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...?

Ziggy !!

I love it and yes, i would seriously use it.

DH however is far too boring conventional.

(DS is up for it. BIG lazytown fan...)

Also like Huckleberry/Huck, but even I can see the potential for teasing there....

I wanted Hermione, but the timing after HP came out made it all wrong. My boy name was Alfie but that cat got that instead

I love Emmeline and Evelina...both vetoed by DH.

Gertrude

Marjorie

Lydia, Lucien, Wade, Evelyn.

June - I love it, it's my gran's name, but really does not fit with OH's surname. It'll probably be a middle name though.

Byron and Taliesin - I LOVE both of these and OH hates them as he knew some completel kn*bs called them.

Saskia

Dominic
Timothy

I wanna a Saskia!!

But when preggers with dd1 I had decided on it [dh still had rabbit in headlights look and so names were beyond him] but then, I was leaving the house and a terrrifying women leant out her upstairs window and yelled 'Saskia, get in 'ere for your bloody tea'

Wasn't you was it?

Have moved now so maybe this time.......

wanna Saskia.

Wanna be able to type too!

For boys
Virgil
Stirling
Buckner

For a girl
Harper-Lee

Good job my family is complete really! Some think Edgar is bad enough!

I always wanted Mallaig, Landon or Atticus for a boy but DP isnt very keen at all. He likes traditional names like Edward and Andrew etc. Which Im not a big fan of.
DS is John, which DP picked, so maybe next time I'll get to use of mine

virginia... ha ha..

Love Taliesin but think it would be a bit brave given that we don't live anywhere near Wales.

Always wanted Venetia for a girl after the Georgette Heyer novel but it would sound a bit pretentious, I reckon.

Babette.

I love it. It's cute, it's funky and stylish. But I just don't think I could ever use it. Maybe I'll change my mind. If the need for a new baby name ever arises.

Tallulah- too bugsy malone

I LOVE Savannah but always got vetoed by DH plus not sure I'd be brave enough to use it.
Similarly Claudia although I'll fight for it if I have a DD3.

Love Vincent and Gabriel for boys but don't think I'd ever use them.

Because of our surname (Cull), can't go with any of the flower names I'd like - Daisy, Rose etc - it sound like someone running amok with secateurs.

I love Lyra (after His Dark Materials) but DH has totally vetoed

For boys, we like Eli but are a bit torn... we're addicted to Eli Stone (a TV series you probably haven't heard of, it's on the Sci Fi channel) - but could we really name a child after a central character with a brain aneurism, even if it is a brain aneurism which helps him see the future? I think probably not...

I really like Natalia but DH vetoed it.

For a boy I really love Benjamin, but because our surname begins with Ben it just doesnt go.

Crowley - Dh likes this. But clearly we would not advertise this our friends, or actually call our child it.

Lu'lu - love it, it's so cute. means 'pearl' in arabic

Libertine.

I like Breeze for a girl, but worry it's too out there.

Noah for a boy, but it doesn't go with our surname.

LongTall I was thinking Nathaniel for a DS2 if we have one, but then realised seeing as we have an Elijah, it would be ridiculous. Ref to Eli Stone. Brothers Eli and Nate! I love that show too btw.