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Are your DC's names still your favourite?

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AllTheSamples · 09/11/2023 23:07

And how old are your DC? 5 and 2 here and I still haven't come across a name I'd rather have used for them but I expect that will only last so long.

It makes me sad to think that at some point I might find a baby name I prefer to the one I have given them. What's been your experience?

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Lou670 · 09/11/2023 23:14

My two girls are in their twenties now. The name of the eldest I do still like but probably wouldn't use it now. The name of the youngest I still love and would use it again.

SisterMichaelsHabit · 09/11/2023 23:19

Yes I love their first names still. Wish I hadn't used one of their middle names though as it became "trendy" about three months later. Also one of them had a name that wasn't in the top 10 and somehow we know 5 of them! Age 2 and 4.

HaveALaff · 09/11/2023 23:22

They never were my favourite... I was just so unbothered by it and let DH choose.

I love the names now though.

SabrinaThwaite · 09/11/2023 23:22

Yes. They are in their late teens and 20s now.

DramaAlpaca · 09/11/2023 23:22

My eldest (of three) is now 30. I still love all their names, including middle names. Two of the names have since become popular, the other is a well-used classic, but I'd choose them again.

KohlaParasaurus · 09/11/2023 23:25

My children are aged from 25 upwards and I'm still happy with the names I chose for them. There are lots of other names I like too, but not with any sense of regret.

UsingChangeofName · 10/11/2023 00:07

Mine are in their 20s, and yes, I'm still pretty pleased with my choices.
Eldest has a very popular name - never been in a class / group / hobby where there hasn't been at least one other with the same name, sometimes more. that was before I'd heard of popularity lists, and we didn't spend hours on the internet - just dialled up once every couple of days to get e-mails.
dcs 2 and 3 have far less popular names, which is good.
I still like all their names though.

Scirocco · 10/11/2023 00:15

I love their names, sometimes I come across nice names but nothing that would suit them better or that seem more 'them'.

WeightWhat · 10/11/2023 00:21

Yes. Absolutely love them. No regrets. It’s one of my (few) decisions I haven’t endlessly double checked myself on.

hoobanoobie · 10/11/2023 00:26

Yes, preteen and school are letting her use a known as name in school so it's her name shortened to her nickname with my surname. Absent father so she'll change her surname legally when she turns 16. We're counting down

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AllTheSamples · 10/11/2023 07:20

That's good to hear there is little regret!

Similarly to @SisterMichaelsHabit and @UsingChangeofName my eldest's name was and is only in the top 100 but somehow there are loads where we live. 3 of them at a hobby, 2 of them at nursery and now 2 in the school year (different class thankfully) but also plenty more in the rest of the school. It does annoy me a bit but I still haven't found a boys name I like more and can't imagine him being called anything else.

Hopefully if it's just regional it won't matter too much as he grows up and moves around!

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VeridicalVagabond · 10/11/2023 07:23

No, my DD's name was my second favourite, it was a compromise as my husband is not British and wanted a name that ties into his heritage a bit. I love her name and it suits her so well, but if it had been my choice alone she'd have had a different one.

Canwehaveaminute · 10/11/2023 07:29

The one name that I felt I compromised on is my favourite. The name I insisted on is actually my least favourite now! It is very popular but I feel has a strong, warrior feel to it and my daughter is the human embodiment of a unicorn or a rainbow. The third child has a name that I was 'meh, ok' about and I love it now. You just give them a name you can live with and hope for the best!

boudiccathecat · 10/11/2023 08:02

Their names suit them, and i feel as if they are independent of me now, as if they were plucked out of the air, if you see what I mean. The names belong to them now and it feels odd to think that it was our choice.

jellybe · 10/11/2023 08:09

I love their names as they are them if that makes sense. I've not come across any names that I would want to change the DC to but there are names I would use now if I was having another that I wouldn't have thought of using then.

when I went back to my name lists for DC2 I didn't want to use a lot of them anymore as I no longer liked them.

SneezyEvie · 10/11/2023 13:03

My eldest, yes. My youngest’s name was never my favourite as it was a compromise.

I suffer with OCD and the fact it’s not ‘just right’ bothers me continuously but it’s something I have to live with.

sprigatito · 10/11/2023 13:04

Yes, mine are 21 and 19 now and I adore their names. I'd still choose them both, and they really suit their personalities.

SallyWD · 10/11/2023 13:10

No, they were never my favourites. Probably not even in my top 30! We had a find a name we both liked that worked in 3 different languages. It was very difficult.
But quickly their names became them so now I absolutely love their names. I can't think of the names without seeing them in my mind.

HennyPenny123 · 10/11/2023 15:26

I still love both their names, but the eldest name has become VERY popular. Wasn't even in the top 100 when she was born, but now in the top 5. So I hear lots of parents shouting it after their toddlers in supermarkets. My youngest is not popular at all where we live, but she dislikes it and wishes she had a more 'normal' name. You cant win!

UsingChangeofName · 10/11/2023 16:37

when I went back to my name lists for DC2 I didn't want to use a lot of them anymore as I no longer liked them

Yes, we had a boy first, and then a girl. Despite us being very sure quite early on , of the girl's name we would have used if dc1 had been a boy, it just wasn't considered for dc2 .

It's quite odd really. I still like it as a name, but just had 'moved on. Odd, as it wasn't particularly "fashionable".

Do most others use the name they didn't use for dc1, for dc2 ?

WellWellSaidTheRockingChair · 10/11/2023 18:01

DS1 name was a compromise, I never truly loved it. As it turns out, neither do he and he changed it in his 20s.

I still love DD1’s name, though I would probably choose something more classic now.

RuthW · 10/11/2023 18:13

I like dd's name but wouldn't choose it now. It wasn't in the top 100 when she was born 27 years ago now it's in the top ten.

MrsMitford3 · 10/11/2023 18:15

Mine all in their 20's and their names suit them so well.

I would 100% pick all three again!!!

RandomQuestionOfTheDay · 10/11/2023 18:16

DS1’s name yes. DS2’s name mostly yes, but there was a name on the list I dismissed as too unusual and I do wish we’d used it, as kids have a huge variety of names nowadays so it wouldn’t have stood out. However DS2 says that other name is awful and he likes his name better.

Teens.

RandomUsernameHere · 10/11/2023 18:17

I don't regret their names but they were never my favourite names to begin with, just the best out of the ones we could agree on.

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