Oh I wanted a Freddie but Darren says people would think Kruger,when I think Mercury.I did also think of Oscar,shortened to Ozzy,cos you just couldn't call your child Oswald like the man himself,but now there's a dog in Corrie called Ozzy,kind of lost its appeal.
My first is Harry,we named him after good king Harry,Henry V.Also partly because DH's Dad had a favourite brother called Harry,although neither of us met him and I never met DH's Dad,it was just another reason.Harry Potter seemed to take over the world since then so I do kind of regret it a little.His middle name is George,DH' s Dad's middle name.
Bridie was named after someone I met when I was 14.She was an Irish Romany gypsy and for years I wanted her life.I did grow up but the name stuck in my mind.Mary is her middle name,another name from DH's family. I should have said the two names together out loud a few times,cos it's a little too like Bloody Mary.I love the first name,should've given more thought to the middle one.
Erin was baby no name.We took lists into the hospital,Erin was DH's choice,I wanted Amelia.He said Amelia was too posh.At some point during labour apparently I agreed to his choice first,mine second,so a couple of days after birth agreed on that.I should have insisted,you should never decide based on what other people think.Regrets again,there's a lot of Erins who are 7 or thereabouts.
Arthur was after King Arthur,we'd reached the "don't care what you think,our baby ,our choice "point by then,and yes people didn't think we should but they got used to it.His middle name is Maximillian.My Great grandfather was Maximum,a Spanish variation we couldn't really use in English,my Nan was Maxine,so Maximillian was our choice.No regrets.
Arwen was after Lord of the Rings character Arwen,the elf princess.Her middle name is Guinevere,after King Arthur's queen.No regrets.
Matilda,I just liked the name.She was nearly Willow,but the children wanted Matilda because Willow was a class name at school and that would just be confusing,that was their reason.I also prefered Matilda and though DH initially hated it we ganged up and bullied him into submission.Her middle name is Rose because we really struggled to get one that would work,and settled on that the day we registered her..No regrets again,we had to ignore lots of people's negative comments but again not their business,and we like it,although I will concede it does sound like a name or a battleship.
Merlin was obviously after Merlin from good old British folklore and legend.We'd wanted to call Arthur that but chickened out and in the end went for Arthur,so our next boy was Merlin from the minute he was a boy.His middle name was Pendragon right up until he was born,after Arthur Pendragon.Both names were completely secret,to the point of lying to everyone who even suspected we might,but once Merlin was born and we'd said it out loud we couldn't use Pendragon,it was just too wierd.We chose Richard for his middle name,after my Grandad,and after Richard 1st,another of our country's better kings.We use the name Pendragon at home,and I regret bowing to pressure a little,but do like Richard for the reasons we chose it.
