Names you'd love to see on other people's kids?

General Name Discussion
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What are some names you’d love to see on someone else’s child, but not your own? Essentially, names you love but can’t see yourself using (but not guilty pleasures!).

Personally, my top one at the moment is [name]Solomon[/name] - I think it’s gorgeous, and so unusual, but I wouldn’t ever use it myself. I’d love to hear of someone else naming a son [name]Solomon[/name] though!

ETA: thought of another - [name]Fox[/name]! Preferably boy, but I think it would make a nice middle for a girl alongside a classic first name.

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[name]Lars[/name]. I think a few more children named [name]Lars[/name] in the world would be phenomenal! :slight_smile:

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I’m personally happy to hear anything that isn’t in the top ten, made up, or overly trendy.
I’ve recently heard:
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]-[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Sloane[/name]
[name]Erica[/name]
[name]Finn[/name]
[name]Nico[/name]

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[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Amy[/name]
Spike
[name]Ignatius[/name]
[name]Matthias[/name]
[name]Fletcher[/name]
[name]Aurelia[/name]
[name]Antonia[/name]

That’s it (for now)
[name]Aimee[/name]

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I have two user lists about this topic, one for boys’ names and one for girls! Here are some favorites that I can’t use:
Boys:
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Gordon[/name]
[name]Anders[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Stuart[/name]
[name]Calvin[/name]
[name]Ari[/name]
[name]Clayton[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Walker[/name]
[name]Edgar[/name]
[name]Bruno[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Rex[/name]
[name]Vaughn[/name]
[name]Arlo[/name]
[name]Cassius[/name]
[name]Cosmo[/name]
[name]Donovan[/name]
[name]Ferris[/name]
[name]Laszlo[/name]
[name]Remy[/name]
[name]Roscoe[/name]

Girls:
[name]Agatha[/name]
[name]Ayelet[/name]
[name]Ione[/name]
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Juno[/name]
[name]Lucia[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Pilar[/name]
[name]Lourdes[/name]
[name]India[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Amoret[/name]
[name]Ariadne[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Ingrid[/name]
[name]Isobel[/name]
[name]Diana[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Dahlia[/name]
[name]Tamsin[/name]
[name]Kerensa[/name]
[name]Margot[/name]
[name]Zelda[/name]
[name]Valerie[/name]
[name]Amabel[/name]
[name]Beverly[/name]
[name]Winona[/name]
[name]Claudia[/name]
[name]Hannelore[/name]
[name]Fairuza[/name]
[name]Thisbe[/name]
[name]Marlo[/name]

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I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Hazel[/name]. I’d really like to use it myself, but I feel like it’s gaining popularity and I try to stay away from names like that.
Other girls names I like are [name]Hollis[/name], [name]Ellis[/name] and [name]Emory[/name], but wouldn’t use bc of the similar sounding names of my other kiddies.
On a side note, my good friend has a son named [name]Atticus[/name] :slight_smile:

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I would love to hear:

[name]Juniper[/name]
[name]Romilly[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name] (DH says we can’t use it :()
[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]

[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Arlo[/name]
[name]Ferdinand[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Roscoe[/name]
:slight_smile:

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I would love to meet brothers named [name]Angel[/name] and Spike. That way I know I’m not the only one who’s entertained the idea (or, you know, is that obsessed). :wink:

I’d also love to meet a/an…

[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]
[name]Leopold[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Solomon[/name] (totally with you there, [name]Genevieve[/name])
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]August[/name]

[name]Juniper[/name]
[name]India[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Luna[/name]
[name]Sunny[/name]
[name]Zipporah[/name]

There are lots more of course, but those are the first that come to mind.

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Usually it’s names that used to be on my list (but have lost their sparkle for me) or names that my husband has vetoed.

