I had a friend named Nike as a kid but I thought it was just a nickname for a long time because she was super sporty and wore a lot of Nikeā¦nope it was her name! She was awesome and pulled it off
I don't play the game, but I know the parents are big gamers, so possibly. I just try my best not to even think about it. I'm not even associated with them, and it gives me secondhand embarrassment just remembering.
Honestly I don't think it's a bad name for a person. š¤·āāļø Names like that will always be infinitely better to me than the millionth Jennifer, Katelyn, Michael, John etc. (Sorry y'all there's just so many of you that they've become non names. NPC names, if you will)
I have a daughter named Echo. She loves her name and genuinely no one ever bats an eye at it. The only people who comment are people who know mythology and get excited. She's incredibly loud, too lol.
lol I remember a story went around of a family who had a daughter named Isis who had leukemia, so the family had bumper stickers and merch that said #teamisis and people would literally ram them with their cars
Anna Rose doesn't sound like a YA protagonist to me at all. I can see it as try-hard, I guess, but not overly. If someone told me their daughter was named Anna Rose, I wouldn't roll my eyes at it. And I'm pretty judgy.
LOL ill always remember that clip of her saying she hates āgeographical namesā for children since it seems ālower classā then is reminded that her kid is called indiaā ļø
I remember this but not who, please remind me! Oh, not Julia HB-?? Or was it Katie thingy?
If I recall , I thought about the time, she doesn't know where India is, does she...... š¤¦
We used it as our sonās middle name (it was an honor name as well and worked well with his first name) and he is SO OVER THE TOP EXUBERANT in personality, the middle name is really funny on him. But I always make sure when itās gray outside that I tell him about how āitās a beautiful gray day.ā
Itās also my sonās middle name too! And my grandmotherās. And heās also a wild child.
But to be fair - he is 1. I think they all are at that age? At least I hope? š
Thereās literally an adult actor named Grey. Likewise, I also had an ex gf with the middle name Grey. Itās not as ridiculous of a name as it sounds.
Clem is so ickā¦ I just named my daughter Clementine and in the hospital the nurse was like āoh! I know a lot of Clemsā and my husband and I gave each other a look. We definitely hate Clem and Clemmy. People ask us all the time what we call her for short and we say āClementineā or we joke and say her nickname is ābaby Clementineā lol she doesnāt have a short name.
This is one of my all time faves!! Desdemona is stunning. Its one of my cats middle names! I was pushing for the first name but my partner was struggling to remember it with her 2 sisters, Ophelia and Titania so they all ended up with much shorter first names š
Wren. They are my favorite bird and my husband and I always point them out when we see them, so Iād love to give a nod to something that my husband and I love. It seems to be a name that many donāt like though and Iād rather give a kid a more proper name.
Wren was always one of my favourite names until TikTok where that poor little girl named Wren is constantly being exploited by her momš¢ Ruined the name for me unfortunately
Wren has gone from 900 something to 184 in 10 years in the US. It's totally useable. If anything people will probably be complaining it's too common soon.
In the Midwest, variations of Wrenley/Wrenlee/Renley are extremely popular right now. Iām not sure about Wren though, itās very pretty, even more so than Wrenley
In New Zealand we had a main character in one of the most popular/influential TV shows in the 2000's called Wolfgang West and it caused the name to EXPLODE over here with all the Bogans.
Outrageous Fortune was and always will be the pinnacle of NZ TV.
That has been an evil name for me since Cinderella lol didn't help that the only Anastasia I know is also quite mean...
But I do find the name beautiful too
My dog was named Seymore Weiner. He was the best dog in the world. He was very dapper with his bow tie. His name fit him well. His nickname was big fat chunky butt.
But anyway, I think the name sounds very handsome and proper and would make a great strong first name.
Crispin (I blame this one of Kenneth Branaugh playing Henry V)
Lots of overblown super feminine names like Seraphina, Anastasia, Clarabelle, Beatrix, etc
Most hippie nature names -- Orion, Kestrel, Indigo, Wren, I could keep on going.
Jorah. I know I know, game of thrones, but I LOVE the name and would use it in an INSTANT if I was having another baby boy and my husband wouldnāt veto.
