Names you can't use

quartz02 · December 2015

What are the names that you love but can't use? (either due to association or rhyming, etc)

Mine:
Cora
Mara
Nora
Our last name ends in -ra and it's too "Julia Gulia" for me and DH. LOVE those names though.

DH & I are both from families with six kids and that takes a lot of names out of consideration for us, since I don't want a repeat of our siblings' names or this kid's cousins' names

Dominic
Gabriel
Michael
are the family names I'm most sad about not being able to use

chanfa · December 2015

My married last name is Ho... so anything that remotely sounds like a sexual innuendo is a no no haha

PinkLady2015 · December 2015

quartz02 said:

What are the names that you love but can't use? (either due to association or rhyming, etc)

Mine:
Cora
Mara
Nora
Our last name ends in -ra and it's too "Julia Gulia" for me and DH. LOVE those names though.

DH & I are both from families with six kids and that takes a lot of names out of consideration for us, since I don't want a repeat of our siblings' names or this kid's cousins' names
Dominic
Gabriel
Michael
are the family names I'm most sad about not being able to use

What about Coraline or Coralie?

PinkLady2015 · December 2015

I love the name Giselle but cringe thinking of her nickname being "Jizz"

Lchase04 · December 2015

I am obsessed with Avery and Audrey but our last name ends in a 'y' and the 'ee' sound so my husband is very much against anything that would have a similar ending. I'm still bitter about it because I don't see it being an issue ... oh well. I also love the name Liv but that's off the table as our niece is Olivia and everyone calls her Liv for short.

SparkySunshine · December 2015

Anything that starts with a W. My sister has 3 kids, all that start with a W, and it makes me feel like a W name we like is off the table.
We also like her DHs name, but for a girl. Weird to use it? Yeah, probably

jenkeale · December 2015

I wanted to name my DD Malia, but my mom apparently has a horrific association with that name. My mom is really involved in my babies' lives, so I won't ever use it. But I love it.

noelietrex · December 2015

Neices and Nephews and young cousins (no name swiping in a large family sucks!):

Sophia

Isabella

Nathan

Riley

Sadie

Emma

Talia

Ella

Samuel

Jacob

Aaron

Ethan

Madeline

Adeline

MrsRo731 · December 2015

PinkLady2015 said:

I love the name Giselle but cringe thinking of her nickname being "Jizz"

@PinkLady2015

dolewhipper · December 2015

Chlamydia.

It's a lovely sounding name, but I don't think I can use it.

vtulch · December 2015

Big family with lots of cousins and we can't use the same names:

Noah

Ella

Emma

Dylan

Emily

Mikah

Mikaela

Nathaniel

Jade

Liam

Jacob

Michael

Charlotte

Heidi

Gabriel

William

Sadie

Alexander

Laetitia

Steven

Jordan

sami1784 · December 2015

noelietrex said:

Neices and Nephews and young cousins (no name swiping in a large family sucks!):

Sophia
Isabella
Nathan
Riley
Sadie
Emma
Talia
Ella
Samuel
Jacob
Aaron
Ethan
Madeline
Adeline

noelietrex I know exactly what you mean about a large family. When I was pregnant with DS, we were in the predicament that every name we liked, I had someone either on my mom's side or my dad's side (both are huge!) with that name. This time, we're just going with what we like, and if someone already has used that name, oh well... that just means it's a very nice name!

TattoosandLace · December 2015

SparkySunshine said:
Anything that starts with a W. My sister has 3 kids, all that start with a W, and it makes me feel like a W name we like is off the table.
We also like her DHs name, but for a girl. Weird to use it? Yeah, probably

Same for us. I have two SILs and they have two kids each that start with the same letter. One family is Bs and one is Ks. I definitely felt awkward at first when a B name showed up on our list.

DD's name starts with a B, so one SIL jokes that our next has to start with a K to even it out.

Definitely nothing that starts with a J. I'm the oldest of six and we all have J names. My husband's name starts with J as well.

