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Names you love but could never use

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NicotineRushh · 16/02/2021 22:27

Hey everyone!

Currently in the hoping and praying stage of babies, but can't stop thinking of names. I have thrown a few out there to my husband who has vetoed them all! I did get him to agree to Ezra though.

Just wondering what names everyone loves but would/could never use. Here are mine

Nyx (boy)
Lyra
Ember
Ezekiel
Raphael (Raffy for short!)
Rhys
Rowan (boy, husband's name so definite no go)

Just for fun :)

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IamnotwhouthinkIam · 16/02/2021 22:39

Ophelia (I'll feel ya") because my surname could rhyme with something rude and possibly Hugh ("huge") for the same reason - annoying because I love both.

Other ancient names like Cassiopeia and Apollo I love but couldn't use because I'm not brave enough!

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username1724 · 16/02/2021 23:28

I love really grand names like Amadeus and Arcadius, River is my guilty pleasure for either gender, and I love the really beautiful girly names like Avianna, Rosabella, Sibella and Emiliana for girls. No more babies for us though and our existing children's names are on a completely different track to these!

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Smallonesaremorejuicy · 16/02/2021 23:53

I love Horatio ( think Mary Portass has a boy named this )
That’s about it for me .

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Olinguita · 17/02/2021 00:33

Ajinkya for a boy - Sanskrit name meaning "invincible" and also the name of a cricketer on the India team, Ajinkya Rahane. Hubby is Indian and I've spent a lot of time in India. We both love the name but worried it's too hard to pronounce in the UK and could lead to the kidlet getting picked on at school.
@NicotineRushh I think Raphael is actually pretty cool! You could totally get away with that :)

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TrevorWithTheWeather · 17/02/2021 00:41

Matilda, DH doesn't like it but I love it as Tilly for short.
Aria

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VienneseWhirligig · 17/02/2021 00:43

I've always liked:

Pandora
Athena
Antigone
Hero
Demelza
Luciana
Raoul
Gustav
Lysander
Antonio
Conrad

None of which would remotely go with the name of DS and his brothers, even if I had the ability and means to have another child!

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35andThriving · 18/02/2021 19:27

Patsy

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DisgruntledPelican · 18/02/2021 19:29

Ariadne. I love it but I have a strong Yorkshire accent. And neither of mine or DP’s surnames work with that name. Mostly the accent problem though Grin

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Winningmoves · 18/02/2021 19:30

Constantijn

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Ohalrightthen · 18/02/2021 19:32

Matilda. Both DH and i love it more than anything, but his name rhymes with Matt/Mattie and my name rhymes with Tilly, and we're Australian, so it's an automatic veto.

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1AngelicFruitCake · 18/02/2021 19:35

Posy
Luna
Alba

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PatsyStone39 · 18/02/2021 19:36

Caspian. But when DS appeared he just didn't look like one. I think if we had used it, i would have gotten a lot of raised eyebrows.

We loved Raphael, too but went with another angel name.

For a girl I loved Daliana and Amara...again, don't know if i would have used them due to people's reactions.

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JaninaDuszejko · 18/02/2021 19:37

I could never use Elisa, I'm a scientist and ELISA stands from Enzyme Linked Immunosorbant Assay. I have long discussions about ELISAs at work.

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Winningmoves · 18/02/2021 19:40

@JaninaDuszejko, is that how the Elisa Lam conspiracy relating to the spread of TB on skid row came about?

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Thewishingchair123 · 18/02/2021 19:57

I love :
Valentina/ Valentine
Cassandra
Xanthia
Johara

Could really use them all but my DP would veto them for sure Grin

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Thewishingchair123 · 18/02/2021 19:57

Oh and Araminta

Love a fancy name!

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35andThriving · 18/02/2021 22:31

Celestina

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JustanotherTuesday · 18/02/2021 22:37

Santiago
Axel

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PeggyMoo · 18/02/2021 22:42

Penelope and Cassius

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DietrichandDiMaggio · 18/02/2021 22:46

My children are adults, but at the time Holly, because they would have been Holly Wood.

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goochface · 18/02/2021 22:56

Octavia

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Trisolaris · 18/02/2021 22:59

A name I always thought was beautiful as a teenager was Isis.

I mean, I know as the list of their crimes go, ruining a name isn’t exactly top, but still!

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catlovingdoctor · 18/02/2021 23:04

Aspasia

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JaneNorman · 18/02/2021 23:06

Rupert (but I wasn’t giving birth to a bear).

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Winningmoves · 18/02/2021 23:34

Estelle. Palestrina. Possibly together

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