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Names you love but are too afraid to use???

241 replies

PipIsOutNow · 17/08/2012 18:30

Just that really. I'm pregnant with dc2 and I love lots of names but wouldn't have the guts to use some of them - silly I know!!!

One of my faves for a girl is Luna/Lunar.

Just for fun- what are yours?

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JugglingWithFiveRings · 31/08/2012 12:51

Ooh, I like "Idris" Zul - and we love Ivor the Engine Smile

HaveALittleFaith · 29/08/2012 18:58

Blimey DH has just said Bellatrix is an option!!!

Grin ponytails! I know a Stiff family!

2dolly2 · 29/08/2012 18:08

bluebell is lovely !!!.....
I love spike as a boy !!!..

ponytails · 29/08/2012 12:40

i also love Donya, Bronwyn and Cadence for girls
my friend loved the name Ivor but cannot use it as her surname is Stiff

mumof2teenboys · 29/08/2012 09:48

I loved Loki when I was pregnant with my ES, got talked out of it by my mum. Sad

Also loved Anastasia both of my pregnancies, had 2 boys so that went nowhere.

Was toying with either Jared or Jareth as well.

ZuleikaD · 29/08/2012 09:39

We've got Idris on our list for DC3 (good old Welsh name, also been watching a lot of Ivor the Engine with DD so it seems normal now). I really like Augustus/Gus but DH has vetoed.

leakyR · 29/08/2012 09:34

DS has very traditional name George Edward. For a boy I also liked, Arlo, which dh thinks "too odd" , Emile was also vetoed because I have a French ex, it's too like Emily and it reminds him of Emile Heskey. Tbf a french name wouldn't work well with our surname.

Most of my preferred girls names were dismissed as "Old lady"; Edith, Sadie, Etta. However we did agree on Iris Elizabeth, dd is now 3yo.

Think my baby days are over, so future family pets might have some nice names.

emmyloo2 · 29/08/2012 08:53

Balthazar is another one I adore. DH said no but I think it's fabulous!

Toby is a lovely name though.

My DS is George and while I love it, sometimes I wish I had been more adventurous.

I know two sisters called Saffron and Juniper both in their 30s. I love both the names, although I guess for their times they would have been very out there!

iguanadonna · 29/08/2012 08:24

Ludovic

Ivo

Idris

broadsheetbabe · 29/08/2012 08:04

Zeus and Apollo

Onadietcolabreak · 29/08/2012 07:38

We went with Tobias but he gets called Toby, of Which there are at least another 6 of at his school :( never liked it, he's still a Humph to me! I've regretted all my 3 dc names, as I'm a chicken :(
If I had anymore dc I would have a Bluebell, a Juniper (my dream name) and a Balthazar.
But I'm not aloud anymore :(

emmyloo2 · 29/08/2012 03:15

Onadietcolabreak - oh you should have used Humphrey! What did you end up going with?

I fell in love with the name after a saw a little boy at the park called Humphrey and it suited him to a tee.

I just get so bored of hearing the same names over and over again at the park, and some of them are lovely names but dear god.

changeznameza · 29/08/2012 00:45

ds was very nearly Ignacio - or Ignatius - I wanted him to be Iggy.

but we chickened out when he was born and gave him a very normal boring name.. no regrets though

and dd was very nearly Pearl - chickened out again, just worried it didn't sound that nice when you say it (like bleugh) - i do love it though

also like Myra, Roxanne, Roxy. we all need to buy a lot of pets.

goingmadinthecountry · 29/08/2012 00:36

Lovely to hear of so many Ptolemy fans. It was my choice for no. 4 but she was a girl. Ophelia was a choice for no.1.

rusmum · 28/08/2012 23:23

Olive

Nicebeaver · 28/08/2012 23:23

Iwantanotherbaby - my daughter is called Hermione, no problems apart from the odd individual who mishears it as Armani. Purlease......

Rosarium · 28/08/2012 23:21

For a girl, Fuschia -- just because it's so beautiful-sounding, though it is a bit frou frou so probably not. For a boy, would have loved, loved, loved to use Oliver Bede, but Oliver sadly too popular a name for us :(

attheendoftheday · 28/08/2012 23:18

I love names of an extremely hippy type, would love a Star or Rainbow or Leaf. I will try and keep things a bit more normal though.

AnotherLoad · 28/08/2012 23:13

I wanted to used the Keaton for both my DS's but got put of by peoples reactions. both have common names now :(

really really would love a River! was dead jealous when my best mates sister named her son this Envy

also liked Knight and Dante - but just wouldnt tho!

girls. always liked Phoenix, Tey, Cadence, Rainey.....but as thread title says - not brave enough to use.

Schoolworries · 28/08/2012 23:10

Coco

I was determined to use that for a while when pregnant!

staranise · 28/08/2012 22:51

Santiago
Perdita
Montserrat
Dolores
Sonsoles
Dorothea

DH vetoed all of the above. Can't think why.

Schoolworries · 28/08/2012 22:50

London

Schoolworries · 28/08/2012 22:49

India
Paris
Juliet
Heromine

expectingnumber3 · 28/08/2012 22:35

My nephew is called Solomon and I love it! Lots of raised eyebrows at toddler groups though! Just go for it with unusual names, its nice to be different. Dd2 has a hyphenated name the second part of which is Kitten. Dh and I love it but my MIL never uses her full name!

perfectstorm · 28/08/2012 22:33

Artemis is lovely.

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