Confession Time- What's your GP name?

greysweatshirt · September 2014

A pp got me thinking... what's your guilty pleasure name? (super trendy? overused? technically not a name?)

Boy: Cooper or Sawyer

Girl: Brinkley or Harlow

(sorry if this thread has been done before, I dont remember seeing something like it)

Helenahhandbasket · September 2014

I've also confessed that I really like the name Paisley for a girl. I think it's really sweet.

I also like Campbell (for a boy or girl) and Fletcher for a boy.

DaisyZH · September 2014

Girls:

Novalee (from Where the Heart Is)

Linley (from Heart of Dixie)

Shelayna (from an episode of Bridezillas - this was seriously my favorite girl name from ages 21-25)

ETA: Sutton for a girl, I think it's cute

Boys:

Bentley (DS almost had this as his mn)

Paxton

Mason (just super popular)

LaurenS865 · September 2014

I really love Parker for a boy. I just can't help it! I would never use it though.

jennypolkadots · September 2014

Boy: Atlas

Girl: Delphine

I also have a weird liking for Rachel and Caitlin. Would never use them but I like the sounds and feeling of saying both of those names.

Dr.Loretta · September 2014

I love these posts! We haven't done one in a long while.

Boys:

Donovan (DH hates because of Donovan McNabb)

Sverre (but we have no Norwegian ancestry, so it would be so dumb)

Odin (DH and BNB think this is too big/mythological)

Lionel (I adore this name for some bizarre reason, but it would be awful with our LN)

Campbell (family name I would love to use)

Girls:

Arabella (trivia fact: that was the Kennedys' first baby)

Campbell (see above)

Irene (my BFF's name)

Kendall (would go poorly with our LN)

brownmouse · September 2014

My GP name for this baby is Fox. I've been calling him Little Fox, and tried to convince DH to give him Fox as a second middle name... Hahahaha!

FakeFinn · September 2014

I've shared this before, but my guilty pleasure name is Elvis. For a girl.

jessicah628 · September 2014

Kennedy for a girl. Would never actually do it, but I secretly love it. Plus, I have a male cousin with the same name.

I don't know if it counts as a GP, but Molly is a favorite that I couldn't use because it's my parents' dog's name. I seriously considered it for about half a second.

Last would be Everly. A friend of mine named her daughter Everly years before Channing Tatum used it, and I always loved it. Hate that it's trendy now.

greysweatshirt · September 2014

I know a little girl named Kennedy... and I went to highschool with a Loren (male)!!

@brownmouse that's so adorable! I think Fox Mulder...

Salsera29 · September 2014

I wanted to use some of the kids' names from The Sound of Music...

Luisa
Brigite
Marta (I actually got this one on the list for awhile)
Friedrich

ETA the only reason we vetoed Marta is that people would have softened the t and pronounced it "Marda" which would have been unacceptable.

allthecheese · September 2014

I'm trying to figure out why ya'll wouldn't use Loren. for a boy. other than i wouldn't because I know so many. but it's so obviously boy imo that I'm not sure why you have to clarify lol i shudder when i see that spelling on a girl. when i see it spelled Lauren and pronounced the same way I am also somewhat disturbed because I am used to it being said Laur-en'

and I'd probably get flamed if I posted some of my GP names. beside those about half the names I like are too trendy for my use

4N6s · September 2014

Cruz.

Cricket Bug · September 2014

Jaxon. Yes, with an 'X'.

I love it. I hate that I love it. So glad that my dog doesn't know the difference.

BananaLettuce · September 2014

ramy3695 said:
Story and River for a girl. I know. So wrong.

I don't have a lot of real GP names. I love a lot of names that I wouldn't use for various reasons, but they're great names so not technically considered guilty pleasures.

Story and River OTOH. They're really not great names lol.

Omg! I thought I was the only person who liked Story! Maybe for a dog....Haha.

I also love Summer. My friends hate it.

lesliegolem · September 2014

So funny I love Loren too! But don't think I could ever use it. I agree Winter is one of my GP names. I thought about trying to use it as a middle name, but then I feel like its too hippyish for my husband. Also Juniper is another GP name, hubby actually agreed to using as a middle name but doubt we will. I love nature, hippy names.

genromeo · September 2014

Girl: Glynis

Luzianne (I know it's an iced tea. I still love it)

Alenna

Boy: Elet (just saw someone on American Ninja Warrior with this name and loved the way it sounded. Turns out it's not a name. Alas)

brooklynesque · September 2014

I hate that I kind of like Sloane and Hadley.

kris101983 · September 2014

I named my son Maddox four years ago and I still love it...Maddox Anthony

@Idani‌

kris101983 · September 2014

And my daughter is Hadley Nicole....this thread loves/hates the names I have for my kids...lol

@brooklynesque‌

saham07 · September 2014

I love Winter, Autumn, Tuesday , most months....like November and January also. Dash, Fitzgerald, Carmichael .......when I see this list, I can't believe it is me. I have five kids with normal , awesome names

ravinraven216 · September 2014

Prosper is my #1 guilty pleasure.

saham07 · September 2014

Idani said:

Oh, so so many . We do threads like this every now & then. It's always fun. Some of these names I would actually use, but there's NO WAY DH would let me, so I included them on the list.
Boy: Sage, Gale, Perrin, Gray, Gareth, Kelly, Robin, Evander, Aspen, Odin, Crosby, Quill, Hamish, Jupiter, Ciaran
Girl: Poppy, Haven, Hero, Juniper, October, Octavia, Hermione, Bronwyn, Ainsley, Winter, Teagan, Bay, Persephone, Aoife, Caoimhe, Elodie, Imogen, Eugenie, Freya, Niamh, Thisbe, Isolde
Our friends just used Odin!

my cousin named a boy Odin recently also.

