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Wanted: second-hand name in good condition

105 replies

lchats · 23/10/2013 08:06

I've looked around at all the new brand new shiny names out there, and dh and I just can decide on one. So we have decided to try and restore a name another MN poster doesn't want anymore. So if you have any names you've out-grown, are a little too old fashioned for you or simply not to your taste but you see how someone else might like them, feel free to donate them here...cannot offer any incentives other than the promise to give all offers due consideration Smile

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LadyDowagerHatt · 24/10/2013 19:45

I loved Elliot or Charlie for a boy but DC2 was a DD. Also like Astrid or Erica for her but couldn't convince DH.

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wigglesrock · 24/10/2013 19:53

I've 3 girls so I'll donate my boys names : Dominic, Joe, Leo & Gabriel Smile

Having had my kids - I will also throw Tess into the sorting hat. I love it, but wasn't appreciated by my husband. Just Tess as a stand alone name.

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CordeliaRose · 24/10/2013 21:21

Rachel Elizabeth
Callum Alexander
Thanks

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Lizzy3001 · 24/10/2013 21:25

Dominic - dh's ex wife's new husband, not a popular choice
Harriet
Guy

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TheBitchesOfWeestick · 24/10/2013 21:42

wigglesrock I love your boys' names :) (and I have a Joe, so clearly your taste is exquisite Grin)

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Sunshineboo · 24/10/2013 21:50

Maggie, Frances, Laura, heather, Hannah for a girl

Rory, Christopher (nn kit), robin for a boy

Happy naming OP Smile

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lchats · 24/10/2013 21:57

I can't believe some of the names you lovely people are donating, they are fantastic - For example i love Vivienne but my dh can't stand it for some reason...

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misslongstocking · 24/10/2013 22:01

Eve
Rose
May

Harvey
Blake
Fraser

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TheBitchesOfWeestick · 24/10/2013 22:08

Vivienne is gorgeous, isn't it? My DH hated it too :(

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Annagramma · 24/10/2013 22:09

When I had DD1, if she was a boy, she'd have been Jadyn. I was 17, and she got a name mentioned on this thread, so it ended well.

Saul
Asher
Noam
Elliott
Yosef
Quinn
Conrad
Isaiah
Tobias
Simeon

Lissa
Alicia
Miriam
Hope
Aurelia
Astrid
Imogen
Susannah
Emilia

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RosebudTheCat · 24/10/2013 22:14

Henry

Julia

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invicta · 24/10/2013 22:19

Victoria
Rowena
Isla ( now getting popular?)
Janet
Bettina

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wigglesrock · 24/10/2013 22:25

My niece was almost Vivienne,it's lovely.

BitchesofWeestick I love the name Joe, I've got loads in my extended family, which also ruled it out for me that and the 3 daughters Grin

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redrubyshoes · 24/10/2013 22:30

Myrtle (nm Tilly)
Ariannwyn (Welsh)
Elowen (Cornish)
Lettice
Olwen
Mabel
Patience
Constance
Honesty

Edgar
Montgomery
Frederick Charles

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ItalaItala · 24/10/2013 22:35

Girls: Evelyn (DH thinks it isn't a proper name!)
Agatha (DC3 is a boy so went unused)

Boy: Eadgar (I thought DH had vetoed it but turns out now that he didn't Grrrrr)

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DaleyBump · 24/10/2013 22:36

When I was wee, my favourite boy's name was... wait for it... Elvis-John. You're welcome.

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capercaillie · 24/10/2013 22:36

Ellen
Toby
Alexander

Names my children didn't get! But I still love them. DH vetoed Alexander.

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MrsMagWeary · 24/10/2013 23:04

Esme - vetoed by DH

I have a Zosia in my family, it's the Polish diminutive for Sophia (Zofia). nice, but pretty well used round here.

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TeamANYFUCKER · 24/10/2013 23:16

Diggory
Cicero
Kit
Harold

Marjorie
Gladys
Cornelia

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DeclutterQueen · 24/10/2013 23:27

I loved Jesse for a boy and Elena for a girl.

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ReturnPlacenta · 25/10/2013 16:54

Sylvie.

Because my DP is an idiot. Angry

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Rhubarbgarden · 25/10/2013 20:01

Ds was going to be Ingrid Simone. I feel a bit sad that it won't be used so very happy to donate.

Also Edgar, which didn't fit him, and Marjolaine which was too long. Briefly tried on Anemone thanks to the hormones and could never quite bring myself to take it back. There you go.

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Rhubarbgarden · 25/10/2013 20:02

Oh and Clover.

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LeonieDeSainteVire · 26/10/2013 09:31

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BloodiedGhouloshes · 26/10/2013 16:54

For girls I wanted:

Hera
Isis
Artemis

For Boys I wanted

Horatio
Agamemnon

Not remotely Greek in our family..... but loved those names. I love love love Isis for a girl. Sigh.

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