I Asked 7,000 People What Names They Love But Won't Be Using - GUILTY PLEASURE BABY NAMES / SJ STRUM
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Possibly the most unusable baby name list ever...or the push you need to pick you braver choice?! YOU DECIDE :-) Let Me Know What You Think Of These Names.
SJ xxxxxxx
I used Evander and I get so many compliments and so far everyone can read it and spell it. Love that we were brave enough to use it. Got the idea from one of your videos!
I have always loved the name Evander. It’s too bad I didn’t think of it when I was pregnant with my little boy.
Love that name, not sure if I would have had the courage for it so good for you !
Evander is on my short list!!! I adore it, and I also got the idea from one of SJ’s videos!
It was going to be my sons name but I asked my husband to read it before I told him the name and he pronounced it as Evan-der and not Eh-Van- der . Love it though
That was on our list. ❤
I was adopted but recently connected with my birth mother. She told me that she had planned to name me Andromeda. I just love that. Would not have been wearable back when I was born, but I think it is now. Meanwhile I use it for my sassy alter-ego.
See, that’s a good compromise, and as cool as that name is, it would have been at least a lot harder for you to find jobs (that aren’t stripping or hooking type jobs) wish unusual names like that were more acceptable though
To whoever submitted the name Cordelia, you should definitely go for it! I named my daughter Cordelia 2 months ago, and we get compliments on it all the time!
The name I submitted for this list was Adrasteia! 💖
If I ever had a daughter my husband and I agreed on Cordelia, I love it!! My son is Maximilian so we’d need a name that holds up to that lol.
@@epalmerbrightI love both of those names!!!
If my daughter ever has a baby girl, I will have a granddaughter named Cordelia! Love it!
as a gymnastics coach and a name enthusiast (i’m a writer not a mother currently aha), it’s always interesting when i come across names i can’t stand (especially when they belong to naughty children…), but similarly, i’ve found a lot of names i love from my job, such as clementine and olive! who were luckily also very pleasant natured young girls who left me with a good name association!
I know what you mean. I used to love Caspian... not so much anymore. On the other hand, I like Wolfgang now, but I use to dislike it.
My family has a Walter, Ernest, Vivian, and Mimi! Never thought we had adventurous namers in our family. They’re all really wearable!
My girl is called Birdie, I’m forever happy I was brave enough!
I has a great aunt who went by Birdie. I don't even know what her actual name was because she was never called anything else.
I love this!
Pretty name 💜
I love this name
Safe classic ❤
My baby’s name is Lavinia- I wouldn’t have been brave enough, but my husband loved it! I’m surprised at how many people have never heard of it- I think it’s known a bit more in the UK. People are surprised by it when they hear it, but when we tell them her nickname is Vinnie they all think that’s cute 😊
Lavinia was in a Shirley Temple movie.
@@victoryluck yes, A Little Princess… unfortunately she was the mean girl 😂 But she had a pretty name!
This is one of my favorite baby name videos! What an abundant list!
Frédérique is a common girl name here in Quebec!!
Lovely video SJ, so happy to see you in back in your element sorting through all our baby names 😅😅
Looking lovely as always xx
Atlas is the name of a Greek Mythological character. He was cursed to hold up the heaven and is often depicted holding the world on his shoulders. Atlantic and Atlantis are from the character Atlas meaning "sea of Atlas" and "island of Atlas." A collection of maps was first called an atlas in the late 1500s. So, there's a little history in case you want to use the name and folks think you're naming your child after an object. BTW - my guilty pleasure is Fairlight.
our son's name is Atlas!
@@z.s.r.h very cool 😎
I want the Barbie name list! This was a fun one to watch. Athena is my cats name.
Meabh, Astrid, Loxlie & Salem are names i loved for a girl. But they were vetoed by everyone lol
And for boys, Seamus, Fox, Beau, Caspian, Gus and Gideon
❤️ just beautiful
Also, my Grandmother's were named Beulah and Oma Jean which i think are unusual and beautiful!
My son is named Fox. I love his name.
Salome is one that I love that has the same meaning but I’m afraid it would be pronounce salami.
Gideon and Fox are precious!
Beulah is a lifelong fave for me, but so many people seem to find it really weird! Glad to see another fan! 😄
@fizzyhog I absolutely love it! When I was a kid, I named all of my dolls Beulah ❤️🥰
Mine is Meadowlark possibly with Mel as a nickname. The bird has a sentimental connection for me so it's still very much on my middle name list, my current combo for it is Lucy Meadowlark.
that’s SO beautiful, I love it!!
