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Those names you wouldn't use...

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whatausername · 13/04/2020 13:58

...but really want to!

I was joking to a friend I might use the names Raisin and Wooster. Those are obviously total joke names but it made me wonder something. What names do you secretly like but don't have a thick enough skin to use or don't wish to 'inflict" it on a child? All subjective of course.

Mine:
Hortensia (love this!)
Augustus
Lucretia
Lavinia
Antigone
Amadeus
Wulfric
Claus (maybe if I move i could use this lol)
Hedwig
Virginia (the whole virginity as a virtue thing is ghastly)
Bláithín (I got told this is old-fashioned and I am distinctly un-Irish)

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SleepingStandingUp · 16/04/2020 09:26

Thaddeus and Balthazar

My twins would have been called that if we were more middle class

Nostradamuswept · 16/04/2020 04:30

Girls
Ariel-but the soap power ruins it a bit.
Eris
Delaney
Ripley

Boys
Cyrus
Valentine
Maxim
Thierry but no Russian or French connections so it’s a bit poseurish using them I felt.

GaaaaarlicBread · 15/04/2020 22:41

I love Anthem for a girl but DH was having none of it (little girl due August so we are going with Matilda, my second favourite). But I just love Anthem and have never met one before ! DH said it was too out there. I also love Atlas for a boy

Blursula · 15/04/2020 22:35

Aslan
Atlas

Chilver · 15/04/2020 22:34

Phaedra
Mims (girl)
Rannon (boy)

Snooks1971 · 15/04/2020 22:29

Spike!

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OhTheRoses · 15/04/2020 21:45

Moses is often used in the Jewish community. Often as Moshe or Moishe.

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missmouse101 · 15/04/2020 21:22

Leilani, Phaedra, Fawn
Joby, Ptolemy

Onthehamsterwheel · 15/04/2020 21:17

Augusta
Maude
Gilbert
Lucien

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whatausername · 15/04/2020 12:55

Zebediah!

Adding:
Venus
Vesta
Aishwarya
Constantine
Saffron

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DoctorBambino · 14/04/2020 11:17

ZebedeeGrin

TheVanguardSix · 14/04/2020 10:38

Ajax
Uriah
Jarlath
Naoishe

Comfort
Heavenly
Blessing
Patience
Samantha (such a lovely name)

SpicedCamomile · 14/04/2020 10:37

Girl - Linnet (lovely but would be massacred in my local accent)
Boy - Sorensen

blueskys72 · 14/04/2020 10:30

Lilith for a girl and Peregrine for a boy (nn Perry obvs!)

mamaAJ · 14/04/2020 10:20

I love Mateo, inspiration from Jane the Virgin on Netflix... I love it 😂
They're Spanish and me and my partner are super pale with blonde hair, it just doesn't suit 😂

Pasqual · 14/04/2020 10:16

I love Evangeline, but DH is a strong no

tiedy · 14/04/2020 10:13

I would've liked to name DS1 Julian but everyone I knew said it was awful

alwaysthinkingofsleep · 14/04/2020 08:57

My child's name always appears on these lists😂 makes me love it more!

One I loved but would never use is Thomasina...

Boogiewoogietoo · 14/04/2020 08:31

Rufus for a boy

Horatia for a girl

EngagedAgain · 14/04/2020 08:29

I thought of something yesterday, but forgotten what it was now 🤔 goes off to ponder....

blossomwilloughby · 14/04/2020 08:15

Isambard
Matthias - no German connection whatsoever
Wolfgang - as above

When I was an early teenager, I planned on having id twin girls called Jezebel & Cassandra. It was only later that I found out what the names meant or were associated with.

FairfaxAikman · 14/04/2020 08:05

I love the name Michael but I can't use it for DS2.
It turns out I called DS1 the name my parents had wanted to call me if I was a boy. Michael is what they would have called DSis.

It would just be too weird.

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 14/04/2020 08:02

Thor

I really wanted to name DS this as it was my Great-Grandfather's name. However the Marvel movies came out a couple of years later so it's probably a good job we went for something more traditional. People would assumed DS had a brother called Hulk or something...