Girls
[name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Brynn[/name]
[name]Erin[/name]
[name]Azalea[/name]
[name]Violetta[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]

Boys
[name]Archer[/name]
[name]Sterling[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]/[name]Teddy[/name]
[name]Stellan[/name]
[name]Brennan[/name]
[name]Sullivan[/name]

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These are all names that I [name]LOVE[/name], but for some reason or another will never use for my own child.
[name]Adair[/name]
[name]Annabel[/name] (I am lobbying so hard for a [name]SIL[/name] to use this!)
[name]Astrid[/name]
[name]Aurelia[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Dixie[/name]
[name]Greta[/name]
[name]India[/name]
[name]June[/name]
[name]Lorelei[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Ramona[/name]
[name]Tess[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name]
[name]Zara[/name]

[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Bruce[/name]
[name]Duncan[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Frank[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name]
[name]Kelly[/name]
[name]Rex[/name]
[name]Shepard[/name]

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Here are the names I would like to see on other babies (since my DH says we are “done”!) and other names I just like and have never met:
Girls:
[name]Polly[/name]
Aven
[name]Tuesday[/name]
Boys:
[name]Declan[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
I have some pretty well named friends and friends’ kids ([name]Thea[/name], [name]Sloane[/name], [name]Justine[/name]) so I can pull from them too!

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Girls
Kestrel
[name]Jemima[/name]
[name]Daffodil[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Juno[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name]
Poppaea
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Hero[/name]
[name]Marigold[/name]

Boys
[name]Barclay[/name]
[name]Lancelot[/name]
[name]Heathcliff[/name]/[name]Heath[/name]
[name]Asa[/name]
[name]Blaise[/name]
[name]Rhett[/name]
[name]Aubrey[/name]
[name]Hector[/name]
[name]Orlando[/name]
[name]Montague[/name]
[name]Basil[/name]

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I like the name [name]Quenby[/name] for a little girl. I think it’s cute and spunky, but can be grown into. DH hates it.

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[name]Thomasina[/name]!! I really like the name and a girl two years older than me in high school was named [name]Thomasina[/name]. She was super sweet.
Also:
[name]Anastasia[/name]-girl [name]Harlan[/name]- girl [name]Lennox[/name]-boy
[name]Asha[/name]-girl [name]Milo[/name]-boy [name]Breccan[/name]-boy
[name]Azalea[/name]-girl [name]Jasper[/name]-boy
@phoebesmom–My 1 year old neice is named [name]Greta[/name] [name]Rose[/name]. [name]Greta[/name] was on my long list but my older sister used it so I’ve switched to [name]Margaret[/name].[name]June[/name] and [name]August[/name] are also on my list. :slight_smile:
@amandachristine–[name]Walter[/name] and [name]Alice[/name] are also on my long lists. [name]Walter[/name] was my grandpas name
@dfunk98–>I also really like [name]Hollis[/name] for a girl
I actually know a [name]Solomon[/name], but he’s an adult. I think my older sisters did well naming thier kids. [name]Miles/name and [name]Greta/name and [name]Caroline/name and [name]Ian/name
And babies [name]Beatrice[/name], [name]Lydia[/name], [name]Persephone[/name], [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Skyler/name and [name]Cecelia[/name] were just born in my town, I know a lot of people on here like those names. However they were also joined by [name]Aubree[/name],2 [name]Mac/name(y)'s, 2 [name]Tate[/name]'s (boys) Aliannah, [name]Aiden[/name], [name]Deegan[/name] and Avyanna. And Jaesa [name]Jo[/name] who’s parent’s are Jerowen and [name]Joseph[/name]. This was all in the last 30 - 40 days. The hospital in town posts births announcements on their website and it’s continuously updating on a running 30 day system. So older entries drop off as new ones are added. It’s neat to look at and gives an idea of what your child’s future classmates will be named.

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I love less common botanical names. [name]Poppy[/name], [name]Amaryllis[/name], [name]Zinnia[/name], [name]Aster[/name], [name]Magnolia[/name], [name]Juniper[/name], [name]Marigold[/name] for girls and [name]Birch[/name], [name]Clay[/name], [name]Forest[/name], [name]River[/name], for boys

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I wish for more 3+ syllable exotic names… Nausicaa, [name]Calliope[/name], [name]Cassiopeia[/name], [name]Perdita[/name], [name]Olympia[/name], [name]Ekaterina[/name], [name]Jessamine[/name], [name]Godiva[/name], [name]Faustina[/name], [name]Emeraude[/name], [name]Domenica[/name], [name]Delphina[/name], [name]Ceridwen[/name], [name]Arianwen[/name], [name]Belicia[/name], [name]Aquilina[/name], [name]Quintina[/name], Rozalba, [name]Silveria[/name], [name]Titania[/name], [name]Zarina[/name], Eudoxia and [name]Zenobia[/name].

