What names did you used to love but have moved on from for various reasons?

[Theoldwoman]

For me it’s:

Ruby
Amelia
Emily
Samantha
Felicity
Annabel
Olivia
Chloe
Hannah
Bridget

Thomas
Ethan
Luke
Jacob
Ryan
Jake
Oliver
Seth
Elias

this thread is only for weird name nerds LOL.

I used to love Seraphina and Callisto, but switched to other names such as Cecily, Cordelia and Saskia

Loved Sophia, Amelie and Theo from about 1998 and then was waiting to have my own children one day only to see millions and millions of them around by the time I actually had my own. They lost their charm to me so didn’t use.

Most names that have become dull from overuse. So pretty much most top 20 names

Jude, just didn't like it when the time came.

Jeffrey. Too many criminals with the name!

Girls names:
Estella - Cruella ruined it for me
Cecilie - no explanation needed, linked too closely to murders
Rosalie - too much like twilight
Margaux - not keen on the x
Pippa - family friends name
Celeste - same as cecilie
Arwen - changed my mind on it
Averie - meh not keen anymore
Violet - too overused
Sasha - outgrown the name
Mia - knew a girl I didn't like with the name
Daisy- Family member named it
Evie- Family member named it
Ivy-Family member named it

boys names:
christopher- don't like it anymore
Matthew/Matthias - too common
Geralt - went through a weird Witcher phase
Connor - loved it for ages then people told me it was a 'known council estate name'
Theo - just not keen anymore
Oliver - young cousin was named that
kian - too common

Overall my name tastes of names I haven't commented have grown to be slightly more bohemian

When I was little I always thought my future children would be called Jessica and Tobias.

I still think they're both lovely names tbh, though others have come through in top. In general I'm not keen on names ending in vowel-sounds so probably wouldn't have considered Jessica now, but if I'd had a boy Tobias would still have been on the list, albeit quite low down.

I also used to like Victoria but am not a fan now.

Bethan - we now have several other Beths/ Bethanys in the family so wouldn't use it.
Maya/ Maia - was put off when my mum started pronouncing it wrong
Thomas - the only boys' name we agreed on, then I got a naughty one in my class
Lily - now vastly popular
Elias - also now popular
Grace - yawn

Victoria, Matilda, Penelope - never had a girl and also all used by friends now so on the off chance I did conceive again, I'd have to have a serious think! I quite like Esther now but that's a relative's name so possibly not...

George, Sebastian, Nathaniel - again, loved them all but they were never top of the list and now all used by friends.

i used to love
daisy-my mother ‘moo’ed and it ruined it
rainbow-I have an inner hippy
summer-i know so many summers
Jade-just went off it
amber-ditto
jessica-i knew loads of Jessica’s
Alice-my mother ‘in wonderland’
molly-I love it but there was a nasty woman who lived down the road with the same name and I just couldn’t
sophie-hundreds of them around at the time
Mabel-a generation too early
elsie-ditto
Pearl-I love this name but kept getting ‘Pearl necklace’ from my bloody mother

jayden-Britney spears called hers Jayden and my mother kept taking the piss
matthew-my mothers neighbours called theirs Matthew so I couldnt
daniel-so many Daniels around
joshua-ditto-there was a boom of them around 2000
connor-my mother (again) told me I wasn’t to use it as it’s ‘a naughty boy’ name-I regret not using it as I love it)
finlay-love it but it didn’t ‘fit’
harley-im Yorkshire and my accent doesn’t say it right-plus my biker dad said Harley Davidsons are overrated-he wanted ‘Yamaha’ as that’s this fave type of motorbike
leonard/len-my dear grandads name but I was a generation too early-it would be fine now-if I had a baby now,I’d definitely use it

@Theyorkshirelass your mum!
Mine told me 'like a dog?' when our little boy was born and we announced his name