You have to name a child a name you liked growing up , what would you call the child?

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Ryan

Marnie
my first real friend I chose not my parent, she moved away when we were about 5 or 6 and can still remember feeling the loss

Marnie was the name of my imaginary friend. I don’t remember having one. My parents told me about her. What amazes me was that I don’t remember knowing of that name before that point.

Melissa

Gabriella, Anna or Poppy.

I didn't see myself having any boys 😁.

I liked Sophia when I was a kid. I also picked a girls name that I liked when I was 18 and that is the name that my daughter has and I still love it.

I am finding this thread fascinating. I didn’t love the same names as I did when I was a child, so when I was pregnant I found it so tough. I am enjoying hearing about those of you who still loved the name so used it for your children, even 15+ years later, what a strong connection.
Aside from my husband I don’t think I’ve loved anything for that long 😌(obviously my kids but they are still very young)

Annette or Sebastian.

Still like both names now.

Keely, Kylie and Kayleigh.

Changed my mind since then!

Amy

Jackie

Alexandrine
For dh our dd1 has the name he liked 🙂

Lachlan nn Lachie (also from Home and Away).
Holly-Jade. If DS had been a girl, he’d have been Holly but not -Jade 🙈.
Jamie-Louise.

Clarissa, Sabrina, Daphne or Celeste

Tamsin

Anna
Leonie
David

Rosemary

Gretel or Kirsten

Owen for a boy (and named my DS this many years later )

Star for a girl (spent far too much of my early teenaged years watching The Lost Boys!)

Skye

Bianca

Scout

Kimberley

Sadie

Hazel

Frankie

Sidonie. Based on a character in a book I read as a teenager.