If you could name your child anything..

[dreamer79]

..and I mean anything (no matter how ridiculous, if there are bad connections, what others think or whether it sounds good with surname) what would it be?

I love the names Constantine and River for boys and Sonnet and Indigo but they are a bit 'out there' and would not work in RL!

So what would yours be? :o

I've got loads.

Inigo
Ossian
Rowan
Jonah
Zeb
Quentin

Meadow
Viola
Cordelia
Ottalie
Ophelia
Octavia
Ariadne
Arwen

But my DC have my very favourite names :)

Nice to see that DS1's first & MN and DS2's MN are on people's wishlists! (Constantine is one of them).

For boys: Iggy, Ziggy, Wolfie (vetoed by DH as 'they're not real names'. I guess he has a point)

For girls: Blythe (doesn't go with surname), Freya (loved it since I was a wee girl and met a Norwegian Freya. Never heard it again until about 4 years ago & now it's every frickin where), Severine (LOVE it, deemed 'too harsh' by DH). Also, I don't have a DD ... yet.

Wolf, Shadow, Jet, Lightning, Cobra, Hunter, Nightshade, Falcon...no, actually they're gladiators.

Would be fun though.

it would have to be YODA!

I just love the little old bugger!

for girls I love love Nan, Saskia, Stasia, Ariadne, Esme and for boys I love Odin, Ollie, Attacus and Malachi

Oh I have to add Ivan! I actually know an Ivan ... It is awesome.

If I was brave enough my children would be named...

DS1 - Abraham
DS2 - Raphael
DD1 - Junia
DD2 - Merris

Their real names...

Jack
Alexander
Sarah
Mary

Great collection of names on everyones' wish lists! Perhaps we should all be a little braver because most of these names are wonderful and more interesting than the current top 10 names....!

I told DS3 is MichaeI wish I had been brave in enough to call him Malachi or Micha

he looked at me like I'm mental, shook his head and sighed : "good job you didn't! "

I'm glad DH agreed to name DS4 Noah!

And DS2 should have been Samson or Magnus, either would suit his personality.
He's happy being Samuel though...

I absolutely love the names Magdelena and Gabriella for a girl but dp looks at me like im a looney when i suggest then!

Also love the names India and Saskia for a girl but not allowed these either because he says theyre too posh/pretentious!

best name I've ever heard was one of my brothers school friends....Athenasis Gerasis (just try saying it with me ladies)

rolls off your tongue in a lovely way. Ive had a crush on this guys name for 20 years. Too bad I'm not Greek or I would have made a case to steal it for one of my sons

Loving all the positive comments for Constantine!
My little boy is 7months now and I have yet to meet anyone who doesn't like it (plus it a great / easy name for foreigners/non-english speakers to say / be familiar with too which we've found really great).z
Xx

For a girl maybe Tuuli or Lumi, or Elanor from LOTR.
For a boy Otava, August or Linus.

I don't think most of these would be too out there, just either a bit awkward in the UK, and/or vetoed by DH.
It's ok. Plenty of other names out there that I love. :)

And I'm glad you went with it JackReacher, it's lovely. :)

Caspar for a boy, but OH said no due to the ghost, and a dog in the family already called it. He also said no to Astrid for a girl as it 'doesn't sound very feminine'

Oh and I always loved Lily since reading Harry Potter as a kid, but it's way too popular now and someone in the family have also now used it.

DH vetoed lots of names that have made my list:
Ivo
Ludo
Atticus
Geronimo
Galahad
Saul

Anything ending in an e sound is terrible with our surname, and I love Ptolemy but could never use it. Ditto Ottillie, which with the surname sounds just like Utterly Butterly.

Sylvia Jean or Dorothy Jean for a daughter are my favourites ever ever ever. I don't like boys names so I would probably just use the same... or, like, Sylvester or something haha.

I also love the idea of an Autumn, Willow, Winter, Luna type name in the hope of having a cute little hippy running around the house but would never seriously do it.

Holliday for a girl, think it's beautiful.

i would love to have Minna but surname begins Mina-.....

I would love a boy called Gusto.

Susan, after my childhood doll,DH would not have it, 3 times.

For girls:
Toby
Dylan (DP hates both)
Bethan (love but doesn't work with surname)

Boys:
Merlin
Orion
Onyx
Phoenix
Sirius
Zephyr (all a bit too 'out-there')

Also love Jack but wouldn't use as its so common and we have a really common surname too.

Lucifer.

In more realistic possibilities, I like Loveday and linnet, but DP vetoed them. I seem to be yearning for L names today.

Boys:
Indigo (nn 'Indy')
Merryn, 'Merry'
Sparrow
Montezuma nicknamed Monty...
Bryant
Isadore
Jaden
Kailum
Taylor 'Tay'

Girls:
Calla
Liliana
Rosamund, nicknamed Amy
Raven, nicknamed Ava
Isolde, nicknamed Issie
Ariadne, nicknamed Aria
Wren, nicknamed Renna
Aurora, nicknamed Rora/Rory.