Holiday Sybil is a full name I will be using :) I love Murphy for a girl. I love soooo many of these names
I love the names Sistine, Alexandria and Aviendha. To me they are all such powerful names that I don’t hear being used.
Aviendha is also one of my favourites!
Bluebell for a girl is definitely my guilty pleasure name!
Yes, love this too! Would never use it, but love Belle names and Blue is so cool too.
I love it!! Belle is already a well-known name, and I love the name Blue. I know someone called Blue, actually. so I think it’s quite wearable!!
I love it!
I’m using Cordelia and I love it!
I think that's precious. Would there be a nickname, like Cori?
Use it! Beautiful name!
@@janinem5196 I was thinking Cory or Cora! Either way it works!
Calliope is my daughter's name, she was born in March this year. I absolutely love it, but no one has ever heard of it when we tell them her name and we get a lot of weird looks 😂 hardly anyone has told us they like it, so this makes me feel better!
I love Calliope! It was on my list but I wasn’t lucky enough to have children.
Calliope is a wonderful name with lots of charm!! 🎉
My Calliope is 3.5yo, and we always get compliments on her name. I don’t mind if other people have never heard of it, it just makes her more special 🥰
My Calliope is 10yrs old this year!!! Best name!! I also have a Genevieve, Lochlin, and Bellamy.
We are pregnant with a baby boy and want to name him Caspian Valor but I am so nervous people will think it is too much.
My daughter is Sloane! She was almost a Shane because someone has used Sloane before I could. Glad I went with it-I light up every time I hear it!
So many cool names! I’m past the baby naming stage of life so at this point I think my interest in baby names is a guilty pleasure in and of itself, haha!
My top guilty pleasure name of all time is Augusta nn Gus. That was my great aunt’s name. I adored her and her name!
At the moment I’m really into old man nicknames on girls. Bertie, Charlie, Teddy, etc.
I’ve been loving the name Poet with the nickname Poe. Story is adorable too!!
I heard the name lockett on one of your covid lists back when I was pregnant with my first. Now I'm having my third boy and I'm finally going to use it, we love it but I really feel like I'll have to fight for people to not question me. Hopefully I stand my ground this time, baby due in spring.
Honestly, it’s only because it sounds like locket, which is fine, it actually makes a nice name and has the luck sound in it too, and shouldn’t be too hard for him to be taken seriously as a grown man I think, so good luck
So many of my favorites are on here (team Thisbe reporting for duty!) I hope lists like these help people to have the courage to use the names they really love by seeing that loads if other people love them too. 💖
I only know this because of the song "What Else Can I Do?" from Encanto, lol - I believe with Jacaranda, the J is pronounced more like an H, so Hah-cuh-ran-duh 😊
Reminds me of “Aye Caramba!” 😆
I have a Genevieve and I adore her name and so far have only had a few people not like it. We typically call her Evie in short.
I love Hero for a girl but I’m worried she’d feel some sort of pressure to live up to her name!
I actually used DANGER as a middle name for my son. And he is the most careful and thought out person in my family!! He’s so logical and even keeled!
Ahhh how cute!! He’ll love that middle name! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
We have a Winter and I’m so glad!! We kept the name a secret till she was born but it was received very well! I love it. We call her Winnie
My first born is Wynter-rose and also goes by Winnie 🥰
@@NordOnTheBlockhaha my name is Wynter Rose 😂 that’s so funny.
I really like Emrys, Remy, Genevieve, Amaryllis, Ursula, Ebenezer and Lazslo. Some others that I would put on this list are Leolin, Consuelo, Sheila, Heather, Isabeau, Evenor, Cordelia and Azalais.
I wanted Tuesday or Delta for a girl and my husband shot both of the names down VERY quickly. I also love Ottilie ❤
Ledger was our boy name but we had a sweet girl!
Lol you’re the one doing all the hard work for 9 months you name them! I’ll never understand how people let their partners decide and dictate a name when all they had to do was blow 😉
@@Lilitu333 I did the a lot of the work, but he was there every step of the way making sure that I didn’t go through any of the hard stuff alone. We went through so much to conceive her. We then had a high risk pregnancy after losing two pregnancies prior and he didn’t miss a single second of it or appointment. She will be our one and only because of our difficulties. I couldn’t possibly imagine choosing a name that he hated just because he couldn’t carry our child due to biological reasons beyond his control. He found the girl name we went with so he told me to pick the boy name.She is OUR baby- not just mine. I couldn’t imagine being that selfish for someone who was so gracious and selfless while I was having difficulties during pregnancy.
