What are your "guilty pleasure" names/ name combos?

oneblessedmess

So we just had our little girl Gianna in July. H wants to have the next one by December of next year (yeah okay, honey) so we've talked about names in passing. Surprisingly, we both are loving one girl name in particular- Genevieve. I've always said I could never do alliteration or anything too matchy so of COURSE that's the name we currently like! Haha. Luckily it's not a problem if we have a boy next- We like Elliott.

How about you all?

mrstrax

We do names we love but wouldn't choose for a real child for pets. That said, I know these are names people on here like, so please don't be offended - it's just names we wouldn't pick
So far we have had Lawrence, Eloise and Cordelia (hamsters). We'll see if the same trend sticks when we eventually get a dog.

wassuphoes

Two of my favorite names of all time are Adeline and Emily. I won't use them because I think they are too popular, but I still love them.

I get a lot of my GP names out of my system by using them for characters, either of my own creation or video games. I've been playing Monster Hunter 4. In this game, you get kitty companions called Palicos to help you hunt monsters

Currently in my roster I have Horst, Johannes, Lenora, Liselotte, Lawrence, Thaddeus, Hilde, Marius, Renard, Benedikta, and about 20 others. 

ashleyandely

If I have another girl my favorite names are Marceline (from adventure time.. the vampire queen) and Cassiopeia, which is such a mouthful. I love them both but don't know if I could actually do it. For a boy my GP name is Fearchar but definitely in the middle name spot...

libby+nate

I LOVE Sunny for a girl, but could never actually pull the trigger. I considered it though!
Boys GP
Wilder (sounds too much like DD Piper)
Dexter (serial killer ruined it for me)
Oakley (my moms home town)

dramaphile

Kelly for a boy. I love it so so much, but I just can't do it.

Girls:
Aurelia
Aria
Guinevere
Liesel

solitude1984

I love, love, love the name Karliah for a girl, but don't think I could give my child that name .... I mean, I first heard it in a video game lol.

I also love Emma, Emily, Sophia, Maya, Liam, and Lucas, but they are just too popular for my liking.

aprilbaby2014

libby+nate said:

I LOVE Sunny for a girl, but could never actually pull the trigger. I considered it though!
Boys GP
Wilder (sounds too much like DD Piper)
Dexter (serial killer ruined it for me)
Oakley (my moms home town)

I taught 2 sisters named Su.nny and T.eddi ... Side eyed at first, but I definitely took to them after awhile

penelope4612

I love the name Daenerys from GoT.  Could never do it in real life though.

Zimger

My guilty pleasure names are not all odd but I had my reasons for not choosing them.

I really wanted to name a boy Jeordie Michael but didn't because the names came from my favorite band. I didn't want to force my interest on my kiddo. Although our second son was thisclose to being named Michael.

I also liked Jonas Orion (again my interest favorite book character/astronomy).

Names I came up with for my second son that I liked but couldn't get my husband on board with were.

Orson
Kai
Stellan

CharmBombExplosion

penelope4612 said:

I love the name Daenerys from GoT.  Could never do it in real life though.

This! I think it's so pretty and I love the nn Dany, but would absolutely never use it. Maybe for our next pet though!

Gingermom15

dramaphile said:

Kelly for a boy. I love it so so much, but I just can't do it.

Girls:
Aurelia
Aria
Guinevere
Liesel

I actually had class with a guy named Kelly a few years ago. He was never made fun of and was super nice. Everyone liked him. I think it should make a come-back as a male name.

vercatosso

I have an ancestor who was named Sophronia Rose. I think Sophronia is so, so gorgeous (I would totally have Sophie as the nn), but it's so foofy and long that I just don't think I should use it. I'll always love it, though!

MamaBish

Fruit names. Peach, Apple, Cherry

herewegrow

sarahgn said:

dramaphile said:

Kelly for a boy. I love it so so much, but I just can't do it.

Girls:
Aurelia
Aria
Guinevere
Liesel

I actually had class with a guy named Kelly a few years ago. He was never made fun of and was super nice. Everyone liked him. I think it should make a come-back as a male name.

My husband's middle name is Kelly, it's a family name. He never got made fun of, even before he was a big, hulking man (he was ridiculously puny and shy as a kid, late bloomer). We would've used it for a boy.

sorarose

I love the name Juliet for a girl and Judah for a boy, but they won't be happening.

bbiutmcph

Just don't work with our surname and heritage

Crispin
Dimitri
Hector
Paloma


Aria and Winter are total GP. Aria is just too trendy and I would only use Winter in the mn spot but neither will happen.

hockeyfan42

My guilty pleasure names are tame, but DH side eyes the crap out of me.

Harper, Parker, Emma, Chloe and Jackson.

beaarthur4

Mary Jane. So sweet but too linked to marijuana.

2-Step

I love Luca, but have zero Italian heritage. I also look like I could very well be Italian so I feel like people would automatically assume the kid is Italian and that would be something he would get asked about his whole life and have to explain that no he is not Italian. I also love Seraphina and Luciana. 

Zimger

Oh and if it was just me I might have named my youngest Beckett. My husband was said it sounded too much like bucket.

Jess0813

Zimger said:

Oh and if it was just me I might have named my youngest Beckett. My husband was said it sounded too much like bucket.

