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What are your guilty pleasure names?

119 replies

LipsyGirl · 18/04/2020 20:26

Names you’d never use but would love to?

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123Dancewithme · 20/04/2020 21:12

River
Atlas
Elisha
Florian
Ariadne
Calliope
Loveday

midsomermurderess · 20/04/2020 21:16

Mabel. I find I now suggest it for rescued kittens.

midsomermurderess · 20/04/2020 21:16

Mable.

RUOKHon · 20/04/2020 21:17

For a girl: Suki, Saoirse, and McKenzie.

For a boy: Malachi and Fox.

Almahart · 20/04/2020 21:59

Guy

Would never use it but I do love it

Ineedanewusername · 20/04/2020 22:03

Blossom, i think it would be lovely for a little girl.

Ikeameatballs · 20/04/2020 22:06

Loveday
Ptolemy

merryhouse · 20/04/2020 22:12

Dorcas.

Shiraz.

(Sadie the Bra Lady! )

Bax85 · 20/04/2020 22:16

I love all the old lady names!
Mabel, Ethel, Iris etc

Also, I love Cassidy, but my partner always says it reminds him of Butch Cassidy...

TooGood2BeTrue · 20/04/2020 22:40

Lysander

Lulu
Lexi
Juno

Claricethecat45 · 20/04/2020 22:54

Definitely Emerald for a girl
Orlando for a boy

Scruffyoak · 20/04/2020 22:56

Delphine

bunpot · 20/04/2020 22:57

Fabio. So brilliant. Too brilliant.

Goostacean · 20/04/2020 22:58

@Fawnandwren I have a Constantine! It felt like a brave choice tbh but I love bold names. Waiting for him to grow into it tbh Grin

I’ll add:
Isidor, Theodore and Leo (those two are too popular for me but I love them)
Beatrice (doesn’t work in my second language), Magdalina (actually I would totally use this, just need a DD!), Anna.

Rebs1994 · 20/04/2020 22:58

Love the name Persephone, but we can't use it for future DC as we already have a Penelope - we think the names are too similar!

TypicalMeBreakMyTypicalRules · 20/04/2020 23:04

Stacey, Tiffany and Benedict

succulento · 20/04/2020 23:05

Trudie
Pearl
Sorrell

Titus
Crash
Roy

scrivette · 20/04/2020 23:05

Bambi is cute!

I went with my 'brave' name much to my parents horror!

I love Seraphina.

AWafferthinmint · 20/04/2020 23:06

Florence
Romily
Sonny
Jonah

allaboardthesinkingship · 20/04/2020 23:07

Basil- my husband's grandfather is actually called it and would love to use it I'm just not brave enough

notjustamother · 20/04/2020 23:13

Ah I know a few children with these names...

Phoenix, Etienne, Gabriel, Clio, Ivy, Sadie etc they are all seen as pretty cool names where I live.

For me I love the name Bruno - there was a little auburn haired boy at nursery named this and he so suited it but I don't think it would match my blonde haired blue eyed kids!

I also loved Clementine - Clemmie for short!

Livpool · 20/04/2020 23:19

Castiel

Orphlids · 20/04/2020 23:20

@Bax85, I think Butch Cassidy is even more reason to use the name! And you’ve just reminded me that I did actually suggest to my partner that we name our new baby Butch. He has said no, which is probably for the best...

ChristmasCarcass · 21/04/2020 00:49

Florian. It’s glorious. But no child named that would get through British secondary school in one piece.

AliasGrape · 21/04/2020 08:57

I like both Summer and Autumn for a girl, would consider using both/either but does not work with the middle name we would definitely use which is a month.

Also love

Valentina
Cecilia
Delilah

Santiago
Vincenzo/ Enzo

But far too English for most of them and DH is still very much of the Janet and John naming school so he won’t go for Delilah.