Brilliant list! And yes would love a brave middle names video :)
My friend named her girl Loïse and I love it... as a new version for Eloïse.
I’ve never seen the name “Bronwyn” come up on your name lists. What do we think of it? I’d say it’s probably a guilty pleasure if mine but I know I’d never get to use it.
I have just welcomed a beautiful granddaughter who they named Beni Rose and it’s such a lovely name and suits her so well ❤
I love it. So sweet without being too cute.
I love so many of these, but especially Temperance. I’ve actually met a Temperance once!
Also yes please to brave middle names - I went with Tigerlily in the middle! :)
SJ I’ve watched this video several times because the names don’t always sink in the first time around, but if no one’s said it yet, please DO BRAVE MIDDLES video! Love brave and guilty pleasure lists.
SJ I'm curious to know what names you love the most from the sound of music 🎶
I love Liesl and Marta so much ❤
@@SJ_Strum me too ❤️
My guilty pleasure names are Augustine [ Gus ] Matisse, Valentina & Ottilie but would use Athena. Some good names today for brave namers.
My boys have Persian middle names, Roham and Sepehr. Love them so much!
Surprised that Persephone didn't come up for girls. I think it needs to rise in popularity like Penelope and Calliope. But what's a cool nickname, Sephie maybe? And the coolest boy names I heard in this list were Evren and Ledger.
I’m surprised Persephone didn’t come up either! I think it works really well as a Penelope alternative. I like the nickname Perry or Posy for it.
@@BlessedBe4 Oh, great nicknames!
Ohh please do share the Barbie core!! ❤❤❤
I have SUCH a crush on the name Holiday😆 I’d only use if possibly if I had a baby around the winter holidays🎄
My daughters names are Florence Belle and I have a 5 month old Olive Bloom, I loved Honey or Clemmie🥰
I have a Dash! And he has a unique surname middle name after my Granny. Love this list!
So many beautiful unique names I love it !! I haven’t had children yet so not sure which names are I love but won’t be using 😂
Omg yay!!!!! You did it!!!!! I’m so happy. Watching now!
I love the name Aviva for a girl ... I love that it is spelled the same way backwards and forwards ... It means Life.
In Hebrew, it means Spring
Vivian and Holiday are big name crushes of mine ❤
Lots of great names, Emrys was a favourite on my list but I have an Idris so thought it might be too similar. I love Ziggy but my husband wasn’t having that at all. I loved Ezekiel for my second son but wasn’t feeling brave when it came down to it so went with Ezra.
I want to talk to you about names, seems like we have similar styles.. I have a Molly, Finn, Fox, Arwen, Enid and Rowan Ivy.
I am currently pregnant with a girl- do you think Liriel would fit alright with these names?
I adore so all of those names, especially Ezekiel, Ezra, and Idris ❤
Jasper
Speaking of brave middle names, I had my baby boy this summer and named him Jasper Peregrine! Not quite brave enough to use it as a first name but we love both and how they sound together! Everyone seems to love both when we tell them his name and many are surprised by Peregrine!
yes i would love the barbie core baby names
I would have thought Ceridwen would have a soft c sound because the c is followed by an e like in celery, center, cement, etc. It sounds pretty both ways!
I love Caspian for a boy ☺️ don’t know if I’d ever be brave enough to pick it though.
Xochitl is a Nahuatl word for flower and is used mainly among indigenous Mexican people. Its not a name I would use w/o a connection to that culture. Its super pretty though.
Ceridwen is lovely! We're seeing some welsh names like Elowen rise so now it doesnt feel as out there to use
We have an Archer Otis Atlas 😊
Love Honey!
Mine is Sunday for a girl but I think I would actually use it! X
Temperance, I love ❤
Our daughter is an Everyn - derived from Evren! It is Turkish for 'cosmos'!
I know it is sooo out there, but whenever I teach the Odyssey, I love the name Telemachus. And Agnes with Gus/Gussie as nickname is my girl crush.
