What would your parents have named you if you were a boy?

[MrsMongoose]

Or a girl, if you're a man!

I'd have been Ross Lewis Surname.

Ancio outs self

Just terrible.

It's interesting how a name (or potential name in this case) can be so 'of an era'. I reckon the ages of a lot of the posters here could be guessed approximately by their answers?! I'm seeing loads of what I would class as 80's names here!

Jason.

It was considered sophisticated and unusual in that particular year.

Johan

Matthew

Stephen. She saved it for my brother anyway.

I was lucky to get the boring 70's name I got, she was desperate to call me Pamela, my dad vetoed it. No offence to any Pamela's out there but I am so not one and was more than happy at school to disappear behind the 5 other Sarah's in my class.

Bertie.

I like Elliot, but not too sure about Oswald (was that after O Mosley) it's a bit like Adolf.

A lot of Rorys - have you Welsh / Irish parents?

Christopher William (william after my late grandfather)

Andrew

So would have been 1 of four in my class

Instead I had a ridiculously common girls name so was one of 5!

Matthew John, then my younger sister would have been Matthew John, then the twins would have been Matthew and John but they were both girls. My mother only wanted boys

thomas ( maybe thomas william)

Declan

David Mark. DB was born 18 months later so he got that name

Gabriel. Then by the time they had my brother their best friends had just had a Gabriella so they felt they couldn't use it for him either.

Thomas. 6 years later my brother came along and they completely changed their minds.

Andrew or Timothy . My ds miiddle name is one of them, in honour.

Thomas Joseph, after my father.

Was named after my grandmother instead

Michael. typical for the age.

Ricky Lee

Duncan, because they had a thing about Scotland (my parents are not Scottish, we do not and never did live in Scotland).

Richard. Boring!

Stephen

Joseph Michael

Rupert

Timothy