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Names you are sad never to use

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Oli5 · 03/02/2022 14:15

Just wondering if anyone is like me and is sad they will never use a particular baby name!
Mine is olive !! I long for a baby olive but no more babies for us!

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Cheeseontoastforlunch · 03/02/2022 19:39

Veto!

RagzRebooted · 03/02/2022 19:40

Brianna. Loved it in the Diana Gabaldon series, said with a Scottish lilt. My sister ruined it for me by screeching it in a chavvy voice whenever I said I wanted to call DD Brianna. So she wasn't. Annoying as DD hates her name!

Blue4YOU · 03/02/2022 19:42

I know this is going to sound weird but Wilhelmina! I really wanted it for DD.
Also, I don’t know why but Hilda appeals to me.

Malleable · 03/02/2022 19:42

I always thought I'd like to have two boys called Kit and Rory.

DH adamantly vetoed both names when I was pregnant. But then we had DDs anyway! Thinking about it, they would be good names for cats...

KimDeals · 03/02/2022 19:42

Oh yes!

I am so sad I will never have a

baby Vinnie
baby Paddy
And a little baby Constance - who would be called Connie!

Vinnie, Paddy and Connie.

Growbean · 03/02/2022 19:43

Hamish. I love it.

SpaghettiArmsMurderer · 03/02/2022 19:54

Sophia and Lucy were always my top choices for a girl but were both used first by my two nieces.
Alice and Max - both lovely but clash with our surname.

scottishflamingo · 03/02/2022 20:15

Margot has been my all time favourite since I was young. Can't use it because it sounds too similar to our surname.
Elsie was close 2nd but was vetoed by DH.

SouthParkCovid · 03/02/2022 20:16

Jared
Brent

DH hates them 😩

Ohhgreat · 03/02/2022 20:23

@toastofthetown look for meet the wildes on Instagram- they have a lysander and a vita!

dillydallydollydaydream7 · 03/02/2022 20:24

Noah - DH hates it but if we had a boy I wanted it, 2 DDs and no more babies

Maxifly · 03/02/2022 20:27

Emmeline. But had boys...

WinniePig · 03/02/2022 20:54

Flora and Clementine Smile

SmallGreenStripes · 03/02/2022 20:58

Daisy after my Nan - we had three boys
Rory - my fave boys name but Vetoed by DH

MsMeNz · 03/02/2022 21:03

Willow
Blossom

Getabloominmoveon · 03/02/2022 21:04

Greta. Chose something else but made the wrong choice.

Candycats · 03/02/2022 21:33

Clementine
Nora
Adeline

We had a boy and no more babies for us so that's that!

musicalfrog · 03/02/2022 21:34

I love that some homeless cats might get new homes as a result of this thread! 🥰

Positivelysober · 04/02/2022 21:53

@Eileen101 I have a Caleb! He's 14 now. He was going to be Oscar, but there were suddenly loads of baby Oscars about so we decided Caleb and I'm so glad.
I have one girl and three boys. If one of the boys had been a girl the name would have been Zara. Love that name.

lisaandalan · 04/02/2022 22:46

Scarlet ( gone with the wind ) that's why I like it. No girls. X

PinchOfVom · 04/02/2022 22:48

Beatrix

RussianSpy101 · 04/02/2022 22:48

Valentina. It does really “go” with our Children's names but I adore it.

RussianSpy101 · 04/02/2022 22:48

@SouthParkCovid my DH has friends called Jarred & Brent!

Scutterbug · 04/02/2022 22:50

Jemima

dynamitegirl · 04/02/2022 22:54

Alexandra - would have been DS' name if he was a girl

Peter & Alexander - both vetoed by DH (although Alexandra was fine which confused me)

Morwenna - vetoed by DH

Meredith - I love it but think the nickname of "Merry" is a bit too demanding for anyone to live up to