What names were on your shortlist but didn’t make the cut?

[ShirleyPhallus]

I’m pg now and have a shortlist of names I love. Feel a bit sad only to pick one!

Any names that got left behind that you still love?

Caspar
Gus(sie)

Vivienne
Elise

Ah almost makes me want to have another DC..

Nerissa
Marina
Amber
Astrid
Aurora
Violet
Abigail
Alexandra

James
Kyle
Cairn
Noah
Ronan
Oakley

Ds is named after dh dad so didn't choose a name so Daniel. A girl would have been Katherine or Elizabeth.

Lydia
Elizabeth
Verity (used that as a middle name)
Julia
Emilia
Alexandra

Edward
Patrick
John
Dominic (didn't have a boy but this had a lucky escape. 60 billion of these in school!)
Benedict

Alice
Elizabeth
Clara
DH liked Jemima, which I'm quite glad we avoided
My favorite was Sabine (pronounced Sabina but spelled the German way)

Jasper (my husband wasn’t totally convinced by this name, but I love it)
Beatrix (we had a boy)

Not many girls name as i was convinced we were having a boy (we did)
Edith
Rachel

Some boys name I loved but ds said no (we are Scottish, hence Scottish theme!!)

Craig
Greig
Campbell
Scott
Blair
Euan

Seren
Aurelia
Genevieve
Evangeline
Sebastian
Dexter

That said, when I first fell pregnant with DD I was certain she would be Heidi but DP vetoed. She’s not a Heidi.

Lola. I love and prefer DDs name (Imogen) but there’s something so pretty about Lola.

Anastasia
Saskia
Arabella
Annabelle

Milo
Reuben
Sebastian
Toby

All my girls names because I have boys.

I love Jasper but we don't really move in 'Jasper' circles.

Going to have Cameron but a Cameron won Big Brother they year I was PG and I didn't want people to think that's where I got it from.

Isobel - dh vetoed for being too popular. I still think it's beautiful.
Avery - was very nearly dd's name but ds loved lego Jurassic World and the bit with they aviary at the beginning put me off.
Elsie - now her middle name. It's the name of my favourite album but I just couldn't convince dh to use it as a first name.

I have loads for boys! Most impratical!
Atlas, Harbor, Atticus, Ezekiel - dh vetoed immediately.
Elijah - dh knew somebody who had not long had a baby called this.
Tom - too popular.

Lucian - I was unsure
Sidney - dh refused

Ds - all got vetoed by dh
Sebastian
Felix
Barnaby nn Barney
Eduardo nn Woody
Ferdinand nn Ferdy
Noah

Dd
Saskia
Tess
Allegra
Alice

Actually I'm glad for dc's sake we didn't go for any of these.

The ones I remember:
Lucinda & Juliet - (exh didn't like)
Abigail & Georgia (family names)
Leah & Caitlin (dm said she'd pronounce them differently)

My favourite boys names are Ethan, Seth & Ryan but 2 girls so never made a list

I loved Lydia for my DD but DH said it sounded like lid of your dustbin! Even now when I hear the name Lydia I feel cross that I didn't insist on it - most annoyingly my DD would suit the name Lydia more than her chosen name which in hindsight is a little too common.
For a boy Joshua or Rory.

Enid
Alice
Penelope

We had both decided on DD’s name already, but I just needed back-ups in case her name didn’t suit her.

Thomas and Ben.

Madeleine
Marianne

Dominic
Leo

Alastair
Teddy
Alexander

Never had a girl but I had a name I absolutely loved so ended up using on my dog when it transpired we couldn't have any more DC.

As it turns out it really suits her, even though she's an utter hag

Ooh, I also loved Rory but for some reason (I don't have a speech problem) I am totally incapable of pronouncing it correctly

Charlotte, Anna first time
Second time Edward , Henry . Love Alexander too .
Also loved Georgia / Georgianna but knew I was having a boy .

Karenza Allanah and Seraphina. We struggled w boys names and thankfully only had 1 as I doubt we would have managed to decide one 2nd boysname.

Isaac
Austin
Theo