Names you secretly like but could never burden a child with?

[ThroughTheRoundWindow]

Was talking baby names with my husband yesterday and he admitted to wanting to name a son Aubrey. When I stopped laughing he agreed that it might lead to a little bit of bullying. But then I love
Evelyn (for a boy!) which is equally bad...

Have you or your DP got a secret soft spot for a name that might not go down so well in the playground?

Now Spike is a name i'd never thought of. What's it short for do you think? It's brilliant. And Spike Milligan is an ace namesake.

I love Persephone, but it sounds far too posh for where we live.

Spike Milligan's real name was Terence. I wonder why they called him Spike?

I just love Ulysses, but you just can't can you (can you? )
Also Queenie for a dd.

Wolfgang

This is not true to life as my DH would definitely call a child Wolfgang, he wanted to call our youngest son Wailea (name of a beach)

Thor
Jett
Odin

Think I better save them for dogs.

I love the name Lettice for a girl (it's a very old English name). DH wouldn't hear of it!

I love Constance for a girl but my husband says it's too English (we're Irish). I think it's beautiful. I even like Connie and I don't usually like nicknames/shortened versions of names.

Florian
Montague
Peregrine

or girls
Anastasia
Hermione
Anys

I like Emrys too.

winter I fully intend to call a daughter Hermione should I ever have one

Malachy or Joaquin for a boy

I like the proper old English names like Aethelstan, but DH was (probably sensibly) not having any of it...

Spike for a boy, and Decca for a girl. I just think some names are a lot to live up to.

I always wanted a little girl called Elsie. She would have her hair in plaits and wear stripey tights. Instead I have 2 ds's ds2 does have some Tom and Jerry tights though. Also love Etiene sp? for a boy.

We thought we were having twins at one point and I was determined to name them Elsie and Isabelle until I realised they would be shortened to Els Bells!!!
Dhs cousin has just had a little girl called Aubrey - the last Aubrey I knew was an old farmer!!

Both of my children's names are on this thread

I love Gideon but would never use it thanks to George Osbourne.

There are some completely awesome names coming out here guys! Impressed by the amount of love for Aubrey but I'm still not doing it!

Constance is beautiful but just sooooo old fashioned. Can't believe someone suggested Merlin. I met a boy called Merlin when I was about 15 who completely lived up to his name. Proper hippy kid. It was love at first sight.

And what's with the popularity of Thor? Forget bullying, I'd fear the nominitive determinism - who wants a toddler version of the god of war experiencing the terrible twos?!!!

Mine would be Elora Danan....like in the film Willow, for a DD of course.

A little bit of me wants to use Linnet (passable) and Toseland.

I like Juliana and Eleni but they are too fancy for me actually to go for it.

I could totally go for Tatiana, Svetlana or any of the Russian names and blame it on DH, though. But I'm not sure I'm made keen on any of them. I love Elizaveta, but can't use it because DN's middle name is another version of Elizabeth.

I also love Annunziata and am mega-jealous of the MNer who's called that.

Some of these are brilliant... Ptolemy, Buzz...

I love love (but could never call a child) - Dmitri

DH suggested Caractacus and Bartholomew for our DS. He was serious!

Krupskaya. Never would though, a cat maybe...

Myfanwy. And I'm not even Welsh, I just like it!