What are some names that you like despite disliking similar names or similar themes? What is it that won you over, or do you really have no idea why?
Examples:
As a rule, I don’t like place names, but dispite this love the name [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]. It’s classic and pretty but interesting. This one is a double whammy because I’m also not too fond of [name_f]Ada[/name_f] names.
I also tend not to like -lyn/-lin names, but love [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f]! It’s similar to long term favourites [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] and [name_f]Katrina[/name_f] and has the nickname [name_f]Katie[/name_f] which I love, but is a bit more trendy than both.
[name_m]How[/name_m] about you, berries? 
I more have categories:
“Unisex” names: [name_u]Hadley[/name_u], [name_u]Parker[/name_u], [name_u]Brady[/name_u], [name_u]Harper[/name_u], [name_u]Addison[/name_u], [name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f], [name_u]Eden[/name_u]. I’m generally not into unisex (or masculine) names on girls at all, but I love these.
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] names: I hate [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], but I love [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] names! Particularly [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], but I also really love [name_f]Lucina[/name_f] and [name_f]Lucilla[/name_f]. And maybe it’s just [name_f]Lu[/name_f]//[name_u]Lou[/name_u] names in general–I love [name_f]Luella[/name_f] and [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], too.
[name_f]Rosie[/name_f]: I hate just [name_f]Rose[/name_f], and used to hate a ton of [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] names, but I love [name_f]Rosie[/name_f]! I do love [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f], Rosebud, [name_f]Rosabelle[/name_f], and [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], though. [name_f]Primrose[/name_f], too.
I hate the nickname [name_f]Rosie[/name_f], but adore all [name_f]Rose[/name_f]-names. [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Rosaline[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f], [name_f]Primrose[/name_f], etc. I’d name a kid [name_f]Rose[/name_f] in a heartbeat if I could guarantee that no one would ever call her [name_f]Rosie[/name_f]! :rolleyes:
I also tend towards fancy Regency-style names, but I secretly love weird names, like [name_u]Blue[/name_u] or [name_f]Tuesday[/name_f].
I love the name [name_m]Kane[/name_m], even though I could never use it because of [name_m]Cain[/name_m] in the Bible.
I also love [name_m]Lucius[/name_m], but [name_m]Lucius[/name_m] Malfoy and [name_m]Lucifer[/name_m] pretty much ruin my chances of using it.
I would fall head over heels in love with the name [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f], if only I didn’t hate the name [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]/[name_f]Sera[/name_f]; the nickname most people are likely to call her. I hate boys names on girls but love previously-boys-names-that-went-to-the-girls-but-should-come-back-to-the-boys names. For example: I love [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], [name_u]Madison[/name_u], [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Lauren[/name_f] and [name_u]Clare[/name_u] for boys. I have a similar experience with the name [name_f]Avalon[/name_f]. I thought it was a boys name (having met a boy called [name_f]Avalon[/name_f]) and when I searched it on Nameberry it was only listed as female…
I like the name Daveigh, even though I really disliked it, its grown on me. My sister used the name, although she spelled it differently.
Meeting someone I genuinely adore can make me instanty fall in love with their name, which is why I’m so much warmer now to Aaron, Nathaniel/Nate, Henry, Noah, Chloe, and Campbell, even though none of them (except maybe Nate) are particularly my style- they’re the names of my friends, and my friends are wonderful, so I think their name is wonderful too.
However, this same rule has also made me fall in love the name Tiger, because it’s the name of one of my really good friends. It used to actually be in my signature before I realized that Porter fit better and was also less outlandishly weird. But hey, I saw someone with the name Wolf at my school yesterday: maybe Tiger will soon rejoin the namefaves fold.
Oh, also, female names on boys, i.e. Kelsey, Ashley, Danielle. No idea why.
Interesting thread!
One of my favorite boy names is [name_u]Flynn[/name_u]. I honestly think if I had a son today I would strongly consider using it. But I’m SO MAD AT MYSELF for loving it! I don’t normally like surnames as first names, it’s very “trendy,” I don’t like that it’s a character in Tangled, and it’s very short. Its meaning also has something to do with redheads, which I am not. And funny enough, I hate [name_u]Finn[/name_u]. I have a hard time liking boy names in general but I love the sound of [name_u]Flynn[/name_u], it just feels good to say and look at for some reason.
I also love the name [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], but I hate every other name that ends with a “bee” sound. [name_u]Ruby[/name_u]'s not even very pretty to say out loud, and yet I really love the image it conjures for me, a beautiful deep red stone. It’s not my usual style at all though.