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Which baby names do you like but feel you cannot use?

57 replies

tnorfotkcab · 22/04/2026 21:55

I really like the name Tracey for a boy...but could never use it not on the UK anyway

Any names you want to use, but never can?

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UnlikelyIntimacies · 22/04/2026 21:59

I used the (extremely unusual) name I wanted to. I don’t think I really have a concept of ‘names you love but can’t use’.

Calliopespa · 22/04/2026 22:05

I think Tracy is a boy, Tracey is a girl?

Calliopespa · 22/04/2026 22:07

Wasn't Charlotte's husband in SATC Tracy? I think that is what Trey is short for?

RubyBirdy · 22/04/2026 22:08

Sugar, because it’s completely and utterly ridiculous and I wouldn’t burden a child with it, but I love it 😂

Villanousvillans · 22/04/2026 22:09

I love Gabriel for a boy but I’d never use it.

Karma1387 · 22/04/2026 22:15

I love Sullivan (sully) but I was talked out of using it for DS2 due the the meaning of 'sully'

StationJack · 22/04/2026 22:19

Calliopespa · 22/04/2026 22:07

Wasn't Charlotte's husband in SATC Tracy? I think that is what Trey is short for?

No.
Meaning, origin and history of the name Trey - Behind the Name
Meaning, origin and history of the name Tracy - Behind the Name

Trey McDougall was just Trey.

Cinai2 · 22/04/2026 22:19

Cosimo
And a name from my husbands heritage which just wouldn’t work in English and too awkward to pronounce.

Strawberrycheesecake7 · 22/04/2026 22:22

I really like the name Bethan but I have a relative with that name and I wouldn’t want people to think I was naming my baby after her.

Dalmationday · 22/04/2026 22:23

Villanousvillans · 22/04/2026 22:09

I love Gabriel for a boy but I’d never use it.

I feel the same

Aprilmaymum · 22/04/2026 22:24

Lucy. I love the name but was bullied by two girls both called Lucy and now it brings up horrible memories.

Rincoe · 22/04/2026 22:33

Dalmationday · 22/04/2026 22:23

I feel the same

Why?

Pistachiocake · 22/04/2026 23:02

Carlotta and Xander

StationJack · 22/04/2026 23:09

Why do you make several posts about notanothernoah? It's really rubbish.

mixingplaydoh · 22/04/2026 23:12

I’ve always loved Guy, but surname is an adjective - think Brown / Little!

EmeraldSlippers · 22/04/2026 23:12

Villanousvillans · 22/04/2026 22:09

I love Gabriel for a boy but I’d never use it.

Interested to know why you wouldn't use it. And isn't Gabriel always for a boy?

Alltheusefulitems · 22/04/2026 23:19

I loved Clementine but just couldn't imagine calling it out in the park so went with something I'd never even considered but that's perfect and can't believe it wasn't on my radar

UnlikelyIntimacies · 22/04/2026 23:21

EmeraldSlippers · 22/04/2026 23:12

Interested to know why you wouldn't use it. And isn't Gabriel always for a boy?

I know several under ten. It’s a nice name.

Gabitule · 22/04/2026 23:27

I love Ocean or Lake for a boy, and Rain for a girl.

beeble347 · 22/04/2026 23:33

We both loved Basil as a royal-sounding name but didn't use it, and I'm glad. I think people would think it's a bit ridiculous

HipsterHighStreet · 23/04/2026 01:07

beeble347 · 22/04/2026 23:33

We both loved Basil as a royal-sounding name but didn't use it, and I'm glad. I think people would think it's a bit ridiculous

It’s a lovely name, but the Basil Fawlty/Basil Brush associations are still too stromg imo!

EmeraldSlippers · 23/04/2026 07:15

I had never heard about the site before but I just looked up my daughter's name on it and there were several egregious errors on that one page alone.

StationJack · 23/04/2026 09:56

@EmeraldSlippers , I tried it on a popular classic girl's name (top 100 since the 1980s) and it gave the wrong meaning.

Brownbear8 · 26/04/2026 21:13

Persephone
Fodhla
Tula
Cuisle
Croia

Brownbear8 · 26/04/2026 21:14

Alltheusefulitems · 22/04/2026 23:19

I loved Clementine but just couldn't imagine calling it out in the park so went with something I'd never even considered but that's perfect and can't believe it wasn't on my radar

Ooh I love Clementine, I’d love to know what you picked