What are your guilty pleasure names?

[LipsyGirl]

Names you’d never use but would love to?

ChristmasCarcass, one of my exs loved “kingly Germanic names”, especially Florian and Ruprecht. I wasn’t convinced.

I think Apollo would be a cool name for a boy. And after reading about the Renaissance artist Sofonisba Anguissola, I’m a bit sad I couldn’t get away with Sofonisba for a girl.

Camelot and Lancelot haha plus Merlin
Salem
Constantine
Jocelyn, Lindsey and Evelyn - for boys

Prudence
Temperance
Pandora

Memphis but if I have another dc I'm seriously considering it

I love Saturn for a little girl. Its not a guilty pleasure nAme, though, I’d use it.
However my DD is called Molly so I think she’d feel a bit short changed with a sister named Saturn.

Cervantes for a boy, chickened out of Persephone although I absolutely love it.

I love Hector for a boy but probably wouldn’t use it as it also means “to talk to someone in a bullying way”!

Dh and I also loved Bruno when pregnant with ds but then that bloody film with Sacha Baron Cohen came out!

Eldest ds was almost named Kelly - I love Kelly for a boy but DH put me off!

Oh, and Demeter for a girl - goddess of the harvest. It’d probably get shortened to Demi though which I don’t like.

I love Persephone! I'm totally using it if I ever have a girl.
DH wanted Hades for a boy so I had to point out that's like calling a child Lucifer!
Neither of our boys are called Hades you'll be glad to know.

Girl - Tabitha
Boy - Valentine

We are just nowhere near posh enough

I suggested Cassidy when pregnant with my second but DH didn't like it - we compromised though and now we have a beautiful daughter named Cassie which I love even more!

I love (but could never use) Stella and Luna for girls. Love Robin for a little boy too.

@MissMatchedClaws as in Tamar Braxton?

I love Persephone too and would definitely use it.

My guilty pleasure name is Sailor for a girl... I just love it and I don’t know why! Scout too,
although I’m not a big fan of To Kill a Mockingbird and it’s a bit ‘Check me out, I did GCSE English’

Nope, sorry, never heard of Tamar Braxton. Just an underused biblical name that I like :) Plus it shortens well (Tay) and everyone gets a single syllable name from me eventually...

I love Bianca for a girl but that's been forever ruined by Eastenders

Rufus for a boy but a bit too much of a name for a pet

Adore Loveday but would never be brave enough to use it!

Also love Raphael, Bay, and James for a girl!

Raphael
Adeline
Nina
Evelyn
Roxi
(if my dh would agree, I would go for these!)

Allaboard a very close friend of mine has a son called basil : people were a bit 🤔 at first but it quickly became very likeable and it really suits him. She said she loves shrieking " Basil!!" at him like prunella scales 🤣

For a girl I always loved Maddison and Harper, but I know that my dh would hate them.

For boy I wanted Ethan or Ewan, but first he hated as too hoitty toitty and second he pronouces as you one (scottish lads eh!), and I just imagined my life with him making this stupid joke over and over again and decided nope XD.

I'm 14 weeks pregnant so still discussing boy and girl names
I would never choose Amos now..
Me: DH, what about Amos?
DH: Silence
Me:....
DH: Wait, what did you say? Anus???

Thanks DH, stricken off the list for good

Roderigo -loved the name since studying Othello at school. No Italian connections so never seriously considered.

Constantine and Magdalena sounds right together as siblings!

Judas.

Impossible to use for obvious reasons but I really like the sound.

Amadeus - seems, hmmm, shall we say 'aspirational' 😂

Loretta or Julie for a girl

Innes for a boy

Rupert
Bruno

I love both and used as middle names

Wolfie

For Wolfgang

From Amadeus movie