Absolutely ludicrous names you would love to use but wouldn't dare

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Girls:

Berengaria. I have always loved that name.
Andromeda
Cassopeia
Oenone
Artemisia
Elektra
(actually I love most classical greek names)
Hepzibah
Bathsheba
Calpurnia (I love the euphony of the name, not the meaning)

Inigo (actually, if I have a boy I will call him that, surname is Jones so will be marvellous
Percival
Lysander
Magnus

I'd LOVE to call a boy Lsyander. Or Leander actually.

The thing is, I think I probably would actually dare do it

I think all your suggestions for a girl are beautiful and I would absolutely use them (esp Bathsheba). Inigo is gorgeous too for a boy.

There you go. I obviously have ludicrous taste too.

Ha! Perhaps we are not ludicrous then, but just have good taste.

I have told DP about Inigo. He likes it actually. Mind you his absolute favourite boy name is Ra. Egyptian god of sun, apparently.

We are evidently loons well suited

Ebony

Adelphi
or Adelphina

Tristan

ooooh Adelphi. I like.

I used to have a flatmate called Rahul who was universally known as Ra, which I loved. I think I liked that it wasn't actually his official name though. Find it SLIGHTLY weird as a 'proper' name, although I like it.

Rahul is cool

I remember as called Odin

and Diego

Artemis
Hero

I love all your boys names OP!

Rahul - that's a great name.

Hero is wonderful but besmirched by Myleene.

I love the names Farah and Fariyah as well, but DP's ex is a Fariyah so that is a no no for the fantasy baby.

hepzibah
mehitabel
love their meanings but don't think i'd be brave enough

Jezebel

Sheherazade

Ilove the name Sheherezade, also her sister's name Dinyazade

Rainbow

Loveday
Prudence
Mercedes
Artemis
Lyra

Archer
Toseland
Idris

Jolyon
Toseland
Ambrose

Iphegenia
Calantha
Polyhymnia
Ariadnae

Aeneas
Benoit
Laertes
Diomedes

Can you tell I did Classical Civilisation at college and am pretentious?

Though DD3 is a shortened version of no.2 name and DD1 is Adam's first wife so my level of ludicrous is slightly lower than most normal peoples

Candida

Percival
Merlin

What lovely names! Most of them aren't 'absolutely ludicrous' but very elegant and classical.

Star - DH's childhood dog
Fiorimonde - as in the fabled princess

Love Scheherezade too.

Diggory and Obediah are top ludicrous boys names IMO

Cymbeline . But as a girl's name, so it would look both ludicrous and ignorant.

Absolutely love the name Fatima. Always have. She was a character in a very old St Trinian's movie and I thought the name was so exotic. Would love to use it, alas it would sound ludicrous on a pale skinned, non-Muslim child.

Wolf
Elefteria (freedom in greek) (I have no greek roots).

I've always loved the name Virginia (but it's a no as I guess girl would get teased when she's older for it).

DH has vetoed Mercutio & Cosmo (for a boy) & Rosaline, Zita & Ziva (hebrew for radiance) for girls.