Unhinged baby names you considered for your children when pregnant…

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What were they?
i have two girls, and I’m a fan in different names - but not made up names, IYKWIM.

when I was pregnant with my first I watched Moulin Rouge, and for quite a while I was convinced that Satine would be the perfect name, but my partner said no.
my second I was desperate for Vivienne, which in in itself is a gorgeous name, but combined with Satine seemed to follow a trend of ‘ladies of the night’ (pretty women) so my partner said no again.

whats the most out there names you considered for your children?

my top boys name was Moss. Not sure I’d have gone through with it.

My dh and his friend had a boozy night out and then a curry and then spent hours when they got back saying that Rogan Josh would be the perfect name for ds. I mean each part is ok as a name but not really together!!!

I wanted Calypso for my DD because I loved the very outgoing character in The Camomile Lawn - thankful DH pointed out that maybe naming our DD after a woman who shagged her way through the Blitz was probably not a great idea.

It's a bit of a story and makes sense in my head, but my daughter has 3 middle names! Quite the passport.

Genevieve / Saskia / Odette / Rhiannon
would have all gone very well woth surname, DH not keen , so not used but when we get a cat she will definitely have one of those names

Where's that laugh response when you need it?

Peregrine, Perry for short.
Didn't happen but I do chuckle now.

Rogan Josh would be a lovely name without it already being the name of an excellent curry.
I also think Chlamydia would be a pretty name if the word wasn't already busy.

Unity - literally after the awful fascist Mitford sister. I have no idea what I was thinking. In my defence I didn't actually know much about her at the time but still. DD is very grateful I went for something a bit more run of the mill!

Jaxon. What's that about, ffs...? Chloe and Phoebe are two girls' names I absolutely detest.

I suggested both Perdita and Ariadne, which DH vetoed for being too 'weird', but I still maintain they are lovely. There's an Ariadne in DD's class, which is sort-of validating, and sort-of a relief, because DD is the only one with her (much more traditional) name in the school.

One of my mums names was Pearl. It’s a beautiful name.

4yo DD has informed us her baby will be called ‘Crubella’ which DH thinks melds Cruel, Rubella and Crab into one word. She is most adamant that it’s a beautiful name and daddy is not being kind!

Greer
I still love it but we’re not Scottish
And not upper class enough to get away with it in England 😆

When I was expecting my son I was chatting to another mum-to-be who was having a girl. She told me the baby was going to be called Eden. I thought it was nice. She’ll be about 24 now.

Baptiste was my delusion!

Lol. I also loved the name Calypso from the TV series. Just as well I didn’t have girls but I still love it.

I know a young adult Athlestan! (Ath to friends).

Zephyr....

Kakashi/Tenzo/Zebedee. Probably for the best I didn't get my way.

You've got to think about the poor kid with a hard to pronounce and spell name starting school. Fancy names are just vanity projects by parents imo. Good old Biblical or classical names never go out of fashion. David, Mark, Duke, Gabriel, Sarah etc. Satan, Judas or Beelzebub perhaps not so much.

I wanted my twins to be called Eulalia and Persephone.
My ex-husband did not.
He won.
They have lovely, but traditional names, instead.
I still think Twin 2 would have suited Sephy...

Oh god I genuinely look back on this and still think they would have been okay....

Storm
Rogue
Atlas (still love)
Archer
Astrid
Vivienne (still love)
Emerald
Jareth
Bowie

Place names had to be ruled out because of my surname but I really liked harper and with my surname it would have been a bit like Hubba Bubba...

Clementine. ExH refused to name our daughter after an orange. Still maintain it’s a good name but what do you shorten it to? Clem? Clemmy? Both a bit urgh.. Also it would absolutely not have suited our daughter who is very much not a Clementine.

I do still love Vivienne.
also loved Primrose and Clementine.

I agree!! Some very weird opinions on here about what I'd consider pretty normal names - Bonnie, Milly, Jade, Evan?!