Names you like but wouldn't/couldn't use?

Girl Names
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Here are some names I like but just CAN’T use for one reason or another! :frowning:

[name]Asha[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name] - Had an old school friend names this and don’t want to feel like shes the namesake
[name]Marigold[/name]
[name]Islay[/name] - this is a form of [name]Isla[/name], I really like it, but its just become so popular!
[name]Hermione[/name] - I absolutely love this, I wish it would become more popularly used so it wasn’t so tied to [name]Harry[/name] [name]Potter[/name]
[name]Millie[/name] - Absolutely love this as a nn but there are no longer forms I like

What about you?

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[name]Evangeline[/name] - gorgeous, but I’d feel pretentious calling it out on the playground
[name]Genevieve[/name] - ditto
[name]Hattie[/name] - I’d love it as a nickname, but I hate [name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Camille[/name] - Was obsessed with this for ages, but there are so many C/K names in our family I would get soooo confused!
[name]Juliet[/name] - [name]Love[/name], but I have an aunt named [name]Julie[/name] and I really don’t want her as a namesake. Are they too close?
[name]Isla[/name] - Our family would have a heck of a time understand this name. I think teaching the pronunciation and spelling would be a nightmare.
[name]Lucy[/name] - a family friend that I don’t necessarily want to use as a namesake

[name]Oliver[/name] - my goddaughter’s sister is [name]Olivia[/name]. I think it’s too close for comfort
[name]Warren[/name] - Family member’s have this as a last name. Wouldn’t be awful if we actually got along…
[name]Beckett[/name] - I love it. Hubby thinks back to back “B’s” isn’t a good idea (or last name starts with B)

[name]Sloane[/name]/[name]Maeve[/name]/[name]Reed[/name]/[name]Rhys[/name]/any other one syllable name - Our last name is one syllable and it makes for an uninteresting name

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[name]Lillian[/name]/[name]Liliana[/name]- [name]SIL[/name] stole it from me 2 yrs ago
Annabette- DH doesn’t like it at all
Annabeth- rhymes with my son’s name, [name]Seth[/name], tho maybe I could use it since we just had a little girl. Her name would break up the rhyme by being in between their names.
[name]Caroline[/name]-- too much like DDs name, [name]Madeline[/name]

[name]Declan[/name]–DH does not like
[name]Oliver[/name]-- same
[name]Noel[/name]-- just realized it sounds like “no chance” with our ln

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GIRLS
[name]Abigail[/name] - I already have two cousins with a form of the name. :frowning:
[name]Annabel[/name] - I’m afraid it’s too cute.
[name]Clementine[/name] - I can’t get past the song…
[name]Josephine[/name] - Can’t use because of an ex. I bear no ill will, but it would be awkward.
[name]Millie[/name] - Ditto what OP said. [name]Love[/name] it but not the longer forms.
[name]Saoirse[/name] - Pronunciation difficulties in the US.

BOYS
[name]Michael[/name] - My aunt had a son with the name who died as an infant. Another cousin had the name (as a first or a middle… I don’t remember), and he died at birth. Additionally, it was my Uncle [name]Kenny[/name]'s middle name, but he was killed by a drunk driver when he was still in his 20s. So… the name has kind of a reputation. I mostly don’t use it out of respect for my aunt, who is convinced that the name is cursed. I really love it as a middle for a little boy, though.

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[name]Ava[/name] - This was going to be my son’s name had he been a girl (back in 1999, when it didn’t even make the top 100!). Now it has become so trendy and overused and my cousin named her daughter [name]Ava[/name] at the height of it’s popularity, so even if I could get over the trendiness, it’s out. It was so much more appealing when it wasn’t so common anyway.

[name]Elle[/name] - After I got over [name]Ava[/name], my top pick for a girl was [name]Elle[/name]. I made the mistake of telling it to a friend with the same last name as me who then turned around and named her daughter [name]Elle[/name]. I [name]MAY[/name] actually still use [name]Elle[/name] as a short form of a longer name, though. I listed it here because I feel like I can’t use “MY” name anymore. It feels like it’s been claimed… or more like stolen, since she got the idea from me.

[name]Lucy[/name] - If I named my daughter [name]Lucy[/name], I’d be doing to another friend what the [name]Elle[/name] friend did to me.

