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What are your guilty pleasure names?

119 replies

LipsyGirl · 18/04/2020 20:26

Names you’d never use but would love to?

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Vebrithien · 18/04/2020 21:25

Eowyn
Edmond

mitsyblue · 18/04/2020 21:29

Ottilie is super cute (although think that spelling is wrong) I still wish I had called my DD1 Phoenix and feel it will always make me sad Confused

doublecheeseburgermediumfries · 18/04/2020 21:36

😂😂😂 nooooooo! I cannot believe it's a real thing!! I grew up in Leeds I never heard of Sadie the Bra Lady! He is from the North East, is this a regional thing?

AlviesMam · 18/04/2020 21:44

@doublecheeseburgermediumfries
Darlington / Sunderland / Newcastle her shops are based Grin

emwithme · 18/04/2020 21:46

Ophelia (balls)

I also love Priya and Florian but ethnically they're a bit of a reach I'm far too white

Bubbletrouble43 · 18/04/2020 21:56

Wish I'd named any if my DDs Liberty. DP just not that adventurous. Also love Quinn.

theotherfossilsister · 18/04/2020 22:08

Cosima
Psyche
Artemis

Psyche is my favourite.

So many of these are beautiful

Motherontheedge1 · 18/04/2020 22:09

Sakewell

Cattenberg · 18/04/2020 22:13

I love Etienne for a girl. I was disappointed to find out it’s a boys’ name.

Aura was my favourite name as a teen
Sofonisba (name of a great Renaissance artist)
Soraya - it’s so beautiful. I wish my best friend hadn’t said “sounds like psoriasis”.

MartiniDry · 18/04/2020 22:16

Another vote for Lysander. 🙂
Also Myfanwy, Fenella, Dorward, Hadleigh, and Hepzibah (I have no Welsh connections!).

HeimdallSaysNo · 18/04/2020 22:21

Minerva. Roman God of knowledge. And Professor McGonagall's first name in HP.

Ramses for a boy. A mighty Egyptian king.

BrandoraPaithwaite · 18/04/2020 22:47

Megan. DP vetoed it. I don't even know why I like it, I've taught several Megan/ Meghans and that normally puts me off a name. Quite glad we didn't use it now Megan Markle is so famous I suppose.

Cbeebiesrehab · 18/04/2020 23:42

Arriety and Ptomley

JemSynergy · 19/04/2020 00:34

Tallulah
Florence can't use because of our surname
Primrose
Marigold

Never heard of the "bra lady" and I know a few Sadie's?!

JemSynergy · 19/04/2020 00:36

Oh and boys

Albert
Monty

MissMatchedClaws · 19/04/2020 01:05

Tamar, Kit, Astrid, Cassie and Willow

dkanin · 19/04/2020 01:25

Lucius, Ivy, Belladonna, Morticia and Wednesday!

alexdgr8 · 19/04/2020 01:41

Funki
i met one once. memorable. shewed great restraint when someone in a training group said it was a strange name. funki replied, well frankly i thought your name, myfanwy was pretty strange actually, but i had more manners than to say so.
touche.

PaulinePetrovaPosey · 19/04/2020 01:53

Clio (was the muse of history for several thousand years before it was a car)

Jasmin (is NOT chavvy, DH)

Perdita (showing my teenage Jilly Cooper obsession)

Gabriel (doesn't work religiously for us)

FarmerWantsABaby · 19/04/2020 01:59

I love Teresa but it's dated where I live 😬

Fairybobbin · 19/04/2020 11:18

I've got so many girls names that I love! It's not that I wouldn't use them as such, but my DH has vetoed them.
Bluebell
Skyla
Cordilia
Piper
Amethyst

Blursula · 19/04/2020 11:35

Dusty

Pinkpepper9 · 20/04/2020 20:17

Finnick

Emthebaker · 20/04/2020 20:24

I think Snow is so cute for a little girl, wish I could be brave enough to use it.

Themostwonderfultimeoftheyear · 20/04/2020 20:27

Dominion
Caratacus