A baby name you love but can't use!

[LittlemissMama67]

I'll go first.

I love the name Annie I think it's absolutely beautiful problem is me and my partner are both red heads and make red headed curly haired children.

Emmanuelle - beautiful name. Alas the film remains uppermost in DH's mind.

Aoife - looove the sound AND spelling but worry she would forever be spelling/pronouncing her name to everyone (we’re in England)

Monty and Bertie but second baby is another girl!

Boris 😁

Kerenza (or Carenza). I had a boy and now I'm too old.

I love the name , Nathaniel but I've a very thick irish accent and it just sounds awful in my accent 😭

I do not understand why people reject names because there is another in the wider family. Two of my GC have the same name - it is not a problem for anyone. Both sets of parents loved the name, so they both chose it.

clara

my niece is Cara and my bf has a Lara

Love Alice, but I had a cousin named Alice who died under very tragic circumstances. I know it would just be a reminder to that side of the family.

Lavender, Gabriel and Ambrose. You could say I've peculiar taste. But no more kids for me! My daughter has an extremely unusual name.

Not CAN'T use, but a few of my childhood faves have become much more popular: Arlo, Emily, Esme, Isla, Nathaniel, Sophie, Tobias.

Evadne and Leda: unfortunate histories of sexual violence for the most famous bearers of these names.

Loved both Luke for a boy and Skye for a girl. Couldn't use either....last name Walker.

Joshua-cousin's name
Gabriel-another cousin's name
Lydia-brother-in-law's sister's baby who died of SIDS

I really liked Eleanor but our surname is Rigby.

Finn/Finley - my ex used it first!

@Ayupchuck1 I have an Aoife. We live in Europe and she gets called ‘oh-fee’ at every appointment.
Hopefully we’ll be back in Ireland by the time she’s at school!

Emmeline

It makes me sad that We didn't use it

Billy for a girl but with their father's last name she would sound like a rodeo rider 😩

I loved Axel but was overruled on the basis it was too ‘out there’. We chose something more conventional which I do like but I think Axel would have suited DS beautifully.

Because as someone with the same name as my cousin, I had no intention of doing the same to my DD, therefore ruled out any name already used within my family and closed friends.

Carrie, I always liked it but my surname is a noun so it sounded ridiculous- like a command,
Like Carrie Swans or Carrie Potts.

Same for Violet or Scarlet- nice names but it sounds like a decription

My friend always wanted an
Isla - but then she married a man with the surname White. She now has a Francesca

Ruaraidh, as DH hated it and also most people not knowing how to pronounce or spell it 😬

I wanted Penelope. But DH pointed out that her schoolmates would shorten it to Pene, which is "penis" in Spanish (we're in Spain). I think it would really have suited her 😔

I did point out Penelope Cruz, but I guess the rules are different for stunningly beautiful film stars!

Adolf

No one can pronounce my sons name - old very old English name - he loves it and by 4 he was correcting everyone and my one year 4 those that try to shorten it get told off immediately by him