Coconuthead · September 2014

For a girl: Coraline. We probably would have used it if ds had been a girl!

For a boy: Alvis. We may actually use this in the future, I know people may think they hear Elvis so that thought makes me hesitant but I love it and may use it anyway, given the opportunity.

frig05 · September 2014

I love Arabella for a girl, but our last name is long and DH thinks it would be too mic. He also said that he would think of Kristen Stewart and Twilight every time he heard it.

megbmeg · September 2014

So many! I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

Girls:
Delphine
Mathilde
Ursula ("little bear" is so cute, why is Ursula so un-cute?)

Boys:
Ajax
Hawthorne (mn probably)

queenbone · September 2014

Trinity. I used to love it so much. I'm aware it has a stripper vibe so I would never use it now.

zebrapanther1311 · September 2014

Girls
Marigold
Magnolia
Primrose
Lux
Poppy
Sailor
Ryan
Fable
Plum
Emily
Birdie

Boys
Wilbur
Ernest
Hamilton
Fox
Eden
Sullivan
Arrow

PhilsWife07 · September 2014

j&jNY said:

I'm trying to figure out why ya'll wouldn't use Loren. for a boy. other than i wouldn't because I know so many. but it's so obviously boy imo that I'm not sure why you have to clarify lol i shudder when i see that spelling on a girl. when i see it spelled Lauren and pronounced the same way I am also somewhat disturbed because I am used to it being said Laur-en'

and I'd probably get flamed if I posted some of my GP names. beside those about half the names I like are too trendy for my use

Thank you for knowing how to pronounce my name the correct way. I hate being called "Lor-en."

FakeFinn · September 2014

@HisGirlFriday929‌ Gioia is a name, it's pronounced the way you describe. It's Italian and means joy (I know, what a surprise

). So get it off your guilty pleasure list!

MarxieVonTrapp · September 2014

Esmerelda and Esperanza--neither DH nor I are Hispanic or Latin. But dear god, I love these names.

Poppy

Piper

Veronica

Charlemagne (I know, I know--when I was a kid I thought it was so pretty and so cool, and honestly, I still do).

Fitzwilliam

Orry

AlphabetFish · September 2014

Samwise... because of the Lord of the Rings character. My husband's is Shreoake, which is a girl name he made up.

We're only planning on having two children, but we have a deal that if there is a third by accident or design, they're getting one of those names in the middle name spot.

Caraluvs · September 2014

When I was younger, I fell in love with the name "D'Artagnan" from the three musketeers movie. Thought it was the most manly, amazing name in the world. I always said I'd name my son that someday. It didn't end up going with my married last name at all, otherwise I might have actually considered it.

Elsa1984 · September 2014

Girl: Harlow, Fiona, Alice, Phoebe, Clara, Penelope

Boy: Porter, Beckett, Pax, Finn

JSwinford · September 2014

Girl: Irie, Lorelai, Winter, Ainsley, Haven, Poppy, Juniper, Daisy, Melody, Hadley

Boy: Finn, Maddox (my tattoo artist's son's name and I LOVE it), Gray

If my DH had no say, this little girl would have such a hippie, flower child name.

==N== · September 2014

Ok, I'll say it. I like Leigh in girls names.

stahlop · September 2014

Love Vaughn for a girl.

Love Grey for a boy or girl.

BeachBum678 · September 2014

I watched a lot of Mr. Rogers when I was younger. The show had a cast member named Betty Aberlin, Lady Aberlin in the make-believe world, and little me misheard the name as Abrilyn. I always thought it was pretty and would make a great name for my first daughter, LOL.

Yes, I know it's not a real name. Yes, I know it's misspelled. No, I would never actually use Abrilyn as a name option. But I still think it's pretty and GP the crap out of it.

Duggan11 · September 2014

jessicah628 said:
Kennedy for a girl. Would never actually do it, but I secretly love it. Plus, I have a male cousin with the same name.

Kennedy is also my GP name. Lol husband loves it and we have met one girl Kennedy but.....yea

Duggan11 · September 2014

I can't manage quotes sorry.

Skrittens · September 2014

Boy- I am obsessed with the name Diego. And we are not a drop Spanish or Latin - we have a very English last name. My H just side-eyes me every time I mention it

Girl - Laci (yes, with an "i", hides...) or Bayleigh Blayze.

I also always thought I wanted twins and picked these unisex names (really boy) Blaine Dillon and Blake Jordan.

We are giving our son normal, English names. But I think I might start calling him Diego in utero.

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