Guilty Pleasures

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

What are names that you would never, ever use, but you still can't bring yourself to cross off the list? Maybe because they sound trashy, or they're a little too trendy, or the meaning is less than desirable, whatever. What are they?


Girls
Snow
Nova
Clover
Tempest
Chelsea

Boys
Slade

I think I have so little in the Boys department because I tend to generally like classic boys' names.

Comments

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

- Camra (might consider it, but probably not)
- Ginevra
- Kloie
- Reign
- Xanthe
- Morning (maybe)

- Krispin


All of my other names (nuts or not) I'd use.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

I think Xanthe is nice :)

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I really like it, but something about the X intimidates me.

[eldanildiel.livejournal.com]

I do, too! I really think I'd use it except my name is Jenni and I think it'd be a little too close...

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Oh, Mary Jane.
That one is definitely on my list.

[emjay417.livejournal.com]

I just LOVE Vinyl as a girls middle name, of course if I had a 60's love child it just might work! :)

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

Sunshine
Madison
Flower

Eliakim
Aires (I have a thing for Argentina, and I think Aires sounds like a name. But not enough to use it, or even tell my husband about it)

[apple-sap.livejournal.com]

I LOVELOVE River(s) and Nikita . I like Paris too. All on boys btw.
On girls I like Lola, but that just screams stripper to me.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Lola! I completely forgot about that one.
And on a similar note, I can never name a child Lolita, ahaha, as much as I think it's pretty.

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

Nyla
Wren

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

Tallulah
Caden
Taylor
Scout (g)
Jane
Sophelle

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

why is Tallulah out? :)
It's one of my favorite names! Although I pronounce it TAL-lu-lah

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

Every time I mention this name to my family they're like omg are you serious?? That's so cruel!! And they especially don't like the idea of using Lulu as a nickname. And my friends are like what?? Tallulah...? But who knows, I might use it.

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah and I wanted to add Grier to my list.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Jean-Baptiste

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

Chloe or Clothilde (cloe-TEELD)
Manon (French, pronounced mah-NAWn)
Marigold
Winter
Mary Jane

Rhett
Atticus
Wyatt
Mason (My husband and I met at George Mason University)

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I love Clothilde too!

[fireyirishangel.livejournal.com]

Wyatt is on our short list :)

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Winter and Marigold are at the top of my list, too. I love Mary Jane, as well. Such a shame...

[pixietangerine.livejournal.com]

mercy is one of the religious names i secretly like, too. it's so sweet sounding. but i can't get over the religious stuff.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Emily
Olivia

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Girls
Madonna
Nadie [NAH-dyay; Spanish for "no one"]
Persephone

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

Cajsa
Proserpina
Bentley
Honor
Valentine
Pascal
Nevada
Lisbon
Eurydice

Leander
Ciprian
Ercole
Bravery
Finch
Thackeray

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

My suitemate's name is Snow!

I don't really have guilty pleasures. I have names I would never use because of associations but I don't have any that I'm exactly guilty of.

[suspicion-bells.livejournal.com]

I'd really love to use the names 'Drusilla' 'Angel' or 'Angelus' (Buffy fan lol).

I would never actually use them, since Angel is a bit pretentious, Angelus is an evil vampire and Drusilla is an insane evil vampire, plus everyone who knows me knows I love Buffy and would therefore know thats where I got them from lol.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

I don't know that I'd go with Drusilla, but I'd probably be tempted to at least try and get away with Dru. I loved her!

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love Buffy as well (hense icon) and I find myself loving the name Buffy, but couldn't ever do that to a child.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

PS- I hated Drusilla, :P

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

girls:
audra
brighton
jessica
olive
tuesday

boys:
asher
gus
nathan
seamus
silas

[http://users.livejournal.com/____tonightt/]

Theres a boy at my preschool named slade!

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Aww, really?! Does it fit him?

[aquariumdrink-r.livejournal.com]

starla and tallulah. i wanted to name my kid starla for the longest time, and then napoleon dynamite kinda ruined the name for me :(

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Gréazure, Grémorrow, and Bella Psyche for girls (oh the creative juices of high school) and Methos for boys:)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_toasterhead/]

girls:
Summer
Rain/Rayne

boys:
Hunter

unisex:
Sawyer

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Blue
Meadow
Mercedes
Lourdes

(sorry, no boy's names =P)

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I always thought Meadow would make such a pretty name. But I agree, definitely a guilty pleasure. Leland would be an okay substitute, but there's a tiny, trashy town just south of mine named Leland.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I actually like Leland too ;)

[http://users.livejournal.com/hajari_/]

I have heaps of names I love but wouldn't use. Here's a few off the top of my head:

Boys:
Dante
Andrew (brother's name)
Angel (Yes, inspired by Buffy)
Thorn (maybe a middle name)
Hunter
Verity
Roderick

Girls:
Winter
Elliot (I LOVE this name for a girl, but I don't like boy's names used on girls)
Sky
Storm (nothing to do with X-Men, I just like the sound/meaning)
Daphne (Well, I could use this, but it's too flowery...)
Belladonna

[venicecalling.livejournal.com]

madeline.

[easter.livejournal.com]

Amabel - Medieval French name; too many people would say "Anabel" or "A Mabel."
Gwenhwyfar - Too Arthurian legend.
Gwenllian - Most Americans (including my fiance) would never be able to pronounce it.
Hermione - Too Harry Potter.
Igraine - Too Arthurian legend; few would be able to pronounce it.
Isolde - Not exactly a happy ending, eh?
Jerusha - Very old fashioned.
Kylie - Very ZOMG popular! in the late 90s but my Godson is Kyle so it might be a nice middle name.
Mahaut - Too 11th century.
Mair - People would say, "Like the horse?"
Mairi - Possible, but doesn't really go with the last name.
Melisande - Again, not a story that ended especially well.
Rhosyn - Possible as a middle name.
Seren - I actually would strongly consider, but only as a middle name.
Skylar - Trendy. But I like.

[missbailey.livejournal.com]

Chelsea- Too popular but LOVE.
Clementine- as a middle maybe, prolly have a hard time convincing the dad.
Paris- fucking hiltons.
Bijou

Malachi- too biblical and somehow ghettoized (SAVE THE LAST DANCE)
Kitpu- means Eagle but my mom hates it


Ps. I looooove Clover. Its going on my list for sure. I like Nova too cuz im from Nova Scotia but i wouldn't use it for that reason.

[coolteamblt.livejournal.com]

Oh so many, mainly from mythology or just plain stuffy names.

Boudicca -Too Irish, too hard to spell and pronounce.
Gavin -Fiance's name is Kevin, so too close.
Jory -Silly sounding.
Kennedy -The fiance and I are Kayt and Kevin, adding Kennedy is too many K's.
Kells -same thing with Kennedy
Henry -name of abusive ex of sister-in-law. Bastard ruined the name.
Dean -James is the set in stone first name of our first son, so we can't use Dean.

Ianthe -The spelling looks funny, and no one will ever say it right.
Henrietta -same problem as Henry.
Calandra -Too close to Kayt and Kevin, plus sounds really made up.
Maude -Stuffy sounding.
Quinn -Sounds awful with our last name.
Amberly -So bad, but so fun.
Jacinta -I have a niece named Jessica, so it's too close.