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

[indigo13]

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

Whilst DH and I agreed on girls names, he hated all my choices for boys. They were

Edwin (most likely choice)
Jolyon
Bertrand (Bertie)
Fabian
Kai.

All chosen for special / personal meanings.

Thankfully we only had daughters, as we would have seriously fallen out if we'd have had a son!

Anouk or Anoushka
Matteo

Gorgeous names.

Araminta, Tilda, Thomasina, Esther, Esmeralda, Daisy, Oonagh, Azure, Plum, Pearl, Cosima, Jocasta, Jemima, Freya. Loads more.

Most of the boys' names that I liked were vetoed by the exh: Sam, Moishe, Asher, Dov, Josiah, Jonas, Noah, Seamus, Colm.

Forgot Odette and Odile. I love O names so much but ex hates them for some reason.

Sheherezade

Really wanted to call DD Tabitha with middle name Kitten so she'd be known as Tabby Cat. Wasn't allowed

Tabby Cat . That's hilarious!

I have always loved the name Cedar for a girl, but would never be brave enough. I think it's a beautiful, strong name. We went with fairly standard names in the end.

Arwen for a girl.

Harland for a boy.

Archipelago

Some of these are so nice, I wish more people would go for it!

The point is that it isn't you who would have to be brave...........

Forest (for a girl) or Eos (meaning dawn). DH thought I'd lost my marbles but I still love them. Likewise Aubin or Fen for a boy.

Richeldis

Dd3's name has been mentioned a couple of times, which I'm suprised about as its uncommon but not 'out there'.

I don't actually think I have any I wasn't brave enough to use. Although if I had anymore I know I'd love Ottilie which has been banned! Boo DH

Fox and bear.

Elbi

Lucky you!
DH well, good for you.

DH took the agreed upon terms (he'd get to give DC both his last names [I wanted him to give her one of his and then double barrel it with mine] and I'd get to choose the first names) so very seriously that he only vetoed the name Myra. (I'm not from the UK).

I could have called DD Wilhelmina or Lettice and he wouldn't have vetoed (seeing as: 'not offensive to him personally or the wider public).

That DH and lucky you wasn't meant to be here. Somehow copy pasted from an other thread. Oops.

I'm into Greek Mythological names.

My all time favourite is Andromeda. Also love io

Atticus

Was on the list for a long while but just wasn't quite brave enough. Also had emmett on the list but don't like the shortening
Ds name has been mentioned up thread and if we had a girl tabitha was down for her middle name

I actually braved using an unusual (but not unheard of in my home country) name. My son is named Storm :) Have had only positive reactions to it!

I like storm.

DD's name is in no way unheard of and is used in several European countries.
But it has been outside the top 1'000 for the last 10 years. Which probably does make it unusual ;)

My DD is Jemima, I loved Arielle but didn't want how do you pronounce that constantly!
I also loved Blythe but talked myself out of that one too.

Loved Gaia but pronunciation might have made things difficult when she was older😃
Gabriel, zachariah
Another one here who wanted Tabitha but as we only had one girl and several boys never got the chance

I wanted:
Tahlia for DD
Ellis for DS1 but he did end up with another uncommon name beginning with E
Haze or lucky for DS2

I was brave enough but they were all vetoed.

Is Archipelago a person's name? I only know it as the geographical term.