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What name do you secretly love but would never use for your child?

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CuppaTeaJanice · 04/10/2008 21:29

For me it's Silas - it reminds me of the adventure programmes I used to watch as a kid. I think one of my first crushes must have been on a character called Silas.

I did suggest it for DS1 (vetoed by DP), but thinking about it I wouldn't want to call my son Silas and I can't really explain why.

Does anybody else have a name that they wouldn't use, but really like nonetheless...?

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Martha200 · 06/10/2008 00:19

Nemna - as a teenager I really thought in my fantasy world one day I would have a Mungo, child or dog.. and no it's not happened!

Josiah

InTheDollshouse · 05/10/2008 22:37

Boys: Aubrey, Arkady
Girls: Isis

MrsJohnCusack · 05/10/2008 22:35

I would LOVE an Iris but it's absurd with our surname
tbh, DD has a name which could easily be on this thread but we went ahead and used it anyway. DH is a great name vetoer, he is very fussy

know LOADS of people/children with names on this thread

scorpio1 · 05/10/2008 22:16

I know some Lovedays, though am Cornish.

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Nemna · 05/10/2008 22:00

Mungo (it means loveable)

Boobz · 05/10/2008 21:51

Zeus

alittleteapot · 05/10/2008 21:23

I love the name Atticus for a boy, Atti for short, but DH would never allow and I'd probably end up going for something less unusual anyway in case he went to a school that was anything like mine...

wessexgirl · 05/10/2008 21:14

Scorpio, we had a little Alanis at dd1's party today. Nowt wrong with it at all .

scorpio1 · 05/10/2008 21:14

Its just too similar to our surname, thats all.

I love T names - Te(a)gan, Tayla, Tahnee, Toby, Tobias, Tobin

stayinbed · 05/10/2008 21:12

why is there an aversion to same first name letter as last name letter? like CC?
i think its brilliant and i find that a lot of strong/successfull/exciting people have initials like that EE, TT, LL etc.
I wish i had a T name for a girl that i like to go with our last name

scorpio1 · 05/10/2008 21:11

Adelaide (name of popular street in our town )

Alanis (still holding on for this 1 day though, lol)

Piper

falcon · 05/10/2008 21:11

Oh and Wolfgang.

southeastastra · 05/10/2008 21:10

phaedra

falcon · 05/10/2008 21:10

Just saw that someone mentioned Pepper earlier. I love that name so much.

ellceeell · 05/10/2008 21:08

Tallullah - dh laughed
Phoebe - dh said no, because of Friends
Amaryllis - dh said no-one could pronounce it or spell it
All for girls, obviously.

Phlox · 05/10/2008 21:07

Tiger for a boy
Fushia for a girl

Mylittlebubble · 05/10/2008 21:06

Scorpio - you could nickname her 'CC' sounds like a great idea

puddytats - I love both those names

scorpio1 · 05/10/2008 21:05

DH has said Cadence every time! But our surname is a C too. I do like it though.

puddytats · 05/10/2008 21:03

For some reason when i post from my phone it goes mad and i post about 20 times! Sebastian and verity

puddytats · 05/10/2008 21:03

For some reason when i post from my phone it goes mad and i post about 20 times! Sebastian and verity

puddytats · 05/10/2008 21:02

For some reason when i post from my phone it goes mad and i post about 20 times! Sebastian and verity

puddytats · 05/10/2008 21:02

For some reason when i post from my phone it goes mad and i post about 20 times! Sebastian and verity

stayinbed · 05/10/2008 21:02

girls: octavia, aria, cadence in that order
boys: achilles, hero, phoenix

my dh also has octavia as his number 1 name that he loves and wouldn't call his dc...

we are pg with dd3 and we have nooooooo names that we really like....

falcon · 05/10/2008 21:02

I love each and every one of those names Suwoohoo.

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