Names you love but could never use

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Just for fun, what names do you love, but can’t use for whatever reason?

I really love Zelda, after Zelda Fitzgerald, but I feel they’d be teased because of the video game.

Anais is also cute. But I foresee lots of issues with pronounciation, and it kind of looks like anus!

Augustus - loved it for a little boy. But I feel people will forever associate it was Augustus Gloop.

What are yours?

Malachi.

LOVE this name. DH looked at me like I was crazy when I suggested it

oh and i LOVE the name Myrtle but absolutely everyone I spoke to hated it including my husband so I did not get to use it :-(

Malachi for me too... Love the way it sounds but not the way it looks written down

Sebastian, I wanted to call DD this if she had been a boy although DH said we weren't posh enough to pull it off
I'm now finished and won't ever get a chance to use it, so my car is now named Sebastian

The theatre nurse in charge when I had my section was called Zelda! I thought hard about naming DD after her, but DH had a name he adored all planned. Still think it’s a fantastic name though.

thetriangleisarealinstrument Moaning Myrtle

Ruby for a girl, but with the surname it'd sound too much like the song Ruby Tuesday by Rolling Stones

Barnaby/Barny we loved but chickened out of. Shame, as DS is a TOTAL Barnaby!

Izaskun for a girl (Basque, DH is Basque) but no bugger would be able to spell or pronounce it.

Florence.. I love it, love all the nicknames,
Flo, Flossie etc etc but could never ever ever use it! Can you guess why?

Augusta. Everyone else hates it. Lucky not having any more DC

Balthazar, I wasn't brave enough and I know my DH would have vetoed it.

@Skandinaviem
Your surname is Nightingale??

Lucifer - means bringer of light
Didn’t use it for obvious reasons

Apple or hope for a girl.
Zachariah, Wolfgang or danger for a boy.
Dc got more mainstream names in the end.

My imaginary twins - Lettice and Nettle 😊

Jasper, Iolanthe, Fern.

Aroura. Dp would never agree to it
I aksobwanted Frankie for a girl. Inhale a close relative with the name though

@Inmyownlittlecorner I came on to say Linnet! Why can’t you use it? For me it sounds dreadful in an Essex accent, and because there would be a lifetime of “no not Lynette” but I love it because of Children of Green Knowe.

Stella

Ooh, another Malachi here! DH sensibly vetoed.

Also Gillian (love nn Gilly, makes me think of jelly)

Annabelle. Our surname makes the two names together sound like a tongue twister.

Harry. Our surname makes it sound like a pirate shouting.

Maybe I should have married someone with a more acceptable surname?

Bellatrix.

Sharon.

We had a nightmare when I first got pregnant with DD as we were picking out potential boy/girl names. My 'dream' names I've always wanted for children were Sophia, Isabella or Katherine for a girl, and Eric or Arthur for a boy. All of those names are in DPs close family so they were immediately vitoed. I also loved some quirky names like Willow and Storm but DP hated those

Star for a girl. I absolutely love it and I couldn't find a single person who agreed with me so it was vetoed immediately even as a middle name.

I have always loved Delilah, but my 'D'H sings the Tom Jones song whenever I mention it (along with the 'She stood there laughing....Hahahaha' and 'Only gone and had his Weetabix' added bits).

whyohwhy I had the opposite problem. DH loves the name Aurora and was adamant our daughter should be called that...
I have a speech impediment where I say 'W' instead of 'R' unless I concentrate really hard, so if im angry or tired I will basically be saying 'W'...
Given that our surname also includes loads of Rs it would have been an utter nightmare