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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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Smoorbs · 18/08/2019 22:48

We nearly went for Ieuan but our last name is Ware so he'd have been Ieuan Ware sounded too much like ironware.
Trust me, as a teacher we all laugh at the stupid names parents give their kids. We've just had a good laugh at Tallulah who's just started, and still think the name Ocean is stupid. Quirky names are for cats, not children.

Yestermo · 18/08/2019 22:35

@whatausername my ds has two friends with your name choices! Very multicultural school.

NamiSwan · 18/08/2019 22:31

Euphemia (nn: Euphy). I loved it but DH vetoed it because it was named after a TV character 😂🙈 even though it was also the name of one of his great great aunts so I tried to claim a family connection!

thismeansnothing · 18/08/2019 22:31

Scout

We're too much of a wimp to use as first name so used it as a middle name.

Pops1985 · 18/08/2019 22:29

Phaedra and Persephone. Didn’t have a chance with DH...

timeisnotaline · 18/08/2019 22:22

Not too quirky but didn’t end up top on the list and being a little unusual was a factor in this- Clancy, Abraham.

Wavyheaded · 18/08/2019 22:19

Raven (girl). God, I still love this name.

chocolatecheesecake · 18/08/2019 22:15

Merryn. It's a Cornish name - still hanker after it (but not enough to have a DC3)

IggyAce · 18/08/2019 22:12

Balthazar my dh would have vetoed it anyway.

usersouthcoast · 18/08/2019 22:07

Snow

threemonthstogo · 18/08/2019 22:03

Ziggy. Love it but he'd just get "Your mum a Bowie fan then" all his life.

To be clear, I absolutely am :)

LesLavandes · 18/08/2019 22:01

And Rafferty

LesLavandes · 18/08/2019 22:01

Raphael

MaggieFS · 18/08/2019 21:49

@mumofbeagles I also wanted Percy and DH said no because of the bloody pigs. Likewise no Phoebe because of Friends.

I also bottled it on Indigo and Kier.

AlliKaneErikson · 18/08/2019 21:01

Kennedy
Tallis

inboxmayhem · 18/08/2019 20:33

Ziggy

Loveislandaddict · 18/08/2019 20:17

Trinity - not a name I knew about when pregnant, but heard it recently and really liked it as a name,

swizzells2003 · 18/08/2019 20:16

Lysander. I love the name but DH wasn't going for it .......

lotusbell · 18/08/2019 20:07

This might be outing but Exh wanted Lucifer for DS12 which I obviously vetoed mainly due to the fact it would sound ridiculous said in my Lancastrian accent. He also wanted Indigo Wolf, which DS12 now wishes we had picked. His actual name is not very unusual but still unusual enough that there arent that many about.

StormcloakNord · 18/08/2019 20:03

I was desperate to call DD Wednesday.

ExDP vetoed it and I still look at her and wish I'd called her Wednesday. Especially since ex is a massive prick anyway.

Cookit · 18/08/2019 20:00

@IsobelRae23 I bet you are happy every day that you didn’t use Isis!!

Also to the people saying Kizzy, is it short for anything? I vaguely know a Kizzy and always assumed she was actually Keziah or something.

hexagon01 · 18/08/2019 19:11

Peony
Tova (we aren’t Jewish)
Harmony
Blanche

Taliesin (we aren’t Welsh)
Ellery
River

I think with my children’s names we found a good balance of interesting and uncommon but not worthy of a double take Smile

SmellbowSpaceBowl · 18/08/2019 10:55

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MollyCuddle · 18/08/2019 10:15

Agnes
Bay
Ophelia

Feverslag · 18/08/2019 10:14

Oh I love Tigerlily
Also to the PP who has Skye Blue...that’s really lovely!