Baby names you can't use

bourk997 · December 2010

What baby name do you LOVE but can't really use for one reason or another?

I have always loved Andrew and Ryan. We went to school with an Andrew that I literally had nightmares about showing up to our wedding, and my husband has 5 friends named Ryan.

alltwistedup · December 2010

Gweneth, our last name ends with eth and it sounds so lispy.

SailorGray · December 2010

Andy - it's my ex's name and I know my H would never go for it. I just like the name.

BelleBaby · December 2010

Jack and Luke. Our LN starts with a hard "c" so you lose the ending of the FN when you say them together.

moonfaerie · December 2010

Marissa, because our last name starts with M and we didn't want double initials. That really stinks, cuz it's one of the very few girl names both DH and I like. Adrienne, Taryn, Natalia, Avery, and Cassandra, all because DH doesn't like them. Audrey or Audra, because my step-daughter's name is Aubrey.

Should we ever have a son, I love Dominic and Adam. Neither work with our last name. Dominic rhymes with it, and Adam M------ runs together too much. (Plus my DH's half-brother has a son named Adam. He has a different last name that flows much better!)

iteachk · December 2010

LOL. Andrew & Ryan are two of my fave boys names. Fortunately, I CAN use them.

I love the name Ben, but it doesn't go with our last name at all. Mia is my favorite girl name, but DH hates it.

redhotchili83 · December 2010

Gideon - our last name starts with a G.

Julian - I had a little firestarter in my class last year with that name.

davis0905 · December 2010

Not that we're planning to have any more children...but if I were...

Gabriella--one of my fave girl names but my cousin named her daughter this so now I feel like I would be copying.

Ashby-love this as a girl or boy name, but it's the name of my ex-boyfriend from college.

Soon2BMrsN · December 2010

A lot of the boy names I like end with the letter "n" and sound weird with our last name. So no Holden, Hudson, Truman, etc.

hisaak · December 2010

Most names that end in an short "a" sound are out because of our last name ... a few work, but not many. Cancels out a lot of great names!

That and Lucy. Lucy, Lucia, Lucianna ... I absolutely love them all. And DH hates them with a passion.

Chrysallys · December 2010

I had tons. They were all names of former hellion students. Brody, Nicholas, and Jeffrey in particular make my skin crawl and think of future psycho killers.

jesssy1204 · December 2010

BOYS:Brock, Brody, Ryder, Ryker

GIRLS:Chloe

wellfleet04 · December 2010

ITeachK:
LOL. Andrew & Ryan are two of my fave boys names. Fortunately, I CAN use them.

I love the name Ben, but it doesn't go with our last name at all. Mia is my favorite girl name, but DH hates it.

My kids are Kate and Ben!

I loved Georgia, but DH hated it. For boys, I LOVE Thomas but loathe Tommy and Tom, and I know it would be shortened, so I didn't use it.

P&E2009 · December 2010

Weird. My DS is Ryan and if we have another boy he will be Andrew (Drew). So those are my favorite boy names too!

To answer your question, I cannot use Mallory or Lukas and I love both. They both sound terrible with my last name. I like Jonah and Reid for a boy too, but DH hates both. My favorite girl name is Corinne, but the most common nickname is Cori and even though I would resist it, if people called her that it would rhyme with my last name. Dang my last name ruining everything!

Starlette1983 · December 2010

I really like the name Christian, but it is my ex's name. And we were together for about 6 years and went through a lot of stuff (mostly bad) together. So that is out!