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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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joystir59 · 14/04/2020 07:57

Saugacia
Elefteria

Romeo
Valentine

Hippopotas · 14/04/2020 07:52

Oh and
Daffodil
Primrose
Cherry
Sakura

Hippopotas · 14/04/2020 07:48

Berengaria
Bathsheba
Bithiah
Hodierna
Elfrith
Tirzah
Eurydice
Euphrosyne
Sunniva

Artaxerxes
Athelstan
Hezekiah
Elric
Dunstan
Anselm
nebuchadnezzar
Felix
Tancred

Finnemoo · 14/04/2020 07:29

Antigone is great! She could be Tig for short.

I loved Pepper for a girl, but the pig put me off Sad

vampirethriller · 14/04/2020 07:26

Callula
Hadassah
Ripley (I re watched the Alien films while pregnant and got a bit too into it)

Iolaus
Mirek
Moses

DamnYouAutocucumber · 14/04/2020 07:16

Apollo
Oberon
Orlando
Phoenix
The names we did end up using often turn up on these threads anyway!

OhTheRoses · 14/04/2020 07:07

Xanthe
Cordelia

Merlin
Florian

OhNoNoNoNotThatOne · 14/04/2020 06:49

I wanted to call ds Artemis, dh veto'd that one

MrsCl19 · 14/04/2020 06:45

Sullivan as in sully from monsters inc 🤣 I love it but would never use it

FenellaVelour · 14/04/2020 06:11

Boys names:

Antonin
Anatoly
Valentin
Ruaridh
Taliesin

Girls:

Leliana (yes I play Dragon Age 😬)
Athena
Ilarya
Ceridwen

DerbyshireGirly · 14/04/2020 04:47

For some reason I like the quite strict sounding virtue names - Patience, Prudence etc

Jossina · 14/04/2020 04:42

Billy, Theo, Kate, Tom. Pretty much anything that's actually a nickname.

Sunnydaysarecoming · 14/04/2020 02:56

Boys:
Basil
Saul - always loved this name until I read the Bible
Cinnamon

Girls:
Nettle
Juniper
Lavender
Eden
Jemima
Rosemary

theschoolonthehill · 14/04/2020 02:22

Hermione and Harriet.

I love both. I don't think Harriet is a particularly nice name but it has been a favourite of mine for a long time. I can't put my finger on why I like it. I really like Hermione but it would be mispronounced and I'm not a fan of names that end in the 'ee' sound with the exception of Hermione and I do not like names being shortened.

crabette · 14/04/2020 00:22

I love Wulfric for a boy and Seraphina for a girl.
Just not brave enough!

87Callista · 14/04/2020 00:14

Clementine
Blossom
Capri
Virginia
Esmeralda
Cherryanne
Oprah
Dorothy

Bugsy
Watson
Roger
Frank
Bruno

P.s Wulfric is so sweet.
Lucretia instantly makes me think of lube secretion..

VisionQuest · 13/04/2020 22:45

I really like Mackenzie and Jett!

Darkbendis · 13/04/2020 22:24

Vlad. As I come from Transylvania Grin

Albern · 13/04/2020 21:54

I wanted ds2 to be Elvis but it got vetoed by Dp.

Natt99 · 13/04/2020 21:51

So many of those names are on my list 😂 afraid they'll never see the light of day though 😢
To add to the collection I like
January
Prairie
Amaryllis
Lorelai
Porphyria
Electra
Perdita

Drake
Wolfgang
Ember
Jericho
Evander

Bouncingbelle · 13/04/2020 21:09

Thought of more-
Lars
Tariq

Velvet
Mercedes

I went to school with a Miffy, short for Mary Frances.

peajotter · 13/04/2020 20:13

Wacky names based on scientists from the 19th century. But I have used them for the two we lost in early pregnancy so I’m not going to share sorry.

Blursula · 13/04/2020 20:08

Oh and Shiloh for a boy. I love it but the Jolie-Pitts have ruined it for me.

Blursula · 13/04/2020 20:01

Miffy. Yes, like the cartoon rabbit.

Hoppinggreen · 13/04/2020 16:23

finallychangedmyusername my DH is German and I love some of the German names such as Mattheus, Sebastien, etc but our surname is never spelt or pronounced correctly so I went for names for the DC that work in both languages but are mostly English. I almost went for the German spelling for DS but chickened out at the last minute because I figured that everyone would just automatically just spell it the English way