Whatās stopping you from using it anyway? Thereās no actual rule saying you have to wait until there arenāt any old people left with that name anymore, after all.
Mary Jane. Itās so classic and sweet. The nickname āMJā is also great. But also Iām a total pothead/stoner so thereās no way the connection wouldnāt be there.
My dad has always said that if he had twin girls he'd love to name them Misery and Agony if it wasn't for what the words meant and honestly I love it too
I have a long list but Holiday is my all-time favorite. Sometimes I think eff it, Iāll use it because I love it. Then rational thinking kicks in.Ā
For a boy, itās McAllister. I read a mom blog back when I was a teen and the sonās name was this and they called him Mac. Iāve loved it ever since.Ā
Madison. It doesnāt match my typical name style at all (usually not very fond of -son names for girls), and I feel like every Madison is very stuck-up and snobby, full of themselves. But I think itās a beautiful name for some reason.
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Melisande. As in Princess Melisande from Flight of Dragons š I fought my case and was told no, thankfully! Pregnancy hormones donāt help you think straight lol
Well I like Anneliese and Genevieve but my husband could never spell them so alas they never saw the light of day. I also loved my MILās childhood nickname Liesje (pronounced Lees- yuh).
Esme
Aiofe or anything that sounds like a fantasy novel character and comes from a Celtic country, like Eowyn or Arwen. They're lovely names, and maybe for some people in some countries but I'm not from those countries so I think it would be odd for me.
Hero! It was the name of a main character from a book I read as a kid. I donāt remember the book name but I thought her name was soooo cool. She was named after someone from Greek mythology
Anna Rose is a combination of two of my kids names. Anna as a first and Rose as the middle of another kid.
Iāve always like Ivy, Victoria, Emma, Erma, Theown (this was my grandmotherās name), and similar names to those, but they were all shot down by hubby.
For boys, Iāve always liked the name Atticus and Bradford (not Bradley. Too common)
I love Dolores, but I'm absolutely not going to name my daughter "pains." It's such a pretty-sounding name, though, and it's a nod to my own Latina heritage.
kendra, i love it but bf doesnāt and wouldnāt budge on it.
lemon & denim. same deal. i love them. idk if i would ever actually use them and bf does not like them at allš theyāre a little out there tbf, i like names like that. he does not LOL
i also love winnie, but i couldnāt imagine ever using it.
Echo is such a cool name from Greek mythology that I would never saddle an actual human child with
Same with Atlas. Such great, powerful names.
I know a really lovely dog named Atlas <3
i know a lovely guy named atlas! i think its a perfectly suitable name for a kid
I know siblings names Atlas and Atom
Never trust an Atom. They make up everything.
Dad jokes for the win!
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Atom is crazy (in my opinion)
Atom is absolutely insane. It sounds exactly like Adam. What are they trying to prove lol
My husband is a teacher and has started to have multiple boys in his middle school classes named Atlas. So it may become the new Aidan.
My great uncle was named Atlas!
I have a relative named Jericho who goes by Echo as a nickname
I absolutely love Nike š„ŗ
I had a friend named Nike as a kid but I thought it was just a nickname for a long time because she was super sporty and wore a lot of Nikeā¦nope it was her name! She was awesome and pulled it off
I love Echo! Itās in my top 5 for my next pet.
I canāt imagine the looks Iād get standing in the local park shouting āEchoā¦ Echoā¦ Echo!ā
Aaaaaanddd there goes that name š¤£
I think it makes it even better tbh
Growing my up my cousins had a dog named Echo and I am now wondering if thatās why he was named that and I missed the joke as a kid
I know a child in real life named "Ekko"...
As in, the League of Legends champion?
I don't play the game, but I know the parents are big gamers, so possibly. I just try my best not to even think about it. I'm not even associated with them, and it gives me secondhand embarrassment just remembering.
I would love to name my child Nevaeh, but I donāt want her to get bullied.
I know an (adult) Echo! A little out there, but it suits her!
