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[purple-gaze.livejournal.com]

I'm interested to know which names you love but can't use and why.

For example I love the name David, with it's strong sound and beautiful Hebrew meaning of beloved,
but my ex-boyfriend is called David. My mum's boyfriend is also called David, and an old friend, and my uncle...
this brings me to the issue that it's overused. And I know it would inevitably be shortened to Dave.

John is my father's name after his father, and it's another strong classic name with a great Hebrew meaning,
but my boyfriend just pointed out as I want the middle name Luke, also a family name, it would be John Luke like Jean-Luc Picard,
what's worse my boyfriend's surname even sounds similar to Picard lol.

And I love Ariel for a boy and it's Hebrew meaning but my boyfriend, who hopefully will be the father of my hypothetical future kids,
can't get over the association with a certain redhead cartoon mermaid he had a childhood crush on lol.

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[my-fair-kadie.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the name Claire. Can't use it. My name name is Clar**** so yeah... Just wouldnt work :(

[my-fair-kadie.livejournal.com]

that was supposed to be LAST name* lol...

[abandoneddream.livejournal.com]

Our number one choice for a boys name, this time around, was Jonah. We can't use it now, though, because my cousin just used it for her newborn son!

I also love the name David, I always have. I can't use it because my husband has several Davids in his life, some of whom aren't very namesake-worthy.

[silveroonmyst.livejournal.com]

Ayden has been a fav of mine for years! long before it became popular, i read it in a book. Now its rally popular and i wont use it.

Kiara, and Keera, but i have a cousin named Kia, and another named Mya so im not going that close to their names.

William, every boy in my husbands family has william for a first or last name.

Andrew( drew) my husbands uncle, i wont name my child the same thing as someone else, thats why there are 10 cousins that are eather william....... or ......... william in his family.

I cant think of any others right now.

[unfshine.livejournal.com]

I feel that way about the name Nicholas. I just know too many.

[lacuna.livejournal.com]

I like Gabriel, but I worry that he'd soon be known as 'gay boy' in the playground. I LOVE Gideon - more than any other boys' or girls' name - but I don't know if I should force it on my child when I could give him Joseph or Daniel (two other boys' names I love.)

As much as I love Catherine, I probably wouldn't use it: my older half-sister is called Katherine, shortened to Kathy (and I also prefer Cathy as a diminutive), and I have negative experiences of a Katharine.

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

My favorite name for a while was Whittaker. I seemed to be drawn to -er names. But now I can't use any of them because our last name ends in 'er.' The same thing with names that end in L. Example: Ariel. If you said it out loud, it would sound like, "Area L-----".

[purple-gaze.livejournal.com]

lol I associate Gemini with guys because Geminis seem to be my type, but maybe that's just me.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I read a book called my sister's keeper & the main character is called Andromeda but they call her Anna for short. I love it.

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

Whitley - I have just recently been into this name for a boy. I'll probably never use it because I have other names I love more, but eh ... whatever.

Leland - Another name I've grown to like lately, I probably won't use it again because I have other names I love more.

Mordecai - Strange I know, but I just love the sound of this name. I have plans of using it on a dog someday, although I don't want male pets since they mark territory a lot, so that may be a problem.

Milo - I've recently really liked this name but I had a cat named this when I was little.

Ashley - I really like Ashley but ONLY on a boy. Gone With The Wind association of course.

Christopher - I really like this name but it's my cousin's name.

Tuesday - Again this is my cousin's name so I can't use it again

Selena - And yet again this is my cousin's name.

Lily - I really want to use the name but it's so popular and I also have a cat named Lilli.

[purple-gaze.livejournal.com]

lol sorry sleep-deprived. I meant to write Jean-Luc but John Luke still sounds too similar with the surname.

And I know Ariel isn't pronounced like the mermaid but him and too many other people are still stuck on the association.

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

I love the name Elijah but refuse to use it because he is too great a prophet in my religion that it's at the point where I don't feel comfortable naming my child that. It would be like naming my kid Moses. I just couldn't do it. But I LOVE the name Elijah.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

ala Gwyneth & Chris!

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

Luna - I love the name, but I wouldn't want my kid getting called 'Loony Luna'

Lyrica - It's a name of a medication :( *sigh*

[randmberta.livejournal.com]

Two boys names..

Caeden- we aren't using it because 1.) the "aden" trend is out of hand, and 2.) My husband's best friend just named his newborn Jayden.

London- If I had stayed with my ex, it's what we'd have named a baby boy...(we met in England..) Not so much an option now :)

[smileygoldfish.livejournal.com]

I always though Kestral would be a great name for a girl. But then I learned its a type of bird, so I don't want to use it

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Anastasia because I detest the shortening Stacey.

Scarlett because there are no nice nicknames and i'm a nickname fan.

Olivia becuse it's popular

Sophia because it's practically my name and that would be weird, but I may use it for a middle name.

Esmé because it was the name me and my ex loved.. and now it would just be ruined if i used it on anyone else. I used to absolutely adore the name...

Ophelia because my best friend has already tagged it for the future!!

Max because it's my brothers name, & i chose it. I wasn't thinking ahead about my future kids when I was 6 years old!

Joshua because it's popular.

[velvetheart.livejournal.com]

Lillith, because I already have a daughter named Willow and it's too much like rhyming or they might get teased or mispronounced as Willow & Lillow or Lillith & Willith.. etc..

Abigail, too popular and it's a cousin's name

Laurel, another tree name I love and that's why my boyfriend rejected it.

Sirena, pronounced in Spanish (see-rr-en-ah) but his last name ends with A.

and a long list of names that he's rejected as "Too British, too Irish, too Scottish, or too Lord Of The Rings" which annoys me because I've suggested over 100 names and he's suggested.. like 5.