Baby Names I Love, But Will Never Use
Naming a human is by far the hardest decision my husband and I have ever made, and we have done it twice now! We certainly had our disagreements on names, one of us would love a name that the other one hated, and vice versa. It can certainly be a challenge.
We didn’t finalize our decision on our sons name until a month before he was born. My daughters name, well it was something I had always loved and luckily my husband was on board from the moment he heard it.
Our son is Calum Kenan. Calum is a strong Scottish name (I come from a Scottish heritage) and Kenan is my father-in-laws name, who plays a significant role in our family, so we knew we wanted to honour him.
Our daughter is Brielle Autumn. Brielle was a name I had heard when I was around eighteen years old and I had always loved it for how unique yet stunningly beautiful it was. Autumn is a very special time of the year for our family. It was when we got engaged, married and then when our son was born.
I have a kept a list of names that I’ve liked for longer than I would like to admit. While we may still have more children in the future, there are some names that we have agreed would simply not work for us. We have names that could potentially be used and that list we will keep close to the chest until otherwise decided.
Here are my lists of boys names and girls names that I love, but will not be using.
Boys Names:
- Clarke
- Bennett
- Oliver
- Blyth
- Arthur
- Everett
- Emmett
- Henry
- William
- Thomas
- Timothy
- Braden
Girls Names:
- Becca
- Noellia
- Clemmie
- Lucy
- Chelsea
- Navy
- Juliette
- Violette
- Colette
- Evelynn
- Emily
- Delilah
As you may be able to tell, I love classical names or a twist on old fashioned names. We try to avoid the most popular names, as much as we love some of those too! We grew up a with a lot of repeat names within our classmates, and where that is not completely avoidable, we wanted to keep it limited if possible by not picking within the top ten names of the past few years. Names are hard to agree on, so when you find a match, keep it as a contender.
You never know what the future has in store. From family names, to cultural, religious, classical or contemporary, names are what you make of them. Use them wisely, but make it your own. Whatever you choose, that is the personality you are assigning that baby. It really is a beautiful and honourable duty to uphold.
Melanie xoxox