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

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And have you ended up using any of those names?

I have a piece of paper written in 1987 with a list of "When I'm 25 I will .." and one of the things is ".. have a daughter named Chantelle". She isn't.

Gaia and Seren

I am still convinced I will have a Gaia one day!

Oh yes! I don’t know why I didn’t choose Nancy.

Jamie after a TV character. And yes that's his name

My fictional twins were Cara and Caitlin, as a child/teen it didn’t even cross my mind to imagine a future with any sons.

Now I have a DD and a DS and sadly couldn’t have called DD either of those names due to last name sounding ridiculous with them.

I had imaginary twins. Jonathon and Josephine. Their names were never shortened. They were blonde and wore pale blue. I used to brush their hair and get them ready to go out! 😳😂

Never imagined, find that weird

Emmaline and Tobias - Our eldest is called Emma but we chose a different name for our son.

Rochelle and Natalie.

Portia, Paris, Caitlin, Jane. Didn't use! My DC all have biblical names.

Kai & Reece

Stacey & Carly

No, I didn't use any of them. Nothing even remotely similar

Fuschia, Ramone, Seamus.

Their dad vetoed every one! But in return he did suggest a few I'd always secretly loved.

Haha - no 😂

In about 1983 I was convinced my children would be called Joanne, Louise, Jodie and Amy.

From about 1986 to 1989 they were definitely going to be called Jenna (so 80s!!), Juliette, Amber and Ebony.

In the 90s, Tamsin, Charlotte and Isobel.

In the early 2000s, Kitty and Clea.

In the late 2000s, I briefly considered having a fantasy boy DC as well, so Katherine and William.

My actual (only) DD (born early 2010s), isn’t called any of those names! Though if I did have other DDs I might still consider Katherine/Kitty.

Deenie or Queenie - I was a big Judy Blume fan 😆

Also, my own mum now teases me endlessly about my idea that I would have four children.

I still wouldn’t mind four, but only if (a) I won the lottery, (b) I didn’t have to actually give birth to them and (c) I could have a string of night nannies until they were all at least ten. Given that I’m 45 and haven’t won the lottery yet, it seems unlikely 😂

Gabriel & Michael (archangels)

first pregnancy now and was wondering if I’d pick them or if it was just a passing fancy..

Adelaide
Amelia

And no I didn't use either name. But I still like them.

As a young teen I liked Tomika for a girl and Troy for a boy, then I decided I liked Alex, Elle and Thea for girls and wanted Noah for a boy. Considered Noah for DS1 but exDP didn't like it. Still love and would use Alex and Thea if I had girls.

I always wanted a little girl called Chantelle. Apologies to anyone with the name Chantelle but I now detest the name! I did have a girl though and her name is Stevie, which isn't remotely similar.

I really liked the name Maddison when I was younger but I went off it in my teens.
Late teens I picked a name for a girl and when dd1 was born when I was 28, that's what we called her 😊

No way! Mine were Cherrelle (it was that Saturday Love song in the 80s) and River. No, neither of my children got these names, neither were on the list when I was pregnant, decades later.

Jade & Amelia. I have a DD now but she is not called either of these names.

Katie Jane O'Grady.

I am the child of immigrants from an ex Soviet state. You can tell instantly from my own name.

And no, I didn't use it!

Clueless for a girls name but I always said as a child and adult Jack/Jackson for a boy but it wasn’t to be 3 DDs for me who all waited weeks after being born before we finally picked names out of hats, got to say worked well for all three of them as names and meanings suit them so much, maybe once the girls have all grown up I’ll get myself a little dog named Jack/Jackson 💁🏻‍♀️