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.

Tobias. Toby for short.

And Joy for a girl.

Wasn't allowed either of these!

DP and I rather liked Calypso but decided against it, as it is a bit strange, the older kids were aghast at the idea and thought it sounded like a lolly. In the end DSD suggested DD's name and it suits her perfectly. I still think it's rather lovely though.

Geno

if I had had a baby in my late teens it would have been called Amadeaus, no question!

Like Quattro I wanted Orlando.

Or Jasper.

Sylvanus.

Spike.

Benji.

Clement, Ambrose, the list goes on.

And that's just the boys' names.

Seamus
Reuben
Rhys
Benjamin
Adam

we never disagreed over girl's names!

breatheslowly indeed yes. (Although it is pronounced Seh-ver-yn).
I believe my response was along the lines of ''no fucking way''

I wanted to call ds2 Xander. Mil was very vocal about her dislike of it and so was sil. Mil actually said the other day she would have made herself all not well having to call him it.
Now fast forward to last week sil had a baby and mil thinks IAtotallyU because I hate nephews name as much as she gates Xander. I won't say what the name us because it is a normal name but I just hate it to the point I haven't been able to say it yet. Oh and sil gave him the initials BJ and thinks nobody will ever notice.

I really liked

Monty
Montgomery
Rupert
Maximillian
Rufus

DH and I didn't agree on a name until DS was actually born. At which point we chose none of them! :)
REALLY like Persephone (sp!) or Eugenie for a girl. Didn't choose those either!

Wanted Ptolemy or Inigo for ds1. They were also on my shortlist for ds2 along with jethro as his middle name but gotvetoed onall of them. :(

I really wanted Mylo for a boy but was informed by my sil that it was the name of one of the Tweenies. She then called her daughter Bella!! The hypocrisy!
Exh hated it too though unfortunately. Although I do love ds's name, I think Mylo would have suited him too.

selks I'm using Arthur a few folks have been but sod them, we love it.

On my list was Eric, Ernest, Kip all got faces.

DS might very well have been called Tuesday Elizabeth if he'd been a DD. I still love it so we might use it if we can...
I love Giacomo but was a bit too chicken to use it. Am always trying to convince pg friends what a great name it is though. Any takers?

Kizzy, love it.

Loved Evadne, Harper and Darcy for DD but DP was having none of it. He also rejected Florence but that's more to do with how it would work with his surname.

To be fair I did reject his suggestion of Hieronymus for a boy. I love Rafferty and may put it on the list should we ever have another. I also rejected Genevieve but I love it now.

Aeneas. DH said it was too much like "anus."

Ariella

I rather loved Merlin when I was PG. DP wouldn't even talk about it. I asked a colleague what he thought and he said "I blame the hormones".

Dh wanted to call ds2 Esteban. No way I was going with that. :)

I had my heart set on Atticus but DH absolutely refused. Also liked Osric. That also got vetoed.

Damian
Cibela

My (now Ex) husband vetoed

Eric
Robert
John
Edmund
Geno
Denny (don't ask)

Grace
Mamie
Nancy
Isabella
Claudie
Loralei

Lasairfhiona - Gaelic girl's name pronounced 'Lasarina'

DH laughed in my face

Aida and Lakme' dh refused Lakme' and talked me out of Aida (I still love both)

Always loved Sebastian for a boy but dh would not be moved on that one.