I love but can’t use…
[name_f]Lauren[/name_f] - this is the name of someone who…I won’t go into detail about what she did to me. But I can’t think of the name without having nightmares.
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] - this is my cousin’s name.
[name_f]Mia[/name_f] - I have a friend by this name, but I’m not super close to her, so I don’t know how I feel about naming a child this.
[name_f]Megan[/name_f] (or alternate spellings) - another cousin’s name
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]/[name_f]Madelyn[/name_f] (or alternate spellings) - I know far too many Madelines/Madelyns for this to be an option.
[name_f]Christine[/name_f] - The name of the “ghost” that haunts my local theatre. I don’t really believe in ghosts, but I also don’t want to use a name that has creepy personal connection to it.
[name_f]Maisie[/name_f] (or alternate spellings) - this is my cat’s name and I will probably always see it as that.
[name_f]Rosanne[/name_f] - this is my aunt’s name.
[name_f]Kalypso[/name_f] - I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] this one with all my heart, but it’s a too “out-there” for me to use on a child.
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] - same as [name_f]Kalypso[/name_f], too “out-there”.
[name_f]Kimber[/name_f]/[name_u]Kimberly[/name_u]/[name_f]Kimberlyn[/name_f] - I have known several [name_u]Kimberly[/name_u]'s (or girls with similar sounding names) throughout my life and they were all kinda jerks (sorry to any [name_u]Kimberly[/name_u]'s out there!)
[name_u]Piper[/name_u] - I have a fairly close friend by this name, but like with [name_f]Mia[/name_f], I don’t think I would name a child the same thing.
[name_u]Kennedy[/name_u] (or alternate spellings) - my cousin was going to name her baby this but decided not to. I like the name itself, but I can’t see myself using it for a child of my own.
[name_f]Erin[/name_f] - the name of my cousin who was a miscarriage long before I was born.
[name_u]Jessie[/name_u] - reminds me too much of Cowgirl [name_u]Jessie[/name_u] from [name_m]Toy[/name_m] [name_u]Story[/name_u] (not that I don’t like Cowgirl [name_u]Jessie[/name_u], but I don’t want that to be the first thing I think of when I hear the name).
[name_f]Kaylee[/name_f] - I know a [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f] who is like family to me, so naming my child [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f] would be like having 2 [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f]'s in the same family.
[name_f]Lola[/name_f] - does this sound too much like a stripper name? I don’t know. I think it’s perfect for a little girl, but don’t know how well it will age with her and I’d hate for people to only view it as a stripper name.
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f] - SO OVERUSED!!! I’m hoping the hype will settle down in a few years, but with it being such a pretty name, I don’t know if that will ever happen!
[name_f]Isobella[/name_f] - The [name_f]Isobella[/name_f] spelling appeals to me more than the original because it’s different, but again, a VERY overused name, no matter how you spell it.
[name_f]Bella[/name_f] - It’s pretty, but there are multiple reasons why I can’t use it. It’s always seemed like more of a dog name than a girl’s name to me. I knew an older girl named [name_f]Bella[/name_f] for a while who wasn’t very nice to me, so the name reminds me of her. Also, does anyone remember the [name_f]Bella[/name_f] [name_m]Bond[/name_m] case from several years back? So scary and sad! I don’t want to be reminded of that, either.
There are multiple other names I could list here, but I don’t want to waste anyone’s time reading.