Girls names you like but wouldn't use

[BabbaE]

Are there any girls names you like but wouldn't use for one reason or another? What kind of things put you off using a name?

I like Florence, but when David Cameron chose it for his daughter I knew I'd never use it

Lila
Olive
Celia
Julia
Audrey

Lucy - doesn't work with my surname

Chloe - too popular

Ivy - doesn't work with my surname

Kate - already one in the family

Madeleine - dislike the nickname Maddie

Ophelia - too posh/too much teasing potential

Penelope - dislike the nickname Penny

Polly - doesn't work with my surname

Sarah - doesn't work with the surname

Antigone

Arietty.

Cleo, Hero, Oona and Katya/Kitty are too matchy with my other DCs' names.

Iona and any W- names don't work with the surname.

Lots of lovely names "taken" by close friends and family.

Names that are taken:
Faith
Caitlin
Georgia
Cassie

Names dp doesn't like:
Susannah
Madeline
Emmeline
Hope
Rosalie

Demelza
Esmeralda

Bit much to actually use in real life but I think they're awesome names

I'd still use them, but DP doesn't like them, or already taken by close family (male names are harder still!)

Astrid
Lily
Addison
Emma
Luca

Norah
Imogen

Madeline, because of Madeline McCann.

Penelope, because of the Kardashians.

Imogen, because of Imogen Thomas (I think a negative story broke about her when I was pregnant with one of the DDs).

Persephone

And Saorise, because my Irish roots are too thin!

Hester and Demelza – I really like them, but I think they’re marmite names, so I’d be worried about my daughter hating her name.
Hermione – Too linked to Harry Potter, but would consider it for a middle name
Ophelia, Hazel, Iris, Clara, Jessica, Faith – Don’t work with our surname. (In fact Ophelia sounds downright rude!)
Imogen – My husband isn’t English, and thinks this name is ‘too weird’.
Tamsin – Too close to a close friend’s name
Lydia – Too matchy with my other daughter’s name

Named my DH didn't like so veto'd

Maggie
Sophia
Emmie

Names I wouldn't just because they are a bit too unusual and taken straight from game of thrones

Arya
Sansa

Persephone. Too posh.

Lavinia
Pearl
Abby/Abigail - too popular

Anastasia (my family would raise their eyebrows and say it was too 'dramatic' or something)
Kennedy - I always said if I'd been American I'd have called a girl this!!
Leia- love this but couldn't now we have a Luke in the family.

I'm not really a hyphen person but I always liked Emma-Elise; couldn't use it as these are two of my best friends' names and everyone would think it was after them (it's not- I just like the sound of them together!).

Alice because my OH sings that bloody song when I mention it.

Lucy, Emily - too many in the family
India - because Katie Hopkins
Scarlett & Savannah - because of our surname and because they don't have a nice shortening/nickname
Claudia - ExH and I had this picked out for the DD we didn't ever have

Sienna. Too many chav associations.

Raphaella - clashes with my surname, but otherwise a FANTASTIC name!

Brianna - LOVE this, however I'm a Joanna and DH is Bryan...so Brianna sounds like we are merging our two names, which is a bit tacky!

Mia (pronounced My-ah, not Mee-ah) I've always loved this name, but I hate it pronounced Mee-a, and that's what put me off it.

Generally what puts me off names is:

If there's ambiguity to how it should be spelt or pronounced
If it's too popular (e.g: LOVE Olivia, but it's way overused. Overused names tend to suddenly drop off in popularity and therefor become very dated).
If it reminds me of DH's exes, or characters on a show, or of old classmates or workmates.

Angharad.
I love it, but too many people have described it as ugly or hard sounding.

Florence - DP vetoed even pre pregnancy!!

Persephone - I live in quite a working class Midlands area. Could just inagone it pronounced purse-a-phone

Lilleth - DP again

Sadie- husband hates it!
Esther- I love it but I imagine it would be a life full of mispronunciations