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Name you loved but it was just too quirky?

356 replies

Greengreen88 · 17/08/2019 21:14

Is there a name you didn’t use because it was just too quirky or “out there” but still love?

I loved Starr, Juniper and Skye, DH vetoed! (Don’t even think those are that quirky, tbh.)

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nothingsreallynewunderthesun · 17/08/2019 21:22

Axel Smile

not because it's quirky, it isn't quirky IMO although it's not often used, and not because of axel rose because children born this millennium won't know if him, but because I found out it means armpit in German Grin

Meanings and associations mean a lot and I discounted loads and loads of names because of tragic (eg. Jude) sociopathic (Milo) characters in books or negative associations in songs which have been stuck in my head for decades (Rosie, Alice) ...

Crawley65 · 17/08/2019 21:22

Horatio, just love saying the name

Bipbopbee · 17/08/2019 21:20

Meadow

whensa · 17/08/2019 21:18

Ptolemy
Albion

KaySarahSarah · 17/08/2019 21:17

Taliesin. But we aren't Welsh.

JuneSpoon · 17/08/2019 21:16

Keanu