I love so many of these names!! I really like Persephone for a girl. I think Omen and Venture make cool boy/unisex names
I think with Waylon its how its pronounced depending on where you're from. Like Basil. I can't use that here in the US 😂 but when i hear you say it i love it. Here in Oklahoma Waylon is a super popular name! However we pronounce it more like Way-Lynn.
The only Waylon I know was Waylon Jennings. An iconic musician who sang, among other songs, the Dukes of Hazard theme, a childhood guilty pleasure.
I honestly love the name Cassius. But, I unfortunately won't be using it.
Mine is either Covyn or Crimsyn. If we ever have twins they will be named this.
Can you please do a video on 1 syllable names! My daughter is Elle and we’re looking for another one syllable name for our next baby.
I was so excited for this video 🤣 I submitted Aurora and Maddox, I would potentially actually use Aurora but Maddox just sounds way too cool and like it belongs to a rock star’s child 😂
Maddox is quite common where I'm from. Maverick seems much more "rockstar" to me.
i knew a Maddox in high school! he suited his name sm, i think it’s definitely usable
My daughter is called Aurora, I get lots of compliments! And my cousin is called Maddox! Totally usable, be brave!
Mine is Sunday. I love it so much but feel that it doesn’t match our daughter’s name (vivienne)
I love Sunday!!! ❤️
I love Vivienne and Celestine
@@jlaurelle aww yes that is a beautiful combination!!
I literally added Mocci to my list lol. You make every word or name sound so pretty 😂😂
Also here are some of my favorites that I have come across in the two years I have worked in daycare:
D'zyre ( b)
Shamiah ( g)
Johel ( b)
Gael ( b)
Isabella ( g)
Harmony (g)
Lyric ( g)
Briar ( b) ( u)
Athena ( g)
Abimael ( b)
Bella ( g)
Kayson ( b)
Zarriah (g)
Elijah ( b)
Joanna ( g)
Lane ( b)
Saylor ( g) ( u)
Naelahni ( g)
Korra (g)
Freya ( g)
Nova ( g)
Kambria ( g)
Hope ( g)
Sterling ( b)
Alarik ( b)
Zacarius ( b)
Leonidas ( b)
Jaxon ( b)
Joleigha (g)
Ellie ( g)
Henry ( b)
Ivan ( b)
Angie ( g)
Maydel ( g)
Josiah ( b)
Zane ( b)
King ( b)
Olen ( b)
Jadriel ( b)
Luther ( b)
Wayd ( b)
Mayette ( g)
Ezekiel ( b)
Danaysha ( g)
Stella ( g)
Terrance ( b)
Melody ( g)
Auriah (g)
Gabriel ( b)
Rowan ( b)
Kordell ( b)
Scarlett ( g)
Serenity ( g)
Grant ( b)
Terriana ( g)
Giavanna ( g)
Nazir ( b)
Mason ( b)
Deacan ( b)
Paisley ( g)
Daylin (b)
Nycola ( b)
Envvie ( g)
Prim ( g)
Casper ( b)
Peyton( b)
Prince ( b)
Connor ( b)
Zayden ( b)
Marvin ( b)
Corbin ( b)
Keljin (b)
Claudia ( g)
Cozy ( b)
Draxten (b)
Ezra ( b)
Mia ( g)
Makaila ( g)
Romilly, Court, Corinth, Thessaly, Everest, Elder, Lionel, Kenai (Kee-Nye), Eponine, Symphony, Blessing, Xanthe, Luma, Falcon, Zion
I also adore Amedeo and Amadeus ❤
Eponine is a favorite of mine and I would use it if I was having a girl. An alternative name meaning instead of horse goddess is eternal love. Just epic
So many great names in this video!! Awesome video SJ!!🥰🥰
A few years ago I went to the Philippines with my friend to visit her family. One of her cousins has twin girls named Honey and Hershey.
We had a jacaranda and brother Truman at school, never heard it elsewhere
We have a Honey and a Minnie sisters on my parters side of the family. I was crushing bad when i met them honey was always on my list a lot of these names are but i just added darling that is so cute my top guilty pleasures atm are Tzipporah ( Zippy ) and October .x
Athénaïs is one of my favorite names! It's the French version of Athena pronounced ah-tay-nah-ees
The singer of Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong) named his child Jakob Danger, and I always loved that
Deucalion. Cal for short. We ended up using it for our German Shepherd pup, but with the nickname Duke, instead.
