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

Storm
Arietty
Ebony
Franchot

Lettice

Just love the name - wouldn't be so keen on the name calling.

Orion
Ptolemy

I didn't have girls but I always loved Hermione (way before Harry Potter) and Clover. I probably wouldn't have used them though.

Love Araminta I know a very strong 90 yo called that but you wouldn't dare to call her minty.

We have an out there name for my Dd. But as there are only 28 in U.K. I can't put it on here I get mixed reactions and people often ignore it change it to suit them

Primrose
Tallulah
River

Lettice

oh Enb76 just seen we love the same one, I have actually called my dog Lettice instead and everybody laughs when i tell them :-/ I keep trying to tell them its an old English name and perfectly normal lol

I love Endellion for a girl

and Tigerlily

Lucifer - it means bringer of light

Sapphire. I thought sparkling and beautiful; hubby thought American chav.

Emeraude. I liked that one... ;)

And I also liked Sapphire ;)

We don't have a daughter but i dont think we'd have been brave enough to use my favourite girls' name - Morven. We're not in Scotland and I think it would have set a daughter up for a lot of spelling and explaining.

For DD my OH vetoed these names that I liked as he thought they were too 'out there'

Willow
Fern
Saskia
Adeline

I love Roman but my DP has categorically said 'Never.'.
Damn.

I know a couple of Romans

Athena

Peggy
Almost went for it but MIL ruined it by saying "ooh I'm just going to brush my peggies" when she stayed over at our house when I was pregnant!

Aurora love it written down but sounds terrible with a Yorkshire accent

For boys
Dicken
Lewin
River
Ptolemy
Inigo

For girls
Ottillie
Ophelia
Autumn
Summer
Celeste
Estelle

I love the name Bear but dh won't even let me have it for a middle name

Humphrey.....I kid you not....I was desperate to Call him that....husband was like over my dead body...thankgod..we settled on henry ⛄️

I love Roman.

I also love Humphrey. Too heavily associated with Humphrey B. Bear here in Australia though.

Elodie

We aren't French and it would sound most peculiar with our surname but I do love it.

Dusty, as in Springfield for a girl. It didn't pass my 'bullied at school' test in the end