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What's your "I don't care if everyone hates it, I still love it" name?

170 replies

WallabyWay · 23/09/2022 13:37

I have several but Tycho and Ivar/Ivor are two of mine.

What are yours?

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octoberfarm · 25/09/2022 02:58

Lyric, Juniper, Cedar, Aspen.

20viona · 25/09/2022 02:44

Piper

GetRichOrDieTrying · 25/09/2022 02:30

Adolf.

Boxowine · 25/09/2022 02:24

Rosehugger · 23/09/2022 13:45

Anneliese
Genevieve
Ursula

DDs say they are very grateful that I did not go with these choices. 😀

Annaliese is my very favorite girls name. If I could rename myself, that would be it.

Cas112 · 24/09/2022 23:13

Ari

CaptBuckyOHare · 24/09/2022 20:32

Hester, Myrtle, Diane, Elaine, Vera, Phyllis

Eugene, Quentin, Gregory, Rollo, Martin, Griffin, Cornelius

ChelseaRobertsofMalibu · 24/09/2022 14:14

Mackenzie. It is my DD's name. I'm not common, I'm not trying to be different (in fact I always said I wanted a traditional baby name). I just genuinely love the name & kept going back to it after every other suggestion and oh wow does it ever suit her!?! I cannot imagine her being named anything else!

UserError012345 · 24/09/2022 06:53

Roxy

Sunbird24 · 24/09/2022 03:05

ByTheGrace · 23/09/2022 18:08

I always loved the name Linnet from Green Knowe. L names don't work with my surname unfortunately. Those books were some of my childhood favourites.

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Linnet was my favourite name from Green Knowe too.

I also love Virginia, Astrid, Esther, Dahlia (ah sound not ay)

HundredYearsOfSolitude · 24/09/2022 02:59

For a boy
Hamish
Ignatius

Girl
Jocasta
Philomena
Bonnie Blue (Gone with the wind)

DH vetoed all of them!

MelissaC83 · 24/09/2022 02:59

My children are Ella Eden Nevaeh Marley & Arlo.
Nevaeh was born on Christmas Eve and I wanted to name her Winter but her dad said no it's stupid!

AndTwoFilmsByFrancoisTruffaut · 24/09/2022 02:55

Henrietta

Onebrokentoe · 24/09/2022 02:53

Ein · 23/09/2022 20:04

Esmeralda

Kaiden. I was going to use it until I found out it’s got um associations. I just found it in a dictionary.

I’ve can’t find the associations you’re referring to, just the usual name meaning. Can you share?

Hopefullysoon2022 · 24/09/2022 02:53

Solosunrise · 23/09/2022 15:24

The whole point of having pets is so we can give them the names we wouldn't dare give our children. Like Gertrude, Giles, Lilith and Jemima. My children are grateful that they got solidly top ten English names, so they tell me. I still say my son would make a good Dudley, but he won't have it 😅

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My cat is Rocco he was born on Madonna's birthday.
Only reason my son's is not called it, it didn't go with my other kids names.

Decemberly · 24/09/2022 02:48

Evangeline
Loveday

Gideon
Hector

Mummyoflittledragon · 24/09/2022 02:37

I also love Persephone. It reminds me of music and flowers all at the same time.

The other one is Agnes. Don’t have a boy’s name as we have a dd and I didn’t spend time searching for those.

YesIReallyDoLikeRootBeer · 24/09/2022 02:10

Roseinbloom20 · 23/09/2022 15:58

Elvis - yes after "the" Elvis but DH vetoed and I wasn't brave enough 🙈 still love it though!

I had a boy in my class last year named Elvys.

Foggydog · 24/09/2022 02:04

Braer
Astrid
Heidi
Humphrey
Linus
Delores
Beulah

Libre2 · 24/09/2022 01:56

Love Persephone. Also Phyllis.

Django for a boy.

whatausername · 24/09/2022 01:28

Augustus
Augusta

walkersareback · 24/09/2022 01:28

Xerxes and Persephone

No547 · 24/09/2022 01:21

Jacoby

Enko · 24/09/2022 01:20

Horatio

Smallonesaremorejuicy · 24/09/2022 01:09

One of my twin daughters is Ursula … love it ..

Charl1991 · 24/09/2022 00:05

@toastofthetown I also love Lysander but it was vetoed. As was Evander.