I was brave enough, but not my husband.
We used Bloom as a middle name for our boy!
Hi! I'm from Brazil and I don't have children yet, but if I ever have a girl I want to name her Clarissa, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this name, but EVERYONE I tell that says they hate that name and that it would be mixed up with "Clarisse/Clarice" 😢
My cats names are Clementine & Juniper and I currently walk a dog called Olive. I loved Clementine for a baby but my husband said no🤣 so it became our kittens name. A lot of guilty pleasure names I have I think I’ll end up using them for pets!
One of my all time favourite names is Atlas. I’m not sure it flows well with our surname…
I know it’s not that our there but we used Everleigh which felt brave for us (with an Abigail and a Charlie already) - no regrets though. We love it
my little girls friend in school is called ziggy (1st name)
and know someone with children called peaches and honey!
My husband and I are struggling to find multicultural boy names (Turkish and American). Atlas is very popular in Turkey now so we can't use it. I am so hoping for a girl because we love the names Peri (fairy in Turkish), Alpha, Safiye, Rose (my grandmother's name), Ayla (eye-la), Juniper, or Jupiter. We are okay with names that aren't popular and would like to double barrel like Alpha-Rose or Ayla-Juniper...naming a human is stressful but fun!
Consider Ender! It’s the coolest and it’s Turkish!
@@triciamccambridge3684yes, but it means geese in Norwegian
Great suggestion thanks! @@triciamccambridge3684
Demelza has Cornish, I believe. My sister was nearly called that but ended up being Mary!
Our guilty pleasure boy names were Ezio and Makai or Makaio. We also like Arden, but hate how similar it sounds to harden. Our guilty pleasure girl names were Skylaina(people DESPISED this one), Sereia, and Rio. Lately I've also been loving Runa
We have a 3 year old boy named August and are wondering what would be a good name to go with it that is not another month. I am tired of being told we should name baby May becasue our son was born in May and this baby will be born in August. We do not know if its a boy or a girl.
I have one for this list I’d love to get your opinion on SJ! Is there a way I can contact you about it?🙏🏻
We have a Max Lennon! Lennon is definitely not too uncommon now but so many people are unsure about it!
I tried to convince my husband to use Dulcinea but he did not get my vision 😅 we used Hickory as our son’s middle name after being talked out of it as a first name by several family members.
If you like Boyd, I know a Boyden, which sounds very trendy.
Some of my top favorite girls names are on here: Clementine, Philomena, Marigold, and Genevieve
My dog is named Solveig, nn. Svei (prn.Sv-/eɪ/ with a long A) - loved the meaning of strength for a rescue dog. Definitely a name that deserves more love!
As a teacher I've met an Atlas (twin sister Eris!) Solveig, Linnea, and have a Koa in my class right now!
Clementine is my guilty pleasure name for a girl. If I have any more children, I will definitely consider it for a middle name!
I love unisex names, such as Toby / Angel / Morgan / Quinn.
For a girl, I love classic names like Elizabeth / Grace / Heather / Rose / Jemima / Laurel / Vivienne / Bethany.
For a boy, I love shorter names like Leo / Ivan / Asa / Bo.
My most guilty pleasure name for a boy is Maurice, and some cultures pronounce it like Morris.
My most guilty pleasure names for a girl are Augustine and Shoshannah ... and Henriette, pronounced On Ree Ett.
Wat about jasper
I submitted Daisy and Dolly (short for Dorothy). Ernest, without an A, is a family name my sister plans to use one day.
My 6mth old son's name is Cornelius!! We get a lot of comments about "what are you going to call him" or "kids at school are going to struggle with that". Well we got 5 and 4 year old foster kids that called him Camellius for a while, but now they say it correctly after a couple months of exposure and they never once tried to nickname him Corny! So sometimes I think it's the adults that get it wrong or overthink things. We have had some comments from people really loving his name, but I was just surprised at the number of people who asked what we'd call him. I didn't think it was an out there crazy name and my husband is the one who suggested it and he's more traditional.
Had to add that my sister really likes Demelza and I think it would be fantastic!
I wonder if Pesca could work in place of Peach? It is Italian for Peach?
Having a baby in late Jan and we have decided on Andrea. We wanted a classic name with a good strong meaning. Andrea means brave and strong
Artemis and Atlas are mine too! Well, my wife would 100% go for them but I’m the one who’s feeling unsure still…