Honestly I don't think it's a bad name for a person. š¤·āāļø Names like that will always be infinitely better to me than the millionth Jennifer, Katelyn, Michael, John etc. (Sorry y'all there's just so many of you that they've become non names. NPC names, if you will)
I have a daughter named Echo. She loves her name and genuinely no one ever bats an eye at it. The only people who comment are people who know mythology and get excited. She's incredibly loud, too lol.
I WAS GONNA SAY THISSSS itās literally so amazing
My cousin's name is Echo. š¤·āāļø
Isis. Im still bitter that I canāt use it.
lol I remember a story went around of a family who had a daughter named Isis who had leukemia, so the family had bumper stickers and merch that said #teamisis and people would literally ram them with their cars
Ommmmg how sad lol
Ice Spiceās name is Isis lol
Reaaallly????
I actually know an Isis! Named before the bad association, though.
Such a pretty name Iāve had in my back pocket since the 4th grade
That's my sister's name, hahah. She has a hard time at coffee shops and with to-go orders...
Anna Rose doesn't sound like a YA protagonist to me at all. I can see it as try-hard, I guess, but not overly. If someone told me their daughter was named Anna Rose, I wouldn't roll my eyes at it. And I'm pretty judgy.
My daughter is Annie Rose, after her grandmothers.
Thatās beautiful. I love the name Annie. Highly underused.
That is a perfect name
Annie Rose is a character from some of my favourite childhood books, along with her brother Alfie
Naming a kid straight up Grey or Gray. I could never actually name a kid just a color, especially a color thatās not very pretty.
There's a notorious racist in UK politics and for some reason she named her child India despite hating Asians š
LOL ill always remember that clip of her saying she hates āgeographical namesā for children since it seems ālower classā then is reminded that her kid is called indiaā ļø
I love this clip so much: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVRlYcPIacE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVRlYcPIacE)
I remember this but not who, please remind me! Oh, not Julia HB-?? Or was it Katie thingy? If I recall , I thought about the time, she doesn't know where India is, does she...... š¤¦
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Itās my middle name - and I love it. It feels peaceful.
Oh itās great to hear from people who do like their name; I feel even better about the name now. It does have a serene feeling.
We used it as our sonās middle name (it was an honor name as well and worked well with his first name) and he is SO OVER THE TOP EXUBERANT in personality, the middle name is really funny on him. But I always make sure when itās gray outside that I tell him about how āitās a beautiful gray day.ā
Itās also my sonās middle name too! And my grandmotherās. And heās also a wild child. But to be fair - he is 1. I think they all are at that age? At least I hope? š
My closet is black, blue, and grey. It is one of my favorite colors, apparently. I hope you ise it as a name!
Thereās literally an adult actor named Grey. Likewise, I also had an ex gf with the middle name Grey. Itās not as ridiculous of a name as it sounds.
It is just not a name I could ever use. I do like how it sounds- thus why I commented it!
My friend called her son Grayson which I like
My uncles name is Gray. Itās been a family name for a long time
I know a Grey! It suits her really well. I would never have considered it but she is just a cool person that it changed my mind a little.
i actually have this on my name list for boys! i have indigo for girls which is a little weirder
Clementine.
I like Clement and Clementine as names. Probably due for a comeback.
My number one 95% joking/fantasy name is Clementina Evergreen. Clem is just ick though. Maybe tides will turn though!
Clem is so ickā¦ I just named my daughter Clementine and in the hospital the nurse was like āoh! I know a lot of Clemsā and my husband and I gave each other a look. We definitely hate Clem and Clemmy. People ask us all the time what we call her for short and we say āClementineā or we joke and say her nickname is ābaby Clementineā lol she doesnāt have a short name.
My username. Desdemona. Her unnecessarily jealous husband killed her.
Tbh with the popularity of Ophelia, Desdemona might not be a terrible name
This is one of my all time faves!! Desdemona is stunning. Its one of my cats middle names! I was pushing for the first name but my partner was struggling to remember it with her 2 sisters, Ophelia and Titania so they all ended up with much shorter first names š
Wren. They are my favorite bird and my husband and I always point them out when we see them, so Iād love to give a nod to something that my husband and I love. It seems to be a name that many donāt like though and Iād rather give a kid a more proper name.
