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Names you secretly like but could never burden a child with?

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ThroughTheRoundWindow · 27/01/2013 20:17

Was talking baby names with my husband yesterday and he admitted to wanting to name a son Aubrey. When I stopped laughing he agreed that it might lead to a little bit of bullying. But then I love
Evelyn (for a boy!) which is equally bad...

Have you or your DP got a secret soft spot for a name that might not go down so well in the playground?

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FlouncingMintyy · 27/01/2013 21:44

Bertie.

Ralph.

Sheherazade.

plantsitter · 27/01/2013 21:43

Though now I look at Minerva and Thorold they seem fine. Maybe not both.

plantsitter · 27/01/2013 21:43

Minerva. We were this >< close to calling DD1 it but chickened out. DH wanted Thorold for a boy but luckily we never had to have the conversation (we are not in any way nordic which is the only way that could be ok imo).

ivykaty44 · 27/01/2013 21:42

Pearl

Whitershadeofpale · 27/01/2013 21:40

Abra loved it since I watched East of Eden as a pre-teen but the inevitable abracadabra makes it unusable.

gemma4d · 27/01/2013 21:36

Peter Rabbit.

It wouldn't be too cruel, would it? He could tell everyone his middle name was Richard, he wouldn't hate me too much, would he?

farmersdaugther · 27/01/2013 21:33

Merlin Grin

ccsays · 27/01/2013 21:31

I think Temperance is lovely, TransatlanticCityGirl. Smile

ccsays · 27/01/2013 21:28

Aurora
Seraphina
Matilda (LOVE it, but it's been vetoed, boo)

TransatlanticCityGirl · 27/01/2013 21:24

Temperance. During my last pregnancy I posted it here in this forum as an option vs. Amelia. I got so badly flamed with the nastiest remarks... I decided against it, not for fear about what the kids on the playground might say... more worried about their mummies to be honest!

Apparently, a name meaning "moderation or self restraint" is as bad as calling your kid "Chlamydia"

I still might give it as a second name if I have another daughter.

pipsytwos · 27/01/2013 21:18

Dexter-love it. Not sure if it's cool or not. It could make you think of Dexter's laboratory or the serial killer Dexter-those prob aren't great for a kid. But still I love it. When I think of it I imagine a really boisterous little guy. Grin

ThisLittleP · 27/01/2013 21:15

Oh I love Aubrey, I have an uncle named Aubrey. All good.

At the end of the day, if they're not teased about their name, they'll most likely get teased about something else, and I think it just makes them tougher of character to be able to laugh it off & deal with it Smile

My sis and I have a running joke that we always suggest Forbes to any friend who falls pregnant (as well as batting it back & forth to each other whenever we've been pregnant). So far nobody has been brave enough to go for it.

I did like Sofian for a boy when I was last pregnant, but didn't go for it in the end. I suppose partly due to the worry about teasing if I'm honest, but also I just had another name I preferred (which he'll get massively teased about I'm sure, but I'll just have to hope he can deal with it).

BNmum · 27/01/2013 21:09

Again Otto and Fabian are lovely and while not exactly mainstream aren't ridiculious and in my opinion not burdensome on a child. At first i wasn't too keen on Aubrey but after rereading this thread a few times it's really growing on me.

HerBigChance · 27/01/2013 21:09

Basil.

perfectmummy · 27/01/2013 21:07

spike! love it

Sallystyle · 27/01/2013 21:06

Heavenly

Shock
BarryShitpeas · 27/01/2013 21:06

Cornelius
Igor

Chrysanthemum5 · 27/01/2013 21:04

I like Aubrey, and it's a traditional name in parts of Scotland. Strangely I've known male and female Aubreys although I'd initially assumed it was a boys name.

FireOverBabylon · 27/01/2013 20:57

Gloriana - must stop reading books about Elizabeth I.

DH liked Tatiana when I was pregnant, and Svetlana and Natalia. Not sure what the Slavic thing is all about. Thankfully we had a boy.

AKissIsNotAContract · 27/01/2013 20:56

Gideon has been ruined by George Osborne.

Mine would be Zephaniah. I love the name but not sure I'd be brave enough to use it.

starfleet · 27/01/2013 20:51

Catlady - DS has a friend at school who has Thor as his middle name!

WMDinthekitchen · 27/01/2013 20:48

Gudrun
Fabian

expatinscotland · 27/01/2013 20:45

Egeria, because I love this sculpture of her I saw once.

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ThroughTheRoundWindow · 27/01/2013 20:36

Gideon is a great name. Although I had a hot tutor at uni called Gideon so I maybe biased...

My husband is also rooting for Aethelstan. I think hope he's joking.

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