When you were 12...

erinms

What would you have named your future baby?

I would have named mine Vivian, because of Pretty Woman. I did not have a boys name because babies are girls, duh (hahaha twenty years and two boys later!).

I actually stand by this name choice, but anyone have any awesomely cringeworthy choices?

lauralew

I wanted three girls so I could name them Faith, Hope, and Joy.

In highschool I thought the name Mackenzie was SO COOL.

In college I loved Olivia and Lucy...not bad names at all just overly popular now. I still love Lucille Louise though I'll never get to use it.

CMSAV

Tanya, I think was my favourite. early teens was when in had it in my head name that it'd be really cool to use boys names on girls: Riley & Zak (yes, spelled like that :P ) are all I can remember off the top of my head. then loved names to do w music: Dolce & Cadence

mermaid1113

In high school I thought it would be so cool to name my daughter Marlee (after Bob Marley). I actually still think the name is cute, but not sure I can actually commit to that name! 

MarxieVonTrapp

lauralew said:

I wanted three girls so I could name them Faith, Hope, and Joy. In highschool I thought the name Mackenzie was SO COOL. In college I loved Olivia and Lucy...not bad names at all just overly popular now. I still love Lucille Louise though I'll never get to use it.

I know a set of sisters named Faith and Joy.

When I was a kid, I named all my dolls M-names: Melanie, Melinda, Maggie, Margot, Miranda, Mallory, etc.  

I married a Matt, have a dog named Macie, and my daughter's name is Maggie.  I did not realize this was the case until I came home from the hospital.

lauralew

Oh! And I remember reading a book with a family of 12 kids. The mom named them alphabetically from a baby name book... So the first kid was named the first name on the A list, second kid was named the second name on the B list, and so on. I thought that was really cool!! (Now I think it's crazy.)

lifeonthehill

I had twin names picked out at that age.

Girls: September(my birthday) & Joey(Grandmas name)

Boys: Noah & Nathaniel(my grandmother wanted twins with these names when she was young. Every grandchild had to promise we would name twin boys this.)

youenjoymyself

I was thinking about this just the other day.  I loved Leslie Marie back then.

erinms

emmyg65 said:

When I was 12, I thought Pepper and Lemon were super cool, off-the-wall names.

Pepper is fantastic, in a quirky way. Paired with Lemon? Exactly why you shouldn't let a 12 year old name your kid! Love it.

RebeccaS6627

I wanted to name my first daughter Whitney after my Nurse Whitney Barbie doll. Haha

DaisyZH

Alexandria

ETA: At 12 I just assumed I'd only have girls for some reason.  Although I did suggest Michael to my pregnant aunt around that time and she chose it which I thought was the coolest thing ever.  Looking back she probably had already chosen it lol.

DaisyZH

lauralew said:

Oh! And I remember reading a book with a family of 12 kids. The mom named them alphabetically from a baby name book... So the first kid was named the first name on the A list, second kid was named the second name on the B list, and so on. I thought that was really cool!! (Now I think it's crazy.)

I remember those!  The second kid was like Bainbridge or something.

EdenAurora

My mom had my brother when I was 13 and I wanted to name him Nike. I actually saw it in a baby name book. It means Victory. She named him Joseph. Boring. Lololololol.

MandMLeona

I wanted to name a girl after a friend Rhea and a boy Nicodemus after the Rats of Nimh.

Ceridwen21

I really liked the name Key for some reason.  My parents still tease me about that.

chapstix7

I wanted to name a girl Felicia. I wanted to name a boy Elijah. Elijah obviously was sticking around for the long haul because almost 20 years later it's still my favorite boy name.

nlp1990

Trevor Micheal was my boy name. I don't think I had a girl name.

PB&J714

I remember wanting to name a boy Benjamin and a girl Rachel. I still love the names, just not sure if I'll use them.

JamieBart

erinms said:

What would you have named your future baby? I would have named mine Vivian, because of Pretty Woman. I did not have a boys name because babies are girls, duh (hahaha twenty years and two boys later!). I actually stand by this name choice, but anyone have any awesomely cringeworthy choices?

