One name (of each sex) that you love but will never use. How come?
Girl - Candice: Dh said it sounded like a "stripper name", but I always thought it was really pretty, especially spelt with an "i".
Boy - Scott: Dh thinks it's too "simple and plain". Plus it reminds him of the song "Scotty doesn't know" from Eurotrip LOL
pomegranate / 3113 posts
Elizabeth and Graham. DH dislikes both; also, we need names that work in both English and his native language and neither of those names do.
cantaloupe / 6634 posts
Luna (so beautiful but maybe a bit too unique for e) and Hudson (love it but DH doesn't. )
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
Boden!
Our name ends in a similar "en" like sound so it doesn't work together at all
pear / 1622 posts
Zachary - my DH nixed it because of Saved By the Bell
Charlotte - I nixed it because one of my high school best friends was named Charlotte and we had an unfortunate falling out.
grapefruit / 4903 posts
Linus - loved it but couldn't get DH on board. And now with DD1's name, it's a permanent no-go.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
Juliet. Was my favorite name for a long time but DH was convinced she'd face a lifetime of Romeo jokes, so we nixed it.
cantaloupe / 6885 posts
Maeve. I've loved it since I was a teenager reading Maeve Binchy's books. Dh hates it 
nectarine / 2821 posts
Tons! But i loved Frances for a girl but my son's name is Francis! : )
Plus others I like but dad does not... pretty much every name I think of!
pomegranate / 3858 posts
Jude - doesn't work with our last name
Lucy - name of a dog in our family
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
Love Benjamin but one of our best friends is a Ben and that would be weird. And Norah was our top choice until a very close friend used it for his lo
pomegranate / 3350 posts
Alexander - it is awful with our last name. Same with Alexa and especially Alexis. I loooove those names but can't even consider them.
nectarine / 2797 posts
Benjamin because last name is very similar to Franklin and we live in Philly.
Theodore because DD is Eleanor and we would look like crazy Roosevelt enthusiasts.
Oliver because DH hates.
pineapple / 12234 posts
Flora because it's too out there compared to my first LO's names and my third is a Nora sooo, that wouldn't work!
pomegranate / 3779 posts
Paloma and Micah - I love them, but they don't meet our criteria of working well in both languages.
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
Katherine- DH and I can't agree on a NN. I like Kate and he likes Katie.
Samuel- my favorite boy name, and I've loved it forever. But, my SIL's name is Sam, so I can't use it. 
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
Jackson- with our last name sounds just like the popular ski destination. Plus our friends just used it.
girls- Lucy and Maggie- love both but they feel like nicknames to me and I don't love the full names. But love them. And Caitlin, because there are too many spellings and I know even my family would get it wrong.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
Violet. I don't like the way it sounds with our last name.
grapefruit / 4085 posts
Grace - I've always loved it but my husband doesn't. Roman - I like it but don't think I'd actually name my child that. Same for Brendan and Patrick.
Certain Italian first names that wouldn't go with my husband's Irish last name. M has an Italian name but somehow it just flows well.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
Beatrice because Mr. Jacks didn't like it. Zenobia because we felt it was a little too "big". Clementine because #1 wasn't a red head.
Boys- Lorenzo because I dated one in the past. Thelonious- too big of a name. Fitzgerald because we're not Irish enough.
pomelo / 5084 posts
@stiletto_mom:
Girl: Felicity. I love it but DW says the same thing your DH says about Candice
Boy: Ralph. I just like it and DW said no right away. Lol
pomelo / 5084 posts
@Mrs. Jacks: Ugh Beatrice and Clementine were rejected over here, too! AND Clementine is a family name!!!!!
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
@wrkbrk: so not fair! Your wife and my husbian (he loves being called that) are trouble 
grapefruit / 4988 posts
@wrkbrk: You should use one of them! I wish we could have used Ava for DD but DH vetoes any name that's higher than 100 on the Social Security list.
coconut / 8279 posts
@Mrs. Jacks: Clementine was my #1 girl name, no one - most importantly DH - liked it
And I'm a redhead! 
Caleb for boy. Rhymes with last name.
I also love Frances/Francis (family name).
pomelo / 5084 posts
@catlady: Gabriel was JUST taken by a friend of ours (what are the chances??). DW says we can still use it but I feel weird. But I haven't loved another boy name as much! Ava is still a possibility. I think we need to see the baby before we TOTALLY decide although we *think* we have a top girls name now (Camille).
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
@rachiecakes: we were lucky to be able to use Francis as a middle name.
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