To wish I'd had the bottle to ask woman at park what her 3rd dc was called?

[Mrsgilbertgrape]

one of these small things that will bug me all night :)

She had three beautiful boys (I was there with my 3 beautiful girls ;)) and I heard her calling two of the sons by names I had picked out when pregnant, now I really want to know if the 3rd name would have been as lovely or totally spoiled my opinion of how fab she was at picking boys names!

If you stay in bath and know any siblings called Oscar and Jacob can you please let me know what the other brother is called?

They did have long hair but it was not curly, kind of side fringe and one length to bottom of neck.

I hope the mum does not see this actually, she might get a restraining order out on me! I promise I don't always go around obsessing over other peoples children.

I wonder if the fact her dc were the same age roughly as mine but the diffrent sex made me notice them, like seeing myself in some opposite world (lack of sleep talking now)

I'm with you, MrsGilbert. Love those names... DD (who has a name often derided on here but much praised in RL) would have been Felix. That was the third name

My bet is for Isaac.

and to everybody saying names like Jacob and Oscar are predictable.

Bloody hell.

Mumsnet is so posh.

Round my way the popular names are Rio, Harvey and Tyler.

Oh, and Jacob and Oscar ARE predictable I'm afraid. Just like Rio, Harvey and Tyler.

If I had another child I'd be tempted to call him Derek or Ian, just to swim against the tide. And if it was a girl call her Wendy, Alison or Jane.

A girl I know has two very young children called Annie and Iain, I think it's lovely :)

Ian/Iain seems to be making a bit of a comeback, although we live in Scotland where perhaps it's more popular.

Well, I disagree and I think it's rude.

This is the kind of thing that bugs me too Mrsgilbert.

My DDs would have been Elliot and Gabriel, DD3 (not born yet) would have been Franklin. We're rubbish at boys names, I don't love any of them as much as I love the DDs' names!

we wanted to call DS jacob after his grandad but its just too popular and pretentious round our way :(

bet the other boy was called lucas that is supposedly 'middle class' nowadays

I knew a Jacob and Isaac once - really liked that combo.

Every Jacob I know seems to have a brother called Isaac.

My shadow name was Randolf.

i would've been jason

sorry mrsgilbert i thought you were saying they were drivel ad it looks like someone thought i was saying they were drivel it looks like there was a lot of cross driviling.

I would have been Richard... 60s for me!

No, you are all wrong, it would have been Harry

I would have been Gary BTW (child of the 70s!!)

I will need to ask my mum what I would have been if I was born male but considering my sister was nameless for a month and then they came up with Clare I don't think it would have been adventures.

my 15yo is a Jacob there are a few around i think but most of them are younger. I love it. Love that people think it is predictable drivel, i just named my boys on what i liked not on how to be original or go against social norms blah blah blah!

Yank My dd was going to be Samuel if she wasn't a dd

I didn't have a shadow name. My mum called me [girl's name] from the moment she knew she was pg. My grandmother was convinced I was a boy (no granddaughters up until me) and that I would be gay - charming lady she was

I reckon it was Lucas.

Well my ds2 is Jacob. He was very nearly an Oscar. Therefore the third child was one of the following:
Ben (ds1) or
Leo

Oops I forgot Luca.....

I was nearly a Joanna, never quite forgiven my Mum for not calling me that, I would have been such a cool Jo....

If I was male I would have been Michael....

This thread has made me quite sad that I won't get to name a ds, I love

Noah
Lucas
Leo
Isaac
Jabob
Oscar
Oliver