I’d also like to see more unusual boys names like Acheron, [name]Aragon[/name], Coriander, [name]Cedric[/name], [name]Dorian[/name], [name]Dashiell[/name], [name]Klaus[/name], [name]Indio[/name], Merrick, [name]Oberon[/name], [name]Orion[/name], [name]Peregrine[/name], [name]Salvatore[/name], Stelan, [name]Vittorio[/name], and [name]Zephyr[/name].

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Names I love but probably wont make the cut as a first name ( as I love too many names)

Girls: [name]Persephone[/name], [name]Ottilie[/name], [name]Marigold[/name], [name]Phillipa[/name], [name]Clemence[/name], [name]Elodie[/name], [name]Anais[/name], [name]Mae[/name], [name]Lilah[/name], [name]Freya[/name], [name]Winnie[/name], [name]Wendy[/name], [name]Ember[/name], [name]Saskia[/name], [name]Primrose[/name], [name]Vivian[/name], [name]Vera[/name], [name]Darcy[/name], [name]Genevieve[/name], [name]Larkin[/name], [name]Manon[/name], [name]Tenley[/name], [name]Rowena[/name], [name]Astrid[/name], [name]Acacia[/name], [name]Linnea[/name], [name]Beatrix[/name], [name]Lilou[/name], & [name]Harlow[/name], [name]Garbo[/name], [name]Tierney[/name] ( my hollywood surname trio).

Boys: [name]Dashiell[/name], [name]Soren[/name], [name]Tennyson[/name], [name]Elliot[/name], [name]James[/name], [name]Linus[/name], [name]Orson[/name], [name]Lennon[/name], [name]Atticus[/name], [name]Miles[/name], [name]Theodore[/name], [name]Oliver[/name], [name]Dexter[/name], [name]Finnegan[/name], [name]Darwin[/name], [name]Seamus[/name]

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Girl:
[name]Emerald[/name]
[name]Nebula[/name]
Skylark
[name]Nova[/name]
[name]Dream[/name]
[name]Echo[/name]
[name]Nirvana[/name]
[name]Unity[/name]

Boy:
Reznor
[name]Ocean[/name]
[name]Bodhi[/name]
[name]Jupiter[/name]
[name]Pacific[/name]
[name]Orion[/name]
[name]Darwin[/name]

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Some names I would love to see on a baby is:

Boys
[name]Guy[/name]
[name]Angus[/name]
[name]Briar[/name]
[name]Jules[/name]
[name]Leif[/name]
[name]Rune[/name]
[name]Whitley[/name]

Girls
[name]Phebe[/name]/[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Wilhelmina[/name]
[name]Misty[/name]
[name]Lilac[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name]
[name]Aviva[/name]
[name]Nadine[/name]

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Girls:

[name]Verity[/name]
[name]Wilhelmina[/name]
[name]Graciela[/name]
[name]Araceli[/name]
[name]Clea[/name]
[name]Alethea[/name]
[name]Milena[/name]
[name]Vashti[/name]
Menka
Annouk
[name]Xanthe[/name]
[name]Iseult[/name]/[name]Isolde[/name]
[name]Ekaterina[/name]
[name]Vittoria[/name]
[name]Alessandra[/name]
[name]Tejal[/name] ([name]TAY[/name]-zhel)
[name]Virginia[/name] nn [name]Ginny[/name] or [name]Ginger[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Salome[/name]
[name]Devorah[/name] nn [name]Devi[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Sophronia[/name]
[name]Maxine[/name]
[name]Roxanne[/name]
[name]Fairuza[/name]
[name]Elisabetta[/name]
[name]Bettina[/name]

Boys:

[name]Balthazar[/name]
[name]Byron[/name]
[name]Ruben[/name]
[name]Javier[/name]
[name]Cecil[/name]
[name]Ira[/name]
[name]Amos[/name]
[name]Abram[/name]
[name]Ephraim[/name]
[name]Cormac[/name]
[name]Gareth[/name]
[name]Homer[/name]
[name]Heath[/name]
[name]George[/name]