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When you were growing up, what did you imagine your DC would be called?

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AnnieApple123 · 16/12/2022 14:47

And have you ended up using any of those names?

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almondflake · 16/12/2022 20:37

I was having Finty for a girl and Danny for a boy . I had both and didn't use either names .

Squooka · 16/12/2022 20:37

Jemimapinotduck · 16/12/2022 20:18

Courtney-morgan (yes hyphenated) and Jordan Tyler, none of my kids have names that resembles those at all 😂

Ooh, bullet dodged for Courtney-Morgan. People would think she was a firm of accountants

Essexgirlupnorth · 16/12/2022 20:40

I always liked Abigail but I have an name starting with a A and so does my husband so he banned names starting with A as gets confusing with post and is a bit Kardashian

workiskillingme · 16/12/2022 20:41

I wanted to have a daughter called Perlane- don't ask 😂

SzeliSecond · 16/12/2022 20:41

Jamie-Leigh and Ethan...

Nope and nope!

embolass · 16/12/2022 20:45

Sheena - after Sheena Easton 😂(nope)

TheYearOfSmallThings · 16/12/2022 20:48

I wanted to have twins called Charles and Charlotte. I was on the fence whether Charles and Charlotte should be human children or Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.

Pallisers · 16/12/2022 20:48

Cassandra and Finian

mitsy5 · 16/12/2022 20:50

Crystal (I was born in the 80s) or Atlanta or Destiny because that’s what Tony from East 17’s daughters were called.

DaisyDaisyDoesHe · 16/12/2022 20:56

If I had a girl it would have been Lily as I loved the character in the 80's fantasy film Legend. It then became ridiculously popular the last 10 years and put me off it. Had a baby boy anyway.

Ilovedthe70s · 16/12/2022 20:59

Rosalie and Roxanne,
didn’t use either

Spendonsend · 16/12/2022 21:01

Zachary and Amy.
Didnt use either.

Squeezedsquash · 16/12/2022 21:04

Peter and Gillian. They were both names I used to think of as watery, reminding me of bubbling streams.

I have no idea what I was thinking…

OrionsAccessory · 16/12/2022 21:10

I was going to have girls and give them boys names like Charlie, Tony and Andi. I did have girls but they all have very nice girls’ names rather than basic middle aged man names.

RebeccaCloud9 · 16/12/2022 21:11

Abigail Mary McLeod. That isn't my surname but I wanted it to be!

wannarunfromitall · 16/12/2022 21:11

Elizabeth or Amber or Jade, and Brad or Bailey.

Er no to both

WiseUpJanetWeiss · 16/12/2022 21:13

Simon and Jennifer. Jenny was on mine and ExDH's list for girls, although Kate was at the top. He was a boy, though, and his middle name is Simon. We couldn't use it as his first name because by then one of our close friends was called Simon and that would have been weird. However his actual name is nicer. I'm old...

tillynetball · 16/12/2022 21:15

Lydia - was obsessed with it. Didn't use it but do still quite like it.

Figgypudding123 · 16/12/2022 21:15

Stacey (yuk!) and Owen.

I did have an Owen 🙂

LaQuern · 16/12/2022 21:19

Caitlin and Joshua

Quornflakegirl · 16/12/2022 21:21

I truly believed I would have boy/girl twins and planned to name them Brenda & Brandon 😳 or Harrison and Holly 🥴

I now have twin girls but there names are completely different to each other.

catsonahottinroof · 16/12/2022 21:24

Jessica
Tommy or Sam - didn't use any of them

ChristmasBallBall · 16/12/2022 21:25

Always thought if I had a DD I'd call her Molly. But when I was pregnant with DD, it didn't even make my shortlist. Ended up calling her something entirely different.

ginislife · 16/12/2022 21:32

@Squeezedsquash there's nowt wrong with Gillian !!! 😂
Mine was Samantha. I never had children.

AnnieApple123 · 16/12/2022 21:39

Quornflakegirl · 16/12/2022 21:21

I truly believed I would have boy/girl twins and planned to name them Brenda & Brandon 😳 or Harrison and Holly 🥴

I now have twin girls but there names are completely different to each other.

Oh my goodness, Brenda and Brandon! That takes me back. I need to find thst show to watch…

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