Names you'd have loved, but couldn't use!

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Just curious, are there baby names you'd have loved to use, but couldn't? For whatever reason!

My examples: my first child is a boy, and I loved the names Dylan, James, Tyler, or Max. We ended up not using any of them for various reasons. Dylan, my dh just hated. James, is my dh's best mate and my dh didn't want him getting a big head [confussed], Tyler, my dh said was 'chavvy', and Max didn't work with dh's surname (Chipps)- dh thought the boy would souns like a washed up superhero!

My ds ended up named Edward after dh's grandfather, which took some getting used to for me but I love it now :)

my second child (dd) is a girl. I loved Freya, Willow, Ruby, Isabella, Sophie, Leah, Imogen and Paige. Dh hated most of them, and said that Willow just made him think of the dwarf from the film! :o And of course, Freya Chipps...? just doesn't sound good!

I am still waiting for my Orla and my Struan...

Martha - love it, unfortunately it would be ridiculous with my surname (along the lines of Edward Woodward).

Lucy, Charlotte, Amy, Grace.

Edward

Didn't have any girls so the first ones are out
our surname begins with T and DH banned ET as initials.

ET... oh bless! :o I also loved Aurora but my dh said you are not naming our daughter after a princess cos she'll turn into a spoilt brat strange bloke he is...

Love the name Grace though! Dh says it's an 'old-lady' name, I disagree :)

I never got chance to use Bruno as DC2 was a girl.

XP banned me from using Heston, Ferris or Fabrizio. I still think he was a boring old fart .

cecilia
orla
isla
georgia
evie (far too popular now but love it on merit)
tabitha
lydia
louisa

james
patrick
max
luke
adam

Loved Benedict. DH said it was too popey.

Still have not used Alice.

Also like Abigail which DH vetoed. Seren was too odd, apparently.

James was too British.

Patrick is the name of a friend.

esther with our surname it sounded like the shipping forecast
jemima dn's name still sad couldn't use it
grace too popular but love it
katie bitten by a rottweiler called this
willow my first dog

and all the names i loved but dh vetoed for the following reasons
clodagh , saoirse ,emer , maeve too irish but i'm irish
aoife either this or either that
cillian starts with kill
cecilia the simon and garfunkel songsong
cecily silly
matilda waltzing
martha monkey
emerald too green
vivienne would have had a famous namesake
bethan bethelem
llewelyn too girly according to dh
arabel farming
arabella arab belly
clementine oranges
verity nitty?
romilly a park
and almost every other name in the every name book known to man he could tarnish in seconds

Velvet
Plum

all too gynae porn

Cynthia

Or, alternatively:
Scrofula
Embolism

Daisy Joan or Libby Martha. Because my sons would never have forgiven me

Loved Paige for a girl but surname is Read so seemed a bit mean!

Lol at Benedict being too popey.

Esther.

I have regular dreams about having a daughter called Esther. Weirdly, (DD's name's nothing like Esther) I received a Christmas card which names DD as "Esther". There are a couple of other little things, but you wouldn't believe me, and it's a bit freaky!

I've mentioned this to DP but not to anyone else.

Sorry, my post makes no sense as a "couldn't use". I can't use the name as I can't have any more children!

I wanted a Tamsin...Dh hated it

ooo we wanted Holly for a girl, we had a boy, but even if we go on to have a girl in the future we can't use it, as our surname is Wood! HUFFS

Ella but DS is called Sam.

(say them together - boys' name first)

Unfortunately DD has decided she would now like to be called Ella (without me mentioning it.

Lisa: My name is Holly and I've always thought it would be amazing if I married a guy called Wood :D
But I agree it would be a bit pretentious if I were born with that name.

I'd like to use Oliver for a boy, but I get confused with names that DON'T sound like mine, so Ollie wouldn't be a good idea.

Also, quite like Keira/Ciara, but I had a dog called Kira and I get very attached to my pets, so I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to drop the association.

Arthur. I loved it and it's a family name, but our surname sounds like a drink, so it just became "Half a...."
Quite funny but toooo cruel.

i love Lou-Sulola heidi klums dd but its very 'celeb' isn't it

i also like Lolita, Jezabel and delilah but these are all no no's apparently

Would have loved DD to be Lola as a diminutive for Louisa (DH's grandma so nice to have family link) but DS is Charlie... She is even small and very funny so would have been perfect.