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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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Thinkbiglittleone · 23/09/2022 16:26

I liked lucifer, but obviously a no go Blush

MiseryWIthAStent · 23/09/2022 16:16

Felicity. Maybe it's just who I mix with but no one thought it was nice either time I was pregnant 😅

Woofins · 23/09/2022 16:14

Clarence 😍 or Ferdia
Love both named husband not having any of it tho

SocksForceFive · 23/09/2022 16:14

I loved Iona , Io and Una but DH vetoed!

Hellisotherpeoplesfeet · 23/09/2022 16:12

BertieBotts · 23/09/2022 15:48

Oh I met a woman called Merryn and she was lovely and described it as "Like Merry Christmas, but with an N" so I've always liked that name ever since.

I love this, although wonder how often she gets addressed as Nerry (or Merry Christmasn).

caggie3 · 23/09/2022 16:10

Dakota

Hallowbat · 23/09/2022 16:08

Tuesday

DameHelena · 23/09/2022 16:08

I love lots of the names here! Angharad is beautiful IMO; do people really hate it?And I didn't know Merryn, but I love it.
I adore Lysander but thought people didn't think of it/really know about it rather than hate it per se.
I also, relatedly, love Hero for a girl. And Clemency, although again I don't know if people hate it or if it's just not that common.

I like Cosmo for a boy but I don't know if people hate it.

DelurkingAJ · 23/09/2022 16:08

Toseland (from Green Knowe)

RobertaTheRobot · 23/09/2022 16:07

Marigold with nickname Goldie
Tigerlily
Dolly

EdithStourton · 23/09/2022 16:07

Swithin.
Marvellous name, woefully underused.
DH vetoed it.

TinyTear · 23/09/2022 16:06

stressedandunimpressed · 23/09/2022 16:06

@TinyTear Claudia and Virginia... Oh I LOVE those names. I had the tubes tied a year after my third was born but I wanted a little girl named Virginia, shortened to Ginny

Yes! I would definitely called her Ginny!

DH totally vetoed
sigh

stressedandunimpressed · 23/09/2022 16:06

@TinyTear Claudia and Virginia... Oh I LOVE those names. I had the tubes tied a year after my third was born but I wanted a little girl named Virginia, shortened to Ginny

queuegie · 23/09/2022 16:06

For me it is Alaska - can this be both boys and girls?

Reminds me of snowy mountains and adventure.

Also lots of nick names eg Sky

TinyTear · 23/09/2022 16:04

Claudia
Virginia
Georgina

Roseinbloom20 · 23/09/2022 15:58

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

stressedandunimpressed · 23/09/2022 15:57

Ashton/Ashtyn - Absolutely love it. Partner hated it, my three boys have "traditional" names now thanks to their sperm donor's Grandma. But luckily their names can be shortened as nicknames

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 23/09/2022 15:55

Sheba.

Ruined by feckin' cats but who cares!

Nobledeedsandhotbaths · 23/09/2022 15:55

Clover
People tend to say it's a cow's name but I think it's really pretty

itstheyearzero · 23/09/2022 15:55

Seth
Amos

Both were vetoed

newrubylane · 23/09/2022 15:55

For a boy:
Bruno
Morris
Emile
Moses
Jeff

I have loads for a girl:
Karen - really not useable nowawdays, for obvious reasons.
Eileen
Marina
Manon
Stella
Delia
Gladys
Daphne (according to this thread!)
Leisel
Rita
Wallis
Wilma
Victorine (an unusual old family name)
Idony (ih-du-nee)

HerRoyalNotness · 23/09/2022 15:54

BertieBotts · 23/09/2022 15:48

Oh I met a woman called Merryn and she was lovely and described it as "Like Merry Christmas, but with an N" so I've always liked that name ever since.

That’s a great name!

stormelf · 23/09/2022 15:54

Girls: Tyche, Terra
Boys: Leofric, Tyr, Fenrir

HerRoyalNotness · 23/09/2022 15:53

We were at the American football game last night for school and the girl that won Prom Queen was called Victorious. I just thought what a wonderful name and I love how many Americans don’t have all this angst over naming their kids and choose what they like!

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 23/09/2022 15:49

Rosalind
raphael
both had the veto from DH