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Name you loved but it was just too quirky?
(356 Posts)
Greengreen88
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:14:59
Is there a name you didn’t use because it was just too quirky or “out there” but still love?
I loved Starr, Juniper and Skye, DH vetoed! (Don’t even think those are that quirky, tbh.)
JuneSpoon
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:16:16
KaySarahSarah
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:17:37
Taliesin. But we aren't Welsh.
whensa
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:18:14
Bipbopbee
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:20:48
Crawley65
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:22:02
Horatio, just love saying the name
nothingsreallynewunderthesun
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:22:24
Axel 
not because it's quirky, it isn't quirky IMO although it's not often used, and not because of axel rose because children born this millennium won't know if him, but because I found out it means armpit in German 
Meanings and associations mean a lot and I discounted loads and loads of names because of tragic (eg. Jude) sociopathic (Milo) characters in books or negative associations in songs which have been stuck in my head for decades (Rosie, Alice) ...
iismum
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:22:32
Libbylove2015
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:25:00
Well we called our son Fox - our parents hated it and it is definitely quirky but you’d be surprised how quickly it becomes normal!
ImportantWater
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:25:21
The names I loved but self-vetoed were Sorensen and Linnet.
The names DH vetoed as being too quirky were Sebastian and Samuel (what the bloody hell is wrong with Samuel?!)
DH’s name choice which I vetoed was Prentice.
nothingsreallynewunderthesun
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:25:23
Marvin though. I'm not sure why I like it but I do.
I did think Marvin was too out there, and the paranoid Android was also a factor...
Out of the blue DS1 decided about a year ago he wished he was called Marvin...
FenellaMaxwell
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:26:15
Orlando
Juniper (it’s a GREAT NAME!)
Araminta
Cosmo
FartnissEverbeans
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:27:21
Sailor for a girl! I love it but I just couldn’t do it.
Hesper too.
RaininSummer
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:27:48
BobTheFishermansWife
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:28:08
Artemis, I love it for a boy even though technically it's a girls name, but dp veto'd as a silly name 🤔
Hoppinggreen
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:29:27
Lucifer - it actually means “bringer of life” but for some reason DH wasn’t keen
Hoppinggreen
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:30:04
Bringer of LIGHT that should say
banskuwansku
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:30:48
Gemini and Mirage. I really like those but I wasn't brave enough.
Flamingo84
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:31:36
DH really loved Dexter.
But I either kept singing the theme to Dexter’s lab (cartoon) or worried he’d turn into Dexter the OCD serial killer 
simplyhaving
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:33:05
M0RVEN
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:33:40
Saskia
Perdita
Venetia
Verity
FragileMoose
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:33:47
Jesse for my ds. I love it but was talked out of it.
Nextphonewontbesamsung
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:34:05
Nextphonewontbesamsung
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:35:10
I had a car called Cosmo . It was a VW Beetle.
PaulHollywoodsSexGut
Sat 17-Aug-19 21:36:02
I know one of them @Nextphonewontbesamsung. She’s about 30!
DH and I loved Andromeda. But it was just too far out.
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