What name do you secretly like but would never name a child it?

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I like Raven. For a boy- not even for a girl.

And Wolf. I don't think I could name a child that, but I love the nn Wolfie!

Thor. Don't think it'd work out in real life.

Aphrodite. Again, love the name

Rune. I just love the name for a boy!

Btw, I wouldn't EVER name my child Raven (for a boy), Wolf, Thor, Aphorodite or Rune. But I still love them.

Does anyone else have any guilty pleasure names?

Iago for a boy
River for a girl

Anastasia - I see that I'm not the first

I love the name Cassiopeia, I suppose you could always go with Cassie as a NN.
How do you pronounce Persephone, I need to know if I have been doing it wrong all this time!

To be honest... One syllable names, made up names, silly names like Paris, Brooko, Rocky and names that people can make silly nicknames with such as Luky Dukes!!! My husband creates nns all the time that sound absolutely ridiculous hence why choosing the name of our first baby boy is so difficult ...Luky Dukes is actually named Lucas which is a nice name!!!!

Myfanwy and Meironwen, etc - love Welsh names for girls & boys, unfortunately despite being born on Anglesey, and grandparents with Welsh sounding surnames, I have no Welsh blood and just didn't feel we could get away with it!

I have a secret fantasy to have twin boys and call them Hunter and Gunnar I'm very anti-hunting and I've never held a gun, either

Jezabel.

I wanted Hani for dd and her nn would have been honey-bunny. Also wanted Sabeena for her. Nn beanie baby. Both vetoed by dh. :(

Tennessee. For a boy.

Alabama. For a girl.

Adelaide, for a girl.

Paris for a boy, would be awful with our surname.
Pagan and Jezebel for girls.

Oh yes! Jezabel & Lilith, like both oh those.

Meredith, too, having Merry as a nickname would be a complete pain

Antigone for a girl

I love the name Meredith, I have no idea why I didn't use it when I had the chance.

Because Dizzy when your little Meredith turned into a grumpy teen she would hate you for all the (100's of) people who would say - So Merry by name but not by nature then!

At least that's why I didn't and my pre-teen is glad I didn't! She is also very glad I didn't hear the name Tegwyn until she was already named, I love that name, she hates it!

I really like the name Rain (for a girl, but might be tempted to use spelling Rayn)

Also like Dorian for a boy.

Would never use them though, as - although I love the names - I'd rather my kids had more traditional names that they can live with easily.

Also have a tendency to like boys names for girls. But that would be a bloody nightmare for the child growing up!

MothershipG, yes, that would be a very good reason :) My grumpy teen proclaims to hate her name but nobody dares to abbreviate it - her wrath would descend from a great height, good luck to them - they would need it!

Rain would be one that would hate their name when ever it rained!

Argh now my name is on here as well as ds's!

Angharad is my all-time favourite girl's name, but it doesn't sound right in my non-Welsh accent.

Cassandra (Cassie)
Aria

Salome for me too -but it's too much like salami! I also like Sabine, Sabrina, Severine. And "Selvaggia" for a girl which means "Wild" in Italian, generally only very posh people could get away with it use it.
Also Tempest and Rain for a girl, and names like Autumn, Summer, January, Tuesday...and lots of Greek names.

Ariadne, Digby, Yolanda, Rudy

Oh, and Saoirse ("seer-sha")

Goldie or Golda. Loved it but DH said it was too 'Fiddler on the Roof'!