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Favourite names you didn't use?

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Emmafh3 · 26/09/2018 16:38

Please, help!
The only names me and my dh love and agree on are used for our dd.
And we now (thankfully) hate the name dh chose if she turned out to be a boy.

I know a lot of people don't like to share the names they actually chose for their children, so what names did you or your partner love or had on a short list that you didn't use/ names you've seen since having your babe that you might use for future babes?

Both genders please! not finding out the sex with this babe either :) Many thanks!

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Highpeak · 28/09/2018 10:44

Always loved Carmen but is too alliterative with surname. Also love Lara, couldn't use it for DD as we were set on a middle name it sounded silly with. might get to use that for a second dc.

Picknickers · 28/09/2018 01:00

Vera.
Zinnia
Phaedra
Patrick
Edwin
Gabriel
1 dd no ds

Horseshoe1 · 27/09/2018 23:57

Joni
Clara
Florence
Clementine

Keir
Elliot
Joseph
Arthur / Art

Togaandsandals · 27/09/2018 22:55

No children but would have chosen Anna or Jonathan.

Metalhead · 27/09/2018 22:02

Every now and then I look at DD2 and think she would have suited one of the other names so much better... but at the same time she is just ‘X name’ to us now and that’s it.

Don’t “give in” to a name you absolutely hate though, I don’t think you’d ever be happy with that.

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Emmafh3 · 27/09/2018 21:47

A few names are on our list to consider, thank you!
Many of the names everybody has said have been tossed out already, and funnily enough, a lot of our middle names and close family names also popping up!

My next question was, for those who settled or gave in to different names, do you regret it years/months on?
A few already answered my question though! 😉
What I don't want to do is think ugh, I hate this name, you should have been so and so, every time I call my child instead of thinking, you're my child and you're perfect in every way including your name.
Maybe I'm just over thinking how important names actually are or aren't?

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Lifeonmars77 · 27/09/2018 15:43

We nearly used Jonah and Xavier for our sons, ended up going for more classic names for them both but have a slight regret now. At the time thought maybe they were a little too 'out there' but in hindsight they would have suited them!

Had we had a girl, names in the running were:
Annabelle
Erin
Ffion

BikeRunSki · 27/09/2018 13:37

Loreli
Isambard

IsabelleSE19 · 27/09/2018 13:34

@Figural That's nice – I can guarantee my Rowans would not have been willowy!

Onceicaughtafish · 27/09/2018 13:31

Alanna
Annie
Orla
Eleanora
Ottilie
Sophie
Serin
Wren
Bryony

Ashley
Alexander
Reuben
William
Rowan
Cory
Lucas

TabbyTigger · 27/09/2018 13:16

Ended up with 5 girls and just 1 boy so have hundreds of boys names that never made the cut...

Felix
Jurian (Yur-ee-Ann)
Caleb
Callum
Ethan
Jacob
Theo
Ted (/Edward)
Stan (/Stanley)
Olivier
Leon
Leo
Louis
Isaac
Oliver
Marcus
Matthew
Thomas
George
Peter
Johnny
Oakley
Simon
Samson
Blake
Samuel
Ben (Benedict/Benjamin)

Girls wise we got to use most but...
Anna
Laura
Rosaleen nn Rosa or Rosie
Rosanna nn Rosa or Rosie
Aurora nn Rory or Rora
Aurelia
Amelie
Aurélie
Orlaith/Orlaigh
Maebh
Genevieve
Evie
Eliza nn Lizzie or Ellie

All missed out!

Figural · 27/09/2018 13:00

@IsabelleSE19

I know a Rowan, she's a beautiful, willowy redhead, Mum of three all like her, 2 DD, 1DS, now. Smile

TJsAunt · 27/09/2018 10:09

Stanley & Nina

Couldn't use Nina as ds had a favourite toy fire engine (nee naa) when dd was born and would have been odd to name his little sister after a fire engine! Still slightly regret it....

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 27/09/2018 09:45

Sophie and India.
I secretly loved Rhiannon but didn't even voice that one, it didn't 'flow' with our surname.

kettleonplease · 27/09/2018 08:45

Edie
Elodie
Mila
Mira
Millie
Luna
Mallory
Lottie
Ava
Willow
Lola

Malachy
Kilian
Leo
Elijah
Joshua

moredoll · 27/09/2018 02:28

Frances (DP wasn't keen)
Freya (not my favourite)
Iona (doesn't work with the surname)
Anna (doesn't work with the surname)

Shadow1234 · 27/09/2018 02:04

I always loved Erin or Summer for a girl, but one didnt really
sound right with my surname, and OH wasnt totally sold on the
other, but finally settled on a name we both loved, so no
real regrets.

rosablue · 26/09/2018 22:57

I had loads of girls names that I wanted to use. Top of the list were Hester, Coco, Lucy and Hebe.

I had no boys names, nor did DH (OK so I liked Ptolemy but I know I'm a minority and dh vetoed it early on). So obviously, we had 2 boys. Was a real struggle to name them, particularly for ds2. We booked the appointment with the registrar to register his birth on the last day we legally could and were still discussing names as we drove there. To this day, I still have no idea how we ended up with his second name as it's not a name that I have any recollection of discussing or liking or wanting in advance other than it's quite a common name that we scratched off the list in the very early days when going through and saying no to most names.

I also suddenly remembered I wanted my surname adding in as I didn't change my name when I got married, so thought it would be nice and for various reasons, we hadn't added it in to ds1's name when I registered his birth. Didn't think it would be an issue - except it was to DH who said that it wasn't fair for ds2 to have it when ds1 didn't. So instead of adding it to ds2 from the beginning and then adding it to ds1's name, it didn't get added to either Sad. I'd already burst into tears once (I'm blaming the hormones Grin) and as the registrar hadn't got an appointment after us she sent us out to have a chat and compose ourselves so didn't feel up to arguing for it again!

MissDai5y · 26/09/2018 22:31

Leonard and hestia

Catsandbootsandbootsandcats · 26/09/2018 22:13

Joshua
Simon
Elijah
Declan
Jeremy
Orion
Finley
Ptolemy (yes, really! I just wasn't brave enough to face the wrath of the ILs!)

Matilda
Emilia
Tabitha
Astrid
Freya
Elsie
Clover
Kathryn

mycatplotsdeath · 26/09/2018 22:11

Margot
Estée
Lillian
Sunday
Charlie
Cecelia

All used before hand by others

madeyemoodysmum · 26/09/2018 22:08

LOVEDAY

Wtf!!!!!!

yellowplumpreserves · 26/09/2018 22:07

Oh yes, and Douglas. Forgot that one.

yellowplumpreserves · 26/09/2018 22:04

I have four DDs so have more boys names than girls that I didn’t use!

Eleanor
Edith
Philippa
Esther
Miriam
Helena

Daniel
Stephen
Philip
Peter
David
Edward
Jonathan

Metalhead · 26/09/2018 22:02

Thalia
Niamh
Lina
Georgina
Estelle