What were your favourite names when you were younger...

[Kwini]

...and have you actually used any of them for your children?

When I was a teenager, I was rather keen on naming my hypothetical daughter Ransome or Savannah. Boys would have been Florian or Clyde.

None of these even make the shortlist today!

Jessica and Jasmin, and no didnt use either

Lucinda and Matthew...didn't use either.

my twin dolls were called jonathan and susan - no idea why. freakingly close to names of my in laws as it turns out...

always thought i'd call my girl heather louise. but didn't.

Davina, and no, I didn't use it.

mine were tiffany,courtney and charlie have had them on the list for both dc but never used them

I wanted two boys called Abraham and Zachariah. I haven't used either name and no longer plan too.

Dorothea and Richard after the kids in Picts and Martyrs!

Mine were Cheryl and Sabrina (Charlie's Angels fan). Also liked Jocelyn and Nadia.
Still quite like Nadia, but haven't used it.

Dulcie
Hester
Elaine
Gloria

I used one of them, I really wanted to use Gloria but I couldn't because I know a Gloria and didn't want it to look like I had named her after her when I hadn't, I liked the name long before I knew her. I think if I had another dd I would use it anyway, its a lovely name even if every time I hear it Im singing "G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria" in my head!

Jade, Storm and Xerxes.

Phew, glad my taste improved.

Girl at my junior school was called Charmian Tamsin. Oh boy was I jealous. Haven't used either though!

When I was about fourteen I wanted a girl called either
Serendipity
or Butterfly

Thank God I didn't lose my virginity for a few years after that

Kylie and Charlene.
...thankfully my tastes have changed.

Olivia
Erica

Haven't used either name on DS, strangely enough, and won't use them if DC2 is a girl.

Olivia (I even changed my name for about a week)
and Rhys

I haven't used either
would use Olivia if when I have a girl - even thought it's become very popular

Tracy & Michelle so, er, no.

My dh called EVERY SINGLE toy he owned Stephen and had an imaginary son called Alex - haven't used those either.

But there's still time!!

as a twenty-something folky i fell in love with the name molly from a kate rusby song and thought i'd use it for a daughter. but then it got popular and i thought i'm better than that

i do still love it, but they have a very common surname so it would have been a bit "jane smith".

I loved Rio (for a girl as I was a Duranie) and Scarlett (as in O'Hara) for a girl.

For a boy I liked Aaron.

I haven't used any of them. All became way too popular.

Nathan for a boy.
Lucinda for a girl.

I didn't name my DS Nathan, nor will I ever name a DD Lucinda.

Emma, Lucy and Mordecai. I used one of them.