What are your children called?

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Hi everyone!
Im due my second baby at the end of this year and am struggling with names!
I was wondering if any of you would be willing to share the names you’ve called your children or names of grandchildren/neices/nephews etc.
Sometimes I think it’s nicer to hear about people’s actual choices, whether they regret or love their choice, how it suits their child etc.
I have read through almost every list going - thought this might be a different way to get some ideas!
Thank you so much

I would've used Sebastian, Gabriel, Tabitha and Tallulah if I'd dared. But we gave them normal names. I also like Kit.

Sixtus. Don’t be disgusting.

The boy and the girl. When nosy people asked me what I was going to call them when I was pregnant I used to say “Ulysses” which I’m now regretting not using for DS.

Gary is underrated to be fair. I think it's due a comeback!

For girls, old fashioned names seem to be making a comeback

Beatrice, Alice, Esmee, Maeve

I had Imogen and Felicity on our girl list. I think our boy list just had Stanley on it apart from the name we chose for DS.

My DD and DS have traditional timeless names but are in the top 20

I didn't call DD Sophia, if that helps.

Family names

Thomas
James
Patrick
Edward
Joseph
Max
Stanley
Stephen
William
George
Declan

Rebecca
Harriet
Anna
Phoebe
Elizabeth
Elsie
Rose
Josephine
Bridie
Hannah

I always really liked the name Andromeda, after watching Clash of The Titans, as a child. Alas it never happened.

Sorry but your wrong but its actually 6th in Latin

I met a baby Mabel the other day and thought it was a lovely name.

My children both have uncommon names, the combination of the two would make it absolutely clear it was me posting should someone who knows me read it

My dad was dreadful with names so I was called Number 2 Daughter by him mostly. DS has a short, three letter name as his surname is quite long. I was going to call him Amy if he’d been a girl.

I had a car called Gary, my most recent one is called Gus and I have a female kitten with a boy’s name as I was told she was male. By the time I found out her sex, I’d already registered her at the vets and insured her and couldn’t be bothered to change it.,

Farquhar and Farquharson.
And that’s just the girls.

Knobhead

I don't think many posters will be willing to say their children's names in case it outs them.

I will say that I liked the sound of my son's name with our surname because they start with the same letter. (Example Sam Smith) I just thought it sounded cute and flowed well and in my family middle names are usually to honour someone else (like a late relative) and never just random names.

I will as mine are all top 20/30 & all are adults so very few security issues.

Jack, Thomas, Poppy & Mia.

I very rarely call either of them by their actual names. It’s either a diminutive of their names or a pet name or something random.

Thinking about it, I very rarely get called my own name, I’m mom or darling or a pet name from my family or a shortening of my name. Even a nick name based on my maiden name (that I haven’t been called for 25+ years) by my school friends.

so, don’t sweat it. Choose something you love and trust The process.

Love bug
Baby bear
Hey you!
oi! Quit it
sweetheart
mama’s boy

My adult DC is called Jack, I doubt this is 'outing'

Do you also want our mother’s maiden name, first pet's name and the road we grew up on?

Ethel & Gary.

I like Annie

There have been a LOT of posts recently asking things like tell us your name/where you were born/live. They may be legitimate but that's a lot of potential information harvesting about MN users.

Please don't ask for or give away sensitive personal information

I loved but couldn’t or didn’t use, Gabriel, Honor,