Names you wish you could have used?

[weegiemum]

I've got 3 dc. Katherine (she goes by kathy or kath), Aidan and Rachel.

I love their names!

But I'd have liked to use Morna, Muirrean, Skye, Eilidh and Iona for girls.

Merthin, Thomas, Harris, Brendan, Jurgen (its my dh name, I love it but he said no) for boys.

What's your "impossible" name?

I love Coralie but a relative's daughter is called that and it's too close for us to be able to use it

Loki. Because then DC3 could've been Thor.

I loved Harper but couldn't name my child after Victoria Beckhams (even though I actually quite like her!)

I liked it for years, then opened the paper one day and... Damn!

I really wanted a Noah...but dp kept saying "wheres the ark" throughout my pregnancy which eventually put me right off it!

NandH my dd put me off Noah by asking "that boy gotta big boat?"

Juliet - doesn't go with surname and had DSs

Weegiemum - Haha brilliant! I still love the name but can't think about it now without singing (in my head!) "the animals come in two by two hurrah Hurrah"

I have no children yet but I plan to call my boy Wolfgang (and I'm not even German).

itsalwaysraining don't give your dc a German name unless you'll be right behind them always! My dh is Hans-Jurgen (his dad is German, he's Heinz-Gunther) and he hates it. We have a German surname unique in the uk. Dh can manage Jurgen as his surname matches. BIL has an Irish name - he hates them both, neither match!

I always wanted Rex but we gave it to the cat (didnt want to tempt fate by saving it). No boy babies as of yet but I couldnt have a cat and a baby with tge same name.

Weegie, it's all rather a moot point as I'm 41 and ttc my first

Ooh I LOVE Muirrean, too, and other complicated Gaelic names - Lasairfhiona (Lazarina) and Saoirse spring to mind.

DH laughed in my face.

Despite having 2 DDs already, Mia has not been used (yet, anyway!) DH vetoed it for DD1 and DD2 didn't (and still doesn't) 'look like' a Mia. Lily is another name I've always liked, but haven't used (again, yet).

Love Pearl and Penelope, but both clash with our surname.

(I think I regret not being firmer and naming DD1 Mia, actually. I was much too democratic).

I really wanted Indigo for a girl ( and no I'm not a hippie)
But as DH and I were brainstorming names, Ds1 picked up on a name we said. He really liked it and 'bump' as dd was then, could not be anything else, as far as DS1 is concerned.

So if she doesn't like it when she's older, we can point the finger at ds1

Isn't it Jürgen?

Peter - it didn't go with our surname and we had a girl anyway.

I wanted a Solomon but it rhymes with our surname

Elodie, Gretel, Robyn, Myrtle
Jethro, Joel, Jupiter

Mason, owen, daniel - i might manage daniel if this ones a boy seeing ad it's our last baby - but owen with our surname id s no-no and mason rhymes :(

i like natalie for a girl but it's quite tarty - loads of women around my age seem to be called it and they're naaaasty - i also like erin but it's boring.

I will forever mourn the fact that I could never use Chloe. We know far too many pets named Chloe. It's such a cute, happy name.

For boys, Elliot. Love it but DH talks like E.T. whenever I suggest...

MsAkimbo that is my DS2's name
NO one has mentioned ET once in 2 years plus

Rebecca, sadly an Ex of DHs

Charlie. I absolutely love it, but my surname is Brown.

I wanted Pixie for a girl but the family said it was cruel :-(