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(356 Posts)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.)
Keanu
Taliesin. But we aren't Welsh.
Ptolemy
Albion
Meadow
Horatio, just love saying the name
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) ...
Sappho and Archimedes
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!
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.
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...
Orlando
Juniper (it’s a GREAT NAME!)
Araminta
Cosmo
Sailor for a girl! I love it but I just couldn’t do it.
Hesper too.
Sulis
Artemis, I love it for a boy even though technically it's a girls name, but dp veto'd as a silly name 🤔
Lucifer - it actually means “bringer of life” but for some reason DH wasn’t keen
Bringer of LIGHT that should say
Gemini and Mirage. I really like those but I wasn't brave enough.
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
Caiaphas
Saskia
Perdita
Venetia
Verity
Jesse for my ds. I love it but was talked out of it.
Sheherazade
I had a car called Cosmo . It was a VW Beetle.
I know one of them @Nextphonewontbesamsu
DH and I loved Andromeda. But it was just too far out.
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