A different kind of Name POLL

michelle142 · July 2011

What is a name you love, but would never use?

Why?

PrestonMk · July 2011

I love Abigail (Abbie) but wouldn't use it because that was the name of my dog growing up... I would probably start saying things like Good Girl Abbie! and rub her belly!

Lexie Marie · July 2011

Bentley - because I can't picture a 25 or 40 year old man name Bentley. I feel like it is a adorable child name...but as they grow up ...then what?!

Cherryblossoms07 · July 2011

Brynn - It is the name of my parent's dog.

lageorgiapaperie · July 2011

Before we found out we were Team Blue I had this feeling of regret for naming my cat Pearl! I think it would be a great name, but we couldn't very well have 2 Pearl's in our house!

Fortunately, I dogged a bullet this time around .

michelle142 · July 2011

I have a few:

I love Isabella (Bella), but I would never use it because Twilight has skyrocketed it to popularity. There would be about 20 Bellas with the kid in school.. lol

I like Natalie and Hannah, but those names have been used (multiple times) in our families in the last couple years. I want something more original I guess.

I like Drew for a boy, but it sounds awful with our potential middle name and our last name. It's a tougue twister and just to hard to say!

michelle142 · July 2011

Lexie Marie:
Bentley - because I can't picture a 25 or 40 year old man name Bentley. I feel like it is a adorable child name...but as they grow up ...then what?!

I feel that way about Emma. I love the name and it's super cute, but it doesn't sound like a "grown up" name.

EvenAngelsFall · July 2011

Lexie Marie:
Bentley - because I can't picture a 25 or 40 year old man name Bentley. I feel like it is a adorable child name...but as they grow up ...then what?!

Totally agree with this! Not to mention the whole 'Teen Mom' association with it now!

MrsT2008 · July 2011

Charles nn Charlie

My grandfather's name is Charles (goes by Chuck) and to be honest, I wouldn't ever want him thinking we named a child after him. We just don't have that kind of relationship

domesticatedhuman · July 2011

Well I really love the name Madeline, but we can't really use it because there was a famous missing child case in England where the little girl was named Madeline. Now whenever someone hears that name they think of her. I guess it's kind of like how Caylee will be viewed in the US!

belle785 · July 2011

Lexie Marie:
Bentley - because I can't picture a 25 or 40 year old man name Bentley. I feel like it is a adorable child name...but as they grow up ...then what?!

We will be using Bentley if we have a boy. I was kind of worried about it with the Teen Mom association, but really I don't care and the Teen Mom show is going to be over sooner than later. Plus, I don't think many people that I know IRL watch the show. As a grown man, our son (if we have a son) can be called Ben. But as a child, I will be darned if someone starts calling him Ben.

The one name that I absolutely LOVE for a girl that we will not be using is Ava. It's in the top 5 for name popularity and I just have a feeling it's going to end of being the "Sarah" of my time.

Jerzee1974 · July 2011

Kahlil - after Kahlil Gibran - it just seems like everyone would screw it up trying to say it and never give my poor kid a moment's peace in his life.

Dalton - after Dalton Trumbo - also a cool name but no way of shortening it so that it sounds cute. And mixed wtih my last name it is too easy to sound like a drunkard....

Salome - after a beautiful friend of mine that died from cancer a few years back...but she said it herself - the name was a source of issue her whole childhood with people calling her salami

mrsabp · July 2011

I could never use Matilda, because my IL's have a dog who I thought was named maddy, but FIL has been calling her Matilda lately!

I could also never use Polly, even though I love the name it would sound terrible with out last name!

indomesticbliss · July 2011

Brita - water filters ruined it for me

cutcopypaste · July 2011

I absolutely love the name Christian for a boy but could never use it because I am atheist. It means follower of Christ and I would just feel weird using it.

rubyjem00 · July 2011

I love the name Wren for a girl. It doesn't meet DH's one requirement for a girl's name, which is that it has 3 syllables. I can also see the child being made fun of. But I think that it is such a beautiful name.

Blondie3328 · July 2011

I have so many! I can't use them either bc my DH hates them or they don't go w/our long, Italian last name:

Girls: Tatum, Tabitha, Ashton

Boys: Tristan, Asher, Ryder, Chase, Gavin

klafle3 · July 2011

lageorgiapaperie:
Before we found out we were Team Blue I had this feeling of regret for naming my cat Pearl! I think it would be a great name, but we couldn't very well have 2 Pearl's in our house!
Fortunately, I dogged a bullet this time around .

I love the name Pearl! It's on our short list.

kwinkle1980 · July 2011

I love nature names, like Sage, Jade, River, etc. I LOVE those names and they are pretty well-recieved where I live, but they simply don't work with our last name. I have a noun for a last name which makes things pretty difficult.

rockychryslerb2010 · July 2011

Now that we know we're having a boy, I'm having a hard time with boy names! There are lots of boy names I like, but they are also the names of my high school boyfriends! I like the name Drew, Dominic and Joshua, but all three were high school boyfriends. Maybe the won't care or even think about it, but I would be mortified if they (or anyone else) thought we named our son after them, or even made the association. I am friends with most of them on Facebook, so it would get around. I haven't crossed them off my list completely (yet), but I'm not sure what to do!

lbparadis · July 2011

Olive. I LOVE the name, but my last name is pronounced like burger. I don't want her to be confused with a food. I have an ironic annoying name now that I'm married and all my employees call me cheese. I wish I would have seen that one coming!

Kristihotgurl33 · July 2011

i always wanted to name my kid Bently Ryan but would never do it esp after the show teen mom lol

kathryn02 · July 2011

Breanna Paige I love this name, but it was a name that me and my ex talked about so I wouldn't feel right about naming my little girl this b/c I would just think of him..BLAH!

ashtonsuzanne · July 2011

There are so many!! Most of them we don't want to use because we know people with that name. These are just a few that I can think of off the top of my head that we can't use.

Boy: Landon, Eric, Seth, Matthew, Logan,

Girl: Madeline (nn Maddie which is my dog's name), Samantha, Vanessa,

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