[name]Grace[/name] - DH loves this name, but it does not sound right with our last name. Plus I already have a cousin with a daughter named [name]Grace[/name].

[name]Sophie[/name] - I might be considering this name, if it wasn’t already my niece’s name.

[name]Ella[/name] - Pretty, but trendy. After our friend used [name]Elle[/name], people suggested using [name]Ella[/name] instead. No. There was a reason I preferred [name]Elle[/name]. [name]Ella[/name] is the more obvious form of that name. [name]Elle[/name] is not as common, it sounds more sophisticated and I think it ages better than [name]Ella[/name]. [name]Ella[/name] would always feel like a second choice name to me if I used it because that’s exactly what it is - a less appealing (to me) version of the name I really like.

[name]Lily[/name] - DH also likes this name, but we have friends who [name]JUST[/name] named their daughter [name]Lily[/name]. Besides, its way too common.

[name]Belle[/name] - Another name that was mentioned after [name]Elle[/name] was taken. DH has a cousin named who named her daughter [name]Belle[/name]. I would still consider using it as a middle name, if I had the right first name for it.

[name]Eleanor[/name] - The most obvious name to shorten to [name]Elle[/name]. I MIGHT have considered this name, but a co-worker who is due a month before me is naming her daughter [name]Eleanor[/name] and calling her [name]Ellie[/name] for short. I know co-workers aren’t “forever” friends, but it would be bad timing for 2 babies in a row at work to have the same name - and mine would be the 2nd one. Still, it’s a little irritating, since she knew about my [name]Elle[/name] dilemma.

Adele - I thought the name Adele was so pretty…and then the singer showed up on the scene. She’s TOO popular. You can’t hear the name Adele without thinking of her, and that annoys me.

There are so many more…I can find something wrong with nearly every name - even if I like it. Most of the ones I mentioned here are more upsetting to me because they are names that are/would be on my short list. I either liked before they were too common, or they have been used by someone else, making them feel unusable.

…AND…This baby is a girl, but for a boy, I’ve always liked [name]Aiden[/name]. BUT, because of it’s popularity and the whole (annoying) anything rhyming with [name]Aiden[/name] trend, it is out. [name]Even[/name] if I still wanted it, DH has nixed it for that reason. It sucks because it sounds good with my other son’s names. A shame, because it really is a nice boy’s name.

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[name]Allegra[/name]
I take one everyday and have multiple bottles in my home, car, and purses because I misplace them

[name]Delilah[/name]
I couldn’t imagine introducing my little [name]Delilah[/name] to my family or to people at church

[name]Cora[/name] and [name]Corrine[/name]
I have a neice named [name]Cori[/name]

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Traylie- sounds too made up and most people said it reminded them of trailer. I still think it’s cute though.
Everleigh- my husband wouldn’t go for it and my family and friends would probably think it’s weird. They already think that about my son’s name, [name]Cuyler[/name]. I think it’s pretty and feminine though.
[name]Verity[/name]- I think it’s pretty but again my husband, family and friends would think it’s weird and I just don’t know if I’m brave enough. Although I also love [name]Amity[/name] and it’s still on my list.
Avonlea- Again, I’m not brave enough. :slight_smile: Im sure I have more but can’t think of them right now.

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[name]One[/name]'s I can’t use for practical reasons would be [name]Isla[/name] and [name]Piper[/name] - last name has an eye and er sound in it, so those don’t work at all.

[name]Sofia[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name] are SO overly popular, so as much as I love them, I don’t think I could use a top 10 name.

Any boys name that ends in -er, like [name]Asher[/name] and [name]Oliver[/name], I love them, but they clash with the last name.

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[name]Sophia[/name] - way too popular
[name]Olivia[/name] - ditto and a little cousin with that name
[name]Ruby[/name] - ditto on popularity and another cousin with that name
[name]Lucy[/name] - too many friends/relatives who have named their dog’s “[name]Lucy[/name]” plus I don’t like the idea of giving my children nicknames as their full name.

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[name]Tabitha[/name]! Gorgeous, but apparently a cat’s name. So pretty.

[name]Ella[/name]. Clashes with our last name and sounds like… Elephant. Sigh.

[name]Ava[/name]. Took off like a rocket and now holds no charm for me. Waaaaah! Such a pretty name.

