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goldenorbspider · 26/01/2020 14:13

Saw a thread the other day and someone mentioned Hecate! I love it but could never saddle a child with it. We played very safe with our name choices but if I was to throw caution to the wind, we would have some very out there names

Girls

Hecate
Calista
Calliope
Olympia
Giovanna
Zola
Athena

Boys

Hudson
Lorenzo
Ira
Cassius
Carey
Troy
Calvin
Solomon
Tate
Roman

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bridgetreilly · 26/01/2020 14:38

Aethelflaed and Hereward. Actually I probably am brave enough for Hereward. I knew one years ago and think it's great.

goldenorbspider · 26/01/2020 14:39

How are they pronounced?

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bridgetreilly · 26/01/2020 14:42

Ethel-fled and Heh-reh-wood.

bridgetreilly · 26/01/2020 14:43

Although, tbh, it's probably 1000 years since anyone was called Aethelflaed, so you can pronounce it how you like.

Lailaha · 26/01/2020 14:46

I knew an Aethelflaed in Australia about twenty years ago. "Ethel" to his friends Grin

I like Tancred myself - I suppose Tancred Bradshaw has made it a bit more mainstream nowGrin

thismeansnothing · 26/01/2020 14:46

Scout

So we put it as a middle name

PootleandPosey · 26/01/2020 14:48

Girls

Zillah
Hepzibah
Tesne
Quinn because read fast it looks liken Quim

Boys
Ainsley
Eden
Torran

bridgetreilly · 26/01/2020 14:52

@Lailaha Wow, that's quite a name to give a boy. The most famous Aethelflaed was definitely female: the Lady of the Mercians.

Pops1985 · 26/01/2020 14:58

Persephone
Calliope
Phaedra
Gabriel (I know it’s a very used name but it felt too biblical to me)

namedecision · 26/01/2020 15:04

Athena and Seraphina

goldenorbspider · 26/01/2020 15:11

Gabriel is lovely, it's just the irony when they behave like a child Grin

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goldenorbspider · 26/01/2020 15:12

Glad to see I'm not the only one with a penchant for Greek mythology names

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Lailaha · 26/01/2020 15:34

@bridgetreilly I know! His parents apparently loved the name, and didn't know that it is usually a female name! (He had a brother called John and a sister called Wendy, iirc, which makes it slightly more comedic from the outside Grin) Tbf he wore it well!

PenguinsOnParade · 26/01/2020 16:31

Iolanthe
Xanthippe
Persephone
Circe
Ceres
Dorcas

This is why I enjoy playing The Sims though, I give them all the names I would never use on a child.

Whatsyourflava · 26/01/2020 16:31

Like Hudson and Calvin OP, good choices!
Ha really funny you see “Roman” as a risky choice @goldenorbspider - theres 2 in my Nct group of 8! It’ll be top 20 in next year or so on current growth trajectory. It’s getting very run of the mill- will be the equivalent of 1980s “Dave” or “Sarah” soon x

OhWellThatsJustGreat · 26/01/2020 16:33

Ermintrude

Sal1977 · 26/01/2020 16:45

We loved the name Lemoni but my step-dad killed it when he said "what, likely garlicky?". FFS.

She's a character in captain corelli's mandolin.

BurneyFanny · 26/01/2020 17:08

I really wanted Yorick for a while, but it was clearly never going to happen in the real world.

TeaAddict235 · 26/01/2020 17:46

Yannick
Wilfred
Zanine (we knew a xanine)

blossomberry · 26/01/2020 17:51

Ocean
Tigerlily

Wolf
Atticus

willowmelangell · 26/01/2020 18:03

I wanted to name my late son Wolfgang. I didn't. But his middle name was Jareth after Bowie, Goblin King in Labyrinth. That felt quite daring.
I wanted a girl baby I could call Katherine. So I could have a Wolf and a Kat.
Other boy names I dithered about were Jett and Jedrek.

Mamabear88 · 26/01/2020 18:17

For girls I really like Ophelia or Winter and for boys I love the names Woody, Forest, Luther or August. I personally wouldn't actually use them though.

goldenorbspider · 26/01/2020 18:24

I've missed the boat there, I did suggest ronan as an alternative but my other half wasn't having it

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goldenorbspider · 26/01/2020 18:25

Atticus is a fantastic name, I like atlas as well but it's very severe

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MikeUniformMike · 26/01/2020 18:32

Girls
Hecate - no
Calista - yes
Calliope - maybe
Olympia - yes
Giovanna - is it back in fashion?
Zola - no, Budd.
Athena - yes

Boys
Hudson - ok, a bit too surnamey
Lorenzo - I know one so no. He's great but people would talk.
Ira - no
Cassius - yes but Muhammad Ali
Carey - no
Troy - no because I know 2.
Calvin - no.
Solomon - love it
Tate - no
Roman - no

I'd probably use them on pets. DC got very conventional, safe, classic names.

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