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A name you like but you feel is unusable

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LisaJohnsonsFacebookMole · 13/12/2024 22:55

Stressing the you and the subjectivity.

I quite like Nessie but it's unusable anywhere that speaks English. Possibly even beyond 😂

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ouchwtf · 13/12/2024 23:50

Goebels

Ohnonotmeagain · 13/12/2024 23:52

Jezebel

Jethro

love them both, but…

cherish123 · 14/12/2024 00:11

You don't here many Madeleines now (since 2007).

LameBorzoi · 14/12/2024 00:17

Lucifer, even for a cat.

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 14/12/2024 00:50

Another vote for Jezebel, just love it.

Resisted using it though, twice.

misszebra · 14/12/2024 00:51

SallyWD · 13/12/2024 23:07

Yes, I think the name Myra is beautiful but would certainly never use it.

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i think its fine to use now its been long enough

StrikeForever · 14/12/2024 01:15

Myra

Dustyblue · 14/12/2024 01:18

Mordecai

RacingThoughts111 · 14/12/2024 01:20

Octavia

I know a woman who called her DD Octavia, I absolutely love it but could never name my own DC that 😅

JulianAssangesCat · 14/12/2024 01:27

Candida (yeast infection!)

elliejjtiny · 14/12/2024 01:36

Jesse for a boy, because he would have to keep explaining that he was Jesse (male), not Jessie (female)

Louis, because people would pronounce it Lewis.

ShinyWorthKeeping · 14/12/2024 01:50

Dd2 is 5 months and I really wanted to call her Ocean!
I just couldn't.

Turmerictolly · 14/12/2024 01:53

Isis, loved this but ...

Delphiniumandlupins · 14/12/2024 02:03

Any names which are also possible characteristics. Grace, Patience, Belle, Honour, Joy (all girl's names I realise) just seem to be tempting fate

purpletrees16 · 14/12/2024 02:07

My grandmother went by Nessie as a nickname as she was named Georgina after her father (who frankly sounded abusive but it was the 30s/40s) and she hated her “real” name.

She was even born near Inverness.

There’s a few names that could take Nessie as an in house nickname? Real name for school. My parents still call me Mousie indoors.

MuchuseasaChocolateTeapot · 14/12/2024 02:12

Turmerictolly · 14/12/2024 01:53

Isis, loved this but ...

Yeah, they really ruined that one! Shame because it is beautiful.

SanFranByAir · 14/12/2024 02:17

Lots that I'd fear being labelled a pretentious twat or an aging hippie and I wouldn't want my kids to be teased.
Malachite
Balthazar
Ptolemy
Ocean
River
Fox
Octavia /Octavius
Clementine
Liberty
Verity
Aloysius
Sirius
And a whole cast of Elven middle earth type names.

theduchessofspork · 14/12/2024 02:18

niadainud · 13/12/2024 22:57

Adolf.

Plus probably also Jimmy, Rolf and Harvey. (I don't particularly like those names, but there's nothing inherently wrong with them.)

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Jimmy and Harvey are used pretty widely

PronounsBaby · 14/12/2024 03:42

Tuppence

An ex used it as a euphemism for vulva...

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LisaJohnsonsFacebookMole · 14/12/2024 04:23

PronounsBaby · 14/12/2024 03:42

Tuppence

An ex used it as a euphemism for vulva...

I see why he is an ex. I hope you told him yours was in fact a guinea.

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Huonneyywisshful · 14/12/2024 04:56

I love the name Gabriel but it’s a bit too religious for us.

Happyinarcon · 14/12/2024 05:27

I always liked the name Antigone, pronounced An-tig-onee, but it’s a bit too posh. Also she was a sad character. Maybe I could have used it and stuck with Annie for short

worriedhidinginplainsight · 14/12/2024 05:31

Barney. So cute and lovely, but I'm not sure a grown up son would agree.

ObieJoyful · 14/12/2024 05:31

I wanted to name DD Lettice, but DH said no.

ObieJoyful · 14/12/2024 05:32

worriedhidinginplainsight · 14/12/2024 05:31

Barney. So cute and lovely, but I'm not sure a grown up son would agree.

I know an adult Barney- he’s gorgeous!

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