What were your babies almost named?

[Horizonhopper2021]

I have 3 children and I love their names, and now I look back at what I almost called them and I don't think I'd of still liked some of the names now; anyone the same?

my first a little boy would have been either:

Ollie- still love it.

Ronnie- he'd have suited it. And love it still!

Herbie- this was actually my favourite at the time and now I can't quite believe it. Not my taste anymore

if he was a girl he'd have been Polly or Fluer

both I still like, but wouldn't use now.

my daughter came next, and for her we loved

Elora- still love it

Elowen- it's beautiful but wouldn't have suited her I don't think

Edie- I'll never get over my partner hating this name I think it's beautiful 💔

and boys we had Finn, Ozzy and Arlo as front runners

my third and final baby had her name before she was even conceived, but we did toy with the idea of

Izzie- which I like but I'm glad we didn't pick it

and Honey- which I will always love i think and would have suited her she has beautiful golden hair

if she was a boy I wanted Hugo which I stand by, lovely IMO

I've loved the name Lily from when I was a girl and it was incredibly old fashioned, by the time dd1 was born it was very common and I didn't want her being one of many. Turns out there are no others in her primary school.

For DD2 I loved the name Martha but dh wasn't keen.

Erin
Sidney
Beatrix
Lucien

Names we nearly used ..
Edward
Chloe
Catherine
Madeleine
George

My son’s name was chosen when DH and I first got together and we never really considered any other names for him. If he was a girl he would have been called Lucy.

Ivy or Jessica I still love both but wouldn’t have suited her

When I was young I was adamant my kids would be Courtney and Marcus. They were not!

With the eldest I only had one name and that's what she is, I can't remember boys names.

Middle one I wanted Grace but dh rejected it,we knew she was a girl so didn't discuss boys.

Youngest I loved Sofia and Ivy for girls. I only had one boys name which we went with. tho dh liked Alfie.

My baby would have been Joseph, Samuel, Laurel or Amber

Still like the first three but glad we didn't go with Amber

Isabel, Abigail, Lara and Francesca.

They’re all on the list again this time round but it feels a bit of a shame to give DD2 a name we rejected first time. I’d rather find something new but we have yet to agree on anything!

Boys names, Louie, Corey, Ellis, Harry

Girls, Abigail, Matilda, Martha

DD was very nearly Sienna but we went for Thea instead. I loved both and still do there seems to have been a Sienna boom in our area so I'm glad we went for Thea.

DS1 was his name from the minute we found out the sex. It’s perfect for him.

DS2 if I’d have had my way - Finn, if exH had had his way - Gregor and eventually a shortlist of Logan, Kian and what his name actually is. Again we made the right choice I think.

Both their actual names are uncommon but not unusual which I like.

If either had been a girl she’d have been Millie (potentially Amelia).

I have three boys with traditional names, but I think hormones got the better of me when it was early stages and I started making lists. Romeo and Valentine were on my list and they're just not anything like the names I like.

I wanted ds2 to be called D'jango, still think it would have been fabulous.

I’d say the vast majority could spot traditional Scottish and Welsh names too, or at least have the sense to have a quick google before calling them ‘satire’, so yes actually. The other two are a bit more understandable but Medbh and Naoise aren’t uncommon at all and certainly not unheard of on MN.

Medbh is just a more traditional spelling for Maeve which is everywhere on MN at the minute.
Naoise = nee-sha
Lir = Leer
Iarla = eer-la

Unlike some, I don’t spend 24 hours a day on MN so stating a name is ‘everyone on MN at the minute’ makes no difference to me. I live in the real world and as mentioned, I’ve never come across anyone with any of the names mentioned. I also couldn’t spot traditional Welsh or Scottish names because guess what, I know nothing about Welsh or Scottish culture - sorry to disappoint.

Thanks for the breakdown on how to pronounce the names

DH wanted DD to be called Alexa......

You live in the ‘real world’ which I am assuming to be the UK. It’s not unreasonable to suggest you should be a tad more educated on your neighbouring nations, nothing to do with not being on MN.

This was a couple of years before the Alexa came out.

Gosh, you really are remarkably ignorant, aren’t you, even before your aggressive subsequent posts?

Fortunately, people don’t generally name their children to cater to the capacities of Little Englanders who live under a rock and think that names from a neighbouring country with a long history of migration to and from the UK must be ‘satirical’ because you don’t know how to pronounce them.

If you don’t know how to say a name, ask. Civilly.

And maybe get out more. There are about half a million Irish people living in the UK, and around six million of Irish descent. Ireland is just next door. It’s not exactly a rare, distant culture.

Dd was gonna be hyphenated as name-Star

Wr then decided to drop the hyphen and just keep Name

Ds was going to be called Bobby. Dh wanted something else, but we both agreed on Bobby. Then I had a dream of me shouting down the kids using dh’s chosen name so we ended up using that one instead. He suits it

1st Ethan, Oliver. Glad we didn’t choose Ethan as it had a bit of a moment and there were loads at DS’s school. Still love Oliver despite its popularity.
2nd Camilla, Alice. I still like both of those but not as much as the name we went with.

Very well said 👏

I genuinely did not know those were Irish names. Maybe I shouldn’t have asked if your post was satire however people often come on the baby names board with outlandish names and I thought you were mocking those sort of posts.

As someone who’s never ever read those names, I read the names as lar-la, unsure how to pronounce the second and third names and then l-ee-r. Just because Ireland is ‘just next door’ that doesn’t mean I have a clue about traditional names or the culture. I’m not sure why anyone would think I would. I’ve met a few Irish people in life but we don’t exactly sit around speaking about traditional Irish names?

Apologies for asking if the names were satire as I can see how that’s offensive

Also, calling me ignorant is absolutely correct. I can admit that I’m ignorant to other cultures outside of African/West Indian culture!

@Horizonhopper2021 did you mean Fluer? Or was it a typo for Fleur?

Ds was almost Leo as it was between that and his actual name that me and his dad both liked.

I really liked Ethan, Charlie and Jacob but his dad didn’t 😩