SparkySunshine · December 2015

@TattoosandLace I forgot my father and all his 5 siblings are S names, and me and my sisters are all A names. Haha, my family is special. I did use an A name for our DD though. Yes, my family asked if I was carrying on tradition. No, just no

Nerdchild · December 2015

For me it's names I associate with my childhood bullies; Amanda, Jessica, Shane.

Mark is out as well, my long term high school boyfriend, who is also one of my oldest and dearest friends, is named Mark.

My husband has also banned anything "ethnic sounding". When he said that my eyes almost rolled out of my head. It sucks because I love the name "Paloma".

knitmama · December 2015

After teaching for 9 years, so many lovely names have been ruined forever! It's hard enough for DH and I to agree on anything because we're both so stubborn. We have a cat named Kitty because we fought so long over naming him, that kitty just stuck. It's a miracle we named DD at all.

TattoosandLace · December 2015

@SparkySunshine oh dear! I can't tell you how many people asked if DD would have a J name. Not doing that to the poor kid!

Although, since DD's name is Blakeley, I feel like we can't have a Jane or Sarah.

Family members names that are obviously out are:

Jenna
Julia
Josie
Abby
Jane
Jade
Jennifer
Jenni
Jesse
Matthew
Michael
Jennifer
Brexton
Brennan
Karley
Kason
Jeanie

I'd love to name a son Liam after my dad (William), but DH hates the name.

ESchreinerWrites · December 2015

I am EXCLUSIVELY considering E- names. I'm Erin, husband Eric. DS - Eric. So I feel like we need t keep the trend going. Also, I really like to our names together all coming off of one big E on Christmas cards and such ... Anything but an E name would eliminate that option.

PugsandKisses · December 2015

Any Chris name. Michael, david, greg, Mathew, luke, john, mark.

sboston06 · December 2015

Our #1 boys name is Jacob which is dh's cousins name. It's not totally off the table but we'll have to do some serious thinking and talk with him about it. They are not close but I think it would be weird.

quartz02 · December 2015

Our DD's name (and mine) start with C. I don't want to be too Duggar-y.

ButterMyBiscuit · December 2015

Luckily everyone I hate just happens to be named something I would never consider. So yippee.

SparkySunshine · December 2015

@ButterMyBiscuit I think you may be my Internet crush, no creepiness intended! I find myself hitting "love tits" to just about everything you say. Too soon?

ButterMyBiscuit · December 2015

@SparkySunshine Um, NO! Bring on the creepy, internet bestie!

m8881 · December 2015

Emily
Tobias
Kitty

m8881 · December 2015

Sometimes not being able to use them for whatever reason just makes you want them more than you would if you could.

MsBeachNJ · December 2015

My grandmothers name is one that I love, but my older sister used the name, "Grace" as her daughters middle name... I want to use it for a girls middle name too if we have a girl... I can't decide if she'll be miffed by that or not (my sister). I mean, it wasn't HER name... its our late grandmothers... just because she had a baby first why does she get exclusive rights to it?

Similar situation is my other sisters middle name is my mothers maiden name... she said the other day "That name is MY name it is off the table" and that just made me mad... you don't OWN the name, I'd like to honor my parents, and my grandparents in some way with names so how can she just claim exclusive rights to it?

Elsa1984 · December 2015

**Whoops! Thought I was on the BNB. HAHA!.....but I will leave this here anyway since you ladies are talking about names. Better put my glasses on!**

Alice: My grandmother's American name (but she goes by Ali), that I cannot use because she will assume that I named the baby after her. She is not a grandparent I would name a kid after, but I love the name. I had to nix it.

Thomas: Love the name for first or middle, but it is my dad's deadbeat brother's name. He would know that the kid wasn't named after his brother, but it would still sting. So that is a no-go.

Otto: Hated it at first. My dad wanted it for my brother, but my mom wouldn't let him use it. My husband wanted it for our daughter, but I hated it at the time. Now it has grown on me, but we decided to use it for our dog. After our dog was named, we found out that my brother had it on a list for if they ever had a boy. But that seemed to be pretty even, as the name we had for a boy was used by them when they got a dog. HAHA

Other than that, I think that we are good to go. Most of the kids on both sides of the family have names that we would never pick in the first place.

