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My 'can't use' name is Blair- love the name, it would go great with our surname but there's no way I could use it given the political associations unfortunately.

I love the name Elle-louise, but obviously couldnt use that for a little boy!! And a little too similar to mine, someone would say ell and we would both have been looking around!

LiviaAugusta (love your name btw) - I'm put off Cameron for similar reasons

Ruby and Scarlett. Always loved them, but seeming to get increasingly popular - not that there's anything wrong with that per se, it would just get confusing imo. Anyway, I've used Scarlett for a pet now

Primrose
Tigerlily
Tabitha
Josephine
Melanie
Scarlett

Roman
Seamus

Lydia...love it but Hubby sings Lydia Clamydia everytime I suggest it....

Morgana... got sick of all the Arthur legend questions though...

I'd love Xander if we had another DS but if we have a little girl at some point we'd like Willow and can't use both!

Dexter ... love it but far too popular

I have always loved Jolyon as a name because I love the Forsyte saga books and the character of Old Jolyon is actually based on an ancestor of mine.

But DH refused to even consider on grounds that he thought it was too pretentious, and that our DS would get beaten up for having a name like that. Given that my DC know little boys called Josca, Ptolemy, Moses and Jose and haven't once batted an eyelid at any of these names, I can't help but disagree with dh, but as it turned out we had girls, so the argument was gloriously irrelevant anyway.

I know a family with an Autumn and a Leaf - which I pmsl when first heard. But actually I think they have grown on me and now i think they are pretty names.

Maud
Ophelia
Agnes
Beatrix
Edith
Enid
Oscar
Thomas
Johannes

Pandora or Primrose

Cicero

bickie, I know a kid called leaf! I seriously hope he goes my Lee when he's older.
I have many names I can't use for various reasons, mainly dp's ridiculous reactions....
Ophelia (tits)
Gabriel (gay)
iris (are you giving birth to a 90 year old?) ?!!!

Primrose

Lorenzo

I don't know anyone named Leaf but I know two named Leif. Lovely name!

Justin

Oh for a world without Justin Beiber.

Ariadne. Has anyone said that yet?

My husband and I both love it (we're a pair of sad Poirot enthusiasts).

It goes with our surname too.

But we just couldn't, could we?

Charlie. Surname is Brown.

Seraphina- dh veoted it.
Would of had Sarah but I didn't like it on his own.
Leah- dh again didn't like I still love it
Alec- dh didn't like again
Lucas - sister had already used it!
We ended up with:
Martha
Darcey
Harry

Sister just had a baby girl and she wanted Harriet but wouldn't use it as we had a Harry. She's a Helena.

Thadius.
Sebastian.
Nathaniel.
Rafferty.

Meredith.

All vetoed by DH and my family as being too poncey.

Thought I could name our new puppy Rafferty, but no vetoed again and he is being named Barney

Tallulah, I love it and was very nearly DD's middle name but DH was having none of it.

Cordelia. Yes I am a Puffy fan, but I am also Welsh and apparently it is Welsh.
DH hates it.

Henry but OH hates the name
Arthur for same reason

He loves scarlett I vetoed as too popular

PhoebeC - Ariadne is a fabulous name. If you love it, do it!

(You could give her an "ordinary" middle name so if she hates it later she has a choice??)

Aelfric and Oswin - I love all the old Saxon names. I blame a childhood reading Cadfael novels!