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

65 replies

Madamecastafiore · 13/04/2013 09:36

Right, have no idea if expecting DD or DS but we have a whole raft of boys names we like.

Girls names I like are:

Daisy
Florence
Kitty
Polly
Poppy
Claudia

DH likes Gabriella and keeps saying all my names are pretty names and if daughter is thick set like DH then a pretty name will be odd.

Surname is a colour and about the 3rd most common name in the world!

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MERLYPUSS · 13/04/2013 14:00

I would go for a name that could be adapted. I think a 'frilly' name would've been terrible for me as I am a tom boy but if you played safe with something - i.e Jasmine (pretty) nn Jazz if tom boy - it would be easier.
As for the heavy set thing. What a crock!

YoniShapedLoveBox · 13/04/2013 13:26

I think Gabrielle is the best of them all and I hate names that end with Y.

CruCru · 13/04/2013 13:18

This is so funny - my DH doesn't want Claudia but he thinks it's a librarian name.

Yes, suggest Hilda. I love Hilda actually.

toastedteacake · 13/04/2013 12:47

My post should have come with a Hmm Confused and a Grin

Anyway Olga will forever be a guinea- pig name to me.

pinkyredrose · 13/04/2013 12:31

Olga Korbut wasn't thick set either. (sorry toasted Grin )

Cathycat · 13/04/2013 12:30

lol, thick set women can be pretty too with pretty names! This name thread has made me smile!

pinkyredrose · 13/04/2013 12:29

I know a Helga, she's a model, absolutely stunning and as feminine as you can get!

toastedteacake · 13/04/2013 12:27

So your DH is a bit uptight about his own body shape and is projecting this onto an unborn baby?

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

MothershipG · 13/04/2013 12:18

I like the name Willow but also have a colour surname and given my stature just wouldn't risk it for DD! Wink

But seriously although I don't like the kind of pretty names you do I think your DH is being an arse insensitive to suggest that they wouldn't suit someone "thick set."

pinkyredrose · 13/04/2013 12:13

Thick set?! Hmm

Nagoo · 13/04/2013 12:11

What piprabbit said.

Snowflakepie · 13/04/2013 12:09

I love all your girl names, in fact I think Gabriella is much more frilly. I also think your DH needs a smack. Children become their names, although I can see that something like Grace might become amusing if your LO is more clumsy than graceful! But there must be some, Grace is very popular now. I personally think something like Pixie is more of a risk but that's my opinion.

I know a Kitty and she is a real rufty tufty tomboy. She is brilliant. My own DD tends that way too. They are great fun!

piprabbit · 13/04/2013 11:12

WTAF is your DH thinking? Does he regularly come out with this sort of crap and will he be saying stuff like this to your DD too? Body and self-esteem issues ahoy!

I think the names on your list or lovely and would suit any girl. None of them conjure up images of fragile little fairies for me. Find one you both like and forget about the whole 'thick set' red herring.

Rhubarbgarden · 13/04/2013 11:11

I'd perhaps avoid descriptive names like Willow and Grace, but other than that I wouldn't worry. All your name choices sound fine to me.

MooMe · 13/04/2013 11:06

I think your daughter's name (should you have one) will fit her regardless of any of her features. Just find a name you both like.