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i guess it would be hera and hades. i would really like to name my kids this if i had one boy and one girl, but it would maybe be frowned upon. i don't care for anyone's opinion but i don't want my kid's to hate their names like i did growing up.

Right now I love the name Corinthia.

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Otherwise I like the names Peri, Wren on a boy, Piper on a boy, Arbor, True, Ever, Chrysanthe, Mireille, and really old names like Edwina, Thomasina

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The most outrageous that I will never use are Dandie and Periwinkle.

I love the names Andromeda, Jaci, Hermione, Koren, Abbot, and Draco!

Abcde, Voldemort.

I don’t really have many guilty pleasure names tbh, but these are more of names not everybody else likes a lot but I personally like or feel like are decent at most:

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Nevaeh
Saturnina
Fantine
Alannis
Celsus
Freyr
Gray
Genesis
Charleigh
Ixchel
Jayden
Skadi
Yulian
Yvette

I don't really have gp names bc I don't think any name should be a "guilty" pleasure. Either you like it or don't. You shouldn't attach any guilt or shame to something you enjoy. If your peers say it's a weird name then maybe they ought to loosen up a little.
I bet somewhere along the line somebody somewhere called eating chocolate a guilty pleasure, now lots of people eat it everyday, even have chocolate flavored cereal. Guilty pleasure names are the same way. They just have to be normalized by society first.

I'm not entirely on board with the "guilty pleasure name" concept but I suppose Honey and Illuminata could qualify, although I think they are usable if someone thinks it through and is prepared to take the responsibility. There is however one name that I like that I would probably never pitch to anyone: Sweetlove. It's so gorgeous but I have to admit a bit too over the top even for me.

I have so many, though they aren't all unusual, some are for other reasons, but I will list some of the more unusual ones.

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Girls:
Acacia
Amarantha
Amaryllis
Amethyst
Andromeda
Araceli
Aretha
Arrietty
Bienvenida
Briseis
Britannia
Cambria
Candelaria
Dulce
Dulcie
Dulcinea
Eilonwy
Emerald
Emperatriz
Eponine
Esperanta
Esperanza
Eudora
Fable
Gaia
Ginevra
Grainne
Grazyna
Iridessa
Jersey
Kensington
Kerensa
Ketsia
Keturah
Kezia
Kida
Leilani
Liberty
Lieselotte
Lilo
Liselotte
Lumi
Lumiere
Luminita
Maiara
Marianela
Marigold
Marilena
Melisande
Merida
Merritt
Milagros
Nadezhda
Nereida
Nieves
Noelani
Paloma
Persephone

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When it comes to female names, I have a thing for long, exotic Ancient Greek or archaic French names. A few favorites include Melisende, Persephone, Euphrosyne, Séraphine, Zéphyrine, Véronique, Chrysanthe, Calypso, Eurydice, Corisande, Athenais, Mnemosyne, Verveine, Esclarmonde, Mascarose, etc.

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As for male names, it’s always the ancient, oddly handsome oddities: Crescens, Athanaric, Zerachiel, etc. Sophisticated French names like Valentin, Sylvain, Évariste, and Nicéphore are also included.