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If you could name your child anything..

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dreamer79 · 05/09/2011 18:03

..and I mean anything (no matter how ridiculous, if there are bad connections, what others think or whether it sounds good with surname) what would it be?

I love the names Constantine and River for boys and Sonnet and Indigo but they are a bit 'out there' and would not work in RL!

So what would yours be? :o

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MeerkatMerkin · 15/06/2013 19:50

I already have DS who has my favourite boys' name but if I were to have another two, one of each, they would be Rafael and Ariadne. Sadly DH has vetoed both, otherwise I would (when get upduffed again!). I also like Lenore for a girl.

youbethemummylion · 15/06/2013 19:43

I would have like Taylor-Ray for a boy and Melody for a girl

Ipp3 · 15/06/2013 19:42

Themagic, I know a boy called sky!

Twotinygirls · 15/06/2013 19:41

I'd love Misty, Bunny or Kitty for a girl. And Lorenzo for a boy.

I just think that if I was a boy I'd like to be called Lorenzo!

Ipp3 · 15/06/2013 19:40

Poetry for a girl. Atticus or harper for a boy. Or cole.

Hashtagwhatever · 15/06/2013 19:34

Ooh I quite like charmian
Ala-ronnie biggs wife.

Hashtagwhatever · 15/06/2013 19:32

Patience for a dd
Shamus for ds

Mintyy · 15/06/2013 19:27

Sheherazade.

Gregory.

shutitweirdo · 15/06/2013 19:26

I wanted Toblerone Toby for short.

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mixedmamameansbusiness · 15/06/2013 19:19

St. John oh my goodness. Brilliant, added to list

Meringue33 · 15/06/2013 19:09

I know a baby Indigo! (Indie for short)

I also know a Merlijn (he is Dutch)

mixedmamameansbusiness · 15/06/2013 18:59

I could probably produce an extensive list but for starters:

Katya
Lara (I might even call her Larissa)
Ophelia
Benedict

Yuri
Atticus
I do like Konstantin
Orlando

Literary themes run through my thought processes with names.

mikkii · 15/06/2013 17:27

DD1 nearly had Delilah for her middle name.

If DD2 had been a boy she would have been Francisco Raphael (Frankie for short)

TheMagicKeyCanFuckOff · 15/06/2013 17:16

Indigo, Sky, Raven, Ilford, Flynn and Rune for a boy.
Aurelia, Sapphire, Echo, Whisper and Dream for a girl.

As you can see, using them would be a bit odd.

Aquilla · 15/06/2013 17:00

Octavia and Horatio. DH Put His Foot Down.

JackReacher · 14/06/2013 22:05

My son is called Constantine .... I don't think it's 'out there' just not that popular. The midwife said she hadn't had another one but thought it was a cracking name and one she will remember.

Scathac · 06/10/2011 19:28

I always liked the idea of Roebuck and Spider for boys (didn't actually use them!!!) . Also found it hilarious when I saw a prog on tv where a traveler in the Steppes stayed with a group of nomads who had named their young (2-yr old) son the exotic name of .... Melgibson (all one word!!) . Just goes to show ........ (something, don't know quite what!!)

IreneHeron · 06/10/2011 17:13

Jolyon. Can you tell I'm a John Galsworthy fan?

puffylovett · 06/10/2011 09:32

Sebastian or Teddy....

MabliD · 06/10/2011 00:05

Alice

Estranged SIL got there first :(

Rupert
Rory
Margaret
Lydia

DH says no chance :(

iskra · 04/10/2011 15:06

I love Cleo and Clem, but they don't go with the surname.

oohlaalaa · 04/10/2011 13:33

I like Christian for a boy (DH hates it). I love Emilia or Clarissa for a girl. DH thinks these are poncey names.

mrsmummy84 · 04/10/2011 12:56

I desperately want Archie for a boy and have dozens of girls names, but DH vetos Archie :(