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Girls names you like but wouldn't use

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BabbaE · 30/06/2017 10:31

Are there any girls names you like but wouldn't use for one reason or another? What kind of things put you off using a name?

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user1498418402 · 30/06/2017 17:18

Named my DH didn't like so veto'd

Maggie
Sophia
Emmie

Names I wouldn't just because they are a bit too unusual and taken straight from game of thrones

Arya
Sansa

ABCFamily · 30/06/2017 17:00

Hester and Demelza – I really like them, but I think they’re marmite names, so I’d be worried about my daughter hating her name.
Hermione – Too linked to Harry Potter, but would consider it for a middle name
Ophelia, Hazel, Iris, Clara, Jessica, Faith – Don’t work with our surname. (In fact Ophelia sounds downright rude!)
Imogen – My husband isn’t English, and thinks this name is ‘too weird’.
Tamsin – Too close to a close friend’s name
Lydia – Too matchy with my other daughter’s name

RoseTico · 30/06/2017 14:57

Persephone

And Saorise, because my Irish roots are too thin!

cliffdiver · 30/06/2017 14:56

Madeline, because of Madeline McCann.

Penelope, because of the Kardashians.

Imogen, because of Imogen Thomas (I think a negative story broke about her when I was pregnant with one of the DDs).

Maverick66 · 30/06/2017 14:51

Norah
Imogen

noodlebum · 30/06/2017 14:47

I'd still use them, but DP doesn't like them, or already taken by close family (male names are harder still!)

Astrid
Lily
Addison
Emma
Luca

Lemondrop99 · 30/06/2017 13:41

Demelza
Esmeralda

Bit much to actually use in real life but I think they're awesome names

PodgeBod · 30/06/2017 11:57

Names that are taken:
Faith
Caitlin
Georgia
Cassie

Names dp doesn't like:
Susannah
Madeline
Emmeline
Hope
Rosalie

Jooni · 30/06/2017 11:54

Cleo, Hero, Oona and Katya/Kitty are too matchy with my other DCs' names.

Iona and any W- names don't work with the surname.

Lots of lovely names "taken" by close friends and family.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 30/06/2017 11:40

Arietty.

reuset · 30/06/2017 11:00

Antigone

SuperBeagle · 30/06/2017 10:58

Lucy - doesn't work with my surname

Chloe - too popular

Ivy - doesn't work with my surname

Kate - already one in the family

Madeleine - dislike the nickname Maddie

Ophelia - too posh/too much teasing potential

Penelope - dislike the nickname Penny

Polly - doesn't work with my surname

Sarah - doesn't work with the surname

IntegritasAdSalutemVocat · 30/06/2017 10:55

Lila
Olive
Celia
Julia
Audrey

Lilmy3 · 30/06/2017 10:45

I like Florence, but when David Cameron chose it for his daughter I knew I'd never use it