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What are your children called?

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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

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LadySuzanne · 18/10/2025 10:04

LadySuzanne · 18/10/2025 10:02

Obsidian and Bodkin.

We were considering Gynuara,

But that would have been Obs & Gyn.

Lifestooshort71 · 18/10/2025 10:15

Children in 40s and GC early 20s - we all picked names that were in regular use at the time but not heard every day (iykwim). So, none that jump out and say 'how do you spell/pronounce that then you pretentious dingbat?' and none that get yawned at/are instantly forgettable. We also looked at possible diminutives and nicknames.

OrangeAxolotyl · 18/10/2025 10:20

Anybody else like the sound of "Pretentious Dingbat"?

PickAChew · 18/10/2025 11:54

OrangeAxolotyl · 18/10/2025 10:20

Anybody else like the sound of "Pretentious Dingbat"?

Depends on the surname. It would be a bit of a mouthful with Farquhar-Poppleton but Pretentious Dingbat Jones would be a splendid name.

OrangeAxolotyl · 18/10/2025 12:45

PickAChew · 18/10/2025 11:54

Depends on the surname. It would be a bit of a mouthful with Farquhar-Poppleton but Pretentious Dingbat Jones would be a splendid name.

It would. Imagine shouting that in Aldi!

Shineonyoucrazy · 18/10/2025 17:05

Shortlist sans actual names - DD: Annie , Rosa, Louise DS: Keir, James, Edward. Their dad named them from a shortlist I approved.

cupfinalchaos · 18/10/2025 17:07

Why on earth would you want to know some random person’s child’s name? Does it matter?

mazedasamarchhare · 18/10/2025 18:44

We had five girls names we liked: Annie, Daisy, Rosemary, Guinevere (she has one of those names)
we had five boys names we liked: Alfred, Jasper, Rupert, Lawrence, James (he has one of of those names)

Dliplop · 19/10/2025 00:15

OrangeAxolotyl · 17/10/2025 22:26

Field
Mountain
Volcano
Plateau
Escarpment (nn Scarpy)

Actually mine are a bit Mountain and Volcano. Maybe DH will let us rename them

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