What's the most out there baby name that you love?

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Which baby names would you use if you didn't have to consider connotations, public perception or fear of ridicule?

Strawberry(I love the sound but would never use it IRL.
Pepper(No idea why mine are food related.

For a boy.
Fox(That one is used I know)
Darwin
Sailor
Horatio

There's more but I've suddenly forgotten them.

What names would you use if you had complete freedom to choose?

Balthazar

Also Lucifer is a beautiful name but.... 😈

Oh Serendipity is divine! One of my favourite words is serendipitous.

When I was a child, I knew a girl called, "Cougar". (I'm from the US)

She told me that her 18-year-old father worked two jobs and was saving for his "dream" car, a late 60's Mercury Cougar. Then, his girlfriend told him about her unplanned pregnancy and he put his money towards their new family and future. He named her "Cougar" for that reason.

I've loved that story since the first time I heard it in 1978. Somewhere in the world is a 51-year-old Cougar. 😆

Legna (Angel backward)
Halo
Peony
Briar Rose

Definitely Fox for a boy, I was a huge X-Files fan. Our little boy is imminently due and I’m big brave enough!

I love that he put his ‘dream’ into his daughter it’s a lovely story. Don’t know if I’d mind be a 51yo Cougar though!

Iseult for me. I'd use it although there are other names I prefer. There's no way on earth DH would agree though!

I've always been quite fond of Hepzibah too (thanks to Carrie's War).

I adore Wednesday for a girl but everybody would think Adams

Also love Pandora but obviously jewellery

Also a huge fan of virtue names but couldn't use ones I love like Charity, Clarity and Chastity. Innocence on a boy

For boys I love Camelot also like Lancelot but not Lance and Percival but not Percy. I also quite like Falcon but wouldn't do it to a child

I was just going to say Wednesday. I love it.
For a boy I just love Blue.
I second Serendipity. That's fab.

Am laughing at the 51 year old Cougar. I think I'm on the fence with that one.

My cousin in Canada has a Pandora- I love it whilst rest of the family think it's bonkers.

Laughing hard at Fox. I like it very much but DHs nickname is Fox as the wee one next door couldn't say Scott! He is a total fox in my eyes, so all good!

Puffalicious - That's a sweet little nickname story

Cherish for a girl.

Thanks 35 it has just stuck!

I think my dd would have made a good Avalon.
Bit late to change it for her now...

I know a Jet and a Clover

I like Laszlo which I gather is quite popular in Hungary. Given that it isn't a popular name here, and I have no Hungarian blood in me, I think I can class that as a brave choice. I think it's great.

Meadow

Absolutely LOVE Holliday for a girl. I’m sure there are more but can’t think of them now!

Oh Prairie is quite nice too.

Wulfric or Beck - both for boys. All my taste in girls' names is very ordinary. The wildest is Robyn which is hardly out there!

I’ve known a Daffodil, Pansy and Pepa, also a Taiga, Redd, Dagan. They’ve all suited the people they were attached to.

Definitely Tiger for a girl. Someone I loosely know has named her little girl tiger and I'm in awe

Also, I like Forest and Kester.

Benedicte
Hortensia
Henrietta (somewhat 'clunky' for RL)
Frideswide
Lilith
Emerald (not out there but sometimes swing between it being okay and it being in the "Krystal Chantal" camp)

Augustus
Heathcliff (good name, arsehole but abused character)
Tiberius
Isambard

Thought of some more I really like

Comfort
Tiger-lily

I really wanted Daffodil for a girl but nobody liked it (I wanted to nn her affectionate dilly-daff - possibly pregnancy hormones lol), then I wanted it as a mn but we gave dd an usual virtue name so decided to give her a more normal mn. I still regret not using it as a mn

I also like Tulip, Petunia, Lilac, Lavender, Magnolia and Petal, Marigold which I guess isn't so out there and sunflower - strictly mn and Rosehip but again mn only otherwise she'd just end up being called Rose / Rosie

Also love Hebe and would seriously consider it if I were to have a third girl