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

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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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PipIsOutNow · 20/08/2012 10:21

There are some amazing names here!!! Glad I started this thread!!! I love saffron too nn saffy. Dh does not like any unusual names at all. I'm an eng literature fan though so love all the names from the classics and the plays I've read!!! I love the name hero I think it's so beautiful.

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fedupofnamechanging · 20/08/2012 10:09

soggy, my dd is called Evangeline Smile. Luckily DH liked it but I'm not sure I would have listened to him if he hadn't.

Sunnystormyday · 20/08/2012 09:58

Ach. Why don't you all just go for it and give your offspring the names that you LOVE! Think about the amazing class register in 10 yrs time if you all (and me) had the balls to call our kids these beautiful fascinating names!

  • from someone whose 3 dcs all have beautiful and fascinating middle names!
BedHog · 20/08/2012 09:49

Nijah. I love the way it sounds, and the way the letters look written down.....

If only the name Nigel didn't exist! Smile

Littlecherublegs · 20/08/2012 09:41

Love Amos and Cornelius but wouldnt actually use them.

Also love Jackson which is perhaps not even that 'out there' but will maybe save it for a pet as opposed to a child!!

Girls - Cordelia, Cora, Sienna, Merryn- again, not even too 'extreme', though I know I wouldnt use them and prefer more traditional, popular names such as Sophie.

Oh, and I love Barry!! Smile

rainbow2000 · 20/08/2012 09:22

Hunter i love the name but even thats a bit way out for me.

ChristineDaae · 20/08/2012 09:00

manic I love the names on your list. But I would and have use them Smile

pommedechocolat · 20/08/2012 02:43

Valentina. Would sound v silly with solid English surname.

SoggySummer · 20/08/2012 02:07

Evangeline - I love it but DH said no way!

JustSpiro · 20/08/2012 02:03

Bathsheba and Heathcliff.

There is no way on earth DH would let me get away with either - he likes very boring ordinary names, in spite of the fact he was very nearly a Chad!

Just as well we're not having any more DC's really - I can't imagine we would ever agree on a name for either sex.

tuckingfits · 20/08/2012 01:50

Ohhh, I love Marlie! Haven't heard that before. We have a Maisy as a niece - wonder if Marlie is too similar...? Mental note to add to list.

Bullets · 19/08/2012 20:46

We love Marlie for a girl, which is a lovely old English name meaning 'pleasant meadow by the sea' which describes where we live perfectly, but I know our family would judge us and I've heard it being screamed at too many naughty boys at the park!!!

Also love Scout, again for a girl.

I actually know a Hera and her big brother is called Hector - the names really work for their family!

mumbaisapphire · 19/08/2012 15:55

ManicInsomniac - I really like Avery too. I think it is pretty but I worry that people back in the UK will think I have become Americanised as I live over there now. Anyway this is all hypothetical since am not pregnant yet and who knows if I will have a girl.

I know a Phoenix, she is very cool! Go for it.

thegreylady · 19/08/2012 15:54

I know a 3 year old Ptolemy nn Tolly and he is gorgeous :-)

JasperMama · 19/08/2012 15:49

phoenix

Overreactionoftheweek · 19/08/2012 15:47

I love Miller but dh said it was too American. Also like Wolf...can just imagine our families' faces at that one Grin

isambardo · 19/08/2012 15:44

Jezebel! Both Husband and I love it, but it would be a burden of a name. His first choice is Persephone as he loves Greek and Roman literature but again I feel I'd be saddling her with a tough name.

Annunziata · 19/08/2012 15:11

Hamster? Gangster!

Annunziata · 19/08/2012 15:11

Michael (sounds like a hamster with our surname) and Salvatore. No girls' names for some reason.

eatyourveg · 19/08/2012 15:07

Rufus Noah Jethro and Nell - all vetoed by dh

The teddies were Horatio and Wilberforce - love the names but thought it a bit cruel for any dc

spiffysquiffyspiggy · 19/08/2012 14:55

I have a Ptolemy. It was DH's choice and I got talked into it but I love it now and it really suits him.

If we have another DH wants to use Fox or Horatio. He suggested Fox for DS2 but DS1 gave him this look Hmm and said very firmly "he can't be a fox, he hasn't got a shiny black nose"

Ulliunghi · 19/08/2012 14:46

Manon and Io. Both vetoed by DP,
probably just as well.

LondonInBoots · 19/08/2012 14:21

This is what happens when you post not preview - judges too harshly when ranching is supposed to read judged too harshly when announcing. What is ranching?!?

LondonInBoots · 19/08/2012 14:19

I love unusual names but I am aware of making thm feel out of placeor being judges too harshly when ranching Not to say my DCs will ever have 'normal' names! Lots of these are going on the lists though - many will just be vetoed by boring DP!

Persephone, Hera, Athena/e, Demeter, Saffron, Araminta, Ariadne, Juno, Juniper, Prudence, Drucilla, Truth, Apolonia, Stefania, Magdalene, Salome, Zara, London, Isis, Rowan, Xaviea, Xanthe, Xena, Isolde, India.

Lysander, Hunter, Ptolemy, Osiris, Tristan, Malachi, Merlin, Fox, Xavier, Atticus, Titus.

When I was about 6 I wanted to have twin DDs and call them Peaches and Cream and a DS called Stone Hmm This represents progress I think. I was a loss to the celeb naming crowd.

katiegolightly · 19/08/2012 12:30

oh and Rafferty