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Names you are sad never to use

130 replies

Oli5 · 03/02/2022 14:15

Just wondering if anyone is like me and is sad they will never use a particular baby name!
Mine is olive !! I long for a baby olive but no more babies for us!

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WhatsWrongWithMyUsername · 03/02/2022 17:25

I didn’t have a girl, I’d have loved to give a girl my grandma’s name as a middle name. My cousin gave her daughter a name that was a nod to my grandma’s name, but my grandma was a stickler for full names so may not have approved… (think Elizabeth/ Lilibet Wink).

I loved Caspar for a boy, I thought it was too unusual. I didn’t realise the huge variety of children’s names nowadays, it wouldn’t have stood out at all (plus it’s actually a pretty popular name now).

detachablehoof · 03/02/2022 17:18

Erica
Nina
Alexandra

All names we can't use for various reasons!

Lengokengo · 03/02/2022 17:17

Ursula. Didn’t have a third DC and DH hates it anyway.

Fetchthevet · 03/02/2022 17:11

Evie and Joseph 😥😥

BuickMcKane · 03/02/2022 17:08

No more for me either, youngest is 9 and I had a tubal ligation during my c-section. I did have the fanciful idea in my teens that I'd have 6 children, and do feel a bit sad that I never got to use all those names. BUT I'm more than happy with my 3 DC, and I do LOVE the names we chose.

DeadButDelicious · 03/02/2022 17:06

I'm not having anymore, I'm more than ok with it (sent DH off to get the snip with a cheery smile and a wave 😂) but a little bit of me is a tiny bit sad I didn't get to use Rhea for a little girl and Vincent for a boy.

Mumofgirls2017 · 03/02/2022 17:06

Piper because it just doesn’t go with my other kids names!

Elvis because not brave enough.

Clover because OH hates!

olivehater · 03/02/2022 16:58

Felicity. Always love the name as grew up with the good life and was a fan of felicity kendal. But I felt it was becoming too popular and it is.
But still feel a bit sad.

NeedAHoliday2021 · 03/02/2022 16:52

Meredith - I have 3 girls but only came across this name and loved it after they were born. Might get a cat.

MrsSteveMcDonald · 03/02/2022 16:52

Stanley and Peter. There are other names I like such as Morwenna but it's awkward to shorten

Fangdrew · 03/02/2022 16:50

Matthew ❤️ so sweet. I don’t know why it’s not more popular.

mumonthehill · 03/02/2022 16:49

Hebe and clementine for girls but I had boys. Also Gilbert and Gideon both I love but neither felt the one when we had both ds’s.

weegiemum · 03/02/2022 16:44

Matthew.

It was our boy pick for dc1 - turned out to be dd1

It wasn't our boy pick for dc2, we chose something we thought was nicer (and it was the right choice! He's 20 today!!)

It was our boy pick again for dc3 - but that was dd2.

I still like it but we're definitely well past the baby stage now

elp30 · 03/02/2022 16:21

I had hoped for a fourth child to name either "Tomasita" for my grandmother or a son called, "José Luís" for my favorite uncle.

It was never going to happen because my English husband would have vetoed the Spanish names since he still doesn't pronounce my Spanish name correctly (after 29 years) and because after having our third child, we realized we were not cut out to have more.

UrbanMage · 03/02/2022 16:14

Sebastian and Dorian for boys. I was hoping to have another child, but it didn’t happen when it was a ‘more suitable’ time and to be honest, my pregnancy with DD was a nightmare.

But I still love the names

toastofthetown · 03/02/2022 16:13

Lysander and Vita. I think I’m just bitter about Vita because he’s said that he does actually like the name. He can’t imagine calling a baby girl that because he thinks of a 350lb NFL player.

I also always wanted to use my grandfather’s name as a middle name, but the name has a bad association for my husband so we can’t use it.

Woofwoofbarkbark · 03/02/2022 16:07

Zander

Una

They would be such cool people 😎

BuickMcKane · 03/02/2022 15:59

Jared
Jason
Raven
Indigo

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 03/02/2022 15:58

Tess(a) No daughter or female pets!

HumunaHey · 03/02/2022 15:58

Luna. I loved the name long ago but then everyone started giving thst name to their dogs😐.

I have two boys and will have no more so never got the chance to contemplate using it anyway.

RedRec · 03/02/2022 15:58

Jonathan

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 03/02/2022 15:57

Hallie

I have two DDs and they have both been given our favourite girl names. When we were umming about having a third, I set my heart on Hallie and now we’ve decided to stick at two I’m sad we won’t have the opportunity to use it.

SoItWas · 03/02/2022 15:57

Asher.

Ijustreallywantacat · 03/02/2022 15:57

Eliza. Instant veto. Sad

MintJulia · 03/02/2022 15:56

Vivienne Rose

I had a boy