So unlucky with names!

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Hey all!

First time poster here. Me and hubby are TTC, and easing the stress by disagreeing about names instead!

I tend to give my choice names to people, or use them myself.

My favourite name for a boy was Rowan, met hubby who so happens to be called that. Loved Finn, didn't think kids would ever happen so named our dog Finn.

We've agreed on a girl - Luna Feyre (Fay-Uh) which is based on my love of the moon, and a book series hubby got me obsessed with.

Boy names are much harder... I love Kai but he hates it, so we agreed on Kaiden but now I hate it. I like Levi but he says no because he knew a mean kid at school called Levi.

I have a love of strange ish names, see them below! Feel free to tell me your opinions, or post your own unusual name that you love but couldn't use!

Boys;
Rhysand, Luca, Lorcan, Azriel, Ezekiel, Cassian

Girls;
Feyre, Aelin, Tris, Lysandra, Olenwen, Arya

Most of these are book themed, brownie points to those who can guess the author!

I forgot two more! Kit and Shiro for boys

Kit for a boy Arya for a girl. Everything else feels like it's trying too hard.

Feyre is a headache of a name. Will be misspelled and called Fay or Fairy.

Well Kit is typically short for Christopher isn't it?
Some of those names will just be a ballache for people to spell or say correctly which leaves your child with a lifetime of correcting people (I speak from experience). Perhaps have a look through some more Shakespearean names?

I love Ezekiel - Zeke for short.

Gosh, that's an unusual list.

I like Lorcan and Arya, and Kit if it's a diminutive of Christopher.

The rest are a 'no' from me, sorry.

I know a Lorcan. Never met another. Great name!
Azriel makes me think of the cat in Smurfs. Also, it means Angel of Death (spelled Azreal).
I like Kit. If we'd had another, I'd have liked Christopher with the nn Kit.

Casper - means gold
Ronan (though might be a bit too close to Rowen) - little seal, which is bloody adorable.

I liked Garrett and Kennedy when I was pregnant but DH vetoed. I also liked Mason and Jackson but our surname ends in -son so they didn't work.

My neighbours grandson is Roan I think that's nice

I like Luca and Arya but not keen on the others.

I've never seen/heard of Azriel, Feyre and Olenwen before - I wouldn't know how to pronounce any of them and your child would probably spend most of their time correcting/explaining/spelling it to people. I get fed up of this with my own name, it seems like a little thing but after the millionth time it starts to grate!

I'm not really one for unusual names so mine would be pretty tame I guess but I do like Arwyn and Quinn which would be unusual in our area atleast.

How about Corin for a boy?

I actually like Feyre but yeah, people might mispell it. Doesn't mean you can't use it though !

For boys Luca is not so outlandish, personally I love Lukas.

I think Lorcan and Ezekiel are not so unusual in the UK, are they ? (not british).

Not sure about Rhysand but Rhys is common enough.

Cassian... Unusual but why not.

If you like Kai how about Caius ?

As for names I like but can't use...

Josceran (too archaic and doesn't work with my last name)

Markus (too uncommon in my culture)

Asher (same)

Sergey (I'm not russian so it'd be a bit weird. Could use Serge but I don't like it !)

Loup (I feel like I'd get judged for it !)

I can guess most of the authors, but I’m not too much of a fan of the names themselves.

I’d have Luca for a girl, though. That’s cool.

If you like literary moon names - Atlas, Europa, Callista, Triton, Oberon, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Caliban, Prospero, Ferdinand.

Just came on to say I LOVE the name Azriel (his dark materials)
Some suggestions I love that are not on your list:
Boys- Lysander, Caspian, Tristan, Orion, Aurelius, Artemis
Girls - Cordelia, Cecily, Romily, Darla, Odette, Giselle, Tatania, Thalia, Thora

Azriel is a cool name but I just can’t imagine naming a child after the angel of death.

I actually like the name Lucifer, which means lightbringer, but wouldn’t use it for obvious reasons!

I have an Arya, love the name.
Luca is one of my favourite aswell.

my favourite name for a boy that ill never be able to use is Meliodas. (Mel ee oh das)
And Aelin is beautiful for a girl.

I love Meliodas! I heard it on that Netflix anime... though can't remember the name for the life of me!

Seven deadly sins

That's the one! I also have so many names from anime that I want to use

Surely you’d name your son Rowan?
That way you get to use your favourite name and the child’s names after his father?

I'm totally sold on Luna Feyre but hubby plays a lot of Final Fantasy and apparently it's very close to a name of a character in that - so he's not totally agreed yet!

Oooh heck no. That was a straight, definite no from OH! I would love to, but the second I suggested it he vetoed it immediately

Feyre will be forever miscalled Freya. Or faye.
Is arya pronounced Ar-ee-ya or Are-ya?
Cassian is pretty good!

I pronounce Arya as Ar-ee-ya.
Cassian is probably the one I most wish he would agree with!

Azriel is brilliant!!!! Never heard it before but it's not weird, it sounds.... Right