Names you would have chosen

For those with children, what names would you have chosen for your kids if you weren’t choosing the name with someone else’s input?

We have an [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] and an [name_u]Evan[/name_u] (!!) but I think I would have chosen [name_f]Callie[/name_f] and [name_u]Baker[/name_u] if left entirely to my own choosing.

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I don’t have kids but am curious to see the responses!

Also, I didn’t realize you had welcomed baby #2!! Congratulations!! :tada: [name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_u]Evan[/name_u] and it works great with [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f].

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So you’ve made your decision! Evan is a great choice.

We didn’t talk names until we learnt the baby’s sex so I only made one list. I probably would’ve chosen Cy or Sam from that list if it was up to me. The name we chose was my husband’s suggestion so I don’t think I would’ve even considered it.

His middle name was more or less my choice so I don’t think that would’ve changed since it was chosen to reflect one of my family names.

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[name_m]Ah[/name_m] you settled on [name_u]Evan[/name_u]! Congrats!

I’d have used [name_f]Una[/name_f] for a girl. [name_f]My[/name_f] husband totally vetoed it :sleepy: I really liked [name_f]Zipporah[/name_f] this time, and he said not as a first name. I think I’d have gotten it in the middle, if this one was a girl. Same with [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f].

I got very lucky with my boy names, though, since he agreed to my top two! Our third boy has been more of a compromise since we had to look further down the list and for other possibilities. On my own, I might have gone with an [name_u]Irish[/name_u] name, [name_u]Rory[/name_u] or [name_m]Seamus[/name_m], or else a different obscure Biblical name; maybe [name_m]Lazarus[/name_m] (thought it might be The One but he couldn’t quite see it!) or [name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m] (he’s said no.)

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no kids for me, but yay for Evan!! he pairs so wonderfully with [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]. :heartpulse::heartpulse::dove::dove: Congratulations!

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[name_f]My[/name_f] first daughter would absolutely have been [name_f]Julia[/name_f], but my husband vetoed it immediately.

I also always really wanted a son named [name_m]Joel[/name_m], but it doesn’t really work with our last name (and I think my husband vetoed it anyway).

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[name_f]My[/name_f] first daughter wouldve been [name_u]Winslow[/name_u] [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] nn [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] [name_f]Cate[/name_f]. [name_f]My[/name_f] second probably wouldve recieved the same name!

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I don’t have any kids but my picks would be [name_u]Messiah[/name_u] and [name_f]Vicki[/name_f]

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I don’t have any kids either, but [name_u]Evan[/name_u] and [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] are lovely together!! Congrats!!

If I had two kids right now I’d name them [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u].

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[name_f]My[/name_f] son’s first name wouldn’t change but one of his middle names was almost [name_m]Theodore[/name_m], instead of [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]. I liked [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] much more but DH wasn’t sold. In the end, we made the right choice!

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Congrats! [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] and [name_u]Evan[/name_u] go perfectly together :heart:

I don’t have kids yet but my picks would probably be [name_f]Frances[/name_f] Virginia/Meadowlark “Annie” and [name_u]Henry[/name_u] Alan/Alistair “Hal” (I’m a little undecided on the middles).

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I still would use a lot of the names I like and have a lot of different styles. However I’m glad I didn’t go with [name_u]Greyson[/name_u], [name_u]Oakley[/name_u], [name_u]Flynn[/name_u], or [name_u]Wesley[/name_u]. No particular reason other than I probably wouldn’t like them as much anymore :sweat_smile:

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