Hi all! 

Today I am going to be sharing the names Francis and I liked pre-birth, but obviously didn’t end up using. Let’s get into it! 

GIRL’S NAMES!

Francis picked Abigail before she was even conceived and I knew immediately, that had to be our daughter’s name, if we had a girl. However, before that, I had been pretty set on Serena. I had loved that name ever since I started watching Sailor Moon. I also liked the idea of calling her Serenity (bit hippy I know). Unfortunately, my mum ruined the name for me (sorry mum)! When I told her I liked Serena, she kept pronouncing it the Italian way (SEH-RE-NA), which put me off completely.

I also liked the names: Reilly, Astrid, Grace, May and Eve (which is Abigail’s middle name). Francis liked Isabelle, which is nice, but I wanted something more uncommon.  

BOY’S NAMES!

I’m really glad we ended up having a girl, because we could not agree on a boy’s name. The two names we might’ve gone with were Marlo or Reid. I was a huge fan of August, Harvey, Ronan, Emmett and Elliott. Francis was more interested in Italian style names. He pretty much liked any of them for a boy. I’ve always preferred old English, literary type names for boys. I would’ve been happy to name our son: Alfred, Edward, William, Harry, Henry etc. Francis didn’t like any of those, so who knows what our son would’ve ended up being named!

Now that she’s here, I cannot imagine her being anything other than our Abigail Eve. I always find it funny when people say they want to wait to see the baby, before naming them. When babies are born, they all look like wrinkly blobs. It seems strange to look at them and go ‘ahh she’s definitely not a Britney, she’s more of a Emily.’ That’s just my opinion though. 

Let me know what you thought of the names I mentioned. Did you like any of the above? If you have children, which names did you consider calling them, before landing on their actual name? I would love to know. 

Thank you for reading, 

Peace & Love xoxo