What names did you like but couldn't call your child?

[NachoNachoMan]

When I was expecting, we were discussing baby names. Me & my husband liked the name Sydney for a girl. We had a conversation about names with my brother and sister in law (who were also expecting) and told them we liked the name Syndey.

A few weeks later it was Halloween. My phone rang, it was a withheld number but answered it anyway. I said "hello" & then the voice down the phone said "hello Sydney", followed by a knock at the door. My husband answered it, and there was someone in a scream mask, followed by laughter. The mask came off... and it was my brother! (He has always been a bit of a teaser, thank goodness I'm not of a nervous disposition!)

My daughter was born a few months later, and she is not called Sydney.

So what names have you liked but couldn't call your child?

@lyralalala

That’s even funnier! Maybe we don’t notice these things ourselves as we get too stuck on deciding the first name.

@haba I love Rory too but DH has the same problem

Darwin another one for me.

Luna & Nova - named my two rabbits this so felt I couldn't use them even after they passed away a few years ago.

Delilah - love the name but couldn't get past the biblical connotations.

Partner vetoed Felix and Theodore, too.

Micah - dh a Liverpool fan vetoed due to Micah Richards played for Man City at the time.
Also vetoed Miriam I think it's beautiful

Rafferty

I love it so much though

I love Rafferty too @RainbowReader but a friend named his baby Rafael and calls him Rafi for short, which is what we'd naturally use, so that's another one off the list!

Ignatius (shortened to Iggy) I loved it, still do. DH hated/s it though.

My first son, I was set on Max for him. It was the only name that XH and I agreed on for a boy. Then, at 32 weeks, we were at a party in the house of a couple who had the most beautiful GSD dog. He was gorgeous and called Max.

Rethink time.

I liked Joshua but we had 2 girls

There was a lad at daughter's school - surname Pipe and first name Dwayne.

I wanted Hazel but my mother's response was 'My hairdressers called Hazel - it's a hairdresser name'

Ophelia

Minerva, Anita or Alexandra.

We had a boy.

Victoria - name of OH's ex...

Jake, but my OH already had a Jack.

I really wanted to call dd iona but ohs sister who he wasn't talking to at the time is called fionna and he said it was too similar, I liked Emily but oh eldest is called Emma, my grandad died when I was pregnant he was called Ken, I liked kendra but oh didn't like that either I wish I had fought harder for that to be her middle name, her middle name is Emily, she ended up with a first name which was a top 10 girls name for years.
It was even harder for us to pick a name for ds i wanted a Scottish name as oh is scottish but he ended up with a Welsh name instead!

My dh & I had Maximus in mind for quite a while. But dh changed his mind. We picked another lovely name for him, which we absolutely love & he really suits it 😁

@lepnee

Grace. I've always wanted this as a middle name for my DD, unfortunately DH didn't because his sister's middle name is Grace. Fast forward 2 years, my niece was born (BIL's daughter) and they chose the middle name Grace. Now I definitely can't have it!

I don't get why that would make the name out of bounds!

Kitty. I still love it, DP said no...

Benedict. It's too posh for my part of the world and he'd have been eaten alive by the local kids.

DH is of Irish extraction and I like a lot of Irish names, however in 1981 "Seamus" seemed completely ott, so he was Patrick instead!
We now have a lovely ginger tom cat called Seamus.

Niamh as I think she'd always be spelling it for people or explaining how to pronounce it. I think the Neve spelling isn't as nice.

I was convinced that Danger would make a great middle name (blame pregnancy hormones 🤦🏼‍♀️)

I wanted Megan but ex DH said it was sheepdog's name

Freya. Because it didn't go with our surname.