When you were a child/teen what baby name were you going to 'definitely' use for future DC's?

[Kirstle]

...And did any of you actually use them?

You have to put the rough year too, so we can spot the trends, if any.

Me:

1991 (I was ten) I wanted Kylie and Trystin. Yes spelled like that. And Kylie had a heart above the 'i'. Ahem

1996 (fifteen) I wanted Phoebe Luna (had an interest in astronomy) and Maxwell Jordan.

Still love Phoebe now, the others...not so much!

Oh, Joshua would have been 2000-ish and Jacqui possibly around 1995.

Around 1992, I wanted a boy called Tristan and girls called Ashleigh and Jade.

Didn't use any of them, I think dh would have been very !

In 1990 when I was 12 I was borderline obsessed with the name Jessica. Didn't use or even contemplate for either dd.

1994 - I was 12
Boy - Feordorcha
Girl - Marisol or Aoife

Haven't used any of them, but I still love them. One of ours DS has an Irish name.

My daughter is currently 10 and has decided her future children will be Ellie, Tiffany, and then two boys called Isaac and Peter.

I always wanted to Avery for a boy and I still secretly love it but DP (and my mother!) have both shot that idea down in flames! We have 2 girls anyway...

Ayeokthen - you just reminded me that I loved Marisol too! Still love the sound of it but wouldn't use it (very common and dull surname!)

This will out me if my classmates are on here but I remember in approx 1994 we had a really boring french teacher and instead of doing work the girls at our table would make lists in the back of our jotters of names we would call our children. We were about 14 at the time.

Mine included Dee-Tails, Paco and Toyota Turcel for a boy

Susannah Rose for a girl

Thankfully i saw the light and none of mine were gifted burdened with any of those.

Leonas same for us! I'm half Spanish and my DP is very Mediterranean looking but with his Scottish surname it would have sounded ridiculous! I love a lot of Spanish names, but with his or my (also very Scottish) name it just wouldn't work

Lysander and Tybalt for boys. GCSE English had a big effect on me obviously

I liked Eloise and Sophia for girls. Wouldn't use any of them now.

1990s: Kaia!

Aged 10: Dimanche for a girl after a sassy character in a book I loved. Boys didn't exist.
Aged 14: Faith after a Buffy character, Nick Jr for a boy because I was going to marry Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys
Aged 16: Hunter for a boy, Oriana for a girl
Aged 18: Twin girls Lillith and Jezabel (goth phase)
Aged 22: Noa for a girl, Vincent for a boy (gaming fan-girl phase)

Had my DD aged 25 and named her something totally normal and sane.

Although I still love Noa.

Me and my now exh, married 1990, liked Stephanie and Elliot. Goodness knows why we discussed names because neither of us wanted children and although divorced for many years neither of us changed our minds.