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Names that make you go "wow"?

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Giinnybeaulove · 06/05/2020 14:17

Curious post - What names have you heard previously or if you heard them would make you go "wow" (in good way) or a name you'd think was simply sublime? Interested to hear your wow names

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Hollyhobbi · 26/05/2020 04:17

@salsmum I sincerely hope notHmm.

copperoliver · 26/05/2020 08:34

Matilda. Elsie. Eloise. Emily. India. Florence. Donell. Roisin Taylor. X

lardass88 · 26/05/2020 11:22

I love the name clementine

Orphlids · 26/05/2020 11:53

@SuitedandBooted, I love Igraine too. Such a fantastic sound with that hard ‘g’. The rather harsh sound is pleasingly at odds with the apparently irresistible feminine beauty of Igraine, isn’t it? Exciting!

helia · 26/05/2020 12:05

Celestia
Lysander
Seraphina
Ophelia

theruffles · 26/05/2020 12:35

I like Valentina, Nell, Blythe and Matteo.

Erynn · 26/05/2020 13:10

Hero for a girl!

Zebedee for a boy Blush

BellaVida · 26/05/2020 13:33

Boy: Zephyr, Leander, Caspian
Girl: Genevieve, Adrienne, Seraphina

Strokethefurrywall · 26/05/2020 14:13

DS2 was going to be Valentina, Leni for short but given he's a boy, is named Sullivan.

We often get "wow" that's a cool name, presumably because there aren't too many Sullivans around.

Not sure we're that bothered that it's a cool name though, we both like surnames for first names (DH Scottish) and I really fancy Sullivan Stapleton so that's how he got his name!

If I heard the name Ptolemy, Tarquin or Rupert my immediate reaction would be "woah" rather than "wow" - I also live in melting pot of nationalities so lots of different name tastes here, but few class connotations.

We've got Zephyrs, Reef, Bodhi, Hugo's a-plenty, Hudsons, Cooper, J'Dante, Dante, Huxley, Sheherezade.... nobody bats an eyelid anymore!

walkingchuckydoll · 26/05/2020 14:48

Love this thread! I don't have an addition (although I hate the name of musks new baby) but I'm updating my list now 😁

SerendipitySunshine · 26/05/2020 15:16

Primrose

scrivette · 26/05/2020 16:47

Serendipity
Seraphina
Amity (as I loved this for DC1 who turned out to be a boy).

Edenember · 26/05/2020 17:00

How is Igraine pronounced please ladies?

indecisivewoman81 · 26/05/2020 17:06

I really like the name Rafferty

yoikes · 26/05/2020 17:14

Gabriel
Raphael
Balthazar

Athenais
Otilie
Therese

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