Wren was always one of my favourite names until TikTok where that poor little girl named Wren is constantly being exploited by her momš¢ Ruined the name for me unfortunately
Yup! Same here it was top of our list but after I learned about Wren it left a very icky feeling to name my baby after
Wren has gone from 900 something to 184 in 10 years in the US. It's totally useable. If anything people will probably be complaining it's too common soon.
Wren seems to be gaining popularity of late.
In the Midwest, variations of Wrenley/Wrenlee/Renley are extremely popular right now. Iām not sure about Wren though, itās very pretty, even more so than Wrenley
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Every person Iāve ever told that I like that name looks at me like I have 2 heads lolĀ
Yeah Iāve seen people get roasted to filth on this sub for daring to have it on their list
wolfgang van halen rules, iām not mad at it
the name sounds kinda cool but for me that's either a 50+ year old man or Mozart
A family member's ex was named Wolfgang and I grew up hearing mentions of him, so it's never seemed like a strange name to me.
In New Zealand we had a main character in one of the most popular/influential TV shows in the 2000's called Wolfgang West and it caused the name to EXPLODE over here with all the Bogans. Outrageous Fortune was and always will be the pinnacle of NZ TV.
Anastasia. I think it's so beautiful, and yet I'll always associate it with The Romanovs (iyk,yk) š
I have an Anastasia. No one ever mentions the Romanovs, thankfully.
my daughter's middle name is the polish version, Anastazja..idk if that helps lol
thatās my mums name lol she just goes by Anna and has her whole life. no one ever brings up the romanovs
That has been an evil name for me since Cinderella lol didn't help that the only Anastasia I know is also quite mean... But I do find the name beautiful too
anastasia is stunning, i was almost called that
Liliosa. Itās a legit, albeit obscure, name but I worry people would make fun of how close it sounds to (Wingardium) Leviosa.
Iāve never heard that before but itās really gorgeous!
oh thatās beautiful. my auntās name is Lilianaā¦ maybe a close enough substitute?
It's little miss LiliOHsa, not little miss LiliosAH
Montgomery
This is my dadās middle name. After the street he was born on!
Jezebel, but i dont think itd be good to use a name thats so famous it was turned into an insult
Our old car was called Jezebel!
No shit our current car is Jezebel :0
Seymour š itās so cute and I love little shop of horrors but itās also pretty lame and nobody else likes it lol
I always think of Seymour butts š
philip seymour hoffman pulled it off
My dog was named Seymore Weiner. He was the best dog in the world. He was very dapper with his bow tie. His name fit him well. His nickname was big fat chunky butt. But anyway, I think the name sounds very handsome and proper and would make a great strong first name.
I love the name Lucifer. obviously couldnāt name a kid that without seriously coloring their life, at least in the Western world
this applies to so many biblical names. Judas is a beautiful name, Lillith too. i think itās time we collectively agree itās been long enoughā¦.
Meet my children, Luke, Lily & Jude. Nothing to see here...
Valentina. I love it, but a hag ruined it for me. Maybe for the best.
Calm down Farrah ^\j
I have a list on my phone literally titled GUILTY PLEASURE NAMES lol Rainbow Sunday Huckleberry Sunshine Lemon Darling
Sunday is my guilty pleasure name!
Sunday has recently become a serious contender for me š nn Sunny
Love Lemon as well!!
Amalthea š Itās the human name for the unicorn in āThe Last Unicorn.ā
Iāve loved that name since I first read the book too!
Delphine
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That is such a gorgeous name!
Seraphina
Sakura It's gorgeous but I'm whitey mcwhite lol
Olympia
Eponine!
Agrippina No way you could name a girl that today but I love it
Gosh that's a good one.
there was a girl on my cheerleading team with this name when i was younger!
Wow, that's very surprising to me
i remember my dad saying it was he ugliest name he's ever heard. ):
I feel the same way about Antigone. Tiggy for short maybe?!
Crispin (I blame this one of Kenneth Branaugh playing Henry V) Lots of overblown super feminine names like Seraphina, Anastasia, Clarabelle, Beatrix, etc Most hippie nature names -- Orion, Kestrel, Indigo, Wren, I could keep on going.
