Thread for names you would use but: someone used it before you, you know someone you don’t like with it, a pet is named it, and so on haha
[name_f]Becca[/name_f] - my sis
[name_u]Jack[/name_u] - my dog
[name_u]Arden[/name_u] - relative
[name_f]Laura[/name_f] - too many friends named
there’s a few, but the one that hurts the most is nikola 
i think it’d be my favourite boy name if i didn’t have a brother called niko
Aw haha
Nikola’s cool!
I have some 
I would use all of these in a heartbeat. Some of these are semi-usable, but using them would still a bit eh.
Alexandra/ Aleksandra/ Alessandra/ [name_f]Andra[/name_f]
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f]
Adelaide/ Adeline/ [name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_m]Thor[/name_m]
[name_m]André[/name_m]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_m]Rikard[/name_m]
Names already used on my guinea pigs: Toby/Tobias, [name_u]Keats[/name_u], [name_m]Benvolio[/name_m], [name_m]Ambrosio[/name_m], [name_u]Fern[/name_u], [name_f]Hattie[/name_f], [name_f]Misty[/name_f], Saffie, [name_u]Peyton[/name_u], [name_f]Pippa[/name_f], [name_u]Finley[/name_u], [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m], PJ, [name_u]Ziggy[/name_u]
Names already used on people I know well (or names too similar to theirs): [name_f]Ada[/name_f], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Faye[/name_f], [name_m]Reuben[/name_m], [name_f]Lula[/name_f], [name_u]Kit[/name_u], [name_u]Dana[/name_u], [name_u]Tallie[/name_u], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Astrid[/name_f], [name_u]Alba[/name_u], [name_f]Estella[/name_f], [name_m]Lucian[/name_m]
[name_u]James[/name_u]. I would use [name_u]James[/name_u] but there are about 10 hundred million James’s in my area. still might use it as a middle name for a girl someday
Aaah @tallemaja I have the same problem!! [name_f]My[/name_f] top runner for boys would be [name_u]Nikola[/name_u] if my sister wasn’t named [name_f]Nikoleta[/name_f] (the name I actually chose for her as a big sister) 
The first that comes to mind is [name_f]Stella[/name_f]! It’s the name of a family member. I could perhaps use a variation (I do love Estela) but I think it’d have to stick to the middle spot if I did.
Could be a cute honour for your brother though!! I love Nikola!!
[name_u]Rose[/name_u]! I love [name_u]Rose[/name_u], but I have a younger cousin [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] so it is out of the picture. 
morgana is gorgeous and everything i love in a name… and also my cousin </3 i also love love love callisto and all the cleo names but they sound irreconcilably similar to my surname. also alexander sounds so so stunning and feels so perfect but i know !! at least forty to be honest !! unironically i know that many alexanders it makes me feel unwell
[name_m]Fyodor[/name_m] - if my brother hadn’t used it for his dog
[name_f]Galilea[/name_f] (as a middle) - we have a rabbit named [name_m]Galileo[/name_m]
[name_m]Binyamin[/name_m] - my husband’s best friend’s name. I love the guy, don’t get me wrong, but a direct honor would be a bit much and would make everyone uncomfortable
[name_f]Shoshana[/name_f] - SIL’s name
[name_f]My[/name_f] favourite Italian boy names are [name_m]Leandro[/name_m] and [name_m]Valentino[/name_m], and I also really like [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] since I was a child but my (second grade) cousin is [name_m]Valentino[/name_m], and Valentino’s sister is [name_f]Isabella[/name_f]. They are far cousins so it would not be a problem if i just used one of the two names but I like both!!
I also like [name_m]Matteo[/name_m] but I have a cousin named [name_m]Matteo[/name_m]. And it is too popular
I love the nickname [name_u]Mars[/name_u] for so many names, especially [name_f]Margalo[/name_f], [name_f]Margot[/name_f], [name_f]Marigold[/name_f], Marcelline - but I already used the name [name_u]Marlow[/name_u] nn [name_u]Mars[/name_u] on my dog, and he goes by [name_u]Mars[/name_u] often!
Oof there’s a lot, mostly because I know people with those names and they’re either 1) close family or 2) people I dislike
But one I’m stuck on tonight is [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] / [name_f]Katherine[/name_f]. I have an aunt with that name (strictly NC - she’s criminally stupid), but I’m happy to use it as a middle name as it’s my sister’s middle name (named after that aunt, yes, but I associate it with my sister more so now)
Why I feel like I can’t use it as a first name is purely down to the [name_u]Irish[/name_u] accent. Unfortunately, [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] is pronounced Catch-rinn here, and it cheapens the name significantly. Children with that name now are more often than not associated with the “dredges of society” (not my words).
[name_f]My[/name_f] accent is lovely, and all [name_u]Irish[/name_u] accents are lovely, but wow we can butcher some words when we feel like it 