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names you would love to use but can't, for whatever reason

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dizzydixies · 28/03/2008 19:07

Ellis
Lola
Dixie and Jack

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newgirl · 29/03/2008 12:23

i love dolly but what if one of my girls wanted to become a banker? it would be too silly

collision · 29/03/2008 09:48

Niamh....as we have an N and a V in our surname.

spamm · 29/03/2008 09:45

Samuel - with our initials, it spells a rude word. Funnily enough, my cousins' kids were all keen for us to name ds that, but then, they are all between 4 and 18 years old.

misdee · 29/03/2008 09:42

i really wished we have used Dixie as dd3 first name, but she is Serena Dixie.

I love charlotte, cant use it as two cousins called it already.

loads of names i like buty cant use.

talkingmongoose · 29/03/2008 09:37

Dorcas - potential unfortunate derivative.

shabster · 29/03/2008 09:18

Could never pick Richard because our surname is the same as the mad murderer who used to be on Coronation Street (it starts with H!! - got it?)

decaffeinated · 29/03/2008 09:08

I love Lily, but husbands ex-wife's dogs called Lily, so it would be too weird. Liked Ethan too, til I found out that that's what his first child would have been called if it was a boy!

lotuseener · 29/03/2008 08:52

I used to love the name Stella, but for obvious reasons I would never name a daughter that!!!

morethanmum · 29/03/2008 08:39

Digby. Just not allowed by dh. Not even as a middle name. 3 boys, and not a Digby amongst them

sophiewd · 29/03/2008 08:35

James, Thomas, William - brothers
Joseph, Oliver, Edward - some of my nephews
Theo, Gabriel - close friends boys names
George, Harry - pet names.

It has taken us a while but we think we are there for the bumps name which would have been Agnes if it was a girl

CorrieDale · 29/03/2008 08:33

Emma - DH's ex
Verity - Our surname begins with D.

duvetheaven · 29/03/2008 08:32

Lowri - it is Welsh for Laura. I think it's a lovely name but Laura is name of husband's ex-wife, so no can do !

aGalChangedHerName · 29/03/2008 07:11

Was gonna call ds2 Megan if hes been a girl.

My emil called her ugly mutt hound Megan so thankfully he was a boy!!

Martha200 · 29/03/2008 06:50

Peter, but couldn't because of the P to the surname, making it sound like the start to one of those tongue twisters..

Josiah - DH hates and wouldn't let me name the cat it either!

CristinaTheAstonishing · 28/03/2008 22:04

Ewan because our surname sounds like O'Good.

Pinkchampagne · 28/03/2008 21:54

Love the name Iris, but couldn't use it if I ever had a baby (not that a baby is in my plans!) with my new boyfriend, as it rhymes with his surname!

CantSleepWontSleep · 28/03/2008 21:30

Henrietta - doesn't work with our surname.
Jacob - because already one in the family.

Plus LOTS that I love but dh doesn't.

LynetteScavo · 28/03/2008 21:24

Alice, because I used to have a saggy, old, excema ridden, fat cat called Alice when I was growing up.

Tallulah, because DH would just say NO, even if we had anohter child.

chopchopbusybusy · 28/03/2008 21:18

Felt I couldn't use Alice because I knew someone who had just called her DD that. We moved from the area when DD was a year old old and have lost touch with the other family. Still love the name.

HonoriaGlossop · 28/03/2008 21:15

hatrick I love your dd's names

dirtygertiefromnumber30 · 28/03/2008 21:13

oh, i really wanted George for a boy (named after my grandad) but our blardy surname is Dawes. humph.

Then i liked Jack. Ooops, no.

Theo Dawes.. No

It definately rules out Marjorie for a girl too!

hatrick · 28/03/2008 21:08

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MrsJohnCusack · 28/03/2008 21:05

Iris - sounds rubbish with our surname

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dizzydixies · 28/03/2008 21:02

clementine on our list for this one, he's apparently not wavering, watch this space lol

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AliciaJohns · 28/03/2008 21:00

Dorothy (love it cos of Wizard of Oz - everyone else hates it)

Heather (dh's ex's name)

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