Baby name near-misses

[BarryGoosey]

What baby names did you "just HAVE to" use when you were pregnant that you were talked out of, and realise now are awful?

I was desperate to name DS Sirius, or to at least use it as a middle name, when I was pregnant. At the time, I was really upset that DH wouldn't even consider it and instead, every time I brought it up, would reply "Sirius-ly?". I'm so just relieved that I didn't tell anyone else this was the name I wanted to use so didn't have to face a load of faces!

Had DD been a boy she might have been called Thor.

I still love it though!

Very nearly called ds Lincoln. I don't think it would have suited him.

I used to love Esme and then Twilight ruined it.

beau for a bot and blossom for a girl. I don't hate them but can see why people talked me out of them!

DS was almost Leonidas (we have no Greek roots) and secretly we would love Bellatrix for DD. Won't though.

Caliope , but then again I now know she could carry it off with panach.

Belladonna

I also love Cassiopeia

Heulwen. I went through a mad hormonal few days where I thought it would be a good name for newborn DD. Still only as a middle name, mind you, I hadn't completely taken leave of my senses

(It's Welsh for sunshine. I am Welsh, so less random than it might have been)

Isis was also on my shortlist. I even remember having a conversation with my husband about it. That was only just over a year ago... thank goodness we didn't.

isis was on mine too for a girl.I loved it. That was 5 years ago. I also wanted Artemis for a girl. I still love Artemis though.

For a girl I wanted Deliverance. Not from the movie, but from a book I read once. Temperance or Deliverance.

My granddad wanted to call my dad Peterkin but my grandma wouldn't allow it. I have also seen several people seriously considering the name 'Ottoline' for their unfortunate little girls

Trey at one point for a boy!

Remus too...

and Gale.

(I still like Gale though)

IF anyone is interested: this is really interesting (imo) website, it shows you the trends of names through the years

names.darkgreener.com/

I'm currently pregnant and have a hankering for Eugene. Mumsnet tried to put me off but I still luvs it . I keep trying to imagine shouting 'Gene' across a soft play too and encountering strange looks when 'Jean' doesn't appear.

God I hope it isn't pregnancy hormones.

I wanted Peony for DD1 until my DH pointed out it would sound unfortunate with our surname that begins with an S...

Hey Aoife24, in a bold move whilst laying on the operating table having an emergency c-section we decided on Calliope. I love it. She's known to most people as Callie, and she pulls it off with panache.

Callie is cool :)

Tusa, fantastic, well done you!

I still like these names, but was going to go with Etta or Isis for girls. I could've had a pair of terrorists. It's a shame, especially for Isis which is more topical as it's lovely.

DS was going to be Decimus possibly. I still really like this too, but it is perhaps a little too wild for us as we're pretty boring. DS was a month premature so was not born in the 10th month which was the reason for the name

I considered Jago, Jarvis and Riley for DS1 (who actually has a very plain traditional name, along the lines of something like Peter or Stephen). DH thought all three were far too out there. I still quite like Jago and Riley but Jarvis is not really my cup of tea any more. DS2 was only ever going to be either George or his actual name (another quite traditional one) and he does have George as one of his middle names.

I was desperate to call my daughter Ella, and thought I was being achingly original before I realised every second girl being born that year was being called Ella. Some people don't mind, but I like to be a bit different to the herd.

The next name at the top of the list was Charlotte, now with Princess Charlotte I can imagine that one becoming very popular eventally.

Thank god I'd settled on something a bit more unusual before she was born!