If it was only your decision, what would your babies names be?

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Inspired by another post about mums should have more say in naming their baby… if it was down to you alone to make that choice what would their names be?
my partner vetoed all the names I wanted for my 4 children. He said I was naming future adults not pets….
I wanted Rocco, Rio, Meadow and Dolly.
I Really had to compromise… we have Theodore, Joseph, Charlotte and Vivienne.
I have always called them Teddy, Joey, Lottie and Vivi.
The boys are now teens and like to be known as Theo and Joe.
Lottie never uses her full name. Vivi is only 3 so time will tell.

I named my cats meadow and dolly 😐😬

Paisley or arabella for girls
Darren, callum or Ryan for boys

I have an Elspeth - I’ve never seen it mentioned on here before!

my children would have the same names. It was more important to DH that the children had his surname so we compromised that I’d have my choice of first name. Luckily he liked the names I picked.

although saying that if he had have really hated them I wouldn’t have forced it.

Juliette, Pietro and Vera. I might just get Juliet...

Pearl

Ambrose and Constance

My 20 yr old DD would be called Stella or Sally…. Not Katy.

Yesssssssssss

Isambard and Isis

Very glad DH intervened

Georgie, Florrie and Peter.

I desperately wanted a Fred - wasn't allowed it but did get my second choice!

Matilda and Barnaby.

I chose my kids names, traditional biblical names that are suitable for their lives ahead wherever that takes them, one is moving overseas and her name is a name there

@StarryKnight

An Elspeth mum here too! There is also one in my older dds gym class

Joel and Tabitha

I would have chosen Clara, Maryanne and Jacob.
Didn’t even make middle names.

River and Ezra

Erica Imogen Dylan Connor

I love my children's names and quite happy with them.

There were a couple vetoe'd though that I had loved for years- Honor and Genevieve - still love them and would have quite liked as middle names!

Arietty, Cassius, Atticus, Connor and Astrid all vetoed! As was Lydia because ‘chlamydia Lydia’ 🙄

I, mummy, named both our kids but had to take into account many things (mixed culture + heritage) and made compromises.

Otherwise, my faves were Joshua + Mariella

I love some of these names!! Clementine is gorgeous.

The compromise for me was finding a name that had good nickname potential. But that also fit my partners criteria of being quite traditional.
I couldn’t ever imagine Lottie as a Meadow now. 😬 or Vivi as a Dolly!
Vivienne was my favourite compromise, as I do love the full name as well as her nickname. We get lots of comments on her name.

I also have an Elspeth! It’s quite a rare name I think…

I wanted Angus for DS. Wasn’t allowed.

Stella or Bramble for a girl.

Ralph or Elliott for a boy.

Bramble is so lovely! Not heard of that as a name before.