What names do you LOVE but would never use?

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(And I don't mean you wouldn't use because there are close family members etc who have the name. I mean more that you absolutely love, but don't have the balls to use)

Mine is....

Demetrious.

I have known a few in my time and absolutely love the name, but not sure I could do it...

@Stargazer87 we used to have a babysitter called Clementine. There are a few about.

Hero for a girl, Magnus for a boy

Lysander

Edith ( English is not my first language and I struggle to pronounce the th properly)

Athena, Rowena, Ariadne... not too 'out there', but would need a bit of bravery to use, I think!

Also love Casper and Caspian..

It's been said, but I love Horatio too. I think if we'd lived in Kensington or somewhere I would have gone for it.
And there's an Ezekiel in my son's class, I think it's a great name.

Jesus (pronounced as in Latin American countries)

Aurelia

Lorelei

Seraphina- but dh vetoed it 🤨

Jarvis
Erasmus
Tycho
Taliesin

Nimue
Juniper
Calliope

Loved Seth but DH and pretty much every other member of both of our collective families hated it. DH and I agreed to give each other 3 vetoes and he emphatically used his for Seth....

Also really regret not giving DS the middle name Thor. (My GGgrandfather was called Thor and it seems almost criminal not to reuse it )

Love Orlando for a boy and Anastasia for a girl ♥️
I'm not ruling them out.

Esyllt - beautiful name but the letter Ll means it won't work in England and would be mispronounced as Ess-ilt. It's Welsh for Iseult.

Iseult - there's already an Issy in the family. Also, there's no way on God's earth that DH would agree to this name

Morven - Alas, I am not Scottish enough to use this. Same applies to Ishbel and Eilidh. DH would never agree to any of these anyway.

Natasha, Anastasia, Katya and Constantin - no Russian heritage.

Aveline - no French heritage and DH doesn't like it.

For me it’s Annabelle.. Dp won’t allow it because of the Annabelle doll.. 🤷‍♀️

Clementine

Another one for Clementine! 🙋🏻‍♀️

Zephyr

I quite fancied Malta for a girl until the character in a book I was reading with that name turned out to be a wrong un.

Always liked Alexais or Beech for a boy and Elizavetya or Antonia for a girl. One of my ancestors was called Bonaventura, definitely not brave enough to reuse that but if he had been called Thor I might have had to insist

Wilfred because my DH vetoed it!

Nature names, like:

Rain
Star
River
Winter
January
Maple
Briar
Juniper

Because they are maybe a bit too earthy for me and DEFINITELY too earthy for DH.

As someone who's really undecided on using the name Clementine please can I ask why people wouldn't use it? It's clearly liked but underused?

I didn't list it, but I do love Clementine. I'm not keen on Clem or Clemmy as it reminds me too much of the word clammy.

Not sure what nn you could use otherwise...Tina isn't to my taste either...Teeny? What if she's tall? Minty?

Clementine itself is beautiful though. I would just become That Mum who never lets anyone shorten her dd's name! I remember an Alexandra at school and woe betide you if you ever called her Alex in front of her mum! It had to be Alexandra.

Valentino

Some beautiful names here. I went with the 2 names I thought were a bit out there and haven't regretted it! Both children suit their names and get compliments wherever they go (one name is HATED on mumsnet and the other used to be but seems liked more now on threads!). Clementime is a lovely name to the pp that asked and I don't think it's out there at all! One name I did like but admit is a bit out there is Pixie it wasn't at the top of my list, maybe 3rd!

I know a Clementine
I loved but was vetoed by DH Lorelei and Athena (although DD does have an unusual name)

I loved Clover but not brave enough due to the cow/butter

I know A clementine and Clemency aand an otteline - Clem, Clemmie and Tilly and Linnet variously used over their lifetimes as nicknames. Always think of them in same category if posh slightly old fashioned good names.
Also a male Clemmo - don’t know him well assume shirt for Clement (now there’s a name you don’t hear not sure I have since Attlee !!