My maiden name was beckett and i definitely heard bucket alot!

MoreKittens

Greek mythology names. Definitely not Greek and DH has vetoed all of them, but man, I love them.

Scornelius

I'm a total hippie at heart. I love Juniper, Clover, Marigold, Sage, Aries, Luna... I really want to use Luna, but our last name starts with C. She'd be Luna C. That sounds like a marvel villain! (Though honestly, that kind of makes me like it even more.)

groovylocks

Guilty pleasures? Gilligan, Jocasta, Juno, Amadeus, griffin, pixie, birdie. They're terrible. And I love them.

mylilwildflower

Scornelius said:

I'm a total hippie at heart. I love Juniper, Clover, Marigold, Sage, Aries, Luna... I really want to use Luna, but our last name starts with C. She'd be Luna C. That sounds like a marvel villain! (Though honestly, that kind of makes me like it even more.)

I love these so much! *swoon*

gingercatNJ

I love Violetta, but my husband would never go for it. (It's from the name of the band that did the 'Angel' theme...)

Maybe if we get a second dog.

Knottie23738778

Harley Quinn (yes from batman) Braxton Beckett (my H and I cannot agree which gender that would be for) Eloise, Jonah (our last name has Hill in it) can't be Jonah __hill

Jessie42613

Ocean, for a little girl. It's still a contender for middle name, but definitely not first name.

cwbarrey

Botanical-like or vintage old lady-like names...

Fern

Hazel

Pearl

Flora

Violet

Names to honor favorite scientists...

Nikola

Tesla

Curie (Madame Curie)

Darwin

Or just cool old dudes...

Connery

Franklin

Carlin

Wilson

Harrison

But yeah, I'm not allowed to use any of them for our LO.   Future cats on the other hand....

Zaphina

ashleyandely said:

If I have another girl my favorite names are Marceline (from adventure time.. the vampire queen) and Cassiopeia, which is such a mouthful. I love them both but don't know if I could actually do it. For a boy my GP name is Fearchar but definitely in the middle name spot...

I love Cassiopeia, too, but it's so long! Also a fan of Saoirse, but I know everyone would butcher it in the US; I didn't know how to pronounce it until I saw it online, either.

maddaddam

I looooove Cassiopeia. I also love Calliope, and would maybe actually use that one but hubs vetoed it. Miranda and River are names we both really like as references to Firefly, but would never use. Maybe on pets.

For boys I love Elijah and Gabriel, but they're just way to biblical for me in real life.

klirwin82

Zaphina said:

ashleyandely said:

If I have another girl my favorite names are Marceline (from adventure time.. the vampire queen) and Cassiopeia, which is such a mouthful. I love them both but don't know if I could actually do it. For a boy my GP name is Fearchar but definitely in the middle name spot...

I love Cassiopeia, too, but it's so long! Also a fan of Saoirse, but I know everyone would butcher it in the US; I didn't know how to pronounce it until I saw it online, either.

Love Saoirse, it was top of our girl name list but we had a boy. Also like Siobhan and our other consideration was Aoibheann. Everyone already pronounces our last name wrong so we didn't particularly care if they don't get the first name either. And honestly, if you have no idea how to pronounce Siobhan, which isn't *that* rare, then you need to work on your literacy. Or worldliness. Or something.

maddaddam

And honestly, if you have no idea how to pronounce Siobhan, which isn't *that* rare, then you need to work on your literacy. Or worldliness. Or something.

Lol. Agreed.

carajeanp37

Lennon for a girl. Def gonna use it for a dog someday..

Aspen
Ivy
Clover

When we were naming my LO I was forbidden from bringing up names that are also plants haha

lm45678

carajeanp37 said:

Lennon for a girl. Def gonna use it for a dog someday..

Aspen
Ivy
Clover

When we were naming my LO I was forbidden from bringing up names that are also plants haha

Love Lennon for a girl, DH vetoed though.

MarchABC

Boomer and Bear for a boy. Clearly not real names but somehow fun for me. Definitely dog names.

MrsM00re87

Mine would prolly be Horizon for a girl. I don't think I could do it though - too odd, celeb like. Oh well one can dream.

blockedrose

Oh my....I have so many of these.
Girls:
Britani (bri-taw-knee)
Morrigan ( dragonage)
Eowyn (LOTR)
Troy (star trek)
Dax (stark trek)
Hel ( norse goddess)

Boys:
Talon
Tebais
Jayne (firefly)
Gwydion
I really love some of these, but know they will never work. Sadly this just a small sampling of the names I love but could never use.

kns1988

I love the name Caroline, but all the Carolines I know have had to deal with "Sweet Caroline" comments their whole lives. I couldn't do that to my kid! I don't know if that song is just super popular in my area because of football or if it's popular everywhere.

yogahh

groovylocks said:

Guilty pleasures?

Gilligan, Jocasta, Juno, Amadeus, griffin, pixie, birdie.

They're terrible. And I love them.

I thought I was the only one with Jocasta on my list. When we read Oedipus Rex in hs, I feel in love with Jocasta. My mom was making fun of me recently about that one.

My cats name was Henry. Makes me lol when I see it on top baby name lists now because I can only associate it with a cat. He died two years ago and was my baby. I've actually asked DH if it would be weird to name our baby after the cat. I was vetoed