My boy was going to be Zachary Benjamin and my girl Lindsey Brooke

Dr.Loretta

Katrina

parenthood4

DaisyZH said:

lauralew said:

Oh! And I remember reading a book with a family of 12 kids. The mom named them alphabetically from a baby name book... So the first kid was named the first name on the A list, second kid was named the second name on the B list, and so on. I thought that was really cool!! (Now I think it's crazy.)

I remember those!  The second kid was like Bainbridge or something.

I remember those too! The first one was Abby or Abigail and I think the D one was Dagwood. There were twins too I think... I also thought it was a fun idea at the time!

The girl name I liked when I was that age was Audrey Love. Went through a big Audrey Hepburn phase, and I just thought Love was such a great middle name!

sharksfan

I also only had girl names: Mallory and Hailey.

Mallory from baby sitters club, and Hailey was a girl at my school that I thought was super cool. She was the only Hailey I'd ever met at that point in my life.

redheaded14

Kayla, which doesn't sound terrible now but definitely screams 90s to me now.

strawberrytree

lauralew said:

Oh! And I remember reading a book with a family of 12 kids. The mom named them alphabetically from a baby name book... So the first kid was named the first name on the A list, second kid was named the second name on the B list, and so on. I thought that was really cool!! (Now I think it's crazy.)

I read that book too! 

I wanted to name a daughter Raina or Kaya and a boy Braden. Except I couldn't figure out how to spell Braden and experimented with many different spellings . 

DawnJM25

I liked Kimberly and Samantha.  I named my doll Anna but spelled it "Ana" to be different.  CRINGE!  I DID, however, spell my real kids' names normal!

capulet

When I was 15/16 I liked Michelle and Alexander.  Both family names, which I guess I liked even then.

blu-eyedwife

When I was 12 I wanted to name all my children after the month they were born in.  If I had a kid in February it would have been Fevrina or Feber.

JMU_Bride09

Girls: Ashleigh, Haileigh, Candi, Lydia, Violet (kind of all over the place in style, I know. Also...thank goodness my style has changed since I was 12!)

Boys: Andrew, Thomas, Parker

stahlop

Brianna for a girl, Jared for a boy. Nothing's too off the wall

KTZ17

Gabrielle for a girl and Caleb for a boy. Not bad names, but wouldn't use them now for last name reasons.

LadyXaverian

Brittany (the chipette), Kimber (from Jem and the Holograms), and Cassandra (because I thought it sounded sophisticated). 

I don't think I'd thought much about boy names.

olenkapdx

Chantal.  Yeah, I don't know where that came from.  I guess I was into French names?

chase16

 I really really wanted Shenandoah for a girl.Don't ask me why. Her NN was going to be Shenny. *Shudder*

==N==

Scott and Eve.

brownmouse

Atreyu for a boy after the kid from The Neverending Story. I still love that movie.

MissyCee

I loved Ainsley and Faith for girls and Nicholae (pronounced Nick-o-lie) for a boy.

vulpini

Samantha

M3L333

In grade school I wished to have a boy and girl name Michael and Julie. Although not bad names, they are not my choice today. In high school I remember liking the name Galvin for a boy...I don't love it today...

jess9802

My favorite boy names were Michael, Ethan, and Brennan.

My favorite girl name was Mackenzie. I recall being fascinated by the name Joey for a girl (a classmate's younger sister was called Joey) but can't recall whether I wanted to use it in the middle name spot or use it as a nickname for a more formal name.

More laughable than my taste in names is the fact that I had some idea that I was going to have six kids, three boys followed by three girls. Hahahahaha.

Coconuthead

I liked Morgan for a girl and Ian for a boy. I still like Ian and I think Morgan is valid as a girl's name although nms. I also wanted to move to Alaska, own ten huskies and be a professional musher. I was/am a weirdo!

Spin313

I remember really liking Kelsey and Mychaela, which I would never use now.

But I also liked Lydia and Anica...the first was rejected by DH, the second might have been DS's name if he had been a girl.