I was OBSESSED... now I'm over it

Trying to come up with a name for our little one due at the end of the year and I started thinking of all the names I’ve loved before. These were names I was absolutely obsessed with for years at a time and had I had children then, instead of now at almost 40, my kids would have COMPLETELY different names. What were the names you’ve absolutely loved in the past that you don’t even consider for a second today?? I’ll start…

Girls
Teens: Lillian
Early 20s: Elliott
Mid 20s: Jeanna Love
Late 20s: Emmerson nn Sonny
Early 30s: Opal
Mid 30s: Stevie

Boys
Teens: Nate
Early 20s: Arno
Mid 20s: Hudson (I was going through a Rivers of the world phase in my 20s, I guess)
Late 20s: Jack
Early 30s: Hugo
Mid 30s: Thomas

Actual children’s names: Clara and … well were working the last one, though Lillian has made it to our current list. What goes around - comes around, I guess.

Some names that I either loved or used a lot for stories as a kid were [name_u]Ash[/name_u] (especially), [name_f]Christina[/name_f], [name_u]Juniper[/name_u], and [name_m]Zachary[/name_m]. I wouldn’t use any of them now for a kid, but they populated my games and school assignments!

As a little kid I was convinced I was going to name my first daughter [name_f]Monica[/name_f]. :smile: I still like it but it is not in my top names anymore.

Teens: Shemariah
[name_u]Early[/name_u] 20s: [name_u]Reade[/name_u]
Late 20s: [name_f]Linnea[/name_f]

Teens: [name_u]Hopper[/name_u]
[name_u]Early[/name_u] 20s: [name_m]Orison[/name_m]
Late 20s: [name_m]Otto[/name_m]

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Old name obsessions I’m over now…

Boys: [name_u]Elliot[/name_u], [name_m]Colin[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_m]Alessandro[/name_m], [name_u]Finlay[/name_u], [name_u]Finn[/name_u], [name_m]Daniel[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Alec[/name_m], [name_m]Neville[/name_m], [name_u]Mason[/name_u], Alexei

Girls: [name_f]Mirabel[/name_f], [name_f]Alessandra[/name_f], [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f], [name_f]Naomi[/name_f], [name_u]Fritzi[/name_u], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_u]Duffy[/name_u], [name_u]Flannery[/name_u], [name_f]Vanessa[/name_f], [name_f]Jasmine[/name_f], [name_f]Allegra[/name_f], Chessa, [name_f]Sinead[/name_f], [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]

I still actually quite like most of these names, some even pop up in current combos, but I don’t think I’d use any of them anymore because I’m not in love with them, per se.

In chronological order: (girls only - I don’t really have much ‘crushes’ on boys names.)
[name_f]Cynthia[/name_f], [name_f]Jasmine[/name_f], [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], [name_f]Janina[/name_f], [name_f]Charlene[/name_f], [Prefer not to tell], [name_f]Helena[/name_f].

honestly i tend to forget most names once i’m over them :sweat_smile:

but i know as a kid i was obsessed with having bg twins names matheus + natalia
listen. they are fine names, but i don’t think ‘i’m over it’ covers how i feel about those names now.

in my teens i was obsessed with sarah for a girl and even wished i was named it. sorry sarah, our time together is past.

now i’m hard pressed to find girl names i like enough to even entertain the idea of naming a dream child it. my top boy name of a decade now is ezra, though i’m afraid i’m starting to fall out of love with it :no_mouth: