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Names you loved but weren't brave enough to use?

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indigo13 · 08/01/2017 22:30

I've seen a lot of this, and I love unusual names so I'm wondering what names you would have loved to use but couldnt/wouldnt go for it as its too out there?

for me it'd have to be some of the lesser heard of mythological names Smile

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Shadowboy · 26/01/2017 13:51

Lark (too twee?) , Winter (too seasonal despite baby being born in late November) I also love Alana but to similar to my name and was a name of my husband's ex before we met.

BroomstickOfLove · 26/01/2017 13:47

I know a teenaged Myfanwy/Miffy. She's lovely.

Pestilentialone · 26/01/2017 13:45

Myfanwy
Another one that does not pass the bully test.
Miffy would be a great nickname.

xyzandabc · 26/01/2017 13:41

Thor

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indigo13 · 26/01/2017 13:39

Agree lots of these are mild and very normal! I too love Arrietty though

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indigo13 · 26/01/2017 13:39

Agree lots of these are mild and very normal! I too love Arrietty though

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GuinefortGrey · 26/01/2017 13:37

I see my favourite has been mentioned a few times already - "Lettice". I always had a fantasy of having twin DDs named "Lettice" and "Nettle". I love both names but probably would never have been brave enough to use them.

I do have a real life Araminta though Smile

MsStricty · 26/01/2017 13:35

Mordecai

YoScienceBitch · 26/01/2017 13:30

My daughter would have been Loki if she was a boy.

I love poncy names.

minipie · 26/01/2017 13:23

It was boys names - Dashiell, Griffin, Corin, Rafferty.

In the end we have two girls anyway!

Musicinthe00ssucks · 26/01/2017 13:21

Aoibheann. DH is Irish but we live in London and we decided that we just couldn't do it to DD2. Although DD1 does have a Gaelic name.

Willialwaysbelookeddownon · 26/01/2017 13:17

I realised mine were quite mild that we didn't go for (Angelo, Raphael, Jasper) but both of my sons names are listed on here!
For girls I'd love a Clementina and a Toska. I will never be allowed :(

starkers1 · 26/01/2017 13:00

Rex, wish I'd used it and ignored the immature basic minded people on here who barked on about it being a dogs name. There are millions of names people call millions of dogs!!

Manumission · 26/01/2017 12:29

Arrietty

I really regret it.

Some of the names in this thread seem quite "mild". Regional and social variations must account for a lot.

ILoveAGoodBrusselSprout · 26/01/2017 12:21

Axl

I still love it and my DS could've totally pulled it off Grin

passingthrough1 · 26/01/2017 12:20

Hunter

LeBoob · 26/01/2017 12:03

I have an Aurora & very Yorkshire Hmm

howtheheckdoidealwiththis · 26/01/2017 11:19

Love Bluebell!
Saffron
Cassius

NuclearSwan · 26/01/2017 10:44

Magenta
Beau

Pipilangstrumpf · 26/01/2017 10:40

I love almost all of the names on this thread! I'm surprised some of you feel the need to be 'brave' to use many of them, they're mostly classic normal names, they're just not super fashionable (i.e. top 50). None of them are teaseworthy or ridiculous imo with the exception of maybe Dicken...!

IamPoopyHead · 26/01/2017 01:03

Clementine. I LOVE it. DH would like at me like this Hmmwhenever I brought it up. It's such a lovely name.

OhTheRoses · 26/01/2017 00:54

Hector and Christabel

Katielou75 · 26/01/2017 00:42

Kennedy (for a girl) and Anastasia.

stilllookingforthehills · 25/01/2017 23:36

Bluebell

Whosafraidofabigduckfart · 25/01/2017 23:31

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