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Names DP has come up with...

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Snowflakepie · 23/10/2012 11:17

...and you just cannot stand? Still early days for us but before we knew DD was a girl, DH came up with Tennyson for a boy. I thought he was joking and just laughed, but he was serious. Is there hope for this poor DC?! We've already had the 'no to Tennyson' conversation just to get it out of the way!

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TheReturnOfBridezilla · 25/10/2012 20:48

DH once mentioned that he quite liked Jayden.
He also brought up a few American names that were actually surnames at which point I started to doubt our whole relationship. Grin
I must remind him of that actually.

trikken · 25/10/2012 20:44

Dh wanted Harrison, which isnt too bad, OR Indiana. she was a girl tho.

Looster · 25/10/2012 20:39

DH wanted Rocky or Redmond if it was a boy....surname is Cook. My Dad suggested Redmond Stedman Cook - Ready Steady Cook for short! Grin

Skivvytomany · 25/10/2012 20:32

My dh wanted Calvin as in Calvin and Hobbes the cartoon strip. [hconfused]

thegreylady · 25/10/2012 20:26

My dh wanted Chad for ds!

Flickdrinkwater · 25/10/2012 20:19

Happyhippychick- taka is an otters names isn't it?

Flickdrinkwater · 25/10/2012 20:18

My DH wanted hector for a boy, luckily it's a girl!

shinyblackgrape · 25/10/2012 14:43

not - thank you for the tip!

DH has suggested a short list of three names. Very sensible - but we can't agree on the three names!

Notnowcato · 25/10/2012 14:34

The trick is to go along with it until the birth. Then, immediately post birth say: "Darling, s/he looks just like a Nnnnnnn, don't you think?"

On no account let him decide. You will just have to go through lengthy and time-consuming name changes at a later date (because you will never accept a a name you don't like). We did!

Lancelottie · 24/10/2012 17:45

I look forward to a new generation of Alisons with litlle brothers called Wolf.

HappyHippyChick · 24/10/2012 17:43

I wanted dc3 and dh didn't, so we negotiated and I agreed if it was a boy he could call him Chester after his football team! Sadly for potential baby Chester, Davina McCall (whom Dh loathes with a burning passion, no idea why) called her baby Chester, Result!

We do have Taka (after the bassist from Feeder) as a middle name for ds4, which did raise a couple of eyebrows at the christening!

chipsandmushypeas · 24/10/2012 17:31

DP wanted Marius for a boy. No.

MikeLitorisBites · 24/10/2012 17:02

Dp wanted Loren for a boy or Nevaeh for a girl.

I had to namechange start thread on here so he could see just how awful Nevaeh is.

elvisola · 24/10/2012 16:57

Conan for a boy ( he was deadly serious!) and Alison for a girl.

Pudgy2011 · 24/10/2012 16:45

DH suggested Fraser Jnr, Elvis II or Frank II after our dogs. I like to think he wasn't serious but he suggested DS's eventual name which we both loved so I let him off.
I'm sure if we fall pregnant again, those three names will be top of his list again. Can you imagine if I said "yeah, cool, lets name our baby Elvis" - actually, I might try it and see what happens...

lottiegarbanzo · 24/10/2012 16:10

Also something beginning with Wolf (it seems to be a theme), though he knew he was joking.

Moominsarescary · 24/10/2012 16:08

At the moment dp is going for Arden, darragh, Blaine or Rowen. I'm not in agreement.

Pleasenomorepeppa · 24/10/2012 13:23

For DD, DH suggested Bernice. It was because he'd read a baby name book as if it was an instruction manual & had got bored by the B's!

NurseMuddled · 24/10/2012 13:18

DH wanted to call DC1 Booker if it was a boy (our surname is 2 syllables ending in "er") which I vetoed outright, he also wanted Thursday for a girl - I told him the only grounds that I'd even consider it would be if DC had been a girl and born on a Thursday... DC1 was a girl but luckily born on a Sunday!
No2 due beginning of June and so far no mention of either name from him!

shinyblackgrape · 24/10/2012 13:16

We've had "Rocky", "Spartacus" and "Horatio". I've obviously vetoed these.

When I've managed to divert him from Alsations' names, he suggests his name, his Father's name or his grandad's name. [hhmmm]

pastahat · 24/10/2012 13:05

For a boy- Abelard, Bede or Abraham... He is a history teacher. Or randomly, Eric ( after Cantona).
Luckily we had girls! (not that I'd have given in to any of those as a first name)

TessOfTheBurbervilles · 24/10/2012 10:29

I had DS1 when I was 19, and his father wasn't on the scene (his choice, not mine), so I was the sole opinion when it came to naming DS1.

It was a bit of a learning curve to have to negotiate with someone else when DS2 was born 6½ years later.

My DH came up with a number of eye-raising suggestions, the pick of which were Humphrey, Ignatius and Leopold. I thought he was joking but he wasn't.

With DD, the pick of his suggestions were Davinia (as his dad is called David) and Lucretia (was his grandmother's name). No and no was my response.

MotherWithoutACare · 24/10/2012 10:04

What is it with these men and boys names? Fernando, Horatio and Bernard were all favoured by DP. Thankfully I named DS or so he tells me anyway.

AlwaysHoldingOnToStarbug · 24/10/2012 09:56

DH always insisted that if we had a girl she would be called Jocelyn (from A Knights Tale) I don't think it's a pretty name at all (sorry to all Jocelyns and mums of Jocelyns) and its also a mans name!

Good job I only had boys!

AnathemaDevice · 24/10/2012 08:15

The only name DH likes for as yet unborn DC3 is Persephone. He can't fathom why it might sound a little bit poncy on a child growing up in a slightly rough part of Essex.

I do actually quite like Persephone, but I know that it just wouldn't work living where we live.

He also insisted on calling DS Fernando all the way through my pregnancy, after Fernando Torres. Luckily he saw sense once the baby arrived.

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