What are your favourite baby names you ended up not using?

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Tell me your favourite names you didn’t use?

Winnie, DH didn't like it 😭 Elfyn because she was a girl

Lydia but people o knew said it reminded them of chlamydia

francesca but didn’t like Fran

Lysander but didn’t like lie as a NN

Julian but didn’t like jewels for a boy

Since I was relatively young, I always loved the name Luke and always imagined my DS would be called Luke. But it just sounded dreadful with my now husband’s surname that I couldn’t do it 😔

For my DD1, my top choices were Erin or Tess but DH wasn’t sold.

And then there were names like Seraphina and Dmitri that I love but wasn’t brave enough!

Elena.

DH didn’t like it.

Sofia
Joshua
grace
isaac

Boys: James, Edward, Sebastian (we didn’t have boys, but husband had vetoed Sebastian in any case).

Girls: Charlotte, Emily, Rebecca, Stephanie, Caroline, Sarah (either vetoed by my husband, not chosen because of close relatives with these names, or just didn’t go with our surname).

Thora. I wasn't brave enough with DD (although the name we chose has proven utterly perfect for her). I would have been a lot braver with DC2 but he was a boy.

Why on earth did that mean you couldn't use the name?

Joar
Valentin
Lauri
Jorunn
Lyra
Thora

Rowan Dh hated it with a passion still love it, i liked Ella but it was just the start of the Elidh Ellie and Erin phase of girls names and put me off.

Isabella

Adam - wrong with our surname
Alistair - name of a family member
Tess - didn't have a second girl

Holly, Amelie, Noah and James

Sebastian, Oliver, Dorothy, Ursula & Felicity. DH vetoed them all!!!

Cordelia
Emmeline
Cecily
Leonora
Marigold

i have two lovely boys but we’re on the fence about a third so I might still use one!

Oh gosh, so many! We'd always start with a looooong list that was steadily narrowed down as we neared the birth so feel like I considered every name in existence.

Nathan (Nate) and Phoebe were on my radar from when I was a teen but they didn't make the cut as we had close family/family friends with the names and didn't feel right. Have also always loved Gilbert and Felicity but again they didn't ever make it to a shortlist. Gilbert because it's on all the rugby balls and Felicity didn't work in my husband's country.

Eric, Elio, Ginny and Ella were kept in the wings as we wanted to see what baby looked like before making a decision so had two picked out for each gender each time. Alexander/ra was a front runner till three friends in a row bequeathed it to their babies whilst we were waiting for ours. The popularity put me off!

Erin

Edward, Jacob, Miles, Felix
Margot, Edie, Hero

Rowan (for a girl),
Cecily,
Frances.

I love Holly but had a Ben so couldn't have Holly as well. Daisy but didn't work with the surname

Elizabeth. It is my second daughter's middle name but I wish I'd chosen it as her first but DH didn't like the harsh sound of "Liz"

Emily, Iris, Vera, Thea
Jack, Adam, Ivo, Eugene

I always thought if I had a girl she would be Elara, it was my favourite name. Then the day after I found out my second was going to be a girl I was speaking to someone who mentioned the name Lila and immediately remember that is was my absolute favourite name when I was younger. Sure enough, I now have a one year old Lilah (with an added “h”) 😀

I’m a Philippa. I love my name- never thought of it that way!

Delphine
Laurel
Meles
Stella
I still love all of them.