Favourite names you didn't use?

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Please, help!
The only names me and my dh love and agree on are used for our dd.
And we now (thankfully) hate the name dh chose if she turned out to be a boy.

I know a lot of people don't like to share the names they actually chose for their children, so what names did you or your partner love or had on a short list that you didn't use/ names you've seen since having your babe that you might use for future babes?

Both genders please! not finding out the sex with this babe either :) Many thanks!

The ones on the final shortlist that we ended up crossing off:

Iselda
Romilly
Enora
Meri
Iolana
Meredith
Nereida

Alban
Halwyn
August
Jory
Roscoe
Griff

Caspar
Clovis
Alcuin
Orlando
Gervaise

Lucinda
Juno
Tansy
Constance
Hypatia
Loveday
Artemis
Penelope
Dorothea
Anna

Michael, Alexander, Robert.

Frances, Caroline (nn Caro), Eleanor. Grown up names basically.

Noa
Niamh
Anouk
Liv
Robin
Griffin
Kit
Liam

Tristan,
Elias,
Henry,
Emrys,
Nathaniel

Rosalie,
Maeve,
Louisa,
Genevieve,
Meredith

Inez
Ramona
Ava
Scarlet
Bea
Zoe
Roxanne
Annie
Coco

Jude
Wilf
Heath
Inigo
Joel
Francis
Clement

All my life I wanted a Molly / Mollie, so obviously I had a boy! I love it, it is the prettiest name in the world imo. I'll never get to use it but maybe I'll have one as a grandchild one day.

Alice
Luna
Astrid
Lily
Imogen
Charlotte
Jessica
Mary

Verity and Elodie

Rowan was on the list for DS and DD! Would love someone else to use it

Barnaby.
Maribel.

Zachary and Nathaniel for boys. Charlotte, Eliza, Thea and Catherine for girls.

Sadie
Rowan
Elsa
Edith
Lola
Angus
Kit
Gabriel
Florian

Verity and Flora

Casper
Max
Rory
Magnus (nn Gus)

Adelynne (Addie)
Maci

Luna
Julia
Lainie
Quinn
Cora
Florence
Iris

Bear
Dougie
Artie
Josiah
Isaiah
Barnaby
Lawrence
Otis
Percy
Teddy
Spencer
Xander

Not keen on a lot of these now looking back!

I never had any daughters so did not get to use any of the names I loved for girls:
Klara
Sofia
Stefanie
Isobel
Elinor
Lydia

Boy's names I adored but DH didn't:
Keir
Thomas
Isaac
Rueben

My DD was very nearly a Nicole. I changed it at the last hour. After someWisley pointed out that her initials would be NOB.

I went with Molly in the end. I wish I'd have thought more about it but She is a Molly. It really suits her.
If I ever have a boy he'll be Gabriel Patrick.
Other nice boy names.
Elliot.
Vincent
Alexander
Francis
Jude
Dougie.
Casper.

I'm not sure what I'd call a girl but my short list at the moment if I were pregnant. Not that I've got any intentions of having anymore , mind
Ciara. Faye. Kate. Erin. Daisy. Olivia. Lois.
Dorothy. Courtney. Sarah. Theresa. Sian.
Alicia. Willow. Heidi. Lilia. Cara. Sailor. Saturn. Aurora. Lydia. Lindy. Rachel. Vivienne. Alannah. Mabel. Violet. Hailey.
Iris. Laila. Kirsty. Lisa. Linnet.
i love Nevaeh but it's the NOB issue
.

For girls I love

Verity
Felicity
Constance
Emmeline
Evelyn
Elizabeth
Meredith
Genevieve
Jennifer

For boys

James
William
Nathaniel
Edwin
Darwin
Edison
Franklin

Daphne
Bethenny

Benjamin
Theo

I like Hardy for a boy but DSis pointed out it might get some sniggers when he hits secondary.

Inego (we had DD)

Autumn (we had DS)

Summer (we had DS but not so keen on it now.)

Seraphina (DH doesn't like it)

The names I love but didn't use:
Adam
Alistair
Sebastian

Tess
Clara
Summer

We didn't get to use: Destiny Grace

My mum didn't get to use Emily or Morris. Why she didn't use Emily when I came along second as a girl, I don't know.