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Crazy names you didn’t use?

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AragornsManlyStubble · 17/06/2020 21:22

Oh, is mine a list to be judged. Grin

For my 1st, I fully admit I shouldn’t have been allowed to name a cat, let alone a child. She narrowly avoided being called Keilani Aqua.

I hang my head in shame.

My 2nd escaped any really dodgy possibilities, lucky thing.

My 3rd......Well on the list were Scipio, Zealand and Rockford. I hadn’t learned my lesson from number 1.

Not saying I don’t still like them, but I know now they shouldn’t have been on the list!

What names did you have on The List, that you look back and think ‘How was I THAT crazy?’ Grin

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Icanttakethiscrapanymore · 19/06/2020 16:25

I loved tiger lily for my dd but wasn’t brave enough and when I was pregnant with ds I was considering Teddy if he was a girl but not a boy.

Both ended up with beautiful traditional names but sometimes I wish I’d been a bit braver.

SecretWitch · 19/06/2020 16:19

Oops, I meant to quote @CorianderLord

SecretWitch · 19/06/2020 16:19

@CorianderLord

Also known a Sunny, and she was. I like Sunny.
I know it’s inappropriate but I just love the sound!

I think I shall name my next female cat Jezebel.

CorianderLord · 19/06/2020 16:15

Also known a Sunny, and she was. I like Sunny.

CorianderLord · 19/06/2020 16:15

@secretwitch well thank god, Jezebel just means 'Whore'.

Luzina · 19/06/2020 16:01

I was very keen on Sunny for a girl. Had boys though.

IJumpedAboardAPirateShip · 19/06/2020 15:57

Also I vetoed them because of connotations but I love the names Iago and Ophelia

IJumpedAboardAPirateShip · 19/06/2020 15:55

I really wanted Talisker (still think it’s an awesome name!)

CorianderLord · 19/06/2020 15:53

@wilberforce I know a 25-year-old called woody and it really suits him! I fancied him at school and no one every seemed to call him anything phallic

SpringSpringTime · 19/06/2020 15:08

Axel. As in Axel Bangert. If we were even vaguely Germanic we’d have gone for it, and it’s still a possibility if we have another boy. Yorkshire will just have to cope.

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AragornsManlyStubble · 19/06/2020 15:04

Flying

My ferret is Bartholomew!

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thefamousfiveplusone · 19/06/2020 14:44

I LOVE unusual names!

Blossom was always a contender although wasn't used for either of my two daughters.

We have a Wren and we get nothing but positive reactions to her name.

Flyingarcher · 19/06/2020 14:36

Seth - couldn't have it due to our surname.
Wulfric so he could be Woolfie for short
Bartholomew - I love this name but can't have it coz of Bart Simpson.
Lawrence - not daft but didn't make it to the cut.
Husband wanted Rowland - just no. Rolly poly

Namechange8471 · 19/06/2020 14:29

I was going to call my son Brent.

Thank god I had a girl!

SecretWitch · 19/06/2020 14:19

I really loved the name Jezebel.

Vetoed both times for my daughters.

FightMilkTM · 19/06/2020 14:16

Just remembered that I loved Nigel and Brian for boys! (My baby was born 2019 Blush)

Angel2702 · 19/06/2020 14:14

My friends were horrified when I was pregnant with my daughter, had she been a boy she would have been Herbert.

BabyLlamaZen · 19/06/2020 14:14

As a teenager, Bubbles and Posy were on there 😳

MrsCrosbyNRTB · 19/06/2020 14:14

I really wanted Topaz for a girl.

Luckily I had a boy. still like it though

FightMilkTM · 19/06/2020 14:11

My husband liked Olympia for a girl.

I loved (still do!) Wolfgang (nn Wolfie) for a boy, one of my friends used Wolfgang as a middle name since I was pregnant though so I ‘can’t’ have it now anyway. Sad

stonecoasters · 19/06/2020 14:06

@meow1989 haha my DH tried. My vagina - my choice.

meow1989 · 19/06/2020 14:05

@stonecoasters I maintain that all of those names are excellent choices, dh was the one who vetoed!

Wither · 19/06/2020 14:04

I know a baby Maverick. It seems like a big name to live up to. I mean, what if they aren’t?

stonecoasters · 19/06/2020 14:02

@meow1989 I had Wolf, Tiger and Berdie on my list - I went with Bear!

meow1989 · 19/06/2020 14:01

Fox, wolf, bear!

Also Ira, which dh really liked until.i pointed out my dads Northern Irish heritage...