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What name do you secretly love but would never use for your child?

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By Sat 04-Oct-08 21:29:25 Add message | Report | Contact poster
For me it's Silas - it reminds me of the adventure programmes I used to watch as a kid. I think one of my first crushes must have been on a character called Silas.

I did suggest it for DS1 (vetoed by DP), but thinking about it I wouldn't want to call my son Silas and I can't really explain why.

Does anybody else have a name that they wouldn't use, but really like nonetheless...?
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 20-Apr-09 11:06:05
Evangeline
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 20-Apr-09 11:05:15
I love Jesse for a boy and Hero for a girl. Sadly wouldn't feel able to inflict them on my children though.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 20-Apr-09 10:45:06
i love the names my sister has called her girls...

alanna joan

annie rose
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 20-Apr-09 10:25:51
Hector! Heard it the other day and really love it in a would-never-use-it-myself way
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 18-Apr-09 22:14:26
Raffety.
Just as well we had girls!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 18-Apr-09 22:12:09
Always thought I might move to a croft in the middle of nowhere (not really) and bring up Skye, Summer and Blue. Never going to happen!

Boy at DS nursery called Stanley - love it. Have a secret hankering for this if we ever have a ds2.

Lola - love it. DP, not keen.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 18-Apr-09 21:00:50
atowncalledalice -love Django
Emmanuel - I love Jewish boys names.

Calypso
Carmen
Blythe
Dulcie

All these vetoed by DP sad
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 18-Apr-09 19:49:40
We have girls but I loved Lenonard for a boy. Dh hated it, much too old fashioned! Frank was another close runner.

Also, adored and still do, Maude for a girl. Dd2 was almost registered as * * Maude but right at the last minute we ditched it. Wished we hadn't, still love it!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 18-Apr-09 19:48:51
My dh vetoed

Emmeline

Clementine (even though our very beautiful ex-babysitter now fabbo trained midwife has this lovely name)

Evangeline

Boudicca (in tribute to my East Anglian roots!)

I always wanted Orlando for a boy. That did not go down well either.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 18-Apr-09 19:36:28
Gloria - dh has been muttering word like 'body', 'dead' and 'my' grin!
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