Names you're not brave enough to use

[goldenorbspider]

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

Girls -
Dolly
Valentine

Boys -
Murdo (I'm Scottish)
Cary

Hunter
Honey

Agnieszka

It's a Polish name, apparently the polish version of Agnes. I like the way it sounds but it also has sentimental value - DH's paternal grandma was Agnes and his Mum was Polish so I would love to tribute both sides of his family by using it. However we live in a Australia and I know people wouldn't know how to say it if they see it written down, and wouldn't know how to spell it if the heard it. I don't want to saddle our daughter with constantly having to correct people.

Ksenia.
Love it, but in an English-speaking country, if you haven't heard it before (which is likely), there is zero percent chance of saying it right.

Also Clement for a boy.

No end for the bullying, I'm sure, but it's a great name!

What's tease worthy about Clement?

I know a teen Clement who is very popular and happy with his name. Often called Clem for short.

I also know quite a few Clementines!

@Sal1977 - Lemoni means lemon in Greek.

ALASKA!! In my accent it would be ah-lah-skah and I love it! I didnt go for it as I recognized it's kinda wired but I still love it!

I don't get why so many city and places names are acceptable and Alaska is not 😭

Grace
Natalie
Abigail
Kathryn Katharine
Rachel
Dora
Deborah

For a boy. I'm sick of the sexist name double standard but realise the world would seriously need to change, otherwise it would just be a handicap for the poor boy.

^^ I was wondering where you was going with that names list

Murdo (I'm Scottish)
Cary

Those are fantastic names, what's not to like about Cary. It's a firm favourite of mine

I wanted to name our dd Genevieve but my dh has an ex with a similar name so it wasn't a goer .

Demetria/Demeter
Rosario
Magdalena
Simone
Katerina
Juliet (I like names from Shakespeare plays!)
Nefertiti
Cleo
Aphrodite
Leilani (wasn't allowed this one because it sounded too much like a tree)

Ramses
Mercutio
Romeo
Tybalt
Caesar
Cyrus (history names...)
Atticus is a bloody strong name
Alexander

Poppy: Where I'm from, Clement would be considered very effeminate. While I have no problem with this, many do.

Castiel for a boy

I'd love to have used
Coco
Dakota
Lolita

Sonny
Just couldn't bring myself to.

Phaedra

I know two Phaedras. Both female. One Greek, one not. I think it's lovely.

Luna - I think it's lush but my friends pointed out she'd be called Luna - tic in the playground

October.

Dd was due in September so didn’t choose it but then she was late so I could have.

She would have hated it.

I know a Dakota! She's one of a kind and lovely

@TeaAddict235 I know a Yannick. He's 7 or 8. I'be never thought it was in any way 'out there' as a name.

I've always loved Persephone and Isolde but daren't use them.
Our daughter is due in a month and we'll go for an old classic name most likely.

I know a baby Olympia!

@Zippetydoodahzippetyay I loved that name (can't be arsed to look it up to spell it which is probably part of the reason I didn't use it.) Also we live in an area with quite a few Poles and I think we would be constantly telling people that we weren't. I also loved Katarzyna, but again we're not Polish.

Dory, but Finding Nemo ruined it for me.

@MooseBreath @Poppydaisies I really loved the idea of Clement for a boy but my husband was 100% that there’d be teasing with that name. I decided to trust DH on this as I went to an all girls school. He wouldn’t even entertain it as a middle name. I’m actually happy with the decision now anyway as Clementine is increasingly mainstream now and i would worry my son would see nickname Clem as a predominantly female name. We all know boys names on girls are “cool”. But girls names on boys are practically illegal

I have a Gabriel, was thinking more Peter Gabriel as opposed to the Angel, which he definitely isn’t 😆

I love very out their names, like Phoenix, Nate, Dashiel. My husband couldn’t be convinced and I wasn’t prepared to try and persuade him, I wanted names we both liked.