Names which were just too brave

[jemillyp]

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

Czarina
Topaz
Brie

We have very conservative tastes in names. The most off the wall name we dallied with was Miles, which looking back nearly 30 years seems quite tame.

Fair enough re: Astrid! DH and I only ever went for extremely classic names so although I liked Astrid we never considered it as a serious contender!

Mowgli! Would have really suited him too.

They both have fairly unusual names anyway so really it wasn't a bravery sticking point rather an OH one.. Will now be saved for the cat! 🐈

Astrid deserves to be widely used and loved. Astrid Lindgren wrote Pippi Longstocking, one of my favourite books.

On my short list was Amaryllis but the H nixed it. However, DD likes it and says she might use it if she has a DD of her own.

Perdita or Perdie for short like 101 Dalmatians!

DP says it is too ‘posh’ for where we live and she would stick out like a sore thumb

Cosmo
Juniper
And I've always secretly liked Plum!

Saffron. Suggested by DH who never watched AbFab.

I love some of these. Hero, Juno and Saffron are all gorgeous names. And Perdita!

I liked Romilly and Seraphina. We went with something much less unusual in the end, although still a name I love.

Mine aren't even that out there but DH has very classic taste in names.

Willow
Wren
Summer
Winter
Rowan

I like a nature theme.

I went through a stage of wanting to name DD Dusty. I blame pregnancy hormones

Meadow and Miley

Miley was kybushed straight away so I didn’t bother suggesting Meadow!

Ooh, quite a few on this thread that we considered, including Dusty and Hero. For a girl, I also love Ginger, Lennox, and Loveday. DP wanted to name DD Boudicca, and I admit I do love it, but I thought that would probably be a burden for her.

For a boy, I love Uther Pendragon.

Pandora

Roxy & Kitty

I didn't get chance to use some of mine as I came up with them after DS, but the one at the top of my list should I ever have the chance is Adrasteia.

Petunia and Humphrey. Although in fairness we would probably have used Humphrey if this baby was a boy. That or Walter

I absolutely love Kerouac My dd has an unusual name, but if I’d had another baby we were pretty set on Tiger. Interesting that Kitty is seen as a brave choice - there are three Kittys and a Kit in dd’s class!

Fulbright
Astor
Bedivere
Aneirin

Iseult
Isadora
Aphra
Hera

Aida and Lakme' DH vetoed I still love both.

Horatio for a boy

We called the bump Horatio before we knew if we were having a boy or girl!

Not really a bravery issue as dd's name was always the frontrunner as it has a particular meaning/connection for us - we considered some others but as soon as she was born it was obvious she was her name if that makes sense? But there are several names I adore but probably wouldn't have used, particularly because DH is far more boring than me and partly because even if they're fairly accepted elsewhere, they would still be seen as quite outlandish round here:

Hero
Valentina
Delilah

Also loved Diana but doubt we'd have used that either.

Humphrey
Keith

Like another poster loved Sherlock
And Merlin, Emrys.
Lindsey for a boy

Thora. We were braver with DC2 and would have used it, had he been a girl...

Isis is a nice name, but (apart from the obvious association) its also awkward when saying the possessive. Look at isis's drawing! Bit of a tongue twister!

@GeorgiaGirl52 my little girl is called Brie. I had the piss taken out of me on here, even had a whole thread bullying the name( it was removed after a while)