What name do you secretly love but would never use for your child?

[CuppaTeaJanice]

For me it's Silas - it reminds me of the adventure programmes I used to watch as a kid. I think one of my first crushes must have been on a character called Silas.

I did suggest it for DS1 (vetoed by DP), but thinking about it I wouldn't want to call my son Silas and I can't really explain why.

Does anybody else have a name that they wouldn't use, but really like nonetheless...?

Morticia
Anastasia

Jasper

Dh apparently liked Dorothy and Conrad, but NO WAY!! So we had giant African land snails and guess what they were called??

Lots of problems with names not going with surnames here too: mine is more unusual so we decided to give that to the dcs, but it starts with a vowel so that excludes all girls' names ending in 'a' (a lot!!) eg Iona, which I like, and it rhymes with Clare, so that's out, as are Sarah and Molly (French playwright). I also like Aidan, but that would be hopeless - and Ryan would be impossible, as would Aaron (pronounced the 'proper' way)...

I soooo wanted a Cosmo if we'd had a ds first time round.

My dh canvassed it in the pub and his mates booed it down.

Bastards.

Anyway we had a dd.

Second time round we decided on Rafe. Was a bit concerned about ponciness but we had another dd. Then the Apprentice started with Raef in key role, lovely guy but I don't think I could have lived with people associating my ds with him.

Velvet

I'm pretty sure I'm the first one to mention Rudy, which I am at! Just love this name, but hubby says no because our surname begins with W...

Also have loved for years the french girls name Milène (pronounced Mill-en) but fear she'd get called Myyyleeeene! in a Trigger stylie!

james

where we live in spain it would have been pronounced Hamer.

DH wouldn't allow Spencer - i love it.
for a girl, i love Silvana but i know it just wouldn't work.

Neela.

But I would get fed up of explaining, that no my family has no asian links I just like the name... isn't it so beautiful though??

beatrice lots of people think is posh but i think is loverly

thalia (sounds silly, or catchy, with surname)
trixie - well you just wouldn't would you?
atticus - too poncy
gabriel- DH vetoed - too girly apparently ie, gabby and gay
ooh, and I love scarlett, would have suited my DD's, but not us, if you know what I mean.

whats wrong with Noah?

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Chance if a boy
Destiny if a girl

Arthur Mango Triangle

honestly.

Peppa

Uniqua (I read about a school class in America that contained 4 girls named 'Unique'

I liked Gaby until my dad pointed out that if my daughter was anything like me she'd be known as Gobby!! Am also a teacher so many names remind me of little 'treasures' I'd rather forget!!

BTW is Silas not the psyco killer in Heroes? Just a thought!!

This town is swimming with Clementines, Gabriels, Noahs, Lolas, and Moses. They are the more common ones

DD has a James in her class. That is unusual here.

Cressida
Cecily

Tarquin

I love Cressida too! And Murdo Ian for a boy (from the Katie Morag stories)

We almost named Mirabelle Mabel but an argument over whether it was EL or LE stopped me.

We seriously considered: Lilou, (lil-oo) Clementine (but "clem" makes me feel ill) and Aurelia (it doesn't really go with our surname). We still like Serafina..

IF we have a son we'll have far too many names to choose from:

Leonidas, Rhett, Serafin, Iorek,

I love discussing names !

Linden, for a boy, was vetoed in our house. DH thought it too feminine sounding. then i popped an 11lb 11oz rugger bugger of a baby. So I at least got George Linden, by batting my eyelashes over the weighing scales.

BettySwollux, I love Keidis, you could have had Anthony which is nice.

I like Gabriel too, but oh hated it, must be a man thing!!

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I love Heidi but have been boo-ed down by all who hear it.
Love Jude or Felix for a boy but DH said no way