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Original poster

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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Whisky2014 · 05/02/2017 12:39

Stephanie
Charlotte
Jessica

Jack
Joseph

BellsaRinging · 05/02/2017 12:35

How do you feel about his choices? Tbh I like most of yours and love some. I also like his and think they're the same sort of names as yours so you should be able to agree on something.
If you don't hate his how about a deal where he chooses the boys name and you the girls?

languagelearner · 05/02/2017 12:31

What's wrong with "Ailsa"? I once knew someone whose wife had that name.

HighbrowEyebrow · 05/02/2017 12:31

Dougal!?! DOUGAL!!!

Time to start re-watching Father Ted, OP.

Original poster
auberginefrog · 05/02/2017 12:29

Oops Dougal stupid autocorrect

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auberginefrog · 05/02/2017 12:27

He likes Cameron and Doug all for boys and has failed to come up with any girls names so far despite nagging Hmm

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HighbrowEyebrow · 05/02/2017 12:13

What are his suggestions?

PiggyPlumPie · 05/02/2017 12:12

Ask him to come up with alternatives and stop discussing it. My DH didn't like the name I wanted for DD2 so I put the ball in his court and left him to it. He couldn't come up with an alternative and said we could go with my choice. Of course, when she was born it didn't suit her and we changed to something completely different! Grin

BendydickCuminsnatch · 05/02/2017 12:12

He's clearly a fruitloop, Adelaide is the most perfect name in the world.

What is the name of your first?

It's hard to suggest as all my suggestions aren't as nice as the ones already on your lists Grin

Carina
Evan

??

Jooni · 05/02/2017 12:08

Can you give some examples of names he likes? I love a lot of your choices but if he likes more mainstream names then suggesting more in the same vein isn't going to be much help to you!

UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea · 05/02/2017 12:01

Dolwar I don't think you get the concept of the Baby names board. Grin

Dolwar · 05/02/2017 11:59

There are literally hundreds of names out there. Get a book or go on a website and look through them together