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...?

Skye is one of the most popular names in Scotland at the moment, fluffles - top twenty (fourteen?) if I remember correctly. It's a lovely name and one of my faves :)

love the name andrew but ive dated a couple so even tho i would love to call DS andrew my gorgeously jealous OH wouldnt allow it and tbf on him i wouldnt ask it'd be like him saying oh lets call DD bloody love the name tho..

Stanley

I love Addison but OH wont let me have it if bump turns out to be a girl :(

Sinead, but name of OH's ex. I would still use it as it doesn't bother me but she wasn't very nice to him.

Ryan, OH best friend.

Names I like but he doesn't: Lily, Rosie, Daisy.

Names he likes but I don't: Martin (!?!)

Names we have both agreed we like and will/could use: Patrick (his name and his dads, granddads, been there for generations) and Tara and Bridget.

Trying to get him around Ava plus the other names above.

I also love Niamh BUT I have this thing about names with 2 syllables.

Melissa as was name of dh's significant ex (8 years) who tried to get back with him 6 months into our relationship and who he has only ever talked about in ultra glowing terms. Hate her love her name.

Wanted Lavinia- but vetoed as sounds like a toilet- I still like it !

I love Hunter and CHase but wouldnt inflict them on dcs

I like Ava but its becomming really popular. I might still have it as a middle name :)

someone said Hal. I LOVE Hal. What's it short for - Henry?

Temperance. Lots of people seems to have had Noah vetoed. Why? What have I left my son in for?

Ismene was my childhood name of choice

I love Wilbur. DH told me it was the single worst name he'd ever heard

Rory - I don't say my 'r's very well, so a definate no-no, but an early not-quite-crush on a Rory (Armstrong?) fixed it in my head.

Some names I love are already in use by close enough to not use friends IYSWIM.

Frances (for a girl, may still go with Francis (family name) for a boy) and Lysbeth are 2 off the top of my head. They might be able to be middle names....

DPs surname is a boys' first name I would have considered if it wouldn't make me seem insane! It also precludes the girls' version which I always liked since reading one in one of the EB series!

There's a reasonable list of "Not A Possibility - Knew One Who Was A Cow".

Is Hal short for Harold?

Honey for a girl, I just love the sound of the word
Jesse for a boy

Tjaden for a boy, character in All quiet on the Western front

Jem
Scout

Sebastion- DH doesn't like it and don't think we're rich/posh enough to pull it off
Grace- 1st pg in my head was a girl called grace and miscarried at 10wks so would not use it now
David- the name of an ex DH would not be happy

I like Rupert but OH says noo way! Also Lucas but it doesn't go with our surname :(

miranda. i'd need a cultural crossover name so it wouldnt work for me

I love seth and also love Noah and Gabriel but DH hates them,

Have loved jacob and isabella for years (pre vampire movies) but don't like the twilight connotations. Also love Arthur but DH's bosses son is called it and looks weird.

Frankie for a girl, but with the saturdays...is that not like calling your daughter britney or beyonce?

Florence. Lovely name but not with our surname!!

Malcolm

My 'can't use' name is Blair- love the name, it would go great with our surname but there's no way I could use it given the political associations unfortunately.