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...?

Damian....almost DS2's name but had alot of feedback about 'the omen'

... turns out it would have been more than appropriate though!

VeryAnnieMary

Round these parts a Tuppence is an erm.... front bottom - despite it being an extremely cute name. Made me chuckle though lol.

I love Boris, Lester and Queenie

Noddy

ooh I love this thread. I've got loads of names I'm not allowed.

Hercules is a favorite

Charon for a boy Serenity-Aphrodite for a girl to poncy

Nikita - pronounced with a posh accent. The trouble is that when not spoken in a posh accent it sounds like a lap dancer's name! :-)

Haroun - Arabic for Aaron. I love it. We went for super-trad English name in the end.

Emmeline.

And yes, her hands would be 'purfickly clean'.

My grandmother had a cousin called Rosabel in the early part of the last century in northern ireland. I love it but it's possibly a bit too twee to saddle a little girl with these days.

Cordelia and delilah , love em

Myfanwy.

You have to be Welsh, and it's probably open to lots of teasing, but I think it's a lovely, gentle-sounding name.

Zion for a boy. DH laughed in my face. My mum screeched in horror. nobody had a positive thing to say about it. It was all 'But you're not Jewish', 'Poor kid!', "Too 'out there'" type comments.

I still adore it, though.

Also, Fidel. Again, DH guffawed.

For a girl, I always loved Justice. Loved it from childhood. But DH vetoed as chavtastic.

I also adore Silas@Cuppa

Gloria - dh has been muttering word like 'body', 'dead' and 'my' !

My dh vetoed

Emmeline

Clementine (even though our very beautiful ex-babysitter now fabbo trained midwife has this lovely name)

Evangeline

Boudicca (in tribute to my East Anglian roots!)

I always wanted Orlando for a boy. That did not go down well either.

We have girls but I loved Lenonard for a boy. Dh hated it, much too old fashioned! Frank was another close runner.

Also, adored and still do, Maude for a girl. Dd2 was almost registered as * * Maude but right at the last minute we ditched it. Wished we hadn't, still love it!

atowncalledalice -love Django
Emmanuel - I love Jewish boys names.

Calypso
Carmen
Blythe
Dulcie

All these vetoed by DP

Always thought I might move to a croft in the middle of nowhere (not really) and bring up Skye, Summer and Blue. Never going to happen!

Boy at DS nursery called Stanley - love it. Have a secret hankering for this if we ever have a ds2.

Lola - love it. DP, not keen.

Raffety.
Just as well we had girls!

Hector! Heard it the other day and really love it in a would-never-use-it-myself way

i love the names my sister has called her girls...

alanna joan

annie rose

I love Jesse for a boy and Hero for a girl. Sadly wouldn't feel able to inflict them on my children though.

Evangeline

It's a good job I have boys as I love the following girls' names:

Hermione
Antigone
Jocasta
Jacinta
Ariadne
Felicity

but would have reigned myself in and opted for Kate!

Isolde and Cressida.