Come come! Share your guiltiest pleasure names...

[EverySingleStar]

Come share the names you, for whatever reason, wouldn't ever use, but love with a passion

Here are mine

Girls
Harlot (I KNOW, I know)
Rain
Dream
Ever
London
Paris
Noelle

Boys
Canyon
Baylor (cat's name now )
Rohan
Corbin
Caspian
Noel

I'm sure I have more that I need to think of

I love Xanthe for a girl but I'm about as Greek as a teapot.
I also loved Brianna for a girl but then I googled it and a pornstar came up!!!

ezekiel

just love it

also love mervyn

I think that this may be the only country in the world where people worry that a name is Too Posh and Has Pretentions. It's really funny how many people veto names they love because they don't want to be a person who names their child that name!

I think in other countries the concern is only if the name is trashy.

Ludovic
Atticus
Miroslav
Dmitri
Constantine
Florian
Augustin(e)
Etienne

I love the name Sebastian but I would HATE it if people started nicknaming him Seb, haha.

Ooh, just thought of another:

Esteban

Love Iolanthe for a girl and Iarla for a boy

Calypso. DH utterly vetoed it for DD3 (stick in the mud that he is).

Nelly, not the Elephant
Hamish - but am not Scottish
Angus - see above
Jordan - sadly polluted by Ms Price
Oscar - DH said it sounds like a dog's name
Nina - DH did impression of ambulance siren

Hesper Doon for the little girl will never have...swoon

I love:

Boy's
Atticus (loved the character in "To kill a Mockingbird")
ASA (know an ASA)
Inigo (know an Inigo)
Albert

Girl's
Anastasia (sounds very poncy)
Opheilia
Cordelia
Harper

Funnily enough, reading this thread, I just kept thinking - those aren't weird names, are they?? I think they're ok!

I wanted to name my son Fascinating, and shorten it Nate. We have a 2 syllable surname and I just loved the sound of "Fascinating --"

I didn't do it though.

Juanita

Gabriel

I love the name Osian ( proncounced Oshan) it is a Welsh name my partner thinks I am nuts.

I love the name Morgan too for a boy or girl.

Just thought of another. I love Angharad but would feel like a non-Welsh fraud if I called a daughter that.

I went to school ( in Wales) with 3 Angharad's and have akways liked the name.
Its a bugger to spell though.

G
Persephone
Clementine (well, not really a guilty pleasure 'the name that got away' 'cause DH wouldn't have it for our last DD)
Zelma (ditto above - family name DH rejected)

B
Augustus
Fitzwilliam

Love Willow, Blossom and Tallulah. Wouldn't have the guts to use them though!

Moseley for a boy and Araminta for a girl. Was told Moseley too right wing and DH not too keen on Minty as abbreviation for Araminta!

Also almost got away with Tallesin which I liked for DD2 when PG and considering boys names. But now think would have made an excellent girls' name. Think I would fight for this for either boy or girl if I could persuade DH we should have a 4th......

Pebble

(Thank you EverySingleStar for this thread as I've needed to confess my secret hippy name for years)

Girl

Dolores

Boy

Cassius
Fox

Ginevra for a girl.

Girls:
Pacific Rose
Dakota
Atlantic
Roxy (was told it was too porn starry! Is it?)
Lolita
Liliana
Dot

Boys:
Esteban (i love saying it in a Spanish accent!)
Rex
Archer
Malachi
Keanu yes after HIM!