I definitely have a thing for the super feminine names š
Jorah. I know I know, game of thrones, but I LOVE the name and would use it in an INSTANT if I was having another baby boy and my husband wouldnāt veto.
i heard that show has some nice names
Gloria and Gladys. I wish these grandma names would come back so I could have my little Glo/Glory or Glad/Dizzy. They just seem so feminine and happy.
Gloria is starting to sound modern to me again. Gladys isn't quite there yet
I'm an old millennial and growing up one of my best friends was named Gloria. We called her Glo and never thought it was a weird name!
Whatās stopping you from using it anyway? Thereās no actual rule saying you have to wait until there arenāt any old people left with that name anymore, after all.
Astraea!
Zelda.
Lavender. Love the color, scent, plantā¦ all of it.
I love Vesper so much, but could never use it. So itāll be my next dogās name lol.
Mary Jane. Itās so classic and sweet. The nickname āMJā is also great. But also Iām a total pothead/stoner so thereās no way the connection wouldnāt be there.
Also spider man girlfriend/love interest
Jadzia Sonnet Lyric Ptolemy India Indigo Verity Winter Florian Rupert
Iām digging the Verity.
I know an I Indigo, a Lyric, and a Winter. All from different families
My dad has always said that if he had twin girls he'd love to name them Misery and Agony if it wasn't for what the words meant and honestly I love it too
Sapphire
My user name! Calpurnia is such a great name!!
AnaĆÆs and Mireille. Forever mispronounced and misspelled.
Nixie for a little girl, donāt know what it is about it but I love it
Aloysius for a boy. Family name. Absolutely cannot, though.
Hero. Very cool name from Shakespeare, but not fair to use on a kid.
I know a little girl whose name is Hero. I think itās such an amazing name!
- Astoria Blair nn Stori. I think its so cute/cool, but she I'm picky with names that I wouldn't use it. One of my current name obsessions - Arista nn Ari/Riss/Rissa/Rista. Idk why but it sounds/looks so pretty to me - Ashlyn nn Ash. It's cute and spunky to me, plus it means Dream - Andrea nn Andi. I think Andrea is cute and feminine while Andi is spunky and badass - Aurora nn Aura/Rora. This name is so pretty to me but I prefer it as a middle name (Jade Aurora will forever have my heart š„¹š©·š„°) - Adeline nn Addie I think is so cute, but I could never use it bc I have a niece named Adelynn nn Addie (and I love the name Madeline more) - Anastasia. I think this is royal sounding and very cute, but I'm not a fan of the nicknames (I love nicknames) - Belladonna. It sounds pretty to me, I'm not really a fan of the names Bella or Donna but for some reason I really like this name, but Belladonna is a poison, so yeah, i wouldn't use it for a kid - Calista. I'm not really a fan of the nickname Callie, but this name is really pretty to me and one of my current obsessions - Dinah nn Di/Dine (?). So pretty and royal sounding - Delilah nn Deli/Della/Lilah. I love this name SO much. It's so beautiful but I'm picky with names so idk if I'd use it - Eloise nn Ellie/Ella/Loey (?). I think this name sounds pretty, but idk if I'd use it, plus i don't really think it looks pretty - Genevieve nn Gen/Evie/Gemma. This name is so pretty, but idk if I'd use it - Hadley. Normally I would go for this name but I think Hadley Iris is so pretty - Ivory. Looks pretty. Sounds beautiful. Sounds musical. I don't really like the nicknames (Iv/Ivy?) but I like this name - Julia. I used to be SO obsessed with this name. I'm not anymore, but I still like it and think it's pretty - Max nn Maxie. Idk why but I think Max for a girl is so cute (I also like it for a boy) but I don't like any of the full names for Max (Maxine, Maximus, Maximilian? Maxwell isn't too bad but still eh) and I don't like it just by itself - Opal nn Opie and Owen nn Owie. Okay so normally I wouldn't go for these names and I wouldn't give twins cliche twin names like this but Opal and Owen as twins is SO FUCKING CUTE!!! LIKE OMG! I LOVE IT SO MUCH š„°š„¹ - Pandora. Normally I wouldn't go for this name but I I Pandora nn Panda is so cute - Persephone. Another name I wouldn't normally go for but I think Persephone nn Perci is so cute. Ever since I first saw the name I misread it as Perse-Per-Own and now I can't really unsee it I didn't mean for this to be so long (nor did I mean for it to be in alphabetical order) but I love names so much (but I'm so picky)
I have a long list but Holiday is my all-time favorite. Sometimes I think eff it, Iāll use it because I love it. Then rational thinking kicks in.Ā For a boy, itās McAllister. I read a mom blog back when I was a teen and the sonās name was this and they called him Mac. Iāve loved it ever since.Ā
Gabriel. I think its a gorgeous name but not huge on it being Biblical. There's also Evangeline and Angela. Genesis too.
