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Fallen out with husband over babies name please help

55 replies

Ahayes · 07/01/2014 21:38

My husband and I had been trying for a baby for a few years, after having IVF, we were lucky enough to fall pregnant the first time. We now have our beautiful baby boy.

My husband is half French half Italian and I am British. My husband has been adamant from the beginning that the babies first name go well in both English and French. I have not liked any of the names that he does and vice versa. My husbands middle name is Blaise which I love and would like to use as a first name but he would like to use it as a middle name. He really likes the Henry for a first name but I don't particularly like it. Now when I have said I wouldn't mind Blaise Henry at first he agreed, but after trying the name he has said he doesn't feel it works and want to us the name Blaise as a middle name to continue as a tradition. My father is welsh and I quite like names like Owen etc. but this won't work since he wants both French English sounding names. So where do I compromise? I have chosen the name blaise because, as he has requested goes well in both English and French, I like that it's unique and quite masculine. Please help, my son is now 8 days old

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TalkativeJim · 07/01/2014 22:11

Mabon?

Mabon Blaise goes very well, it's Welsh, and hard to mispronounce!

Ahayes · 07/01/2014 22:11

I like Tristan, husband only likes a select few; Christian, Sebastian and max. He will have his middle name Blaise, so should I not request Owen as a first name or do I succumb to one from his list?

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patienceisvirtuous · 07/01/2014 21:58

Emile?

patienceisvirtuous · 07/01/2014 21:58

Tristan?

soontobeslendergirl · 07/01/2014 21:52

Congratulations!

I'm not a fan of children being named directly after their parents (middle names are fine) so I se where he is coming from.

So you are looking for another "different" type name that would work well in both France and the UK?

What about:

Dexter
Austin
Gabriel
Gregory
Hugo

or something like Alexander, Benjamin, Daniel, Joseph, Marc, Paul, Sebastian or Thomas would work well.