https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:57:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351899 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 08:47:51 +0000 mamabolt 1351899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Benjamin - our last name is too similar to Franklin and we live in the Philly area.</p> <p>Theodore - Love this one but our DD is Eleanor so we would look like crazy Roosevelt fans.</p> <p>Simon and Alice - we have cats with these names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351891 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 08:42:23 +0000 sunset840 1351891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>so our last name is very similar to the word shed, so I always joke that we are going to name our kid Rusty- boy or girl! I think when we get pregnant we will refer to in utero baby as Rusty. Also we would not be able to use any season or flower names...rose shed,, summer shedd etc.<br /> Also can't use any Don names or Dawn names as my DH's entire family used those up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351872 Thu, 16 Jan 2014 08:26:54 +0000 fancyfunction 1351872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace: I know! Mine thinks it sounds too old-fashioned, but that's what I like about it. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351457 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 21:42:52 +0000 blackbird 1351457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Noella. Loooove </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351444 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 21:38:41 +0000 MoonMoon 1351444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: I would pronounce it anna-eese, but many people would pronounce it annay!</p> <p>Here's the thread: <a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-aden-anais" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-aden-anais</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351430 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 21:32:13 +0000 Grace 1351430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@fancyfunction: I love Grace too, but Hubby nixed it too. What's up with that?</p> <p>I also love Jack but it rhymes with our last name and would sound rediculous. Also Nicholas, James and Oliver, but the first two are BIL name and the last is a friend and I'm pretty sure they would all get giant big heads if they had a kid named after them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351375 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 21:15:41 +0000 mrsbookworm 1351375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Jack but DH doesn't like it because it reminds him of someone he knew as a kid. He also doesn't like Oliver, which I love, because it reminds him of the kid on the Brady Bunch. Really??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351275 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:32:48 +0000 PawPrints 1351275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both love Lily but it's too popular. I've loved Petra (since reading Ender's Shadow) but it sounds weird with our last name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351258 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:26:36 +0000 Dagny 1351258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Penny. We decided to name our first dog (together as a couple) Penny and she ended up dying a month after we got her from distemper. :( Although I will always remember our dog Penny, I kind of wish I had saved it for a little girl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351244 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:23:46 +0000 IRunForFun 1351244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: I must have missed that thread. How would you pronounce it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351166 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:59:49 +0000 MrsStormy 1351166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: I love Milo but DH also thinks its a dog name! So sad </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351104 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:44:09 +0000 photojane 1351104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Milo and Max, but Dan hates them - he says they're animal names. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351068 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:32:33 +0000 Smurfette 1351068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: That would have been nice to know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351055 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:29:26 +0000 Running Elley 1351055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: All of DH's siblings have the same initials so we're doing that too. He didn't tell me that he wanted to until we were trying to name DD. I told him that would've been nice to know when we were picking the initials and naming the oldest child but...oh well lol. His great grandma, who he was really close to, was named Edith! I thought about it briefly for DD and I'm actually leaning toward Edith (Edie for short) or Eva for a future DD! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351017 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:12:25 +0000 sunny 1351017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We love:<br /> Nicolas<br /> William<br /> Lucas/Luke<br /> Henry</p> <p>But we are close to people with those names (or their kids have those names) and it would be weird. Funny how its all boy names on our list so far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1351015 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:11:02 +0000 shopaholic 1351015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sophie, Olivia, Gracie, anything with "Elle/Ellie" as a potential nickname. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1350985 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:58:21 +0000 deactivated_account 1350985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rocco.... even though DH is mostly Italian, his last name is mega irish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1350930 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:23:42 +0000 NavyRN2012 1350930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: my husband too, re: granny names! Ruby is also a favorite of mine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1350928 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:22:26 +0000 NavyRN2012 1350928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Heidi- it was our cat's name, Fiona- DH hates it, Ruth- sounds terrible with our last name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1350917 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:16:13 +0000 bisous 1350917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everly doesn't sound good with our last name.<br /> Violet and Poppy got nixed by SO.<br /> I love the name Liam but it's soooo popular and I don't want my kid to deal with tons of others in his class with the same name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1350912 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:13:27 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 1350912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Jack/Jackson just does not work with our last name. Too bad bc it was the one boy's name both DH and I liked! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1350903 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:08:11 +0000 Kimberlybee 1350903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am trying to stick with all H names for my kids. If we have another girl I really like Hannah (but DH doesn't like it), and a boy would be Hudson (DH doesn't like it either). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1350865 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:49:11 +0000 Bluebonnet 1350865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lilian - I love the name but its too similar to my niece's name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1350863 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:47:44 +0000 lilyofthewest 1350863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Clementine, Celandine, Anise, Larkin -- all too gendered. Sweetie and I would prefer that people not make gendered assumptions about our future LOs before they even meet them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1350842 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:38:34 +0000 LovelyPlum 1350842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I both love the name Julia, but I have a sister named Julia, and she would be completely unbearable if we named a child after her (even though I love her to pieces), so....just no ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1350180 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:33:02 +0000 Boheme 1350180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing ending in -son because of our last name.<br /> Cohen, because we know a weird politician by that name<br /> And DH vetoes all my fav girl names as 'granny names' - Pearl, Ruby, Scarlett </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1350073 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:09:21 +0000 MrsF 1350073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Emma or Emily, but my sister's name is Emily so I wouldn't use them. </p> <p>I love the name Owen but one of DH's best friends' name is Owen so DH keeps vetoing it. </p> <p>DD's name ends with a "y" sound, so I'm vetoing lots of names for future use because they end with a "y" sound and seem kind of too cutesy together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1350048 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:02:45 +0000 meredithNYC 1350048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a very common last name, so a lot of traditional boy's names that I like are tough. I love the name Benjamin, but our last name begins with a "J" and I really would not want to bestow the initials B.J. on my son :)</p> <p>Other than that, my husband won't allow names that are like, top 500 popular for girls - hence, he vetoed Eleanor, which I really wanted! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1350036 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:00:39 +0000 betsyboop 1350036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Paige. Doesnt work with our last name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/names-you-love-but-cant-use/page/3#post-1350000 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:51:41 +0000 MoonMoon 1350000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have loved Anaïs for a girl, but a Hellobee thread made me realize everyone (in the USA) would mispronounce it. Dodged a bullet, I guess! </p>