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.

Farley

I absolutely loved it - DH said a big huge NO (and I’m glad he did 🫢)

Would she have a cute Angel or an obtuse Angel?

It's a great name if your surname is Stirling!

I once had identical twin boys who had one letter different in their (unique) name. It sounded like the same name just two slightly different pronunciations. I remember the mum telling me her son(s) names and I thought she was giving me two different pronunciations to help me find the one name on my register.

Yorick and Gulliver. Still love both. Should have gone for middle names.

The Jenson Interceptor was a brilliant car!

I considered Agamemnon (We are not Greek) and Horatio (we are not... Horatian.. ) but thankfully DH suggested we 'wait until we see what they look like'. he was most forebearing with my whacky names but afterwards told me he used to get a feeling of dread whenever I suggested something new.

I'm thrilled with what we chose in the end for the DCs. Both DCs have names that are firmly in honour of their grandfathers and although I wailed they were 'boring' when DH suggested them I adore them now.

DH thought 'Toby' was short for 'Tobermory' and he suggested that at one point. Sadly it rhymes with our surname, but I still think Tobermory would have been a most excellent name.

Amory (boy)
Anoushka (girl)

Same. Loved Merlin and went for Arthur in the end. Victor and August were also on the list.

Love the name Peta. It is pronounced ‘Peter’ which she says causes her problem. She is Irish so not actually sure where it come from.

I had Otto on my list which DH vetoed.

My boys were born in the very early eighties and my absolute favourite name for a girl was Kylie. They had a lucky escape, Miss Minogue didn't come on to the scene until a couple of years later.

I liked Fox as a middle name for a boy. dH vetoed it. I’m not sure if I would have gone through with it.

For a girl, Lola and incredibly Jame (which I'm not even sure is a real name) 😂.

Fortunately he was a boy.

I read Noughts and Crosses as a tween and fell in love with the name Persephone. Still kind of gutted we didn't use it. As it happens, my kids have unusual names, although not too out there (one has been mentioned on this thread, so actually maybe!). But I'm actually glad we went down that route now that the kids are in school and the names are all very samey. Between the two classes, I know of 4 Oscar's, 3 Ella/ Ellie's, a couple of Alex's and at least 5 Emma's.

On behalf of teachers everywhere can I thank those who swerved away from some of these names!

Having 4 Siobhans in one class, none spelt correctly, is one of my memories as well as those who call their child a name they can't pronounce correctly. As a teacher in another country I can still recall have Marie Jesus in a class, I had to ask her how to say it.

Horatian lollllll!

What's wrong with Aneurin - Aneurin Bevan - Wikipedia

I remember that! And the pp may well do, as it was the Ultravox song from the early eighties which inspired the name idea in the first place!

And talking of things popular in the early eighties, Vienetta (the dessert) could have been a very classy option as well!

Indeed

I used to know a Kitty, she was lovely!

Oh dear, I do wonder if we know the same family. One of the parent's jobs made the 'Isis' choice especially unfortunate.

I know a little boy called Rex. He’s lovely and it suits him.

So this was about 10 years ago, I think.

OMG 🤣🤣 I didn’t even consider that but was 100% sure if the baby had red hair that meant he wanted to be called Rex. Pregnancy hormones were STRONG 🤣
I didn’t even consider end up using James……for a non red headed boy!

@PutYourSpecsOnJean , You are correct. Peta is Peter made to look like a girl's name, and Petra is a common German name.

@Happyhappyzoozoo , it's a bad spelling of Bronwen. The -wyn is masculine.

@MrsMitford3 , it has been very popular in Wales. The anglocised version doesn't sound great. Tends to sound like Ann Garrod - ugh!

@danglethedingle , Enid is Welsh not Anglo-Saxon

@JudgeJ , Jensen not Jenson