[name]Eve[/name]. Too short

[name]Genevieve[/name] (pronunciation clashes)

[name]Thomasin[/name] (a bit too masculine)

[name]Bronwen[/name] (lack the guts)

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[name]Adelaide[/name], [name]Vienna[/name] and [name]Geneva[/name] (can’t bring myself to use place names)

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I love the name [name]Anna[/name] [name]Sophia[/name]… I think it’s perfect but I’m not considering it because of [name]Sophia[/name]'s popularity.

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[name]Plum[/name]; I absolutely love the name [name]Geneva[/name], my god mother and name sake lives there so I don’t think i would be able to freely use it either! But it is beautiful! :slight_smile:

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I’m not sure if there are any that are truly unusable to me right now. Most of the people I know with babies have used names that really aren’t my style. Although my cousin has a little [name]Emma[/name] [name]Mae[/name], so I feel a bit uncomfortable using [name]Emmy[/name] names. When she was born, [name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Olivia[/name], nn [name]Emmy[/name], was my favorite girls’ name, and that started to put me off of it. I doubt I would use [name]Emmeline[/name], [name]Emilia[/name], or any other [name]Em[/name]- name as a FN, unless I adopted a girl with one, but I certainly would consider them in the MN spot. I’m considering [name]Adeline[/name] [name]Emma[/name] at the moment, and [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Emilia[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] was on my girls’ list for a short while.

Names that I like/love/loved that I feel a bit unsure about using now, due to little girls in my church with the names, are [name]Josephine[/name] (she’s [name]Josie[/name]–I would have used [name]Posey[/name], but still), [name]Willow[/name] (I’m not sure if this puts me off of [name]Willa[/name], now, too…), [name]Grace[/name] (TWO of them in my church… It’ll definitely be in my first daughter’s name somewhere, but I know how Graces become Gracies here, so I’m not sure I’m comfortable with that…). Boys names that I’ve been put off of include [name]Josiah[/name], the -aiden names (there is both and [name]Aden[/name] and a [name]Jaden[/name] who go to my church fairly frequently. And oh, how I’d loved [name]Aidan[/name]!), [name]Benjamin[/name]. And I’ve been put off by [name]Elijah[/name], [name]Autumn[/name], [name]Cora[/name], and [name]Leah[/name], not because of one person I know, but because I know so many! I know approximately 20 Elijahs/Alijahs, 10 Autumns, 5 Coras, and 3 Leahs, and that’s just way too many for me…

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[name]Alice[/name] - Fiance’s sister is named [name]Allison[/name]
[name]Flora[/name] - rhymes with Fiance’s niece’s name, [name]Nora[/name] - exception for this one though, if we have twin girls, we are thinking of doing [name]Luna[/name] and [name]Flora[/name]
[name]Mina[/name] - rhymes with Fiance’s other niece’s name, [name]Nina[/name]
[name]Rose[/name] - my middle name

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[name]Nadia[/name] - Same as your [name]Eloise[/name] reason.
[name]Isaac[/name] - Ex boyfriend. [name]Silly[/name] silly relationship.

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Catlover; hehe, [name]Nina[/name] and [name]Nora[/name]? Very sweet, almost unreal!

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Vetoed by husband: [name]Eliza[/name]/[name]Liza[/name], [name]Lucia[/name], [name]Margot[/name], [name]Marion[/name], [name]Nola[/name]

[name]Don[/name]'t have the guts: [name]Clementine[/name], [name]Andromeda[/name], [name]Eurydice[/name]

Bad song associations (As a [name]Caroline[/name] who enjoyed [name]Neil[/name] [name]Diamond[/name] and survived Outkast, I’m big on song names): [name]Lola[/name], [name]Sharona[/name]

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Names that have been used by family or very close friends in the past 10 years. In brackets, the names I would have loved to use but now can’t because they’re too close!:

[name]Ella[/name] ([name]Elle[/name])
[name]Mara[/name] ([name]Mira[/name])
[name]Asha[/name] ([name]Sasha[/name] - this is a bit more guilty pleasure, but I sort of love it)
[name]Esta[/name] ([name]Esther[/name])
[name]Milla[/name] ([name]Lilla[/name], [name]Mila[/name])
[name]Ava[/name] ([name]Eva[/name])
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Charlie[/name]

:frowning: