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what would you have called your dc if brave enough or if different gender?

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cheesesarnie · 26/08/2009 23:19

dd was going to be james.ds1 was going to be daisy,ds2 was going to be ruby willow or maggie if opposite sex.
names i like and either kind of wish id been brave enough to use or if i could have ten more children would be-
kitty
tallulah
olivia
pearl
iris

felix
joseph
taylor
seb
teddy
oliver

i will get lots of cats i thinkor fish?

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Momino · 26/08/2009 23:30

Atticus.
I really wanted an atticus but we've just had our 3rd girl and won't be trying for an Atticus. Probably a good thing as we couldn't afford boarding school so he'd have been bullied with that name.

Fimbo · 26/08/2009 23:31

Not particularly bad to have to warrant being brave about them but I am a Scot living in England.

Campbell for a boy (my fear would be Camp bell)

Ailsa for a girl (Ailsa Craig)

jiltedjohn · 26/08/2009 23:35

We were brave enough to give DD the name we wanted. Tis an old lady name. Second name is a pets name (apparently).

It's not even THAT unusual, but is in the area we live IYKWIM. We've had more than a few faces but I don't care

toomuchmonthatendofthemoney · 26/08/2009 23:38

hiya, i have friends who between them have a kitty, a tallulah (which i think is FAB and MAD) and an olivia! and they all really suit their names.

i had a penchant for the name malachi (say mal-a-ki not shy) but our surname is long and we decided it would be too much. I may save it as a middle name if we ever have another ds!

hatwoman · 26/08/2009 23:39

I do sometimes wonder if we should have gone with dh's suggestion of Edith. shortened to Edie. If we had had a boy we would have had Alistair. not exactly controversial.

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Brangelina · 26/08/2009 23:40

Yevgeny or Ilya had DD been a boy. I adore Russian names for boys. My cat also has a Russian name which I really love and would have loved to recycle.

DD was originally going to be a Ruby, but doesn't translate well in the local language. Otherwise I loved Téa but invariably she'd have ended up with the nickname PG Tips when in the UK.

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cheesesarnie · 26/08/2009 23:50

god yes forgot pixie!

i dont mean brave- i dunno what i mean.
all my dc have 'traditional' names and i lover there names,they do suit them(good job) just thinking of names we discussed when pregnany with each child.

i missed dh sugestion of nikita off the list because we try not to think about it.sorry if anyone has a dc named nikita.

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queenofthenewyear · 26/08/2009 23:52

Boys' names not chosen:
Jude
Ralph

If DS had been a girl:

Merlyn
Catherine

Platesmasher · 26/08/2009 23:52

River and Willow.

It's probably for the best though.

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cheesesarnie · 26/08/2009 23:54

i did end up calling pets names we liked for dc.we have a candy,willow and fern

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KIMItheThreadSlayer · 27/08/2009 00:00

If either DS had been a DD they would have been Kecia

As for the boys names I did not get to use (DH said no) Abraham, Lennox, Armond, (and Kecia for DS2)

bumpybecky · 27/08/2009 00:09

I love Eleanor. I had three girls and couldn't persuade DH to use the name I finally managed to convince him for #4 but then had a boy!

Narketta · 27/08/2009 00:31

DD was going to be Tristian or Deacon if she had been a boy.

boodleboot · 27/08/2009 09:04

i really love Elyssia but we already have Ellie and Ellesse (SD)....it would just be too much wouldn't it!!

i totally adore the name Antigone - Tiggy for short but don't know if brave enough to use it yet....Tiggy is just an ADORABLE nn....

ilovepeppapig · 27/08/2009 09:33

ds would have been Lucy if a girl. I wanted Thomas but was not allowed.

DD would have been Harry or Ben. By then I was not allowed Lucy !!!

Names i like now for a dd

Lucy
Laura
Sarah
Olivia
Rebecca
Charlotte

Names I like now for a ds

Thomas
Harry

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jamandjerusalem · 27/08/2009 12:39

I would have:
Pearl
Lavender
Violet
Dot
Etta
Bess
Primrose
Tulip
Maude
Lucienne/Lucinda
Constance

boys:
Rex
Ernest
Bruno
Aldo
Ambrose
Cosmo
Walter
Sid
Bing
Errol
Stanley

But think my DS's name was kinda 'brave'...

Homebird8 · 27/08/2009 12:57

For a boy
Clemence
Conrad

For a girl
Marianne
Suzannah

leothelioness · 27/08/2009 13:00

for a girl
Ariana (I absolutely adore it and don't care what anyone thinks)

nickelbabe · 27/08/2009 13:03

i always loved the name Amethyst, which I know isn't technically a name, but Amber is, so why not?
It's a bit poncy though.

MegSophandEmma · 27/08/2009 13:04

Ava of Faith for a girl.

Douglas or Hayden for a Boy.

jamandjerusalem · 27/08/2009 13:10

Ooh, Clemence is great, Homebird8, and I love Clement too.

Emerald is lovely I think.

minouminou · 27/08/2009 16:10

DS' name has been a constant since 1992, so there was, for me, no alternative.
DD's name was chosen by DP, but I hankered after Evangeline. However, I have an irrational dislike of the name Evie, which would have been an inevitable NN.
if DD had been male, I was thinking along the lines of Zeke, Stigan and Tostig (although I wasn't 100% about Tostig, and it got a right old going over on here!).

juuule · 27/08/2009 16:15

Toyed with the idea of Octavia for our 5th dd (8th dc).

William and Matilda if I'd had boy/girl twins (Billy and Tilly)

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