What are the unusual names on your baby name list that you aren't brave enough to use?

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What are the ones that you ruled out because you weren't brave enough to use them? What are the names that you really like but wouldn't ever be brave enough to use in future?

Blair or Persephone (I love the idea of nn Percy!!) for a girl.

Cosmo or Ramsey for a boy. Ramsey is a family name but not sure if it might get mistaken too much now for Ramsay (ie the baddy in GoT!)

@babybean19 here's the thread I mentioned!

Artemis

i love the name freedom. i fell in love with it years ago when i read a book where one of the main characters is a gypsy called freedom. i’ve had two boys and considered using it as a middle name but could never convince my partner! i also love atticus.

Most of the names on here are lovely and I'm surprised that they're regarded as 'unusual'!

I love unusual names but my partner wouldn't have it! I wanted Cohen for our ds but instead we ended up calling him one of the most popular names from last year 😩. It still upsets me when I hear another child with his name, wish I had stood my ground haha.

Cohen isn't unusual! Lovely name.

@still I ignored the comments and have a little Digby napping on my lap right now, no regrets.

If he or his big brother had been girls they'd have been Persephone, NN Sephie.

I'm not a very 'out there' person so I'm surprised both these names are in here within 2 pages!!

Lennie is mine for a girl too! I would definitely use it if I ever have a girl! @EllaDownTheLane

I don’t think most of these are THAT out there.... I would not even blink at an atticus or Persephone !

I really liked Basil, again not all that out there but my DH thought it was a bit too Fawlty Towers!

I have known some quite unusually named children....
Balthasar (bazzy for short)
Isambard (Izzy for short)
Precious
Tanner

Magpie I had never heard of Isambard before but saying it out loud is gorgeous, no more children for me but I may have a kitten in the future 😁

Raven Seldon (Asimov fan)

Lochley or Lochsley (Robinhood)

I may have spelled it wrong! Only one I’ve heard of is isambard kingdom Brunel

Guinevere
Daenerys
Judas
Fedele

I love them, but I haven't got the balls to face the inevitable commentary.

@sunshineandshowers21 I taught a Freedom.
I got some strange looks from members of the public when shouting 'Freedom!' on a school trip.

Lettice, still love it but dh vetoed.

Blair or Riley for a girl.
My guilty pleasure names are “nature” names like Fox, River, Clover... but I don’t think I’d ever use them.

Also Juniper!

Golda. It’s only not on my list because OH isn’t into it. I dream of it, too...! 😍

Astrid

God, I'd love to be brave enough for Persephone. Ariadne is the other one.

Axel was one of mine

Bathsheba. No idea why but I love it 😂