Do you love your DC(s) name(s)?

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I always imagined naming my children to be easy; a joy. Of course, the realisation for many is that it's not.

I like DS's name, but frankly it was a decision made a month or so before he was born based on the fact DH and I couldn't agree on anything else.

Second time round and it looks like the same thing will happen.

It just feels like a pretty big decision to make and we've just went, "yeah that one's fine by me"

@Welcometotherock is your daughters name Kirsty/Sarah/Helen? There's just something about those names that I just can't bear!

DDs have what is considered 'posh' names - seen regularly in The Telegraph etc because of DH's a family. I really like them but I would rather they had more working class normal names as they seem out of place where we live.

It has led to much debate in the pregnancies but DH and I came to agreement that so long as they meet what is considered aristocracy names I can have the over-riding say.

I absolutely love my DC's names, in fact I'm quite jealous of them! DH and I agreed on them both.

in fact I'm quite jealous of them

Exactly

This is when you know you nailed your choice.

I wish I had been called my daughter’s name!

I absolutely ADORE my daughters name! We were spoilt for choice as me and my OH have a similar taste in unusual names!

And yes, I'm also jealous of my DD's name!

Yes. DS was either unique or one of two to be given his name in his birth year (ie, it was too rare to have exact numbers given), and it has featured on Mn 'names I wish I'd been brave enough to use' threads. It was my decision, and it came to me in a flash during pregnancy.

It's lovely, and solid, and an actual name, but very underused. He loves it, too, especially as he's in a class at school with three Imogens, three Harrys and a Harrison, two Alices, and two Mohammeds.

I love it! And given the multi-culti, multi-faith gauntlet we had to run for something that works I'm quite proud of myself when people compliment us on it.

We have one DD and I love her name. DH and I have very different tastes in names but we agreed on DD's name years before we even had her. Her middle name is after DH's grandmother but is also a name I love.

We discuss other names if we manage to have more children from time-to-time. He's quite set on a name for a boy but I'm not so keen on it. We've another name for a girl that I also quite like, but not love.

I love DS’s name, it’s after my great grandad and I think it’s so handsome, but also cute for now. I’m expecting again and hoping it’s a boy, because I struggle a lot with girls names

I think it's a shame to feel or put yourself under pressure to have a name ready before the birth. We took nearly a week to decide after all our kids were born.
Love them all -and their names. There are names I would have preferred but are either taken by family members or not a good fit for several reasons...
I found it much easier to find the right name once the baby was born and don't think it matters if taking a few more days means getting the right name.

@Aquiline ooh I'm dying to know what it is!

My daughters name was recorded in the figures for the first time in 2017. 5 babies had her name that year. And the name I have planned for a boy was also only just registered for the first time in the same year with only 3 having the name!

I like it a lot, I can’t imagine her being called anything else! It is misspelled more than I anticipated though and I sometimes feel a little bit guilty about that.

I don’t like her middle name but it was my partner’s mums name (she passed away) so I couldn’t really say no.

Absolutely love my son's name. It's well known in the mainland European country it originates from but unheard of here. It goes well with his surname also from that country. People usually remark that his name combo is 'cool'

Absolutely.
I chose ds1's first name and middle name (after months of agonising over boys and girls names) their dad agreed right away he loved it.

Their dad chose ds2's first name, as soon as he suggested it i loved it, it was totally unexpected (but he had had months to decide as he knew the sex and i didnt😁) I chose middle name (as he wasnt bothered about middle name) and he agreed.
Love them both. Cant imagine any other names i loved as much.

Havent met any others yet the same age as my kids but they arent unusual or 'out there' names at all just boys names!

I like my DCs' names, and most importantly they do too. The only slightly annoying thing is that DC1's name became popular the year after he was born, and DC3's name is getting popular now. I quite like that I was ahead of the trend

Absolutely. Twice in my life I have met someone and my first response upon hearing their name has been 'wow I love your name'. Once when I was about 6, second as an adult (two different names).
I now have two DS's with those names :). Both are known, not too popular and to me the most beautiful sounding names. Dh agrees. We just hope they like them as much as we do!

Yes I do, picked out before they were conceived!

Adore my kids names. And DP "found" them all.

No, I don't.

My DC's name is a family name - he's the fourth generation of it, and eldest son of the eldest son of the eldest son to boot (outing for anyone that knows me!). There wasn't really a choice- it was important to DH and the rest of the family to continue the tradition, which I think is a beautiful thing (hence agreeing!) but I don't like the sound of the actual name.

Also, it's clearly foreign to the U.K. but DC looks like me more than DH, so it's a bit bizarre when I introduce them... imagine a red haired Scot called Françoise or a Polish man called Mohammed (nothing wrong with either, obviously, but hope that really illustrates the dissonance!).

The one girls name that I loved doesn’t go with our surname so we chose something else.

I love mine but they are super popular so I worry they will be/are already slightly dated. I picked them years ago, then changed my mind as heard them a lot, then ended up going with them. One was more DP's choice, I probably would have chosen something more unusual, #2 went with #1!

Ooh yes Aquiline I'd love to know what it is too!

I still love my kids names and what's even better is that they love them too! They're both teenagers now and fortunately their names don't date them as still not that popular especially my DS's name - usually around 25 in the UK according to baby name stats every year (I still like to check )

I love my daughter's name. It is popular but it just felt right. she is 5 months old and we have had so many complements on it.

I'm not sure what we'd call our next baby - I do worry we won't find another name we love anywhere near as much!