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Names you loved but weren't brave enough to use?

133 replies

indigo13 · 08/01/2017 22:30

I've seen a lot of this, and I love unusual names so I'm wondering what names you would have loved to use but couldnt/wouldnt go for it as its too out there?

for me it'd have to be some of the lesser heard of mythological names Smile

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littlebillie · 08/01/2017 22:33

Thane
Rory
Rupert
Emile
Gabriel
Thorin

HeddaGabbler · 08/01/2017 22:38

Dashiel

MikeUniformMike · 08/01/2017 22:39

Clytemnestra and Agamemnon

whatsthebigdeal · 08/01/2017 22:41

Teddy
Tabitha
Kitty
Chardonnay

Sparrowlegs248 · 08/01/2017 22:41

Odin
Lysander.

PippaFawcett · 08/01/2017 22:42

Dora
Mabel
Roman

They aren't necessarily 'out there' but I just felt the names we ended up with were 'safer' somehow. I love to hear children with unusual names though, it makes life more interesting.

blowmybarnacles · 08/01/2017 22:42

Orchil and Emerald

PippaFawcett · 08/01/2017 22:42

And I loved Ophelia.

Dizzybintess · 08/01/2017 22:46

Araminta

AbernathysFringe · 08/01/2017 22:47

I was vetoed from using Tempest or Tatum.

Unusual names I've run into lately on under 2s:

Tula
Birdie
Tippi

SausageSoda · 08/01/2017 22:48

Arletty

BroomstickOfLove · 08/01/2017 22:52

I like the (unusual and classical) name we gave to DD, and she would probably have had that name anyway, but I would have had Jocasta on the shortlist were it not for all the 'Tarquin and Jocasta' comments.

DP did come home from the pub once when I was pregnant and crawled into bed saying 'let's call the baby Ozymandias', but I'm fairly sure he was joking.

essieestherson · 08/01/2017 23:01

James, for a girl

Blankscreen · 08/01/2017 23:07

Digby - I love it but the boss as work is called that so it would look a bit weird

lousmum · 08/01/2017 23:07

Aurora

Potcallingkettle · 08/01/2017 23:12

Antigone nn Tiggy
Araminta nn Minty

Isadora2007 · 08/01/2017 23:17

Fleur for a girl and Fleance for a boy... I was 15 when I fell in love with these names and told my now exH that we would have twins and call them that!

I also wasn't brave enough for Ezekiel which I wish I had been as i love it. And teddy also. Though it was more that DH doesn't like Edward even though it's his middle name. Poor DS doesn't really suit his name I don't think and he really would have suited teddy.

DorcasthePuffin · 08/01/2017 23:22

Dora, Dorcas, Milena, Rivka, Moishe, Isaiah.

user1483908438 · 08/01/2017 23:23

Isaac

Foureyesarebetterthantwo · 08/01/2017 23:25

I know an Araminta! You certainly remember it.

Moodycoo · 08/01/2017 23:33

@whatsthebigdeal we used Tabitha as a middle name for our daughter - I love it!

ImNotReallyReal · 08/01/2017 23:35

Aurelia and Araminta. Got vetoed by DH. Both my girls have got very classic English names, I let DH name them as I was high as a kite from the morphine and Persephone Violet (DH Lawrence inspired) seemed a great idea at the time.

I wanted a Minty too, and it would have really suited her character. I am pleased with his choices though, they are solid, sensible names and as we have a very unusual surname they won't be forever spelling their whole names out on the phone.

Buntysoven · 09/01/2017 00:24

Demelza
Arrietty
Adriel
Fenella

1horatio · 09/01/2017 00:49

Thomasina (DF's name is Thomas and he hates the tradition of naming children after relatives)
Kira. Love it, the feminine version of Cyrus, but in the UK?
Vela

Aquamarine1029 · 09/01/2017 02:44

Blaise

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