Names you wanted to use but were talked out of...

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I really wanted to call a son Pelham. Some Georgette Heyer hero who caught my fancy when I was aged about 14.
And I had a yearning for a daughter called Bathsheba.
You?
I'm not talking credible or in with a chance. I'm talking about the lovely names you wanted but everyone were too dim to see their wonder.

Boyd - I used to have a soft spot for Boyd Hilton

And off on a tangent, I really like the name Elinor but only when it's spelled this way.

I was talked out of Fuchsia, too. Also Ottilie and Clemency. Bloody DH.

Oh I agree Tabitha is lovely. But? in actual real-life, plus we have a double-barrelled surname ? I think it would just have been too much.

Also: Xanthe. As above.

I wanted elsie, ethel, Edith nn edie or Ada for dd but people kept reminding me I was having a baby not a 90 year old :-( I still like all of them.
Wanted damien for ds but couldn't because of the omen but now having met ds I think it would be very apt.

I liked Ursula but was told my baby wasn't a nun!

Bernard. I love it. Imagine - a little Bernie and a serious grown-up Bernard.

Those we asked only thought of Manning or Matthews and sometimes <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=bernard+four+weddings+and+a+funeral&num=10&hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1C1CHMR_enGB331GB331&biw=1280&bih=685&tbm=isch&tbnid=-WGM4SsGJxZ4kM:&imgrefurl=www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2082636/David-Haigs-trademark-moustache-comes-new-theatre-role.html&docid=AITwixhB9osfxM&imgurl=i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/05/article-2082636-007014FB00000258-469_468x358.jpg&w=468&h=358&ei=DyEjT8rZGYmcOsK02cAI&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=836&vpy=342&dur=11402&hovh=196&hovw=257&tx=157&ty=135&sig=111610377253966086857&sqi=2&page=1&tbnh=163&tbnw=194&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">him

I have a truly marvellous name planned for imminent DS2 and I am telling NO bugger in advance.

DS1 and 2 have both been campaigning for Penelope as name for DC4, I really like it.
I love Perdita and think Perdy fir short would be beyond gorgeous but DH and boys are having none of it

I know, Selks! I think Delphie as a nickname is gorgeous too. So sad I can't use it.

You can tell us Dharma

Dharma I love Bernard too. Always have done but FIL2B is Bernard.

Rafferty. I'm serious, I really liked it. And Cassandra for a girl...

Another one who would have loved a little Fuschia (Groan) here.

Otherwise, Elsa. Like a fool I led off negotiations for DD's name with this, my favourite, and DH scoffed me down It would sound brilliant with my surname too.

I had a hippy name phase with DDs 1 and 2 - I reeeally wanted to form combos of Rainbow, Star, Ocean, River, Storm and Blue .

I was then calmer with DDs 3 and 4 but by DD5 I had a strange yearning for American, surnamey type names and I shortlisted Avery, Addison, Madison, Mackenzie and Kennedy. I still like them but they're just not very British are they!!

Luckily, I have an ultra conservative DH and he has kept all my daughters safe from my madness with steady top 150 names

I still kind of wish I'd picked Rainbow, Star and Avery as extra middle names though.

I remember wanting Violet but I think that may have become a bit on trend. If I'd had a third, that would have been a strong contender.

Bernard is a wonderful name (rip Daddy).

I was talked out of Edward for my ds as there already is one in dh's extended family - not that me or dh had ever met him - but mil had her say.

Loralei. It just sings.

Really love Fritha for a girl. But no girls, only boys and no more DC . I do have a Rafe though, full name Raphael. Also rather regret not giving either DC the name/middle name Edwin. It's my Dads middle name and he is 86, but on the plus side we did give both DS's their grandfathers names as middle names of David (should have been Dewi really) and Thomas

Aoife because no one would be able to spell it. Perdita because it means lost. Cordelia because apparently things don't end well for her in King Lear.

I wanted Elsie but was talked out of it, still wish I had stuck to my guns though dd says 'no thanks!' so perhaps just as well

Edwin David Thomas is a bloody smart name.

On my list were Kazimierz, Gabriel, Fabian and Rafal. All vetoed by DP.

He wanted Seweryn.

We went with Aleksander

Arlo
Luca
Matteo
Fergus

Ds is Jacob. Took me ages to get over the disappointment of not having a Luca. Although, to be fair, he doesn't look like a Luca at all...

MustControl did you really mean Seweryn? A name with the word 'sewer' in it?

Flora (margarine according to dh)
Clara (consumptive Victorian acc to dh)
Niamh (we are not Irish & already have a surname that you have to spell every time acc to dh) ditto Aine.

He was wrong of course, but the dds have ended up with pretty names anyway...