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Husband has vetoed all my names

37 replies

auberginefrog · 05/02/2017 10:56

Can I have some help? I'm trying to think of names for our second and neither of us like each other's names. Can you suggest any along these lines that don't end in an 's' sound as it won't go with out surname

Here's my list (all rejected so far by DH)
Adelaide
Anneke
Hazel
Valentina
Marsaili
Eilidh
Juno
Elspeth
Felicity
Elena
Ailsa
Ailish

Oscar
Ethan
Christopher
Finlay
Fraser
Frederick
Peregrine
Caleb
Harvey
Solomon
Samuel
Lewin
Oliver
Murray
Murdo

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ElvenMoonwings · 19/02/2017 16:21

If you can't agree, each choose a name you like and use both - he can use his choice and you, yours. That's only fair.

Pogolphin · 08/02/2017 19:03

Alexandra
Duncan
Adaline
Hector

Puremince · 08/02/2017 17:32

Sorry, not Douglas or Innes, because they end with an "S"

Puremince · 08/02/2017 13:43

Both his boy suggestions are Scottish and both can be surnames. You've got Finlay, Fraser, Murray and Murdo on your list, of which only Murdo isn't also a surname so I think Scottish and surnamey is the way to go for a boys name.

Duncan? Ewan? Innes? Scott? Campbell? Alexander? Douglas?

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auberginefrog · 08/02/2017 13:13

Wow thanks! Haven't checked back for a few days and some of these suggestions are lovely! On maternity leave from Friday so will sit down at the weekend and make some choices....

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 06/02/2017 23:23

So what does he think now OP, and yourself, anything you've seen, that you like ?

Brollsdolls · 06/02/2017 22:33

Adeline (Addie)
Eliza
Nora
Nina

Noah
Ben

buttercup54321 · 06/02/2017 22:26

Timothy
Nicholas
Camerton
Carlton
Grantley
Marcus
Eliza
Josephine
Beverley
Georgina
Natalie
Heidi

Pipilangstrumpf · 06/02/2017 14:23

Love your suggestions especially Valentina and Elena!

How about

Antonia
Clara

Quentin
Rafferty

WLMcI · 06/02/2017 14:21

You seem to like the Scottish names and old fashioned or Biblical names with lots of vowels, so here goes!
Girls alternatives:
Adeline (Addie for short--very traditional in my SIL's family in the American South)
Elinor / Eleanor / Eleanora
Beth
Isabel
Isla (popular, I know)
Helena
Nadia

Boys:
Ewan or Ewen
Owen
Kane (my brother's middle name as it's a family name) or Cain (obvi Biblical)
Lochlan
Brodie (was on my list but my DH says eeewww!)

Composteleana · 06/02/2017 14:00

Ariana
Elinora
Karina
Marianne
Romily
Anouk
Cleo
Marisol
Niamh
Manon

Laken
Senan
Evan
Johan
Torin
Felix
Rufus
Reuben
Lloyd
Rupert

BlueChampagne · 06/02/2017 13:48

Oops, see Eilidh has already been vetoed. How about Fiona?

BlueChampagne · 06/02/2017 13:42

Corinna
Meredith
Tamsin
Eilidh
Morven

Conrad
Wreford
Alasdair
Torin
Anthony

AnnetteKertan · 06/02/2017 12:48

George
Franklin
Toby

Ursula
Imogen
Daniella

(my DP is also a 'no I don't like it but I have no other suggestions' bloke too. So annoying!!)

Daisydukes79 · 06/02/2017 09:51

Our two are Jessica and Gregor :)

TheLivingAsheth · 06/02/2017 09:49

Oh DH was the same, rejected all my many names, which were perfectly normal ones like Sam - (which he memorably claimed made us sound middle class pretending to be working class ??!?) but failed to come up with anything himself apart from Shona if it was a girl (it wasn't). We did get there in the end.

llangennith · 06/02/2017 09:45

Cordelia (Cordie)
Arabella

Jasper
Casper
Benjamin (Benjy)

strawberrypenguin · 06/02/2017 09:43

Eloise
Lauren
Amber
Autumn
Willow

Dexter
Stephen
Joshua
Theo
Jasper

Fruitcocktail6 · 06/02/2017 09:39

Adelaide is my name so your DP is clearly mad.

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 06/02/2017 09:37

Vetoed all of them, what a meanie!
Fwiw I like Cameron.
Okay, girls:
Anna
Fiona
Ishbel
Louise
Molly
Zoë

Boys:
Adam
David
Kirk
Rory

Aquamarine1029 · 05/02/2017 13:59

Maybe Camden for a boy, Cameron is awful. Dougal is HIDEOUS. What about Aubrey or Madeleine for a girl?

Mrsknackered · 05/02/2017 13:16

Sorry just remembered you said not ending in S!

Mrsknackered · 05/02/2017 13:12

Not surprised he vetoed Peregrine! Perry? Grinny? Ew!
That being said I do like a lot on your lists.
I'm really taking a shot in the dark here but perhaps:
Elsbeth (rather than the harsh Peth bit)
Aishling
Ada/Aida
Violet
Clementine/Clementina
Raya
Iris
Margot

And the boys:

Amos
Rudy
Jasper
Caspar
Franklin
Roman
Barnaby
Cassius
Kit

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 05/02/2017 12:50

Adeline
Anna
Marcia
Marisa
Eden
Julia
Josephine
Scarlett
Abigail
Alison

Nathan
Calum
Henry
Simon
Louis
Matthew
Adam
Michael

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auberginefrog · 05/02/2017 12:47

I know they're kind of similar names but I just don't love dougal and have negative associations with Cameron - we both have jobs like teaching so a few names have been ruined by association.

I was hoping for the collective wisdom so suggest a name that neither of us have thought of that we both love... thanks for all suggestions so far

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