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What names do you love but wouldn't use

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inmyslippers · 12/10/2021 20:12

I went for a very safe name for my son. But looking at him now he could pull off Rio which his dad wanted to call him. There were others I loved but felt unfair to saddle a child with

Shilo
Hudon
Shay
Franklyn
Carter
Lorenzo (we have strong northern accents and it would sound ridiculous)
Carey - due a come back
Tate
Ira
Silas

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southcarolina · 13/10/2021 09:25

@orangeautumnleaves

Hunter. Devon.

Love these as names but not brave enough to ever get used by us!

I know a few Devon's and it never feels like a wacky name, if you like it I wouldn't write it off :)
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inmyslippers · 13/10/2021 09:24

Artemis and Ariadne! Love a Greek mythology name.

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Lipsandlashes · 13/10/2021 09:22

Artemis but it wouldn't suit our surname and DH definitely wouldn't have gone for it.

hairybakers · 13/10/2021 09:21

Also, Sukie/Suki is one of my all time faves but I can imagine once they hit their teenage years the teasing would be relentless

hairybakers · 13/10/2021 09:15

I love Bibi but it's just a bit daft.
Lenor is gorgeous but will forever be fabric softener.

Luckily DS17 was a boy because his name was going to be Isis !

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inmyslippers · 13/10/2021 08:26

Atticus is very very cool, I love it but we couldn't pull it off.

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toomanypillows · 13/10/2021 06:27

Lysander.
I love it, but I feel like it only works for an older person. I can't imagine a baby or toddler Lysander.

Seedlipvshendricks · 13/10/2021 05:54

Arietty for a girl, inspired by the borrowers! Husband vetoed it as sons name also starts with A.

SinoohXaenaHide · 13/10/2021 05:54

Peregrin (due to loving the book "The Ordinary Princess"). Couldn't do that to a child, but it's a lovely name.

JuneJuly · 13/10/2021 05:44

Grover, Vaughn or Murray for boys.

Araminta or Ariadne for girls.

GeorgiaGirl52 · 13/10/2021 05:30

Peony
Dominic

Dustyblue · 13/10/2021 05:09

Another fan of Mordecai :)

Ivo & Innes for boys, Ambrosia & Aurora for girls. Not together!

All thoroughly vetoed by DH.

Lifeinthescratcher · 13/10/2021 02:36

@Ellarain

Maverick
Love it! Top gun🙃
FictionalCharacter · 13/10/2021 02:11

I wanted to call dd Pearl, DH vetoed it and I’m very glad he did!

Luckingfovely · 13/10/2021 01:30

I love Flora for a girl, but it's just too... margariney.

Aorh · 13/10/2021 01:17

Names I’ve always loved but I tend to like far more standard, traditional names, so these were too outside my comfort zone

Atticus
Magnus (very close to being within my comfort zone but worried about what would happen if he ended up being small)
Wilfred

Willow (totally not my sort of name but to me, it’s beautiful)

shreddednips · 12/10/2021 21:56

Demelza and Minerva.

OrangeJuiceAndNoodles · 12/10/2021 21:55

I always thought I'd have a Cosmo. It's been my favourite boys name for about a decade.

However, everybody I've run it by seems perplexed/horrified by it. I wonder if people hearing it for the first time associate it with the magazine? I can't otherwise understand why they don't like it.

And it's also becoming quite popular I think.

Standrewsschool · 12/10/2021 21:51

Bjorn - always loved this name

Leo - considered this but then Tony Blair named his son Leo, didn’t want people thinking I was copying him

Roderigo - loved this name since studying Othello in six form. No Italian heritage so would have been weird

LadyLothbrook · 12/10/2021 21:49

I really wanted Sloane both times for my DDs but husband wasn't having any of it 😕

Diverseopinions · 12/10/2021 21:49

Swithin is very good. Swith is a good short form.

My favourite is Cinderella.

It would be so cool, if I was young enough to have another child. (I think Cindy is due a revival with the option to tell people the formal version.)

Two girls' names I have liked and mentioned to others who have used them are India and Mercedes. Mercedes has the special religious association. ( India grew up to be such a beautiful, kind girl).

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inmyslippers · 12/10/2021 21:48

Silas brings back memories of the kids TV show from the 1980s or the serial killer in ‘Hollyoaks’.
The Hollyoaks connection has ruined that name for me. He was evil,

^^ yes I remember that was hollyoaks golden era

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queenatom · 12/10/2021 21:47

@omfgimgettingmarried, yes, love Keir but the connection is too strong at the moment!

I love Salim but completely culturally inappropriate for two white Brits.

Standrewsschool · 12/10/2021 21:46

@ChrissyPlummer

My friend’s husband is called Thiago, they’re from South America though.

Lolita is not a lovely name, even without the obvious connotation, it means ‘sorrows’.

Silas brings back memories of the kids TV show from the 1980s or the serial killer in ‘Hollyoaks’.

The Hollyoaks connection has ruined that name for me. He was evil, and very cunning, a good storyline.
Lollypop701 · 12/10/2021 21:42

Malachi… husband wouldn’t have it at all.

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