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Names you'd have loved, but couldn't use!

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PostBlue · 27/04/2011 20:50

Just curious, are there baby names you'd have loved to use, but couldn't? For whatever reason!

My examples: my first child is a boy, and I loved the names Dylan, James, Tyler, or Max. We ended up not using any of them for various reasons. Dylan, my dh just hated. James, is my dh's best mate and my dh didn't want him getting a big head [confussed], Tyler, my dh said was 'chavvy', and Max didn't work with dh's surname (Chipps)- dh thought the boy would souns like a washed up superhero!

My ds ended up named Edward after dh's grandfather, which took some getting used to for me but I love it now :)

my second child (dd) is a girl. I loved Freya, Willow, Ruby, Isabella, Sophie, Leah, Imogen and Paige. Dh hated most of them, and said that Willow just made him think of the dwarf from the film! :o And of course, Freya Chipps...? just doesn't sound good!

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MsChanandlerBong · 28/04/2011 14:19

I love the name Ariel - but dh won't even consider it for obvious brand name reasons.

Even when I protest "but it's after The Little Mermaid" or offer to spell it Arielle, he still isn't interested!!

stressedHEmum · 28/04/2011 13:23

xstitch, it's a nightmare, isn't it? Sadly, I was never brave enough to do the John Paul thing, but I did tell ex-father-in-law that, if they didn't get off my case, DS1 would be Sean Patrick. He is an Ulsterman and we live in sectarianland so that freaked him out a bit Grin

MarisCrane · 28/04/2011 11:58

I couldn't use Caiomhe or Lily as we had a boy (Dylan). I also love Leo for a boy, but DP doesn't like it. Stressed I love your list of names!

OrangeBernard · 28/04/2011 11:50

Matilda
Evangeline
Niamh
Isadora

Merlin
Isaac
William

xstitch · 28/04/2011 11:40

I wasn't allowed Saiorse or Marsali because then DH siad he wouldn't be able to spell it. Since he really can't spell and had to ask 'how on earth you spell Holly' a name that he couldn't spell pretty much rules out every name Hmm.

stressedHEmum I think you are near me. I also had the same problem, every name I came up with was shot down in flames I started off by calmly 'what name would you like' and got grunt every time. I eventually lost it after fifty to 60 name suggestions. I threatened to call dd John Paul (he was still the pope at the time) if dd had been a boy after my then FIL gave me a lecture on what names would be 'suitable around here' but then I don't have to try hard to annoy him.

LadyPelvicFloorsOfSteel · 28/04/2011 11:25

Ira - I really like the name but have a very Irish surname and it looks too much like a new branch of the IRA when it's written down.

Any Irish names as they'd just be too much with the surname (I was born and have always lived in England).

Sky - Didn't have a girl and almost certainly never will now.

lottiejenkins · 28/04/2011 11:16

I love Hepsibah but never had a girl!!

freesias · 28/04/2011 11:13

charlotte would always have loved a dd called this but dh's last girlfriend before me was a charlotte so couldn't use it

stressedHEmum · 28/04/2011 10:42

Aoife, Mab, Grainne, Aislinn, Saoirse, Marsali, Caoimhe, Aobh, Iona, Ailsa - all too ridiculous, unpronounceable and impossible to spell apparently.

Hannah, Rebecca - too biblical

Oisin, Taliesin, Fionnlaigh, Ruaridh, Fearghas - see above

Gabriel, Isaac, - see above as well

Lachlann, Patrick, Sean - not good names for where we live (think west of Scotland, insular town)

Merlin - just TOO STUPID, well that was me told.

I think DH would have been happier with a Jack or Bob or something, but seeing as he never actually made any suggestions himself, I had to pick the names he objected to the least!

SpringFollows · 28/04/2011 10:22

Oh, also loved Esther, but DH is a chemist and he vetoed.

SpringFollows · 28/04/2011 10:20

We have a DS. We named him after a very beloved Gfather, and the name was not to my taste really but I LOVE it now. It just suits DS down to the ground and I love having that history.
But, I always wanted to name a son 'Ezekiel' or 'Reuven'. (Reuven is after a favourite book).

I dearly wanted to name a DD 'Hera'. I also adore 'Isabella' but that was the name of a much disliked family member, so no way.

freesias · 28/04/2011 10:13

octavia skoda got there first

puffling · 27/04/2011 23:15

I wanted Princess Tiiamii but that cow KP got in there before me dammit.

DitaVonCheese · 27/04/2011 23:08

I've loved Stella for years so slightly resentful of DH having a surname which starts St- Hmm

Same for any name ending in S eg Rufus (which DH doesn't like anyway) as the S just gets swallowed up in surname :(

fruitpastille · 27/04/2011 22:57

Would have loved DD to be Lola as a diminutive for Louisa (DH's grandma so nice to have family link) but DS is Charlie... She is even small and very funny so would have been perfect.

MrsRhettButler · 27/04/2011 22:55

i love Lou-Sulola heidi klums dd but its very 'celeb' isn't it

i also like Lolita, Jezabel and delilah but these are all no no's apparently Hmm Angry

mamaduckbone · 27/04/2011 22:54

Arthur. I loved it and it's a family name, but our surname sounds like a drink, so it just became "Half a...."
Quite funny but toooo cruel.

squeak2392 · 27/04/2011 22:49

Also, quite like Keira/Ciara, but I had a dog called Kira and I get very attached to my pets, so I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to drop the association.

squeak2392 · 27/04/2011 22:45

Lisa: My name is Holly and I've always thought it would be amazing if I married a guy called Wood :D
But I agree it would be a bit pretentious if I were born with that name.

I'd like to use Oliver for a boy, but I get confused with names that DON'T sound like mine, so Ollie wouldn't be a good idea.

StayFr0sty · 27/04/2011 22:41

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Freddiecat · 27/04/2011 22:35

Ella but DS is called Sam.

(say them together - boys' name first)

Unfortunately DD has decided she would now like to be called Ella (without me mentioning it.

LisamumtoJake · 27/04/2011 22:35

ooo we wanted Holly for a girl, we had a boy, but even if we go on to have a girl in the future we can't use it, as our surname is Wood! HUFFS

fruitshootsandheaves · 27/04/2011 22:31

I wanted a Tamsin...Dh hated it

PiaThreeTimes · 27/04/2011 22:30

Sorry, my post makes no sense as a "couldn't use". I can't use the name as I can't have any more children!

PiaThreeTimes · 27/04/2011 22:27

Esther.

I have regular dreams about having a daughter called Esther. Weirdly, (DD's name's nothing like Esther) I received a Christmas card which names DD as "Esther". There are a couple of other little things, but you wouldn't believe me, and it's a bit freaky!

I've mentioned this to DP but not to anyone else.