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

Names I considered but didn’t use
Alasdair (probably would never be spelt correctly)
James
Richard
Ursula
Victoria
Samantha

Stella and Carling

Here are some names of kids I know

Maisie
Barnaby
Isabella
Arthur
Noah
Wilf
Amelia
Arlo
Theo
Archie
Toby

Although I’m sure there’s nothing there you won’t have thought of yourself as all quite popular names at the moment.

I wanted something that wasn't out there unique but also not a name you hear too often so went with Damien, hence the username 😁

Ethel and Edna.
Not really it's too outing. But I do think Ethel should make a comeback :)
I always wanted Estella for a girl, from Great Expectations.

Bohemian and Rap

I’ll tell you what I wanted

Leonora
&
Gabriel

Still think they’re beautiful names

Just your card number please

Why not just ask your friends, Google or ChatGPT?

Ogbert and Nigel.

I met a baby Oslo at swim class this week, thought that was real cute

There's Norway he was swimming at that age.

If I'd had girls they would have been Eleanor Catherine and Harriet Alice. They came out with penises.

DH’s aunt knew a Thor, but she lives in Norway. I’m not sure it would work in Britain.

Always wished I was named Clemency. Clemmie for short. Sadly I was born in the mid 60s and given a name that eleventy billion other girls born in the middle 60s were given.

I'm Thor.
Ooo I'm Thor too. You can get cream for that.

Spartacus

Ours are Oliver William and James Alexander, two very common names I’m sure so not worried about it being “outing” at all.

Ivy
Martha
Ned
Stanley

Sssh, don’t tell anyone I’m here. I’m meant to be ironing my husband’s fringe x

I feel your pain. My name was top three for something ridiculous like 20 years! You cant throw a stone without hitting someone with my name. There were four of us in my (small) primary school class alone.

Horrible as you became "Jane B, Jane L and Jane T" (not my real name) Although in DD's class there were two Lily-Maes and Gracie-Maes. Although I did laugh when an insufferable woman I used to work with chose the dreaded Neveah as it was "unique", and fuck me didnt she go on about it, and then there were two others in her DD's reception class.

My DS is Theo Alexander. I wanted 2 strong names (they are both Greek) and as he was a rainbow baby, I chose Theo as it means Gift from.God.

If I had had a girl, I would have chosen Annabelle Elise. I also found a name in my family tree that I really like - Alexina.

Girls names we loved but didn't use
Lucia
Emily
Gabriella
Alba
Sophia

Boys names
Oran
Lachlan
Brodie
Harris
Ruairidh

DH is Scottish and my family are European so in the end we picked names which worked in both languages

If I remember rightly from my years of watching Thomas the Tank Engine videos, Henry (like Edward, Gordon and James) was a tender engine not a tank engine!

For boys, we never managed to agree on a shortlist, but my personal one would include:

James
Edward
William
Richard
Sebastian

For girls, we liked

Sarah
Caroline
Catherine
Charlotte
Emily
Elizabeth
Eleanor
Victoria
Alice
Lucy
Stephanie

Our two daughters and two cats all had names from that list!

If I’d had my way:
Marnie
Elenie
Genevieve