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

[skratta]

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?

genevieuve - love it but too much of a mouthful

Melody - there is no way DH would sanction this for a DD!

Pippin

Raphael or Rafferty

Mara - I adore this, but it means 'bitter' and wouldn't suit DS1 or 2

Lysander

I love Rafferty! And Ariadne and Rudy and January!

I also like Alabaster for a boy, Fint for a boy and Sola for a girl

I like Topaz for a girl and WOULD use it except that DH thinks it's dreadful and in any case we have 3 boys!

Rafferty sounds stupid with our surname. And is too close to the name of our old dog, sadly.

Rudy is ace

oooh I am really liking Araminta and Digby.

mine:
Erasmus
Theophilus
Archer

Theophania
Parvati
Hypatia
Alethia
Io

But irl my kids have very regular serviceable names. My dh had a very unusual name and legally changed it.

Girls:
Sherry (too obvious as it's my fave drink!)
Coralie (not a French bone in my body, sounds wonderful in a French accent)
Marina (yes, from 'Stingray'!)
Bonita (not a Spanish bone in my body)
Lilu (Love it but not sure why I couldn't use it, just too 'cartoon character-ish' maybe, but I know a real life Lilu and think it's gorgeous!)

Boys:
Finch (too cruel? bird jokes?)
Inigo (lifetime of mispronunciation and Princess Bride jokes!)
Theo (pronounced 'tay-o' the German way. Not a German bone in my body!)
Rivers (after Rivers Cuomo from Weezer, not Joan! Would that be copying!?)
Immanuel (but shortened to Manny makes me think of the villain Manny Rat from 'The Mouse and His Child'.)

As you can see, I quite like foreign names, but would feel too much of a fraud if I used one!

I've always loved Gladys. I knew a wonderful lady with this name, but she was ancient. Never met a young Gladys, but with Cerys / Carys etc. becoming more popular, you never know! Still couldn't do it.

Dizzyhoneybee you are right, it is pronounced the 'knee' way not the 'phone' way!

Ah it is most likely that DD will be Anastasia (love the name plus family connections) so I am ardently staying away from 50 shades.

There are some names I love which would pass in Greece, where DH is from, but would go down like a ton of bricks here.
E.g Lamprini / Labrini - sounds light and shiny and airy in Greek but sounds like cheap booze and labia here (according to brutally honest friend) gross.
Also love Afrodite - again awful in English, especially with that spelling. Oh well.

Pitfalls beset us in reverse translation too. I love the name Alexandra. Though it is quite popular and passes without question in Greek, everyone there knows that the literal meaning is 'repeller of men' which is a bit unfortunate.

Elvis. I very nearly did, but compromised as his dad really really really hated the idea. Wish I had tho.

Ooh, my niece is called Gladys, and my grandmother! Unconnected though, niece is from DH's side. Also know a baby Gladys. Might be coming back slightly, as, like I said one is a baby, and my niece is a toddler?

I like Alethia a lot! And Inigo is such a great name!

It reminded me of Indigo. For a boy. Indy/Indie for a nickname!

Anastasia is a beautiful name, GiannaK!

I agree, the meaning is a bit unfortunate. We had something similar, with Swedish to English.

The meaning for ALEXANDRA. If I didn't make that clear.

bunty

2 of my children's names are on here Rowan (boy) and Dylan (girl) and there was a similar thread a few months ago where about 5 people said they loved my other child's name (Sebastian) but they could never use it as it sounded like a gay hairdressers name.

How does Sebastian sound like that? It's my DS' name! (We obviously have good taste ) His nickname is Tian. I love the name!

I know five girls called that (very popular here, we are in the US btw) but three spell it Dillon?

Bounty is the name of my great grandmother's cat! Although its quite cute!

Aargh, BUNTY not Bounty.

Lettice for a girl. DH laughed and said why not carrot?!

Wolfie for a boy.

To be fair had DDs been DSs then I think Wolfie would have been used!

I have an Inigo. So far we've had quite a lot of complements in RL on his name (though lots of queries on how it's pronounced, where it's from and what it means).

Valentine
Cornelius
Eugene

We have no dss.

Chloe for a girl- I love it but we know several cats anddogs named Chloe.

Damien-I love it, Dh hates it.

So, so many. I am obsessed by names (this is still my favourite forum and my youngest child is 5!)

Names I love but would never use are grouped into 4 quite different 'trends' I think.

Posh/Frilly:
Araminta, Adrielle, Anastasia, Benedict, Bartholemew, Cassius, Christabel, Cordelia, Elisaveta, Ferdinand, Genevieve, Georgiana, Giselle, Henrietta, Hermione, Isadora, Julianna, Jocasta, Julius, Josephina, Katerina, Leonardo, Marianna, Montgomery, Mortimer, Ophelia, Octavia, Orlando, Persephone, Seraphina, Sebastian, Veronica, Zephaniah, Zipporah.

American:
Austin, Ashton, Avery, Addison, Adelyn, Aubrey, Brooke, Brooklyn, Briley, Brynn, Brogan, Cassidy, Camryn, Carter, Cole, Cody, Dakota, Delaney, Emery, Emerson, Ellis, Eden, Fitch, Genesis, Harris, Harrison, Harper, Hadley, Hayden, Harley, Jordan, Jayla, Jada, Kayla, Kyla, Kyra, Kaelyn, Logan, Macey, Mallory, Morgan, Mason, Mitchell, Madison, Mackenzie, Makenna, Nia, Peyton, Payson, Piper, Preston, Parker, Riley, Sutton, Sabrina, Shawna, Spencer, Sydney, Tegan, Trent, Talon

Nature/'Out there':
Arwen, Star, River, Phoenix, Meadow, Winter, Skye, Serenity, Blaze, January, Electra, Blue, Rainbow, Eriskay

Trendy (or once trendy):
Hayley, Kaylie, Callie, Casey, Tyler, Kayden

I loved Tilda (swedish pronunciation teel-da)
But my son was already called Ben and it would just have looked like I had an unhealthy obsession with rice brands