I’ve got a few:
Girls
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]-I’ve loved this name since circa 2001. Although since about 2015 every other baby I meet is called [name_f]Adelyn[/name_f]. And I have come to dislike [name_f]Addie[/name_f] because of it too…or at least not be super happy w/having a child called [name_f]Addie[/name_f]. I don’t dislike it that much.
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]-Our super close friends have a dog named this (whom I love!.) I think I’d probably still use it, but would possibly hesitate.
[name_f]Estella[/name_f]-Dh has a cousin w/a kid named this. Actually [name_f]Estelle[/name_f] nn [name_f]Stella[/name_f]. We never see the mom & don’t much care for her. And honestly second cousin names have already been repeated, because his family is so huge. Soooo, maybe I’d still use it.
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]-Dh just hates it. Some of my names he either likes or is lukewarm too, but he really dislikes this one for some reason.
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]-I don’t have a huge problem w/the teenage activist lady, but I feel like this name is too associated w/her now.
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]-I think it’s so pretty, but as hard as I try I can’t get into [name_u]Josie[/name_u]. And I feel it may be somewhat unavoidable.
[name_f]Lilia[/name_f]-My mom named her cat this. Which is fine, because we have one in the family! We discovered the love for this name together while watching the gymnastics in the '96 Olympics.
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]-I don’t know about this one. My main hesitation is that there aren’t any nns. Oh, & dh doesn’t like it. : /
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]-We have friends w/a little one named this. We rarely see or talk to them anymore, so I think it’d be okay.
Boys-
[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m]-It’s so so cute, but I don’t think I’m brave enough. It’s just a little out there.
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]-There are three of these in dh’s family already, plus it’s the name of his childhood dog. Two of the human [name_u]Charlie[/name_u]'s aren’t that awesome of people either.
[name_m]Colm[/name_m]-It’s my absolute favorite, but the pronunciation is just too difficult. Maybe if I lived in [name_f]Scotland[/name_f].
[name_m]David[/name_m]-It’s my late father’s name, so I’d like to use it for that reason. But also the name of Dh’s brother & nephew. And they have the same last name as us, & we see them all of the time. Plus, I don’t much care for [name_m]Dave[/name_m].
[name_u]Elliott[/name_u]-Dh’s best friend is named this, & I think it’d be okay/maybe kind of cool to use it. But I don’t like how it doesn’t have any nns & I’d be tempted to call a little [name_u]Elliott[/name_u] ‘[name_f]Ellie[/name_f]’. It’s too girly.
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]-Dh kind of hates it. Although not as much as [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] & [name_f]Pearl[/name_f], so who knows.
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]-Already two in the family…one a nephew who we see a bunch & one an uncle who’s not very nice. Plus, I don’t like [name_u]Pat[/name_u]. I love Patch though.