Do you have an bizarre favourite name?

[unruly336]

My absolute favourite name for a girl is Story. Absolutely love, love, love it. I just know I could never use it in the first name spot for obvious reasons. I was just wondering if anyone else has a favourite name they’ll never use?

I would never have used them but have an extreme soft spot for Temperance and Sojourner.

Also like astronomy inspired names like Vega, Cassiopeia, Andromeda

Welsh girls names have some lovely meanings that you could never get away with in English - Enfys (Rainbow), Eira (Snow) and Eirawen (Snow-white), Eirlys (Snowdrop), Heulwen (Sunshine), Deryn (Bird) and of course Seren (Star)

Quite a few but all girls - I guess they are fairly whimsical

Story
Fable
Posy
Ever
Sailor
Bay
Tigerlily

For girls - Ariadne, Xiola, Zenobia For boys- Callan, Ponder Blue

I know a Storie.

I have an Isolde, which, given people’s reactions when they hear it, is apparently considered by many to be bizarre. I also love Lennox for a girl, and Loveday.I saw a road named Etheldore, which I thought would be a lovely name for a woman. For a boy, I love Rollo, Uther and Loxley.

Oh, and Fable for a boy or girl is just lovely, I think.

@toastofthetown omg! Pepper is the name we are thinking of going with for our baby girl due in a few weeks!! My husband is obsessed with it I've taken some convincing! But I think I love it now x

@unruly336 also I love story!!! I've never heard that before, but such a beautiful name x

I've always wanted Elvis for a boy. I would never use it for obvious reasons, but surely a time will come when the next generation wouldn't immediately think of Elvis Presley?!?

Hepzibah. Not bizarre, but not quotidian.

Blessing 😇

For a girl either Blue or Lenore (stupid fabric softener)
For a boy, Rocky or Fox.

I love Sloane and Genesis

Andromeda
Io
Topaz
Soren (not Scandinavian)
Amarachi (not Nigerian)

Welsh girls names have some lovely meanings that you could never get away with in English

Same, I love how nature based a lot of Welsh names are. Tesni means 'the warmth from the sun'.

Mine are Esyllt, Eseld and Iseult.

Esyllt is Welsh for Iseult and doesn't work in English to due the aspirated L (the letter Ll).

Eseld is Cornish for Iseult. I am not remotely Cornish, alas.

There is no way on earth DH would agree to Iseult.

@TheOpportuneMoment

I've always wanted Elvis for a boy. I would never use it for obvious reasons, but surely a time will come when the next generation wouldn't immediately think of Elvis Presley?!?

A relative of mine has recently had a baby Elvis. A name to live up to!

I really, really wanted to name my daughter Dagmar.

Had a conversation with an expecting friend recently, and we both agreed Jezebel is a really pretty but unusable name for a girl (or for a boy, for that matter!)

My three have ‘out there’ names, one mentioned on this thread but I would have loved a Boudicca, Rhythm, Rejoice, Job or Cassiopeia

I always loved Mab for a girl. Couldn’t use it though!

“ Tesni means 'the warmth from the sun'.”

Oh that’s beautiful!

Lolita and Perdita

@CaffiSaliMali

Trystan (spelled intentionally wrong)

Trystan isn't wrong - Tristan is an anglicised spelling of the Welsh/Brythonic name Trystan.

I’m glad to hear that then!

I thought I’d “made it up” when I was about 15 lol. I thought having Tryst in it (as in a lovers tryst) made it more romantic than conventional Tristan .

Trystan can go on “The List” then .

I reallylike Maxine and Kirsty. Very dated though.

Anemone. I posted it on here for opinions when I was pregnant years ago, and got my arse handed to me. Unpronounceable and sounds like ‘Any money’ according to MN. I still love it.

I also love Narcissa, but you just couldn’t, could you?