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.

elvis
clement

Toby- DH once had a tortoise called Toby and said we couldn't name a child after a pet.
Malachai
Artemis
Damaris-all met with much eye rolling and mutterings about how 'we don't live in Islington,those names are too pretentious for around here'.

My name is on here, as is DS and also my DD2's middle name.

I wanted Hero for DD1 (another Georgette Heyer fan) but DH thought it was crazy. And then Myleene used it anyway.

Bruce, I was obssessed by but everyone hated it. haha. Good job - my ds is not a Bruce at all. :)

I always wanted Shannon for a girl and Charleston for a boy. None of my DDs are Shannon and I don't have a DS, but wouldn't use Charleston now!

Benedict.
Had DS been a girl, Tabitha or Meredith

Reuben. DH decided it sounded gay wtf?
DS name mentioned upthread tho !
Wanted Stanley but scared of child with lisp
Also wanted Thane (shakeospeare) it's a Scottish surname. Too scared. Still love it

I liked Eleni but was poo poo-ed by DH. I am Greek he isn't. Quite liked Irini too but more as a middle name. In fact lots of my more Greek names were written off.

I also loved Ben for a boy but couldn't use that either.

I wanted Stroma or Morven for a girl still do

We wanted Ezra for our second. We spent weeks trying to think of something else because we thought it might be a bit much, finally decided on Richard Ezra (which I still think is fab) and then we had dd dh ended up calling his server Ezzie instead...

Phoenix or Apollo.

I did use a name which has been mentioned on this thread for DS2.

It is probably a good thing I am not having more DC as I do rather like the idea of an Oberon or Orlando (can't even blame pregnancy hormones for this!).

Blaize for a boy. But everyone else hated it. I also love Tabitha! No DD's though and DH hates it.

Cory, But my brother said it was another word for Dickhead.

He is often heard saying "John/Dave/Paul your such a Cory"

Thank God for your DH's

Christmas for a boy (Kit for short). Even the midwife when I was in labour said no to that one.

Savannah
Saphira
Tallulah
Dylan

Still like all of them actually. Athough Saphira is a bit.. um.. oh well.

I have a Persephone. It suits her perfectly (bringer of destruction!) and I've never regretted it.

I would love to have a DD called Temperance, Tempe for short. But never having another baby so... In my dreams

Hebe

DH just looked at me. Especially when I explained I got it from a TV drama about a middle class prostitute in some leafy village

That's why we get cats, Lucy.

There were so many names that Dh wouldn't let me have. With the boys names, its probably for the best.

For a boy, I really wanted Jolyon (shortened to Joe) as I love the book the Forsyte Saga, and the character Old Jolyon was based on an ancestor of mine.

I also loved Haydn, having dated a very nice (upper middle class) Haydn at Uni. But, given the way that name has gone I am pleased I was talked out of that one .

For girls, I really liked Charlotte (nn Lottie) but DH hated Lottie so he wouldn't let me have that and I also liked Annabelle. However, my mother pointed out that Anna didn't really go with my surname, so that was that. I also loved Elizabeth for a girl, but was concerned about Liz as a nickname (which I can't stand) so that name was also ruled out.

In the end, DD2 had very much a compromise name that Dh and I both liked, but neither of us loved. That said, she now has a cute nickname which suits her - but I can see it being dropped as she reverts back to her more mature name as she gets older. If allowed, I would still choose Charlotte, Elizabeth or Annabelle.

We said all the way though pregnancy that if it were a boy and born on Christmas Day (due 8th Jan) we would call him Damien.

Christmas Day appears, DS is born surprise surprise - MIL was in tears when DP phoned her to let her know, yes she was pleased - but hoped that we hadn't called him Damien cause that would be too awful. We hadn't

Loved Atticus but was talked out of it, also Sid
Romila for a DD but DH hated it, also Lydia but DH thought shed be called chlamydia Lydia so vetoed it . Have two DSs and probably won't be having more even though we just had a pregnancy scare that I'm a bit sad was only a scare

• she'd, not shed