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Tell me the names you wouldn't be brave enough to use

119 replies

spice3 · 22/10/2019 16:39

Always my favourite baby name lists.

The names I love but are too out there (even for me who's child has an unranked name) to use:

Boys:
Nemo
Zeus
Rubeus
Sherlock
Tokyo
Woody

Girls:
Bambi
Dolly
Birdie
Baby
Queenie
Pepper

Major guilty pleasure names BlushBlush my DP barely let me finish the sentence when suggesting these ones although I wouldn't have been brave enough to use them anyway 😂

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Groovinpeanut · 23/10/2019 11:26

Oops auto correct kicked in for some reason it should be Araminta not Stamina

Groovinpeanut · 23/10/2019 11:25

My darling daughters are Valentina and Stamina. I love their names. Nobody else seems to and call them Tina and MintyConfused

Ohhellooooo · 23/10/2019 11:21

Girls:
Alpha
Juno
Artemis
Viola

Boys:
Oberon
Ferdinand
Maximus

Gulsink · 23/10/2019 10:58

Phaedra's nice.
I wasn't brave enough for (girls); Leda, Noelle, Hero, Danae, Valentine (love the french pronounciation of this).
(Boys); Leander, Cassius, Paris.

5LeafClover · 23/10/2019 10:34

Storm

sorrythisusernameisinuse · 23/10/2019 10:11

Basil. Itl just get shortened to Baz which I hate!

Curlyhair40 · 23/10/2019 10:09

@loubuch09 I always use the full name, her friends call her Val (drives me crazy) but I assumed when she was a baby it could shorten to Tina, never did though!

loubuch09 · 23/10/2019 09:17

@curlyhair40
I love valentina what a beautiful name...does she have a nn or always valentina?

Angiejbabe · 23/10/2019 09:17

My Dollie is 9

loubuch09 · 23/10/2019 09:15

Love this Thread.
My dd names are on here tho not as out there as used classic names on BC.
Kathleen -Kitty
Beatrix- BeaBea or Bea
Now due Dd3 and not sure on a name.
Quite like Eliza nn Zaza or Zsa Zsa like Gabor.
Or Maggie but hate Margaret.
Persephone nn Percy?
My aunt was Hepzibah nn Epsi and everyone pulls a fave when I've said I'm considering it.

Curlyhair40 · 23/10/2019 09:02

@RickOShay she will turn 18 in January!
Ahh I love her name too, thankyou!
I have Venezuelan roots so wanted a name that would reflect that, wasn't an issue when it came to deciding to be honest, but most people assume she was born on Valentine's Day!

RickOShay · 23/10/2019 07:57

@Curlyhair40
It’s a beautiful name, could I ask how old she is?
How did you get your dp on board?
Grin

smegsmeg · 22/10/2019 23:59

I absolutely love the names Iris and Luna! DP loves Zara Confused

FREEM · 22/10/2019 23:56

i so wanted sullivan for a boy... went for sandy instead

Madhatterhouse · 22/10/2019 23:50

Olympia
Margaux
Noelle
Emmanuelle
Serena
Dominique
Antonia
India
Suki
Hero
Leonora

Otto
Hiro
Rudi

Angiejbabe · 22/10/2019 23:47

My granddaughters name is Dollie and it suits her so well 💖x

jazzyfizzles · 22/10/2019 23:27

I have a Dolly Smile

Curlyhair40 · 22/10/2019 23:25

@RickOShay I have a Valentina!!

owlofathena · 22/10/2019 23:22

Tyche for a girl.
My husband really liked tyr for a boy, I like the name but just knew it would get pronounced wrong all the time

VanyaHargreeves · 22/10/2019 23:18

Someone got absolutely roasted on here the other day for wanting to call her child Meadow, which I really like

I've liked the name Hayden since the 90s but it had a popular moment and is resolutely considered awful on here.

I probably wouldn't be brave enough to use Artemis, Athena or Allegra all of which I love

I also like Pelagia and Paloma and probably wouldn't use them

Titania is another and Regina, too many unfortunate nickname opportunities

But I remember when Noah was highly unusual and now its completely mainstream social consensus of what a nice name is does evolve for each generation

Olivia's and Bethany's have given way to Ava and Amelia were once it was Sarah and Emma, now baby Sarah's are unusual

RickOShay · 22/10/2019 23:13

I also loved Ariel and really wish it wasn’t a washing powder Grin
Nike too.

Bearintheknow · 22/10/2019 23:13

Not me but OH loves ‘Wolf’ Hmm
I love Anastasia!

Freyanna · 22/10/2019 23:10

Ptomely

CaptainTurdseye · 22/10/2019 23:07

Hephzibah
Lulu
Zillah

Jobi
Maximilian
Axel

WhispersOfWickedness · 22/10/2019 23:03

Linus for a boy and Celeste or Evangeline for a girl Smile

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