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Guilty pleasure

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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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itssquidstella · 27/05/2018 23:32

Godfrey

CocoAndTheChocolates · 27/05/2018 23:31

Heaven Blush loved it since a teen reading Virginia Andrews BlushBlushBlush

TheCraicDealer · 27/05/2018 23:31

Boys- Jago, Inigo, Murdo, Nash, Hector

Girls- Vesper, Noor, Paloma, Farrah, Margot

Unfortunately these children would be eaten alive in your average primary school around here but I may still use Margot given the chance. We also cannot use some normal names because my DH doesn't like the way we pronounce them locally- eg. Peter becomes "Pee-dur" Grin

AgentCooper · 27/05/2018 23:16

Furio.

Inspired by The Sopranos, but alas it could never be because we have no Italian connections and you can't really have a wee boy cutting about Glasgow called Furio Grin

CommonFishDiseases · 27/05/2018 23:13

Ruby
Clemency
Blessing
Rahab

robotcartrainhat · 27/05/2018 23:09

oh i forgot Obsidian for a boy
Thats also a classic

robotcartrainhat · 27/05/2018 23:07

For girls:
Iolanthe
Phaedra
Psyche
Titania
Morganna
Lenore
Ariel
Euphemia
Io
Ariadne
Calypso
Anoushka
Tigerlily
Myrtle
Lazuli
Lorelei
Eustacia
Hortensia
Aphra
Astraea

BossWitch · 27/05/2018 23:06

Persephone... considering it for a middle name for current bump but even then I'll probably be too scared!

robotcartrainhat · 27/05/2018 23:02

For boys:
Garnet
Aloysius
Alaric
Augustine
Isambard
Eustace
Peregrine
St John (Sinjun)
Tarquin
Fabian
Florian
Astala
Ciaro
Osiris
Constantine
Jupiter
Halcyon
Vivian

ineedaholidaynow · 27/05/2018 22:58

There was a Ptolemy tortoise in Beatrix Potter books (although that is not the origin of the name)

misselllie · 27/05/2018 22:58

^ your username is me right now

SmilingButClueless · 27/05/2018 22:57

Caspian
Euphrasia

misselllie · 27/05/2018 22:53

Why haven't I heard of these names? Am I too working class or common? Wouldn't have a clue how to pronounce any, and never heard of any one with these names. I feel like I'm on a different planet here. Asking for a friend Confused

TempsPerdu · 27/05/2018 22:48

Calypso
Clementina
Ginevra
Loveday
Linnet

Cassian
Auden

Jj2431 · 27/05/2018 22:47

There's A Nelson in my ds class at school

Skybluepinkwithyellowspots · 27/05/2018 22:47

I love Ptolemy!

TenThousandSpoons · 27/05/2018 22:46

Atticus

ineedaholidaynow · 27/05/2018 22:45

DH wanted Ptolemy. DS(13) thanked me the other day for not letting DH get his way Grin

Skybluepinkwithyellowspots · 27/05/2018 22:45

I love Cassiopeia and Persephone Smile

Frolicacid · 27/05/2018 22:44

Nelson

BrutusMcDogface · 27/05/2018 22:43

Calliope
Sylvester

BrutusMcDogface · 27/05/2018 22:42

I've posted on a thread like this before- Eustacia Smile

FaithEverPresent · 27/05/2018 22:38

Bellatrix..NN Trixie Blush

Jj2431 · 27/05/2018 22:38

@LastNightsMakeUp yep Cornelius is an amazing name but would never dare use it.i did say I would get a pet and call it Cornelius one day ha ha

ZebraKid71 · 27/05/2018 22:25

Another one for Cleopatra here! And Cassiopeia.