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Names you love but could never actually use.

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albertcampionscat · 14/09/2016 20:28

I'll start:

Thaddeus
Salcombe (Hardy of the drowned violet eyes in the Peter Wimsey stories)
Malachi.

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lastqueenofscotland · 14/09/2016 20:31

I love Enola - I did know one at school! But I think it's too heavily linked to being a plane (the plane was named after a pilots mum though....)

sparechange · 14/09/2016 20:35

Savannah
Inigo
Autumn
Avronne

Surf25 · 14/09/2016 20:37

Jesse

Surf25 · 14/09/2016 20:38

Also Malachi because here everyone would say 'Malky' and Manoah, just for the quizzical looks and did you make that up comments!

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albertcampionscat · 14/09/2016 20:41

Lastqueenofscotland - yes, I can't hear Enola without thinking of nukes.

Surf25 - Jesse James, Jesse Owens. Great name. Tricky to carry off though.

Sparechange - Inigo is cool.

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Mangoonmyshoulder · 14/09/2016 20:42

Juno

LokisUnderpants · 14/09/2016 20:44

Matteo, Leonardo and Alexander.

LokisUnderpants · 14/09/2016 20:44

Matteo, Leonardo and Alexander.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 14/09/2016 20:45

Rupert

Marnie, Kitty, Flora - (because I had 3 boys)

CremeEggThief · 14/09/2016 20:46

Indulge my inner hippy here- Rainbowe.

CinderellaFant · 14/09/2016 20:47

Otis

IlPorcupinoNilSodomyEst · 14/09/2016 20:47

throughthickandthin I have a Marnie, everybody adores the name!

Amandahugandkisses · 14/09/2016 20:48

Marnie is a cracking name !

AtiaoftheJulii · 14/09/2016 20:48

Ichabod.
Calliope.

BettyCrystal · 14/09/2016 20:48

Avalon, Avon, Afton. Love them. I remember Afton was Cliff Barnes' glam blonde lady friend in Dallas.

NickyEds · 14/09/2016 20:49

I once heard a bloke shouting for his little boy "Legend!" and I thought it was a cool name. That child will not be lacking in confidence I reckon!

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 14/09/2016 20:51

Very envious Porcupino I want one! Is she just Marnie or is it short for anything?

IlPorcupinoNilSodomyEst · 14/09/2016 20:53

Thank you Amanda! A friend of a friend was called Marnie and for years every time DH and I heard it, we would look at each other and go 'hmmm' - finally got to have a baby girl (after fertility issues) and there was no other option really. It suits her perfectly.

IlPorcupinoNilSodomyEst · 14/09/2016 20:54

It's just Marnie (Scandinavian I think)

BettyCrystal · 14/09/2016 20:55

I've been liking Margaret lately too. I know Margo / Margot is having a moment. But the Mrs Thatcher association... My husband wouldn't go there!

AntiHop · 14/09/2016 20:55

I love marnie!

lastqueenofscotland · 14/09/2016 20:55

albert I know it's a shame because I actually think it's really pretty, I think nukes, dp pointed out it's also a song, but I'm not sure how familiar any child in their teens in the 2030s would be with the manic street preachers!

lemonzest123 · 14/09/2016 20:56

August (but it will be the name of my future doggy!)

Kr1stina · 14/09/2016 20:58

Saskia

Persephone

Verity

Goldenvalley · 14/09/2016 21:02

Persephone, Serafina, Ophelia

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