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Guilty pleasure

128 replies

Guacamoledip · 27/05/2018 22:11

Seen this somewhere else before and it threw out some brilliant names and unusual choices so....
your guilty pleasure names, names you love but perhaps wouldn’t use

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SamanthaH92 · 28/05/2018 18:33

I love Willa and Waverley for a girl. Not allowed to pick them though, partner and orher family members have put their foot down!

vampirethriller · 28/05/2018 18:32

Callula
Callisto
Atticus
Lysander
Inigo

caringiscreepy · 28/05/2018 18:28

Phoenix for a girl. Love it. Definitely a guilty pleasure

Crunchymum · 28/05/2018 18:14

Ignacio or Cassias for a boy.

Indianna for a girl.

Mollie85 · 28/05/2018 13:11

Lumen
Redfern Grin

Yogeybear89 · 28/05/2018 12:09

Orpheus (b)
Gabriella (g)
Maximus (b)
Martha (g)

Nixen · 28/05/2018 09:02

Scarlett (DH has veto’d)
Pierre

HeyDolly · 28/05/2018 09:00

Sorry, Arrietty. Even my phone doesn’t like it but I love it! Grin

HeyDolly · 28/05/2018 08:59

Arriety for a girl

Cosmoa · 28/05/2018 08:56

Cleopatra
Pandora
Zendaya

Aurelius
Tidus
Tiberius

BikeRunSki · 28/05/2018 07:03

Lorelei

userabcname · 28/05/2018 07:02

Balthazar! Might use it for a future pet.

CommonFishDiseases · 28/05/2018 07:00

Brutus that's probably another reason why Rahab not a good idea Grin She was a brave (although "unrespectable") woman in the Bible, that's why I like it.

CommonFishDiseases · 28/05/2018 06:58

RedDwarves I love Selah! And I do know a few kids named from your boys list!

RedDwarves · 28/05/2018 00:57

Sabine
Dasha
Juno
Tallulah
Delphi
Hera
Lavender
Wednesday
Queenie
Honor
Selah

Gilbert
Linus
Gene
Cosmo
Wilder
Roman
Orion
Aldous
Watson
Roscoe
Sidney
Wyatt

CocoAndTheChocolates · 28/05/2018 00:13

@twinkledag I like Amethyst too. What would her nickname be though, Thysty? GrinGrin

fleshmarketclose · 28/05/2018 00:09

Rafferty/Rafe
Merryn
Vivian
Ambrose
Fabian
Seraphina
All completely different to the classic safe names I gave my children.

Ankorna · 28/05/2018 00:04

Balthasar/Balthazar

twinkledag · 28/05/2018 00:00

I know a Cornelius!

I like the name Amethyst Blush

Elphabaisnotwicked · 27/05/2018 23:59

Atticus and Anselm... maybe Arabella counts too.

BrandNewton · 27/05/2018 23:57

TheCraicDealer

I absolutely love Murdo!

BrandNewton · 27/05/2018 23:56

I know a Cornelius, he's early twenties.

I love Lionel (not that unusual I know) and Playiticus.

GreatStuffWorks · 27/05/2018 23:52

Hepzibah

Buntysoven · 27/05/2018 23:43

Demelza, Arriety, Phaedra
Syrius, Ezekiel, Zed 😶

BrutusMcDogface · 27/05/2018 23:37

Common - I thought the last one on your list was "Rehab" ! Grin

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