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Come come! Share your guiltiest pleasure names...

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EverySingleStar · 14/10/2009 15:24

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

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Kayzr · 19/02/2010 10:52

Whimsical, my cousin has just called her son Cosmo. Most of our family have called her mad but I think it is really cool.

ChynaDoll2006 · 19/02/2010 11:30

Ooh thought of another girl's one: Matisse.

indialily1 · 19/02/2010 11:46

I love jasper, if i had sons definately would have had jasper

dexter73 · 19/02/2010 11:46

My great great great grandfather was called Valentine and he was a miner! It was quite a common name back in those days and his birthday was in February so it was the nearest saints day.

indialily1 · 19/02/2010 11:49

for girls:

Liberty
trinity
jamaica
pagan I know but i realy like it!!
rafaella
celia
lacey

nurseryvoice · 19/02/2010 16:14

This is so good,,,,

girls
venetia
verity
esme
esther
ariadne
connie

boys
paco
i like cornelius too

becaroo · 19/02/2010 17:40

Fabio

vics01 · 19/02/2010 18:12

Pip, Minnie or Peppermint for a girl.
Archer for a boy. Maybe I'll be brave enough to use one of them next time....

vics01 · 19/02/2010 18:16

OOo, also Scout for a girl and Rafferty for a boy...

BessieBoots · 19/02/2010 18:26

Girls-
Posy- oh God, that is so pretty...
Queenie
Sissy
Bertha
Ophelia
Enya (Iknow, I know...)

Boys-
Wolf
Bear (loads of us love these- why don't we use them?)
Mesach
Burt
Clem
Cled.

Also, love the girls' name Buggy since I read it in a novel...
And considered calling DS2 Alban.

Nancy10 · 19/02/2010 18:39

The names I like for my fictional daughter are;
Clementine, Nancy, Violet and Felicity. My dh said a definate no to the first 3 but thought Felicity was ok. Luckily for him, we've had 3 ds. Although I was quite shocked when I told my mil my choices, because she liked them all especially Clementine. Oh and Fleur I like too!

LoveInAColdClimate · 19/02/2010 19:30

"Herne", for a boy.

LoveInAColdClimate · 19/02/2010 19:32

Nancy10 - all those names are lovely! And one of them is our prospective baby girl name

calebsmum · 19/02/2010 19:33

boy:

Blue
Jasper
Sebastian

Girl:

Ophelia
Genevieve
Lorelei
Florence

eatsshootsleaves · 19/02/2010 20:32

Harlot? Really? I avoided Charlotte because of this! It's a good job that harlot is a fairly uncommon term these days that children do not know what it means!

Anyway, I've had a quick scan of the thread and do know a Fabio (Italian stud at uni), Xavier (non French relation his brother would have been called Inge if born a girl but he also has a French name), Gabriel, Ruben, Tyger so they are not as strange as some posters if it makes you feel better.

Some boys' names that were vetoed:
Jonah
Zechariah
Isaac

Yes, all biblical.

Female ones:
Lavender
Amethyst

Too new age.

woahwoah · 19/02/2010 20:41

Iphegenia - this was my girl's fantasy name when I was (much) younger.
Caleb - loved this for a boy but wasn't brave enough to use it (this was 20 years ago and very unusual then - perhaps not so much now?)

piximonkeyingaround · 19/02/2010 21:59

My name has popped up a few times but none of my dcs names. Dh and I were luckily in agreement with all our shortlisted names.

I think Cosmo is gorgeous, and also love Malachai, Corbin, and Atticus, all of which were on our lists at various points (3 boys).

For girls I love Lolita, Lillith, & Zarina and loads of goddess names.

Cats called Jacob, Samuel, Molly, Purdy & Lilly which I also love.

livefortoday · 19/02/2010 22:01

Boys:
Phoenix
Aslan
Sebastian

Girls:
Agatha
Orla
Theadora

Mum72 · 19/02/2010 22:11

I love

*GIRLS"
Alexandria (Lexie for short)
Ruby
Araminta (Minty for Short)
Evangeline
Saffron (Saffy for short)
Persephone
Hermione
Clemetine (Clemmie for short)

BOYS
Ruben
Ambrose

Also absolutely totally out of the question for oh so obvious reasons, I have always thought Chlamydia would be quite a pretty girls name if it was not an STI. . Like wise Fellatio for a boy but also a no because - well....... !!!!!!!!

mamamila · 19/02/2010 23:10

otto
field
arthur
fanny

BicycleBelle · 19/02/2010 23:59

Whimsical - I have a DS called Cosmo also. Fantastic name, and it really suits him. Cool name for a cool kid.

Snorbs · 20/02/2010 00:05

Siouxsie
Persephone - looks like I'm not alone in liking this

Dante - I have heard this name being used at a local playground

jenny77 · 20/02/2010 09:23

roxanne (ruined by slutty police song), frances, skeletor (too evil?)

NinjaChipmunk · 20/02/2010 10:05

i love and would happily consider using if dp let me

tabitha
clementine
matilda
dory
constantine
gwilym
romy

dp wanted to call ds fox but i said no. not really into animal names for kids but reading this they seem rather popular.

JemL · 20/02/2010 10:06

Have always said I would call my DD..

Bonanza Jellybean

From the book, "even cowgirl get thr blues"
I've got 2 DS's though, so my bravery has never been tested...!