills 👀

Gaylord and Mungo for boys.
My sister bollocked me.

Echo Bliss for DD1! Until a friend said it sounded like a cheap wine

@Nitw1t
I flirted with Roger for a bit

My absolute favourite name for a girl is Agatha(yes huge Christie fan) but vetoed by stxdh. I still love it and while I think the name we chose for DD suits her I still wish for an Agatha.

There are 2 current threads running on here asking for opinions on the names Cape and Swan……hopefully the OP’s will have second thoughts and in years to come will think WTF 😝

Balonz- just kidding!

@Nitw1t

Jeffery.... I just thought Jeffery was so incongruous for a baby it would actually be cute...

... but then he did end up being called Hugh

Whoops! For what it’s worth I do like Hugh, I just couldn’t see a baby one.

Cyril-pregnancy does weird things to me and I fell in love with it

Thankfully my sons nursery teacher told me straight up that I wasn’t naming him Cyril and she was a bit scary so I changed my mind

I wanted hope for a girl along with rainbow or honey (which sounds awful with my Yorkshire accent)

Amber was another but another son thankfully came out a boy-we really thought we where having a girl

Still love the names charm or bronte but I’m not having anymore babies

My daughter wants Luna but I pray she changes her mind-it’s a bit overused

Ocean or Ramona