LilLambie · December 2015

I'm a teacher so there are heaps of names I would never be able to use:

Ethan- I taught 4 of them this year and they all sucked.
Chelsea
Liam
Nathan
Tahni
Josh
Laurie
Amy
Tashe
Tyler
Jacob

Oh my list is huge. My kids are going to have to have weird names just so I won't teach anyone with the same name.

Schmooie730 · December 2015

@LilLambie - being a teacher is THE WORST when it comes to names! I have bad experiences with Ethans, too. No Jordan, no Nicholas, no Alexis, no Aiden, no Elizabeth. Thankfully I have always worked with very diverse groups of kids so there's not a TON of cross over of names I won't use.

KASG · December 2015

I'm not a fan of names that end in an "uh" sound (like JuliA, AliciA...) no offense. (My middle name has it though...)

Wanted Elizabeth for my daughter's middle name, but since we are naming her after my maternal grandmother (whom I never got to meet) DH suggested the middle name be HIS maternal grandmother's name (which, you guessed it: end in "uh" but oh well)

Want to name a boy David...DH wants a junior. I was saving David for boy #2 (assuming I have 2 of each) but now, that will either be nixed or my #1 name is out.

And, yes, teachers have it rough. Not that any of these were on my list, but Sophia/Sofia, Isabel, Gabriela, and Lesly/Leslie are definitely out.

I do like the names of the Greek muses though, but...that might get a little weird.

valleyvice · December 2015

I'm obsessed with the name Ariella for a girl but two people (hubby included) said it sounded too much like areola and that menacing little bratty kids will make fun of it.

My runner up was Ava Rose, but then I learned it's the name of a pornstar, who is apparently quite the prolific actress with a large internet presence. Damn it.

stillcozy · December 2015

When saw the title of this post I thought it was people claiming names and then others couldn't use those names

DobbysSock · December 2015

Theodore (nephew's name)

Stella (my dad's stepmom's name - she was really horrible to them so I couldn't do that to him, although I never met her and love the name)

Sasha (DH has a cousin with this name who caused some really horrible family drama)

Aurora (My dad's mom's name. She died when he was 2 but I think it's so beautiful. DD is Norah though and I'm not into rhyming)

juliagulia38 · December 2015

DS is Mason and DD is Morgan. Didn't plan on having another one but I guess we should stay with the "M" trend. My mom, MIL and sister are all teachers. So they have a lot of opinions.

These are the names we can't use:

Riley, Callie, Bailey(sisters dogs)
Avery Grace (niece)
Kameryn Mackenzie (niece)

Names are hard.

TattoosandLace · December 2015

I DIDNT EVEN THINK ABOUT NAMES THAT I CANT USE BECAUSE OF DOGS.

misschrist · December 2015

We have two with names that start with R. My in- laws are driving me nuts that we have to use an R for #3 but my husband and I are not fond of any other R names

TiffanyRickF · December 2015

Daniel/Danielle..(Danny) I love this name, but when I was 19 named my beloved doberman that and despite Danny passing 5 years ago (he got hot by car) everyone knew and loved Danny and knows that was my "kid" and would def look at me strange because they would think I was naming a kid after a dog. I loved that dog but dang it I still love that name! Cant use it

learned the hard way not to use your fav ppl names for pets! My dog i have now is Moose lol

KASG · December 2015

Luckily all my dogs were named Sherlock, Velvet, Mr. Puppy, and Frankie. And the cat was Marie. None of those were ever in consideration lol

StephLouise35 · December 2015

I don't think I have so much of a problem with names, just fussing ones that actually fit, or "work"

I just can't use these (cousins, niece)

Daniel
Sonya
Alexis
Sarah
Matthew

Good thing I'm more for unusual names!

MamaOlive · December 2015

Our last name rhymes with Tale, so we can't use anything ending in 'ale' or 'elle' without raising Dr. Suess characters.

Abigail
Isobel
Annabelle
Gabrielle

You get the gist. Sad, because I like all of the above.

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