Are there any names you took off your list for one reason or another but never really got over?
I have tried to give up Athénaïs and Bérengère but I just can’t. They would never work stateside and they’re so beautiful I would hate to put them in the middle or not use them everyday. I think I took a break from nameberry because I want to change my list but I just can’t do it plus I’ve been pretty sick lately. I feel really frustrated with names right now…it’s a good thing I’m not currently trying to name baby!
Ivalo and Nanoq, I’ve always played with the idea of putting Greenlandic names in my future childrens names since I’m 1/4 Greenlandic, but they just don’t fit my other favourite names and they have a pronunciation thats almost impossible in English. I just cannot seem to let them go.
Most of my names are classic/more common so I have a different reason for struggling with them. I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Daniel[/name] nn [name]Danny[/name] and also [name]Oscar[/name], [name]Alastair[/name] & [name]Charlotte[/name], but I can’t use them because of various family members with those names However I still keep them on my lists because I like them. I don’t think you have to get rid of them completely. And I thought my boy list was pretty solid until a few weeks ago when [name]Benjamin[/name] suddenly came out of nowhere to take the #3 spot! So perhaps another name will take your fancy when you least expect it?
For what it’s worth, I really like Athénaïs and Bérengère! [name]Josephine[/name] Athénaïs is lovely. Many of the names in your signature are French- do you have a French background? If so I think you should embrace your heritage and use them!
DH is from there but we’ve both spent a good amount of time in [name]France[/name] and the states so we would like to have a French/English name should we choose to live over there again. Naming trends are weird, I’ve been set on naming a girl [name]Josephine[/name] most of my life and said I would use it no matter what but the further up the charts it goes I get a little nervous lol and I feel the same about [name]Myriam[/name] and [name]Beatrice[/name].
I really like [name]Charlotte[/name] and [name]Daniel[/name] from your list!
I love [name]Severus[/name] so much, but if I ever used it people would think I was naming someone after a [name]Harry[/name] [name]Potter[/name] character, and although I like [name]Harry[/name] [name]Potter[/name] I would never do that. Despite this I still really, really like [name]Severus[/name] and its still on my list.
My hubby vetoed my favorite boys’ name [name]Nicholas[/name] as a first name because our nephew’s name is [name]Colin[/name] (a variation of [name]Nicholas[/name]). He’s fine with it as a middle name, but part of the reason I loved [name]Nicholas[/name] was the nickname [name]Nick[/name], so I’m not really that fond of idea of sticking it in the middle where it won’t get used. Still struggling a bit to accept that I’ll never have a little [name]Nicholas[/name], but it helps that I’m absolutely in love with our choice if this baby is a boy: [name]William[/name] [name]Balthazar[/name]. NEVER in a hundred years did I think DH would agree to [name]Balthazar[/name], one of my guilty pleasures, so it almost makes up for him vetoing [name]Nicholas[/name].
I can’t seem to drop [name]Stella[/name], a name that sounds horrible with the last name and [name]Connor[/name], an ex’s name (I can’t imagine why my fiance doesn’t want to use it . . .)
Also [name]Logan[/name] on a girl, which completely goes against my entire belief in boy’s names on girls. Oh well
I love, love, love [name]Inigo[/name] for a boy (there was a very important 16th/17th c. British architect, [name]Inigo[/name] [name]Jones[/name] - that’s where I first heard the name), but my when I bring it up to my husband, he’s just like, “Um no…how about [name]Indigo[/name] for a girl?” ARGH!! I also think [name]Inigo[/name] would be very hard for a boy to pull off these days, unfortunately. On top of all that, our last name is Goldman - and [name]Inigo[/name] certainly does not work with it. Oh well…so much for ever having a boy named [name]Inigo[/name]!
[name]Louisa[/name], I suppose. I have a love/hate relationship with it. On one hand, I think of [name]Jane[/name] [name]Austen[/name] and a tea-sipping little princess, and on the other, an old [name]German[/name] lady. I don’t know which to choose, but it’s staying up there!
I wanted [name]Rosa[/name] if our next baby is a girl, but my first daughter has [name]Rose[/name] as her middle name so we don’t think we should use [name]Rosa[/name]. Still love it though!
However I still keep them on my lists because I like them. I don’t think you have to get rid of them completely. And I thought my boy list was pretty solid until a few weeks ago when [name]Benjamin[/name] suddenly came out of nowhere to take the 