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Confessions - names you love but will never use

241 replies

Radish9 · 16/01/2015 18:06

Just as title really. I have a theory that everyone has a baby name that they love but will never/ have never got to use. Mine is Silas, always adored it but DH (and almost everyone else in rl) hates it. My mum's is Toby, she's tried to get us to use it but we haven't obliged. Would anyone else care to share?

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GloopMonster · 16/01/2015 18:44

Aurora. I can't say my 'r's pwoperly so that one's out.
Cecily, vetoed by DH
Juniper. Everyone who knows me knows I like gin, so they might think I'd named my dd after that. I just love how it sounds, and looks.
Emmeline. Doesn't work with our surname. The abbreviations are a bit dull, too.

Theo, love the name, but don't like the meaning.
Can't think of any other boy names I love but can't have!

WizardOfToss · 16/01/2015 18:43

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Ainmnua · 16/01/2015 18:42

Ptolemy
Saskia
Persephone
Anastasia

Love these but I'm not posh enough to have used them.

Lilicat1013 · 16/01/2015 18:41

Fox - We as a family are not cool enough to carry that off, everyone would laugh and the child wouldn't thank me for it!

Eve - No girls

turdfairynomore · 16/01/2015 18:41

Angharad and Sebastian. Still love them even though it's 17 years since I last named a baby. They weren't -and probably still aren't - "very NI"!

PetaPipa · 16/01/2015 18:41

Haha - loads!
Jethro (with the nickname Jet)
Levi
Sholto
Brodie

spiderlight · 16/01/2015 18:40

Rowan. Aidan. Eli. Lucas. All shortlisted for DS1 and then tucked away safe for DS2, who was not to be :(

Deerhound · 16/01/2015 18:39

Oh, and Beatrix

Limer · 16/01/2015 18:39

Astrid and Benedict.

Deerhound · 16/01/2015 18:39

Tabitha

Kitty

Maybe I should just get a cat..?

TeaAndALemonTart · 16/01/2015 18:38

Stella, DH refused to name out DD after a beer.

HiawathaDidntBotherTooMuch · 16/01/2015 18:38

Sasha - girl or boy

KERALA1 · 16/01/2015 18:37

Augusta. Everyone I know hates it including dh. Luckily not having any more dc!

Marcipex · 16/01/2015 18:37

Midwinter

Popalina · 16/01/2015 18:37

Good thread!

Aurora, Beatrice and Sky. All three went down like a lead balloon with DH.

Mumoftwoyoungkids · 16/01/2015 18:37

Poppy.

Beautiful but wasn't convinced it would work on a high court judge.

(Names need to be suitable for 1. Cute little baby. 2. Teenager in a comprehensive. 3 A high court judge. For us to use them.)

MrsTawdry · 16/01/2015 18:36

Bunty. And also Tabitha. DH said NO to both. I really like Bunty and you'd never meet another!

Leeds2 · 16/01/2015 18:35

Jed
Junior
Saskia

cosmicglittergirl · 16/01/2015 18:34

Perdita was such a great character. Jilly books had characters with amazing names.

OwlBeGoing · 16/01/2015 18:32

When I watched The Sound Of Music as a teen I vowed to name my first born son George but pronounced gay-org Blush
Thankfully my pfb is a girl Grin

loislines · 16/01/2015 18:32

Humprey - love it but nns (Humph, Hum) never convinced me or DH.

Agnes - was an almost for this bump for a while.

softlysoftly · 16/01/2015 18:31

I love lysander and perdita too but didn't indulge my Jilly Cooper adoration :)

Also adore Sebastian but had no boy

stubbornstains · 16/01/2015 18:31

Amaryllis.

AgadorSpartacus · 16/01/2015 18:30

Lucien.

DistressedAndAlarmed · 16/01/2015 18:29

Tuesday.