What are the baby names you DIDN'T go with?

[iwasagirlinavillage]

I've just found a note of possible names on my phone and I found it really interesting the variety of names we considered. We've had two girls so never got to choose a boys names, my absolute favourite boys name is Sebastian and I really would have pushed for that.

What are your unused names? Here are mine:

Boy

• Ethan
• Sebastian
• Alaric
• Tierney
• Mylo
• Remy
• Elijah

Girl

• Willow
• Madison
• MacKenzie
• Ellen
• Caitlin
• Isabelle
• Ella
• Amelie
• Ava
• Georgia
• Zara
• Savannah

We have just decided on a boys name. We have discarded
George
Charles
Edward
Nathan
Dominic
Simon
Adam

Reading thru these lists, its thankfull some werent used! I Wanted to call first DD Sarah Jane, but ex H, said it sounded like a rag doll in a kids story book! Second John I wanted Johnathon, he said it would get shorted to John, so then I wanted John-Edward, he wanted John-Henry after a cowboy charactor played by John Wayne, none of these used. I oddly, "knew" exactly what I was going to have, girl, boy,boy,girl, (no scans in those days) so only chose sex apropriate names.

Daniel teenage crush

and Megan.

DD - Veronica, Matilda, Erica, Rose (which was the 'safe' name we both agreed on)

DD - can't remember most of the names that were on the list (over 10 yrs ago now) but think Jude was on there. DH was not keen.

I read The Winter's Tale for my O level English Lit. I always planned to call my dd Hermione, that all changed when Ms Rowling wrote some obscure children's book

Eden - Edie for short
Sydney
Mary-Jane

Archie Alexander
always loved it, my dads Alexander and our surname is also an A so I loved how it all ran together; however I've ended up with 3 girls so could never use it!

brother and partner expecting in August , if its a boy I hope they choose it!

Dominic
Benedict
Simon

Ruth
Harriet
Susannah

All back in 70s

Thanks for sharing these. Definitely given us some ideas for our first - too early to know sex yet. Found a lot more girls names that I like than boys names though.

DS, very young father, mentioned Shaquilla, Destiny or Desire for his expected daughter but he and his DP chose a different name. I like Destiny and Shaquilla was after Shaquil O'Neil, a US Sports star I think. I'm not so keen on Desire although I met a lovely Dutch woman who I thought said her name was Daisy-Rae. It was actually Desiree pronounced Day si ray!

DH wanted Alexa or Liberty for DD.

I didn't and got my choice of a long name that begins with A and ends with a.

Leonidas
Julius
Thaddeus
Antigone
Persephone
Juno

Hudson and Elliot. The fact that my little man is not named Elliot but named after a character in 'Glee' due to my eldest kids love of it will always make me a little sad. I do like his name but it's not my fav!

Teddy
Percy
Betty
Stanley

Max
Dylan
Jethro
Caspar
James
Rueben
Florian

Crystal
Sasha
Tatiana
Hetty
Melody
Eadie

Andrew
Callum
Edward
Patrick (mn)

Juliet
Alexandra
Lorelai
Erin

There were others

I didn't use Ruth for a girl and Alec for a boy.

I was in love with the name Elsa.
DH vetoed it because it reminded him of the famous Elsa the lioness.

Couple of years later, Frozen came out.

Talk about dodging a bullet