Have you ever fallen out of love with a name? I feel like I’m dealing with this now. [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] and [name_f]Ella[/name_f] have been my favorite girls names since I was in middle school- so I’ve loved these names for almost 20 years- and now that the DH and I are thinking about kids, I’m not sure how much I like these names. I’ve always thought I’d have a daughter names [name_f]Violet[/name_f], and now I’m not so sure. Firstly, I think my style is changing a bit and secondly, these names are vastly more popular then they were in the 90’s. But now I have no idea where to start looking for other names. Have you ever felt this way? Any suggestions on how to deal with this? Or on other names to look into?
Thanks 
I think it’s all down to tastes changing, and I’ve definitely had that. Names I liked when I was 14 or 15 just don’t do anything for me anymore, and I’m sure my taste will probably change again by the time I have children.
I like the list section of nameberry. I pin down what kinds of names I seem to like (classic, modern, nature themed) and then look up lists to find others along the same lines.
[name_f]Savannah[/name_f] was my favorite name forever, until everyone started using it.
[name_f]Esther[/name_f] was my number one girl’s name until a few years ago. I told everyone that I my first daughter’s name would be [name_f]Esther[/name_f], nickname [name_f]Essie[/name_f]. And then one day, suddenly I was over it. I have no idea what happened, but [name_f]Esther[/name_f] got bumped off the list and [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] and [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] got bumped to the top.
Now I’m just worried that it’s going to happen again one day to my names before I have a chance to use them 
This happens to me a lot, actually. The main reason for me is I find some sort of reason for the name to be unusable. [name_f]Stella[/name_f] was my favorite name for years . . . until I hit the three year point with my boyfriend and stopped to think “Hey, maybe I should pay attention to how absolutely horrible this name sounds with his last name”. Changing tastes also play a factor. I was dead set on having a daughter named [name_u]Logan[/name_u], but now I’m into more timeless classics.
Finally I think it all comes down to how a name sounds said over and over and over again. I thought [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] was going to be the perfect name for me, but I got sick of saying it after only months. Couldn’t imagine using it on a person who would hold the name for a lifetime.
Well I was convinced that [name_f]Leah[/name_f] was the perfect name for my daughter when I was pregnant. It was all decided, my husband liked it, my mom embroidered her things that said [name_f]Leah[/name_f] on it. Then after having that in my mind for a few months I just really stopped liking it. I kept seeing it places and the more I saw it the less I liked it. I’m glad I fell out of love with it before I officially named her 
Tremendously. The names I liked as a child where [name_f]Star[/name_f] and [name_f]Candi[/name_f]…the only name I still love today is [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]. Growing up I loved the names [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f] and [name_m]Greyson[/name_m]…all throughout middle school and high school. I never considered any other names. Then I came apon this site…and my tastes have gradually changed. At first I liked the names Maelyn and [name_f]Raelyn[/name_f], [name_u]Hunter[/name_u] and [name_m]Ryder[/name_m]. Now they make me cringe. I used to be so in love with [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]…now it’s just another name I sorta like, and I only really like it as a character name instead of an actual person. Names I’ve never even considered before are now my favorites!
Oh all the time. I never go from loving to dislike, unless I have a really bad association with a name and that is pretty rare. I just lose my excitement over certain names. But then sometimes I fall back in love with them. [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] and [name_m]Jeremy[/name_m] are two from when I was young and more recently, [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] (although this is growing on me again) and [name_f]Eliza[/name_f].
I had the same thing happen to me recently. I loved [name_m]Silas[/name_m], [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m], and [name_m]Jack[/name_m], but they are just too popular to use. I would suggest checking out the social security list, and seeing where [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], and [name_f]Ella[/name_f] were in popularity in the 90s and see what names are around that number today. In 1990 [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] was number 163, [name_f]Violet[/name_f] was 109, and [name_f]Ella[/name_f] was 42.
I feel much better! Your input has greatly helped me! It’s good to know I’m not alone 
[name_f]Amber[/name_f] was my all-time FAVOURITE name since I was 9 and a few years ago I just couldn’t picture having a little [name_f]Amber[/name_f] anymore.
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] has been a favourite boy name in the past, and recently I added it back to my list.
Yep, all the time. I used to love [name_f]Helen[/name_f] as a kid, now it just sounds unpleasant/bland to me. When I first joined NB I was passionately obsessed with [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f], now I’m just so-so about it. The list of names I’m just not that into anymore is miles long.
