Would you use the same names if your were naming now?

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the what would you call a daughter now thread made me think

Would you use the same names for your children if they were born today?

I would for my two daughters (both names mentioned on that thread, both my favourites still.)

But I might reconsider for my son's name - I like it, it suits him but I am not sure if I had a baby today (miracle of human physiology!) I would use it again.

I have two boys and love both their names. However, DS1's name has just skyrocketed in terms of popularity. I thought it would be a recognised but unusual choice. Now there are billions of them, so for that reason alone I might reconsider it now (although I can't imagine him being called anything else!)

We did much better with DS2, have only come across one other since we had him 3 years ago.

Now expecting DC3 so the pressure to find a name is starting again!

DS1 - would use the same name, although it isn't very exciting and is popular for dogs.

DS2 - I would have campaigned harder for my first choice, Jacob. He is called a compromise name, Nathan, which I love but DH doesn't pronounce 'th' properly so avoids saying it.

DD has a nickname-type name which I love but I would give her the full version if I had the chance to name her again. I didn't because I had a girl with that name in my class when DD was born.

I wish more people would reveal the actual names as its a very interesting topic!

My DD is Natalie, a name I've always loved, turns out it's quite unusual these days (she's only met one other Natalie under the age of 20 and it is number 297 in the baby names list). She is 12. She likes it because it means 'born at Christmas' and her birthday is in June :)

I'm a bit meh about her middle name (Jane) which balances out 3 syllable first and surnames when you say them out loud. Jane is nice and classic, I just might have chosen something else.

Eldest DD name is popular but all the others are naughty ... makes me wonder ... In nusery I would have to say no!! Name ... B not T .. just to make sure.
DD2 has a popstars name who came after her birth ... so a bit cringy but suits her.
DS has his dads middle name.

I no, I wouldnt change them.

Okay grumpy I've repasted mine and added in the names but slightly changed as it's easier to be spotted when you have two!

DS1 (Craig) had a compromise name which was chosen from the 2 compromises we agreed on. I sometimes wish we'd gone for the other one (Gregor). However, when we had DS2 (Keir) I got closer to what I would have chosen for DS1 (Kerr) given free choice. He has a more unusual name than DS1 however if we'd use the alternative compromise name for DS1 then we couldn't have used the name we did for DS2 as they are difficult to say together.

So after all that, I don't know :o

Yes for dc1, 2 and 4. They are as perfect now as when we chose them.

Dc3 has my preferred name as her middle name as dh really doesn't like it. I would switch her first name and middle name round the 'right' way

Oh yes I would. Dd's name suits her perfectly and she likes it. DS we wavered between 2 names but I thought one was more him once he arrived and I am so sure now he's at school that it's right.
Both names reflect people we admire :)

myotherusernameisbetter thanks! That's brilliant. I love all your name choices.

My son has a friend up the road called Gregor (Scottish Dad, but we live in the south of England) and it sounds so amazing in a Scottish accent.

I had a boyfriend at school called Keir - always viewed it as a strong name!

grumpy despite all that, our neighbours (south african) think they are called Greg and Kea (as in Ikea) :o

grumpy

I have an Isabella, Alexander and Lily. Very popular names that I still love but I would have liked Francesca for dd2. Dc4's name is a very very unusual family name so will keep that to myself for now!

A sleb recently used my son's (unusual) name for a child; I doubt it will have a huge popularity surge but I'd have chosen something different if I'd known.

I would use the same name, but be more insisistent that the full name be used instead of a shortened version. She was 3 years old before I realised that the nickname had stuck and it was too late to change it. now everyone (except me) uses the nickname.

I would change my eldest dc name. I was 17 when I had her so she got a 'cool' americanised name. She is 13, she likes it and we don't know another one so that's a bonus. I also wish I would have named my 2 year old ds George. I adore it and it's a family name. He was born around the same time as Prince George and I had my heart set on it. Kate pipped me to the post and gave birth first and it really put me off. I can see him being schooled with a few of them but it's still one of my favourite names of all

DC1 - yes I would choose a different name now
DC2 - No , I 100%love the name

Yes, I am convinced that DS has the best possible name and would definitely choose it again given the choice. He absolutely loves it, too. I feel quite smug about it, actually!

Nope. Loved them then and still love them now. I have 5DC so am loathe to name I'm afraid, but despite all being in the top 15 since DC 1 was born 23 years ago to DC5 7 years ago, I wouldn't change any of them.

They were chosen because we loved the names. All suit perfectly.

I dont know if I would choose the same names because I might be a different person.

However, I am happy with my DC's names.