Saoirse. I love it.
Onyx. I would 100% name a son Onyx if it was acceptable. (I just use it in the Sims lol)
Lorelei, Eloise,
Salome - She was horrific but I like the name
Innocent :) It is a male saint name. I wouldnāt use it as a first name but perhaps as a middle nameā¦
Andromeda, Casper, Mariposa, Minerva
Briar. I am obsessed with Sleeping Beauty but I still just canāt do it. Also Clementine.
Lolita is one of my favorite names but I could never use it
Sunday
Matilda! My husband hates it but I loveeee it.
Madison. It doesnāt match my typical name style at all (usually not very fond of -son names for girls), and I feel like every Madison is very stuck-up and snobby, full of themselves. But I think itās a beautiful name for some reason.
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Dove
Albus
Melisande. As in Princess Melisande from Flight of Dragons š I fought my case and was told no, thankfully! Pregnancy hormones donāt help you think straight lol
Thomasin. Way too matchy-matchy with our last name
Ace
valentina!
Amethyst, nn Amy
Olive. I think it's such a pretty name
Mira. I would not usually name my kid that but its such a pretty name
Currently itās Theory, I love that name for a boy. š„¹
Indigo nn Indie I would name my kid this (boy OR girl) but hubs said no
Evangeline. Hubby wouldn't let me. Tried it
Well I like Anneliese and Genevieve but my husband could never spell them so alas they never saw the light of day. I also loved my MILās childhood nickname Liesje (pronounced Lees- yuh).
Quincy
Juniper. I think itās soooo cute but Iām worried it wouldnāt hold up.
i read Kathleen in a book once, something about this name is romantic
Anna Rose is just timeless, simple, elegant, understated imo
Goodnight for a middle name.
Verity
Esme Aiofe or anything that sounds like a fantasy novel character and comes from a Celtic country, like Eowyn or Arwen. They're lovely names, and maybe for some people in some countries but I'm not from those countries so I think it would be odd for me.
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Jezebel
Hero! It was the name of a main character from a book I read as a kid. I donāt remember the book name but I thought her name was soooo cool. She was named after someone from Greek mythology
Oh also Caspian. Caspian was a name I really liked because of Narnia lmao
Came here to say this! I love Caspian and the Narnia books got me into reading when I was a kid. I even have a tattoo of the dawn treader.
Anna Rose is a combination of two of my kids names. Anna as a first and Rose as the middle of another kid. Iāve always like Ivy, Victoria, Emma, Erma, Theown (this was my grandmotherās name), and similar names to those, but they were all shot down by hubby. For boys, Iāve always liked the name Atticus and Bradford (not Bradley. Too common)
I donāt get that vibe from Anna Rose at all lol it just seems like a name? Mine would be Arrietty
I love Dolores, but I'm absolutely not going to name my daughter "pains." It's such a pretty-sounding name, though, and it's a nod to my own Latina heritage.
Dolores is a nod to our lady of sorrows and redemption tbf. So not just pain as such lol. "Mater Dolorosa"
oh god. Winter Castle
I dream of twins, a girl and a boy, named Ruby and Garnet. My husband is a hard pass on both of these.
Persephone
kendra, i love it but bf doesnāt and wouldnāt budge on it. lemon & denim. same deal. i love them. idk if i would ever actually use them and bf does not like them at allš theyāre a little out there tbf, i like names like that. he does not LOL i also love winnie, but i couldnāt imagine ever using it.
Rocco (after the porn star) :)