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.

[AvonCallingBarksdale]

Ancio outs self

Just terrible.

[Repeatedlydoingthetwist]

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!

[Blu]

Jason.

It was considered sophisticated and unusual in that particular year.

[prettymess]

Johan

[VivClicquot]

Matthew

[elvisola]

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.

[VenusRising]

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?

[Ihatepeas]

Christopher William (william after my late grandfather)

[chickensaladagain]

Andrew

So would have been 1 of four in my class

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

[DaisyBD]

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

[sarahtigh]

thomas ( maybe thomas william)

[WeAreSeven]

Declan

[noisytoys]

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

[Xiaoxiong]

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.

[MissHC]

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

[fiishfingers]

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

[WeileWeileWaile]

Thomas Joseph, after my father.

Was named after my grandmother instead

[derektheladyhamster]

Michael. typical for the age.

[MrsPeeWee]

Ricky Lee

[SalaciousBCrumb]

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

[spiderlight]

Richard. Boring!

[Chip86]

Stephen

[bootsycollins]

Joseph Michael

[OneStepCloser]

Rupert

[marssparklesdownonme]

Timothy