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...?

Oh and Wolfgang.

Adelaide (name of popular street in our town )

Alanis (still holding on for this 1 day though, lol)

Piper

why is there an aversion to same first name letter as last name letter? like CC?
i think its brilliant and i find that a lot of strong/successfull/exciting people have initials like that EE, TT, LL etc.
I wish i had a T name for a girl that i like to go with our last name

Its just too similar to our surname, thats all.

I love T names - Te(a)gan, Tayla, Tahnee, Toby, Tobias, Tobin

Scorpio, we had a little Alanis at dd1's party today. Nowt wrong with it at all .

I love the name Atticus for a boy, Atti for short, but DH would never allow and I'd probably end up going for something less unusual anyway in case he went to a school that was anything like mine...

Zeus

Mungo (it means loveable)

I know some Lovedays, though am Cornish.

I would LOVE an Iris but it's absurd with our surname
tbh, DD has a name which could easily be on this thread but we went ahead and used it anyway. DH is a great name vetoer, he is very fussy

know LOADS of people/children with names on this thread

Boys: Aubrey, Arkady
Girls: Isis

Nemna - as a teenager I really thought in my fantasy world one day I would have a Mungo, child or dog.. and no it's not happened!

Josiah

That reminds me I heard someone call for a 'Farley' the other day and I thought rusks!

Jemima

...was my favourite doll so i wanted to call my baby the same!

Jasper
Felix
Poppy

Why do I find myself checking a list of names people consider unusable to find something for my own bump???

Emmanuel. Love that name

Also, Nathaniel

Melody

Violet because our surname begins with D, probably irrelevant now but I wouldn't want those initials.

Also DS born in Wales was nearly Morgan. English friends said "but that's a girl's name". Very glad we didn't go with it now though thanks to Eastenders.

Crispin, Casper, Jasper, Jemima and Rosamund.

I love them, but DH says a very loud NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Unfortunately all too high on the ponce-o-meter!

Nathaniel but I would hate it to be shortened to Nathan so it's out!

Miriam and Maude - but DH said no and no again!

My kidiwinks are Darcey Eden (girl), Bailey Jonas (boy) and Skye Blue (girl). i love quirky names!

Indiana. Although we nearly did.

Rose of Sharon.