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Names you nearly used..

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dizzydixies · 24/03/2008 15:23

when we had dd1 we nearly used

Arwyn for a girl
Caleb or Corin for a boy

when we had dd2 we nearly used

Phoebe for a girl
Roan or Reuben for a boy

anyone else have nearly used names?

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SparklyMummy · 24/03/2008 15:24

We nearly had Libby, Faith and Lucie and i'm glad we settled for Lara.
I love Caleb!!

Doobydoo · 24/03/2008 15:25

Nancy.However was a ds

Doobydoo · 24/03/2008 15:25

Love Reuben.

scorpio1 · 24/03/2008 15:25

ds1: Ruby, Ebony. Tyler

ds2: Koby, James. Cadence

db3: (is a girl, im 37 weeks) Dexter William. Jasper, Blake. Lacey

MaryAnnSingleton · 24/03/2008 15:26

Daisy
Milly
or Flora... but had a boy...

scorpio1 · 24/03/2008 15:26

Have seen db3 name on here now....that took long!

Wisteria · 24/03/2008 15:27

Fergus was dd2's name , she seems quite relieved to be a girl but I still love the name (for a boy obv )...

dizzydixies · 24/03/2008 15:27
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Ineedsomesleep · 24/03/2008 15:28

DS would have been

Jasmine or Daisy

DD would have been

Emerson

scorpio1 · 24/03/2008 15:29
WallOfSilence · 24/03/2008 15:29

Eóighan for ds & Lucy for dd.

I still like them both though & if there ever is a next time I'd consider them both again.

Upsadaisy · 24/03/2008 15:31

Arran

Kyle

Harry

Grace if had a girl

noddyholder · 24/03/2008 15:31

Ds was nearly elvis til dp intervened!I still secretly wish i'd kept it and ds likes it too.Other choices were bertie and finn

noddyholder · 24/03/2008 15:31

dusty and roxie for a girl

alfiesbabe · 24/03/2008 15:33

Nearly used Alexander, Amelia and Matilda as first names. Alexander is actually a middle name for one dc. Glad we didnt use the last two as no doubt they would have morphed into Milly or Tilly and there's too many of those around.

bluenosesaint · 24/03/2008 15:33

dd1 would have been Samuel if she had been a ds

We nearly used

Sophie
Olivia
Rebecca

dd2 would have been Max if she had been a ds

We nearly used

Molly
Sophie
Elizabeth

dd3 would have been Max or Zac if she had been a ds

We nearly used

Hope
Sophie
Isabelle
Imogen
Katie

No more for us

I'm still not sure why we never used 'Sophie' for any of our dd's

blueeeyore · 25/03/2008 12:09

dd1 was nearly

lauren
holly

and dd2 was nearly

jessica
holly
libby
maddison

GreatAuntieWurly · 25/03/2008 12:11

ds1 would have been casey-jane if a girl. ds2 we chose kieran or ryan and didnt end up with either,

pelafina · 25/03/2008 12:24

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ScoobyDoo · 25/03/2008 12:27

We nearly had Ethan, Charlie or Issac for our ds.

DD we were stuck but went through Hannah, Amelia & Sophia.

funnyhaha · 25/03/2008 12:29

dd was Amelie for about 30 mins post birth. She was going to be Lawrence if a boy.
Ds was always his name - we never came up with any real alternative - male or female!

barnstaple · 25/03/2008 12:32

dd was Cynthia until she was born when it was clear that she wasn't - took us weeks to find a replacement

solo · 25/03/2008 12:34

For Ds...Daniel, Damian, Gray,

For Dd...Rani, Gabrielle, Gabriells, Miriam, Hannah, Grace, Lydia, Gaia.

Dd remained nameless for 3 weeks after she was born, but finally ended up with a pretty name not as above, though we used two of these for middle names.

In my defence, it was only me making the choice for my son, but there were two of us choosing for Dd.

Son was so much easier, he had his name well in advance of his arrival!

solo · 25/03/2008 12:36

should be GabriellA

sprogger · 25/03/2008 12:43

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