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What are your children called?

184 replies

Otterlyadorable · 17/10/2025 19:22

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

OP posts:
HugoYorway · 17/10/2025 19:48

Beaux-Lilah and Maci-Lea

BloominNora · 17/10/2025 19:50

Algen · 17/10/2025 19:26

Didn’t some politician actually do that?

Rees Mogg called his sixth child Sixtus! (poor kid)

HugoYorway · 17/10/2025 19:51

@Hoardasurass , The child in question was named after a saint. Pope Sixtus II - Wikipedia

ThatshallotBaby · 17/10/2025 19:51

Also Valentina, Rosabel, Fabian and Basil.

Hotvimtoandwaffles · 17/10/2025 19:52

Boris, Boristoff, Borisson and Borisette x

BloominNora · 17/10/2025 19:52

If we'd have had another, they would have been Abigail (but we would have used Abby) or William

FlamingoBiscuits · 17/10/2025 19:57

Names on our lists:

Martha
Imogen
Etta
Rosa/Rosie

William
Thomas
Joseph
Theo

autumn2025 · 17/10/2025 19:57

Names I liked before naming them.

Bailey
Oscar
Jack
Jax
Julian
Ava
Sienna
Leah
Poppy
Holly
Athena

mondaytosunday · 17/10/2025 19:58

We strongly considered Zoe, Sienna, Ava, Samuel, Scarlet. We were really stuck in boys names. Couldn’t use Samuel as that was somebody’s middle name in the immediate family (stepson). My kids names are not unusual but very uncommon so I won’t state them here. Hers is from a book (make character), his from a movie.
Most recent additions in my extended family are Autumn and Darcy (girl) and Martha.

Wadadli · 17/10/2025 19:58

Chlamydia and Syphilis

Mykidsnames · 17/10/2025 20:02

Name changed just for this

No particular order
Constantine
Lorenzo
Eleanor
Lloyd

madnessitellyou · 17/10/2025 20:02

Mine are Esmerelda and Kermit. Kermit is a family name. Nickname Kermie.

We considered Edamame for a girl but someone said it’s some sort of vegetable? I still think it’s lovely though.

HugoYorway · 17/10/2025 20:02

Etta-Pi

828Pax · 17/10/2025 20:03

Names i considered but didn't use
Sophia
Bella
Molly
Elena
Milly
Matilda

Babany · 17/10/2025 20:03

Alexander, Milla, Jonah and Max.

I've named changed so hi to anyone who knows me 👋🏻

Hesma · 17/10/2025 20:09

@Otterlyadorable what’s your eldest called? Maybe people can suggest names that go with it

Bwiblestix · 17/10/2025 20:23

CrispsPlease · 17/10/2025 19:30

Would you like their years of birth and my first school and my mother's maiden name ?

Get real. You are an anonymous person with a random username which, given your desire to protect your personal information, I doubt you use on any other platform. What could anybody ascertain by knowing your children's names? This is a genuine question.

ladygindiva · 17/10/2025 20:24

Otterlyadorable · 17/10/2025 19:25

Okay I realise maybe this isnt going to get me any sensible ideas so maybe just names you considered for your children or names you liked but couldnt use??

This I can do
Boys: Edward, Sebastian, Joel, Alexander, Patrick
Girls: Marnie, Nora
I had enough girls to use all my favourite names but no boys

HugoYorway · 17/10/2025 20:25

@Bwiblestix , someone might recognise the names and look at your other posts.
It was a valid point.

Okiedokie123 · 17/10/2025 20:27

Mushroom, Tumbleweed, Pineapple and Tablecloth!

planing · 17/10/2025 20:53

I dont have kids but name wise me and my siblings go like this.
Eldest girl=ploy.
Twins girls = robin & finch
Me girl= bible.
Brother= barr.
Twin boys = clay & oak.
Last twins girls = saffron & thyme.

FastFood · 17/10/2025 21:02

No kids but if I have had female dogs, they would be called Daphne, Margotte (the o pronounced like in Bergamot, which is also an excellent name) or Antoinette.

Ladamesansmerci · 17/10/2025 21:08

Names of children I know of:
Genevieve
Ella
Otto
Wolfgang
Henry
James
Charlie
Connor
Madison
Rupert

My baby:
Daisy

Names I love:
Harriet
Eloise
Scarlet
Delilah
Lily
Emilia
Anya

caringcarer · 17/10/2025 21:12

NotSayingBotBut · 17/10/2025 19:26

It was going to be Thomas and Henry but my DH said they sounded like tank engines, so they're called something else non- train related.

🤣that is so funny.

caringcarer · 17/10/2025 21:14

Recent DC to join extended family are Poppy and Theo.

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