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A name you like but you feel is unusable

171 replies

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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Tattletail · 14/12/2024 21:07

Alexa 😒

It's a beautiful name

Alltheyearround · 14/12/2024 21:09

ouchwtf · 14/12/2024 21:06

Aw I knew a nice Gabriel

I think maybe they get better with age. I think I may have met some rowdy toddlers and an older spoiled one, but maybe I have just met a poor cross section. I am willing to give the name some leeway on that score : )

Alltheyearround · 14/12/2024 21:11

RosesAndHellebores · 14/12/2024 21:06

Do you get it?

Yes, Mirabel is a variety of plum.

ouchwtf · 14/12/2024 21:12

Alltheyearround · 14/12/2024 21:09

I think maybe they get better with age. I think I may have met some rowdy toddlers and an older spoiled one, but maybe I have just met a poor cross section. I am willing to give the name some leeway on that score : )

This one was an 19-yo about 20 years ago! A nice chap. Maybe he was a nightmare toddler tho and hid his past well 😂

CadoAvo · 14/12/2024 21:18

I loved the name Isis for years after watching Bring It On as a child. Don't think I could use it though 😅

TribeofFfive · 14/12/2024 21:43

TrollTheAncientYuletideCarol · 14/12/2024 19:41

Verity isn’t posh! I put Verity with Donna, Sharon etc I went to school with several Donna's, Sharon's, Tracey's, Helens and so on, There were no Veritys. It's a beautiful, but unusual name.

Oh really? That’s interesting. We’re Yorkshire and I know a few Verity’s. All over 40.

LePetitMaman · 14/12/2024 21:45

I adore Eurus. Also spelt Euros. God of the East Wind. Which is pronounced Yure-oss. Until the football tournament and the currency put play to how Euros is automatically pronounced.

Then Sherlock came out and his disturbed maniac sister was Eurus.

I was still clinging onto it, until Lamborghini launched the Urus. Then I had to concede.

DH asked why I wanted our child to be bullied Grin

AshCrapp · 14/12/2024 21:45

I love the name Herbert (nn Herb as a baby) but the rhyme Herbert Pervert put me off. I think it's a family guy thing too, though I've never seen it.

TheLittleOldWomanWhoShrinks · 14/12/2024 21:49

I'm another one who thinks Candida would make a gorgeous name.

Also really like both Wolfgang and Amadeus, but they're a bit too much separately, never mind together.

Augustusjoop · 14/12/2024 22:06

TribeofFfive · 14/12/2024 14:51

Verity isn’t posh! I put Verity with Donna, Sharon etc
I wouldn’t use it for a baby but not because it’s posh.

It is where I’m from! Nothing like Donna and Sharon, which are traditional working class names.

ShaggyPutItOnWhatAPongItGaveHimTheShakesNShivers · 14/12/2024 22:13

Names with less-than-pleasant meanings such as Amelia and Melaena (spelled slightly differently but pronounced the same) are in use, so there may be hope for Candida at some point.

MovingBird123 · 14/12/2024 22:21

Dustyblue · 14/12/2024 01:18

Mordecai

We named our car (cringe, it just happened...) Mordechai, Mordy for short....

Dustyblue · 15/12/2024 01:03

I don't mind Mordecai for a cat. But I couldn't bear a son nick-named Mordy!

I quite like Ignatius, and there's one in my son's class known as Iggy. But it's way to catholic for me.

blueshoes · 15/12/2024 01:07

ouchwtf · 14/12/2024 21:12

This one was an 19-yo about 20 years ago! A nice chap. Maybe he was a nightmare toddler tho and hid his past well 😂

Gaylord

blueshoes · 15/12/2024 01:08

@ouchwtf sorry accidentally quoted you

Dustyblue · 15/12/2024 01:29

Gaylord 😆Bloody hell how could anyone do that to their child?

Whatever3787 · 15/12/2024 02:18

Enko · 14/12/2024 15:02

Allanah. I love the name but was dhs x and they ended very badly.

Flora both dh and I love it but surname means it's a no go.

My eldest is Alana think it’s pronounced the same but spelt differently.

VivienneDelacroix · 15/12/2024 04:58

BootballJoy · 14/12/2024 17:18

Wulfstan
Thorfinn
Humphrey
Zebedee
Malcolm
Corin

Tiffany
Sharon
Lisa
Marian
Beryl

Corin is beautiful, wish I had used it for my ds.

Examconfusion · 15/12/2024 05:05

Artemis, i don’t actually know any in real life

ProfTeeCee · 15/12/2024 05:12

Lucy 😒

HoppityBun · 15/12/2024 05:17

sunflowerblooms · 13/12/2024 23:32

Dexter - will always be associated with the tv show for me (I might use it for a pet though)

They’re also a breed of cattle

HoppityBun · 15/12/2024 05:19

BibbityBobbityToo · 13/12/2024 23:36

Karen, Alexa, Isis, Myra for obvious reasons.

Natalie as it sounds awful with a Scottish accent.

Iona as the wrong surname can ruin it.

Na’aly sounds pretty grim with an estuary accent

userppppppppp · 15/12/2024 05:44

Zeus
Adonis
Atlas
Achilles
Zebedee

I have 2 boys and chose 2 of the above names, wouldn't change it for the world.

Toastghost · 15/12/2024 05:45

Alltheyearround · 14/12/2024 17:51

I know two Lettie's, one short for Leticia, who is from Italy and one short for Violet. Suited both of them nicely.

Yeah I love it too. Leticia in particular.

SophiaRose91 · 15/12/2024 06:25

I loved the name Roman for my son, but when combined with his middle name it would have been the same stage name as a gay American porn actor!