Names You Like On Other People's Kids

General Name Discussion
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[name_m]Just[/name_m] something I’ve been thinking about for a little while - are there names you like but you’d rather have on someone else’s child?

Main example being I’m slowly working my way round my friends who are TTC or in the process of discussing names and trying to suggest [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f] and [name_f]Marigold[/name_f]. I really like the names, and I like to hear them said etc. But not on my own child. I want them used on a child I’d see regularly, but not actually on my own. Does anyone else have names like this?

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I do! I know exactly how you feel. My list includes: [name_f]Temperance[/name_f], [name_m]Roger[/name_m], and [name_m]Simon[/name_m].

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I know what you mean! For me, it’s [name_m]Silas[/name_m], [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_f]Louise[/name_f], [name_m]Brian[/name_m], and a few others.

@saintdollface: [name_f]Temperance[/name_f] is one of mine, too! Luckily, though, close friends of ours used it on their little girl…so we still get to “use” the name without actually using it on our own child :wink: I love getting to say her name!

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Sure!
My list includes [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], [name_u]Eloise[/name_u], [name_f]Esme[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Lydia[/name_f], [name_f]Marigold[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_f]Nell[/name_f], [name_f]Nora[/name_f], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f], [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], [name_f]Sybil[/name_f], [name_f]Viola[/name_f], [name_f]Winnie[/name_f]
[name_m]Archie[/name_m] / [name_m]Archibald[/name_m], [name_u]Arlo[/name_u], [name_m]Beckett[/name_m], [name_m]Charles[/name_m], [name_m]Edwin[/name_m], [name_m]Emile[/name_m], [name_m]Floyd[/name_m], [name_m]George[/name_m], [name_m]Hector[/name_m], [name_u]Ira[/name_u], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_u]Kit[/name_u], [name_m]Leopold[/name_m], [name_u]Lionel[/name_u], [name_m]Maximilian[/name_m], [name_m]Miles[/name_m] / [name_m]Milo[/name_m], [name_m]Otis[/name_m],

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That’s so sweet!! I wish the name would get more recognition, it really is such a beautiful name.

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I only really do that with names I love but cant use like [name_f]Christiana[/name_f] and [name_m]Harry[/name_m] (childhood friends’ names I am very close to) or names that I find lovely but too popular like [name_m]Lucas[/name_m], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] and [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
Oh, and GP’s, but my GP’s are too weird for 90% people to actually use haha

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Pretty much all the names I adore but can’t use on my own (because either GP or that I just won’t ever have enough kids to use all the awesome names), which mean a pretty long list.

Today I especially would love to hear:
[name_f]Leona[/name_f] (because [name_m]Leon[/name_m] ranks so high on my boys’ list so there’s no way I can use [name_f]Leona[/name_f] too)
[name_f]Hestia[/name_f]
[name_f]Odile[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_u]Marian[/name_u]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgia[/name_f]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Jason[/name_m]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f]

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[name_m]Eduardo[/name_m] for me! [name_u]Love[/name_u] the name but can’t imagine it on my son??

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My sister is also pregnant so I keep suggesting names that my DH has shot down - [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Calista[/name_f], [name_f]Isadora[/name_f]. She is also shooting them down LOL

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Girls: [name_f]Isadora[/name_f], [name_f]Isabella[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Olive[/name_f], [name_f]Willow[/name_f], [name_f]Hallie[/name_f] [name_f]Nova[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_u]Logan[/name_u], [name_u]Hunter[/name_u], [name_f]Jessamine[/name_f], [name_f]Imogene[/name_f], [name_u]Kelsey[/name_u], [name_f]Zoe[/name_f], [name_f]Nora[/name_f], [name_f]Nina[/name_f], [name_u]Bryn[/name_u], [name_f]Cassie[/name_f], [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f], [name_f]Beth[/name_f], [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_u]Dakota[/name_u], [name_u]Dana[/name_u], [name_f]Ashlyn[/name_f], [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], [name_f]Fiona[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], any form of [name_u]Haley[/name_u], [name_u]Dylan[/name_u], [name_f]Caylie[/name_f], [name_f]Gabriella[/name_f], [name_u]Alex[/name_u], [name_u]Phoenix[/name_u], Evening, Day, Silence, Astrid, Celeste, most Y names, or anything I can’t use but like.

Boys: Anything I can’t use but like, [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_m]Ethan[/name_m], [name_m]Daniel[/name_m], [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m]/[name_m]Pierre[/name_m], [name_m]Norman[/name_m], [name_u]Blake[/name_u], [name_u]Logan[/name_u], [name_m]Ludwig[/name_m], [name_m]Luciano[/name_m], [name_m]Feliciano[/name_m], [name_m]Tobias[/name_m], [name_u]Francis[/name_u], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]Edwin[/name_m], [name_u]Phoenix[/name_u], [name_m]Eric[/name_m], [name_m]Lukas[/name_m], [name_m]Louis[/name_m], [name_u]Dallas[/name_u], [name_m]Rick[/name_m], [name_u]Chase[/name_u], [name_u]Cade[/name_u], [name_u]Colby[/name_u], [name_m]Connor[/name_m], [name_u]Dylan[/name_u], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], Günther, [name_m]Liam[/name_m], [name_m]Jonas[/name_m], [name_m]Joshua[/name_m], [name_u]Kennedy[/name_u], [name_m]Malcolm[/name_m].