DH worried DD may be rather thick set and a pretty name would not suit her!!!

Maybe you should call her Willow Mildred or something. You know, so she's covered either way

Your DH is being a bit silly!

Thick set can mean one of 2 things-large in the overweight/fat sense or large in the stocky/big boned/tall sense....OP doesn't state which term is meant by "thick set" so we are making our assumptions on the meaning in question by what we most associate the term to mean. Some instantly think fat,others stocky. Personally I instantly think fat but not so naïve to think it couldn't be meant as stocky.my instant thought on the meaning of the term doesn't mean myself or others have weight issues (I'm a size 8-10!) So that was a pretty silly comment/assumption to make blueshoes...

If op means stocky/big boned/tall then all the names suggested are fine,but IF she means it in the overweight/fat sense then I personally think Gabriella is a poor choice of name because it will get shortened to Gabby and will open the dd up to bullies/insults at school and nobody wants that for their child.xx

My DH could be described as "thick set", we have 3 DC one of whom is short and chubby, one like a beanpole and one average build. You never know what you're going to get. And children become their names in time.

Start again:
From your list, Florence and Claudia might be safer bets than flower names or Kitty or Polly.

Oh ignore me read quickly completely missed point!

Well that's honest, it could work out that way, maybe not something like Pixie then but I don't think Gabriella is too ethereal or fey to be given to a well-nourished, strapping girl.

Both me and my DP are overweight, but even if we weren't we would still be 'thick set'. Hefty, I'd call it. I don't think your DH is being unkind or weird in any way, it's right that you should consider whether a girl's name works on all appearances. Calling a whopping great heifer like myself Pixie would be horrendous!

I don't think any of your names, including Gabriella would be comedic if your DD turns out to be sturdy. I'm least keen on Daisy as it feels like a name that doesn't age as well as the others.

I agree with blueshoes.

Either tell him to sort himself out, or call his bluff and start suggesting old Eastern block female shot-putter type names:

Helga
Olga
Hilda

Although Gabriella is very nice.

And no blue, no weight or self-perception issues here .

I like your dh's suggestion more than your names sorry, although his reasoning is a bit strange

I suspect people on this thread who bristle at the term 'thick-set' have weight or self-perception issues themselves.

oh really? That's quite a leap to conclusion.

I view thick-set as being either fat, big-boned or stocky. None of these are perjorative, just descriptive.

If a girl had a body shape like this, it would jar if her name is Willow or Twiggy. I see that OP's dh as a valid point.

I suspect people on this thread who bristle at the term 'thick-set' have weight or self-perception issues themselves.

Can you not be dignified if you're dainty then?

That's not what I said.

Also thick-set is not the same as fat. A thick-set person may not carry any excess fat. I am sure we have all met people who are just large: tall and big-boned. (They may also be fat, but not always.) Women of this type are sometimes described as Junoesque.

I hate thick set does it just mean fat?

A beautiful little baby is not thick set and she'll grow into a lovely toddler, girl and teenager and who cares if she's a bit bigger than average is your husband going to say "just as well we didn't call you Grace cos you don't have any if it"

Name your daughter a NAND you both love

I totally agree that your partner is being silly!

But I had similar feelings about the name Willow and Grace. They made me wonder what kind of qualities I was projecting onto my imaginary DD - and Willow and Grace do seem like recognisably descriptive names to me - now I feel like I want to avoid any name with obvious (physical) connotations, and I'm wary of giving DD a distinctly "feminine" name, as I don't feel like I want to gender her so boldly from the very outset.

That said, I don't see what particular attributes the names you've picked out are supposed to have. They are nice names and I can't imagine who they wouldn't suit.

I think children tend to be the opposite of their name, we called ds a name which means elf and he is a huge baby, he was 10 pounds at birth and he is already in some of his 9-12 month clothes (he is 3.5 months) he is much more like a giant than an elf.

The name tor was on our list, I am sure if we had opted for that he would have been little and dainty might choose tor for the next baby in the hope of having less stitches

Ok first off all the names u have picked out are lovely and would suit any girl! Every girl deserves to have a pretty name no matter what she looks like! Claudia is my personal fave off the list,its so unheard of nowadays!

Second of all,weight isn't necesscarily hereditory! Some people are more pre-disposed to being larger but that's just how they're supposed to be and diet and lifestyle will play large part in how thick or thin any child (or adult for that matter!) Is! The "fat gene" is more myth than anything else!

Thirdly, if ur dh is worried about having a "thick set" dd then-if he means it in the overweight/fat term-then surely Gabriella has got to up there with the name Pat of names not to call your child?! Gabriella would probably get shortened to Gabby and IF she does turn out to be bigger then she could get bullied and called "Flabby Gabby" or something along those lines in school and that is a horrendous insult but it would certainly attract a lot of bullies and make their life easier when it comes to name calling so ur dd will hate u both for calling her Gabriella because of it! The names on UR list are all lovely feminine names and-as a bonus if worried-none of then rhyme with weight insults! Well none of the obvious that I can think of anyway but god knows what kids call people of the larger side nowadays!

Personally I'd also have serious words with ur dh about what he said,if he's not happy with his weight then that's his issue,its got nothing to do with ur unborn child and he shouldn't think that way and allow it to affect what names u pick-except to avoid names that could be turned into insults if ur both worried about ur child turning out to b on the big side. XxX

Your baby will be beautiful. Your partner is an ARSE.

HTH :)

I know a lovely cuddly Poppy!

Can you not be dignified if you're dainty then?

What about Bertha?

Daisy - goes lovely with your surname.

He's being realistic. If she's likely to be big, then a twee name may well not suit her. Something more dignified is called for. Claudia would be OK though.