[name_f]My[/name_f] top name in [name_f]July[/name_f] of last year was [name_f]Juliette[/name_f]. I was determined to have my first daughter be named [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] [name_f]Lorraine[/name_f]. But then AnastasiaRuby used it for her daughter and I suddenly stopped liking it. I don’t get the feeling of “this is my name” anymore. Then I found out that my great grandmothers name was [name_f]Lorraine[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f], so I fell in love with that (switched around) and cant be happier. I thought, a few months ago, that I was going to fall out of love with it. But I still love it more than ever.
[name_f]My[/name_f] first ever favorite boys name was [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u], and that was in 4th grade. I wanted a son named [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u], with no nickname. But I grew out of that. I still like it and want to find a first name so I could put [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] as a middle
This happens to me sometimes. I used to really love [name_f]Tessa[/name_f]. It was my favorite name, but now it has been bumped down the list. I used to really like [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] and [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] and [name_f]Amelie[/name_f], but now I’m over them. I still like them more than most names but I’ve fallen out of love with them.
Yes!!! This happened to me just last year. [name_f]My[/name_f] favorite name for a boy had been [name_m]Connor[/name_m] for about 10 YEARS. I mentioned it for the first time to one of my very best friends and she said it sounded like “the prototypical rich, white, male” name and I couldn’t have lost interest faster. The name plummeted to the bottom of my list. 
Let me see, it’s been roughly 10 years since I started to have a thing for names in general. All started out of spite that everyone in my neighbourhood had ‘cool’ names and I did not.
I have definitely fallen out of love with my first loves: the name [name_u]Joyce[/name_u] and [name_m]Daniel[/name_m]. Furthermore I am not overly keen anymore on [name_f]Melody[/name_f] and [name_u]Nick[/name_u]. Then for a couple of years I was very fond of [name_f]Rosa[/name_f], [name_m]Tim[/name_m] and [name_m]Fabian[/name_m], and I am still okayish with these names but I don’t think I would consider them anymore if push came to shove.
Yes! In high school/early college years, my husband (then boyfriend) and I were firmly of the mind that our firstborn son would be named [name_m]Isaac[/name_m] [name_m]Stephen[/name_m]. However, when the time came to actually think about what we would name our little guy, I just wasn’t in love with the name like I was 7-8 years ago… it would have been such a cute story, too. Oh well!
Oh yes! For about 10 years I was dead set on having a son and daughter named [name_u]Noah[/name_u] and [name_f]Alana[/name_f]. I even told my parents, “Your grand kids are going to be named [name_u]Noah[/name_u] and [name_f]Alana[/name_f].” Then last year I discovered how popular [name_u]Noah[/name_u] is and my love for the name fizzled out and my #2 choice, [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m], jumped to the #1 spot and I am still in love it. [name_f]Alana[/name_f] isn’t that popular, but I’m not as wild about it anymore. I don’t think it ages well. I can’t see an 80 year old [name_f]Alana[/name_f] for some reason.
It’s funny because I fell IN [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] with the name [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] after AnastasiaRuby named her daughter that. Haha.
Yes.
Most recently with [name_m]Pascal[/name_m] and [name_f]Nona[/name_f].
I think I like the idea of [name_m]Pascal[/name_m] and [name_f]Nona[/name_f] more than the names themselves.
I was trying to eliminate boys names by saying them out loud, [name_m]Pascal[/name_m] just sounded all wrong to me. I didn’t feel like me when I said it, I felt like I was pretending to be someone else…
Being undecided about whether I liked [name_f]Nona[/name_f], [name_f]Nola[/name_f] or [name_f]Nova[/name_f] the most, I said them aloud as well a few times. I decided the only one I really like when spoken aloud is [name_f]Nova[/name_f]. Looking at the three now though, I still find I’m drawn toward [name_f]Nona[/name_f], I just don’t like her sound!
Other’s I’ve fallen out of love with are [name_m]Bastian[/name_m], [name_f]Oleanna[/name_f], [name_f]Vevina[/name_f], [name_f]Liesel[/name_f], [name_m]Augustin[/name_m] and Oisín. And I think I’m falling out of love with [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] (in favour of [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] or just [name_f]Rosa[/name_f]).