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Names which were just too brave

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jemillyp · 27/02/2021 23:17

Hi!
What names did you love but just weren't brave enough to use?
Smile

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Angel2702 · 27/02/2021 23:18

Herbert
Valerie

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jemillyp · 27/02/2021 23:21

@Angel2702

Herbert Valerie
Love Valerie! Just a bit ruined by the song!
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BikeRunSki · 27/02/2021 23:24

Isis

Tambourina · 27/02/2021 23:26

Thomasin
Piers

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jemillyp · 27/02/2021 23:28

@BikeRunSki

Isis
Such a beautiful name, such a shame it has such awful connotations now :-(
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Somethingkindaoooo · 27/02/2021 23:32

Shoshanna

Marcipex · 27/02/2021 23:48

Isis is beautiful.
I like Valerie too.

tiredmum2468 · 27/02/2021 23:48

Isis?????????

IWantMyHoney · 27/02/2021 23:49

Nemo
Amos

MyNameForToday1980 · 27/02/2021 23:51

I agree with Isis, it's a lovely name.

Ditto Hero.

Apandemicyousay · 28/02/2021 00:11

Oswald
Walter

ifitpleasesandsparkles · 28/02/2021 00:12

Ptolemy
Kerouac

Cool as hell in my head but I'd never put a kid through that.

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jemillyp · 28/02/2021 00:14

@Apandemicyousay

Oswald Walter
Ah I know a little boy called Walter, he rocks it, I'm unsure whether everyone could pull it off though!
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Coffeeandaride · 28/02/2021 00:15

Juno

HearMeSnore · 28/02/2021 00:27

Persephone and Raphael.

I'll use them eventually, even if only for guinea pigs.

Equimum · 28/02/2021 00:37

Wow, we know children with several of these names - admittedly we also have a child with a slightly unusual name, and it does seem quite normal to do so round here.

Rockmehardplace · 28/02/2021 01:56

Velvet
Isis
Ines

Lyric
Hamilton

SleepingStandingUp · 28/02/2021 02:16

Balthazar
Thaddeus
Arcturon
Zebulon

TaraR2020 · 28/02/2021 02:22

@tiredmum2468

Isis?????????
Isis was an Egyptian goddess long before the IS terror group came long

...which is also why they're formally referred to as IS rather than Isis these days - too many horrified parents & daughters

glasshalfsomething · 28/02/2021 02:24

Paisley- but we are from Glasgow originally

whatausername · 28/02/2021 05:45

@glasshalfsomething

Paisley- but we are from Glasgow originally
😂😂

For me it's Eurydice and Sherlock. And Valentine! Lovely in a French accent but I'm not in France...

tulipsaremyfave · 28/02/2021 05:46

Wednesday

practicalworrier · 28/02/2021 05:52

Astrid

TortaCioccolato · 28/02/2021 05:54

Stickleback

garlictwist · 28/02/2021 06:08

I don't think Astrid is brave?! It's my name and I've always found it quite normal.

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