So… I’ve been obsessed with names for the longest. Like, since I was a kid. And, like most of y’all who are crazy for names, I like those that are slightly outside of normal.
We are TTC our first, and we’ve already decided on a boy’s name. [name]Joseph[/name] [name]Walker[/name]. [name]Joseph[/name] has family and personal meaning for us, and [name]Walker[/name] is my maiden name. I also plan on slipping a Biblical third MN in there after the baby is born and my husband is feeling guilty that I just pushed a human out of my body. Most likely [name]Emmanuel[/name], as in [name]Joseph[/name] [name]Emmanuel[/name] [name]Walker[/name].
Like a lot of you, I am more adventurous when it comes to girls’ names. All but a few of my faves are going to send his very normal 65-year-old Southern parents spinning donuts. So just for fun I made a list of all the names I love that I would never ever use - at least not as a FN - because they would make everyone including my husband start panic-barfing.
Also, can I just add that one of my best friends said “whatev” to what everyone thought of their baby names and chose crazy-cool names for her kids. They are [name]Enoch[/name], Eiffel (g), [name]Eddie[/name] (g), and Eunitas (b).
Lastly - I really wish my stepson didn’t already have the coolest MN in the world or I would totally use it. His name is [name]Sean[/name] [name]Killian[/name].
Any names you love that are too “out there” for you to use? Or do you plan to just go for it?
Well I’m a while off having children but I couldn’t care less what people thought of my favourite names and I’m hoping that my future partner doesn’t care that much about names haha!
My boy’s names are relatively normal; [name]Isaac[/name], [name]Jude[/name], [name]Asher[/name], [name]Ezra[/name], [name]Micah[/name] (the latter three a little more uncommon in the UK). However, my girls names are a little more [name]OTT[/name] and I could see some being a little bit taken back with some of them; [name]Persephone[/name], [name]Pandora[/name], [name]Beatrix[/name], [name]Clementine[/name], [name]Emmeline[/name], [name]Olwen[/name], [name]Adelaide[/name], [name]Hermione[/name], [name]Ottilie[/name] and [name]Valentina[/name]!
I think that the names we have chosen are relatively ‘normal’, haha! When we named our eldest, [name]Eliska[/name], I think both sets of grandparents were very surprised at our choice. Mainly becuase we were quite young and were expecting something very common and popular. They we also quite surprised when we named our twins [name]Scarlett[/name] and [name]Murphy[/name] because and I quote: ‘Oh, [name]Scarlett[/name] is such a popular little name and [name]Murphy[/name] is so…out there!’ Oh, I do love my dad!
[name]Bree[/name]
Most of my names are too weird even for my husband’s taste, but our top boy pick has had his mother in hysteria for over two years, long before we were even trying to conceive! She had brought up the topic of names a long time ago, and when I told her, “We both love the name [name]Lane[/name] for a boy,” she just smiled and went along with it. [name]Little[/name] did I know that she has been on her son’s back about that ever since. “[name]Lane[/name] will get called LAME! He’ll get made fun of!” She is very sensitive to bullying, as she was bullied her entire childhood, so I understand her concern, but I don’t think kids even use the word “lame” anymore, and [name]Lane[/name] is in the top 300 names in the U.S.! Unfortunately, [name]Lane[/name] doesn’t sound good with the middle name I want to use ([name]Dan[/name], not [name]Daniel[/name]), so we may not use it after all.
I’m not going to be having any children for a while, but my name choices are always being called “weird!” I don’t really care what those people have to say, though, because I don’t like their names either.
I had several “out there” names picked originally, but now I find them too outrageous for me. I have a more classic style, so I shouldn’t have to worry about freaking out my mother-in-law.
At least, that’s what I thought.
I swear, she is the most old-fashioned when it comes to names. Actually, I’m not even sure it’s old-fashioned. I don’t really know what to call it. Apparently a name isn’t decent unless it has been in the family for centuries before men. Her first son was given his father’s full name (his father was given his father’s full name, so there were 3 living generations all named the same thing…) her second son, my husband, was given one name from his paternal grandfather and one from his maternal grandfather. Any name that I suggest for my own children that did not come from her family is taboo.
Common names do not get as much flak as slightly less common names. For instance, she barely grunted when I mentioned [name]Anna[/name], but the gates of hell opened when I mentioned [name]Beatrice[/name].
The names my own mom gave me a hard time about were [name]Aine[/name], [name]Esme[/name] and [name]Xander[/name]. Since I’m having a boy, the only one that is still an issue is [name]Xander[/name]. She keeps asking why I won’t consider [name]Alexander[/name], but since I’m [name]Alex[/name] I wanted to avoid people calling us the same thing. Plus, it’s fairly common to use [name]Xander[/name] as a given name instead of [name]Alexander[/name] and calling him [name]Xander[/name]. It’s not like I’m naming him [name]Topher[/name] instead of [name]Christopher[/name], even though I personally wouldn’t have a problem with that either. I haven’t decided for sure if I’m using [name]Xander[/name] or [name]Wiley[/name], my grandfather’s name. What’s annoying to no end is that she has on several occasions referred to the baby as [name]Wiley[/name]. While I think his dad would be ok with me using either name, I know he much prefers [name]Xander[/name] to [name]Wiley[/name], but she doesn’t see why he should get any say in the matter. (but apparently she should) Seriously, if she calls him by name one more time, I’m just taking that name off the table entirely, just to spite her. I like both names equally so it might even make the decision easier for me!
im lucky enough my mil wouldnt say anything even if she did hate it. and, i like names sturdy with history or family so i dont have a lot to fuel her even if that wasnt the case
I am the name nerd grandmother of the world. I am up with all the latest names and love heaps of them but my daughter trumped even the name nerds on nameberry three years ago when she named her daughter [name]Xanthe[/name]!
We just love [name]Xanthe[/name]'s name and it suits her so well. So thank you DD for using this gorgeous name and making it known!!
Luckily my [name]MiL[/name] would never say anything - but my SiLs nearly had a stroke when we said we were considered [name]Esme[/name] and [name]Sophia[/name] for a girl =/
We aren’t near the time or place when that discussion would be started for us, I know his dad would love a family name to be used, but his mom, I’m not sure! I kind of dread the discussion, so it probably won’t happen, we’ll keep the names to ourselves until we introduce them to a little guy or gal. As for my parents, I imagine my dad would just go with the flow, he doesn’t like to make waves. My mom on the other hand, I know will not like my choices, she likes popular names, I do not. She would like [name]Natalie[/name] for a girl, but I’m not sure if that’s the one we’ll be going with in 3 years. I have a quirky, awesome taste, loving [name]Virginia[/name] ([name]Ginny[/name]), [name]Cadeau[/name], [name]Corisande[/name], [name]Hermione[/name], [name]Adelaide[/name], and a few other doozys for girls, that will definitely not be approved of! I think my boys names are all safe bets though, except maybe [name]Cadmus[/name] haha. The others are very not popular around here but they are at least real names that people have heard of!
