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To think he wants to call our baby after his crush?

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isitjustaname · 27/06/2024 13:01

Been with dh over 10 years and I may be reading too much into this but when we first met we talked about crushes and I told him about a teenage crush I once had and he told me about his childhood crush.
Anyway ffwd over 10 years and we're expecting our first baby which is a boy.
Dh suggested a nice name and we've both agreed on it for a while but it's just occurred to me that it's shortened form is the same name as his childhood crush but a male version think Sam, Joe, Alex sort of abbreviations.
It has been a long time so could be coincidence but it's made me wonder if he's picked that name because of her.

OP posts:
FirstNameSecondName · 27/06/2024 13:14

I mentioned name I liked when pregnant with Dd. DH mentioned it was an exes name but I still liked name so went ahead and called her it. I don't regret it and he doesn't associate name with ex but with DD.

Poolstream · 27/06/2024 13:12

Always baffled me that Ross married Emily and then he and Rachael named their dc Emma.
Why?

LemonCitron · 27/06/2024 13:10

My DH suggested a name that he'd mentioned years before that he and his ex had planned to name their theoretical baby. Er no thanks!!

OP - I wouldn't read too much into this, but if it puts you off the name then just say you've changed your mind.

beckybarefoot · 27/06/2024 13:09

my youngest daughter is named after my then husbands celebrity crush.. its just a name!

Arlanymor · 27/06/2024 13:07

@BooBooButts 😂

poshfrock · 27/06/2024 13:06

My Dad wanted to name me Angela after his childhood sweetheart. It was a resounding no from my mum! Plus would have given me the initials AA !🤣

BooBooButts · 27/06/2024 13:05

I'd imagine he has genuinely forgotten about it.

When I had my first kid, my colleagues at the time were jokingly trying to convince me to name my child after them. I obviously didn't as that would have been weird. Fast forward four years and my second child has the same name as one of them 😂 I didn't even realise until he was two years old, so six years after I'd gone on maternity leave and never returned or saw the colleagues again.

Arlanymor · 27/06/2024 13:04

We all have crushes and potentially a fondness for names related to those crushes. But a crush isn’t a relationship, it isn’t anything but a bit of wistful longing. If you both like the name then I really don’t see the issue, plus if it is anything like your examples then it sounds a fairly ubiquitous name anyway?

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