Guilty pleasure names

[fangirlism]

What are yours? Mine are Onyx, Pearl, and Kodiak (nn Kodi, boy's name).

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[eternal-vows.livejournal.com]

Guilty pleasure names? What are those?

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

names that you like, but would never, ever actually use on a child

[eternal-vows.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see! Echo and Tristan.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I actually went to high school with an Echo and a Tristan. :)

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

my biggest one right now is Dallas for a little boy, but since I live in the Dallas area, it would be kind of weird for me to use I think.

Rex is another one.

[eternal-vows.livejournal.com]

I would totally name my kid Dallas, but that would be more because of The Outsiders than because of the city...I am SO shameless...

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

I'm just flat-out in love with the city itself...if I ever moved out of Texas I probably WOULD use it, tbh.

[fangirlism]

That reminded me of two more of mine, London (girl) and Cairo (boy).

[eternal-vows.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, China (girl) would be one.

[sublime29girlie.livejournal.com]

i really like India too.

[bambiblake007.livejournal.com]

my uncle's middle name is Dallas
i like it for a girl, actually

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I tend to forget (remove? lol) mine , but my most recent one is Flamingo...

[jordle.livejournal.com]

Tyla (girl) and Caoimhe.

[snowowl.livejournal.com]

How do you pronounce Caoimhe?

[jordle.livejournal.com]

Keeva - hence why I don't think I could ever use it. I really love it but I refuse to spell it a non-traditional way and the poor girl would have to pronounce it for people her entire life. Maybe as a middle name!

[bambiblake007.livejournal.com]

Snow is pretty

[lilith-gypsy.livejournal.com]

nausicaa. this is my boyfriends guilty pleasure name. he's way in love with it.

Rain. yep. i've actually considered different spellings. ie. Rayne. Raen.

that and the sibset of Hope and Mercy.

[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

Girls:
Maybe (Maeby), Winter, Thisbe

Boys:
Penn, Arlo, West

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

We have similar guilty pleasure tastes =]

[bambiblake007.livejournal.com]

i always thought Mae Brooke would be a pretty name for a girl and call her Maeby for short, idk.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like West!

[sereneignorance.livejournal.com]

Girls: Onyx, Athena, Gwendolyn, Dallas, Alabama
Boys: Arthur, Finley, Morrison, Beckett, Lincoln

[fangirlism]

That's interesting that you have Onyx in your girl's list, cause I think of it as a boy's name.

[sereneignorance.livejournal.com]

My mom finds it odd, too. My best friend's cousin's name is Onyx and she's a girl, and I actually kind of liked it as a girl's name, too.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

I think of it as a Pokemon's name

[quitmyscene.livejournal.com]

Hahah, yes. This.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Arthur is on my actual list, haha.

[uniformly.livejournal.com]

Girl: Rhode.

Love it.

[aintlifesosweet.livejournal.com]

Girls: London, Piper
Boys: Beckett

[soltire.livejournal.com]

November (for a girl)

[bambiblake007.livejournal.com]

yes, November is a definite favorite of mine.
i always liked November Rain

[snowowl.livejournal.com]

Girls: Harper (would probably use it as a middlename), Skadi (pron. skah-dee), Lavender, Callidora (Greek meaning "gift of beauty").

Boys: Ender (love Ender's Game!), Dresden, Fitzwilliam, Jude (we don't want to use any Jewish names, so I love the sound of Jude but would never use it).

[quitmyscene.livejournal.com]

Agreed on Ender for the same reason!

Other than that, the only one I can think of is Lacey.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Jude isn't a Jewish name; it's actually more of a Christian one. It originated in the New Testament.

[snowowl.livejournal.com]

Jude is a form of Judah, originally a Greek transliteration of Ioudas (predating the New Testament). It's no more 'Christian' than the word Jew itself. In modern terms, Jude is the German word for Jew (although pronounced differently than the English version).

[evil-laugher.livejournal.com]

Vladimir, Basil (would I? Maybe...), Sebastian, and... Blake (another maybe). Which one doesn't belong?

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

I love Blake :)

[bambiblake007.livejournal.com]

my chihauhau's name is Blake :)

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

tucker (b), codi (g)

[florallove.livejournal.com]

Fern. I love it, and I think someone named Fern would be awesome, but it doesn't pass the business card test for me.

Gus. I met a little boy named Gus a few weeks ago and he was the cutest thing ever. Also, kind of Meriwether. I don't really know why.

[of-wings.livejournal.com]

aw, i've always loved the name fern, but, like you, doesn't pass my "Dr.." test.

I don't know how I'd feel going to Dr. Fern Blahblahblah.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Why?
The only Fern I know is in her 50's and seems very professional. It sounds like a business-card-worthy name to me. Names along the lines of Kayleigh and Jalen don't pass my business card test.

[of-wings.livejournal.com]

I think it's too hippie-parents for me. Like Rain or Skye or Petunia. I kinda want Fern to be my massage therapist or 13 year old babysitter. I dunno, just doesn't sit well with me and I adore the name.

Embarrassing admission is embarrassing. =X

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Jezebel and Judas, Zuko and Azula for fraternal twins.
Bellatrix and Andromeda, Athena and Minerva, Calypso and Penelope for female twins.
August and Julius, Constantine and Arthur for male twins.

Individually and/or as middle names, I'd go for it (with the exception of Jezebel). As first names for a sibset, NO.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

Man, so many!

India
Willow
Calandra, Amarantha - Lovely names (in my eyes) that I would love to use, but sadly I'm not sure how well anyone would pronounce them so. *sad*
Winter, Summer, and Autumn are also names that I like, but probably wouldn't use. I also love Persephone and Antigone. I'm sure there are more, these are just the ones that came to mind!

[bambiblake007.livejournal.com]

Amadeus
Odessa

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

So many...

Liberty (f)
Berkeley (f)
Lonnie or Lennie (f)
Sheridan (f) - I am actually considering using this, though.
Kaylen (f)
Blair Linda (f) - These are my 2 favorite names, but I'd never be able to use them together because of the actress Linda Blair.
Laertes (m)
Linus (m)

[supermonkeyfics.livejournal.com]

boys: Arden, Emery, Ender
girls: Andromeda, Arwen, Ember, Waverly