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Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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post your unusual and unused baby names here!

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rhetorician · 21/07/2011 19:39

we are not now going to have a boy (2 DDs, which is fab), but we were going to call any son Aoghan (ay-gon) - Irish name meaning 'little fire'. You can spell it Aogan too. Loved it, sorry we can't use it

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strandednomore · 24/07/2011 11:58

Dh wanted Appeltina for dd1 Hmm - for his favourite rum.
Dd2 might have been Huey. Or Mattie. She wasn't either.

telsa · 24/07/2011 11:53

Crimson, Hepzibah, Rhubarb, Rifka, Chaim (pronounced High-m)

Rhubarbgarden · 24/07/2011 10:14

Anemone.

It got savaged on here. Still love it though.

Haudyerwheesht · 21/07/2011 23:53

Girls names we didn't use:

Esme
Mairead
Flora
Ealasaid
Elspeth
Arianne
Maisie
Shannen
Niamh
Isla
Iona

Boys names:

Darragh
Cameron
Calum
Fergus
Fingal
Rannoch

Athrawes · 21/07/2011 23:38

I wanted to call him
Caradoc
Bryn - but DH said it reminded him of Uncle Bryn
Idris
Thought Evan was too dull but wish we had done instead of Ieuan which we love but which everyone says as Loo-anne (it's an I not an L!) rather than Y-eye-an.
Caradoc was so lovely.

FairyArmadillo · 21/07/2011 23:36

And girl's unusual reject- Shiloh. Love the name. Didn't like what was then a clear Angelina Jolie connection.

FairyArmadillo · 21/07/2011 23:34

The more unusual of my rejects- Orion, Oberon, Jathniel, River

DS ended up with top 20 first and middle names. First name is quite common but I liked it.

culturevulture · 21/07/2011 23:33

Topaz

prudaloo · 21/07/2011 23:32

Wayla
Taffeta
Madagascar (Maddie)

Sholto
Hessian
Shylo

TimeWasting · 21/07/2011 22:58

Ooh yes, forgotten about Ira. And Glory is glorious!

Hector
Gregor
Arturo

chocoroo · 21/07/2011 22:57

Evadne, vetoed by DP.

Also have a soft spot for Loveday.

oldqueenie · 21/07/2011 22:54

the ones that got away...

amos
prosper
ira

pearl
glory
muriel
(am hopeful of using some as pet (dog) names!)

tigana · 21/07/2011 22:49

oh, and

Ariadne (props to Adair for the reminder!)....i still have hope, but suspect it will be heavily vetoed.
Zoe (cat got it first!)

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rhetorician · 21/07/2011 22:46

norks great post! I think you and your DH fall into opposite ends on the naming spectrum - well done for agreeing on some name in the end (presumably)

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NorksAreMessy · 21/07/2011 22:44

Bye bye Elisabeth and Monica (you were a boy, after all)
Bye Bye Hugo and William (you were a girl)
bye Bye Brian and Martin ( no WAY DH!!!! )
Bye Bye Joni and Maya (vetoed by DH)

Funny to wonder what those DC would have been like if they had had those names

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rhetorician · 21/07/2011 22:44

hmm, some of these are making me wobbly about DD2's name choice...Iris I like a lot, and Tess (I already know one of those though). I'm ignoring the boys' names, not because I don't like a lot of them, but I have no use for them, sadly...

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PurveyorOfBaloney · 21/07/2011 22:43

Names that were not allowed on my short list:
Osian
Keir
Tyrone
Cyrus

Genevieve
Jenna
Tyrion
Marianne

TimeWasting · 21/07/2011 22:39

Aneurin
Clement
Prosper
Isadore
Norman

Iris
Daphne
Josephine
Margaret
Lucy

bibbitybobbityhat · 21/07/2011 22:35

Sheherazade

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 21/07/2011 22:34

Oh yes and for boys (thank you for reminding me shoots)

Sholto
Rufus
Titus

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 21/07/2011 22:32

The names I loved but will never use are:

Posy
Tess
Betty
Trilby

Adair · 21/07/2011 22:10

And thank you Smile

Adair · 21/07/2011 22:06

Have PMed you... though think you can search on my name...!

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rhetorician · 21/07/2011 22:04

Caoimhe is a lovely name - won't go with surname, also like Ariadne. Your rejects are so nice Adair I'm curious as to what you actually picked!

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Adair · 21/07/2011 22:00

Dexter - dd's 'if she'd been a boy' name
Ariadne - ds1's 'girl' name
Capella - ds2's 'girl' name
A/Eithne (also means 'little fire' i believe)
Caoimhe - we have no Irish connection at all

We toyed with Anakin - but he becomes Darth Vader..!

I love Evander - but couldn't convince dh.