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Names that were (or are) vetoed

61 replies

ymmv · 27/02/2017 16:46

I'm not allowed Maud or Dorothy.

What names do you love that your partner (or mum etc) wouldn't go for?

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MrsBartlettforthewin · 03/03/2017 19:34

I vetoed Cosmo he vetoed Zebedee. Zeb would have really worked for DS2 but all DH could think of when I said it was 'bong, time for bed'.

ItsNiceItsDifferentItsUnusual · 03/03/2017 19:17

Dh vetoed Wilbur Angry

I vetoed Percy.

Got 3 months left to come to an agreement...

Purplebluebird · 03/03/2017 19:06

I named my cross dressing buddy "Dorothy" Grin He has a black beard.

I vetoed "Tai" for our boy. My other half agreed to my favourite name, so we had a quite easy decision really!

ShuttyTown · 03/03/2017 19:02

I wanted Romany for our DD. DH said no way.

PersisFord · 03/03/2017 18:54

Persis Angry and Hero Angry

I vetoed Owen

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 03/03/2017 18:30

DH vetoed Catherine and Sophie and have just remembered, Molly, which I toyed with.

AbernathysFringe · 02/03/2017 20:32

agnes158

Final name: Carmen Iris Juliette. Wouldn't have gone for three but Iris popped into my head on first sight when she was born and he'd already okayed the other two.

Lochan · 02/03/2017 17:23

He vetoed Robin and Rowan.

I don't remember vetoing any if his suggestions- he actually has great taste in names.

We didn't have any arguments about it though and decided quite quickly.

We get a lot of compliments on the DC's names so we must have done an ok job of it!

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 02/03/2017 16:39

Names I wanted that DH vetoed:

Marcus
Isaac
Nathan(iel)
Sophie
Rosie

Names DH wanted that I vetoed:

Belinda
Karen
Kylie (only half joking)
Leia
Ben(jamin)

My dad famously wanted to call me Leah - "because it was easy to remember" Hmm.

LemonBreeland · 02/03/2017 16:33

I vetoed Delphine and Jacinta from DH.

He vetoed
Clementine
Rafferty
Malachi amongst others

agnes158 · 02/03/2017 16:30

AbernathysFringe what name did you go with in the end out of interest? Your veoted list is very similar to ours!

AbernathysFringe · 01/03/2017 23:19

Tempest (too odd)
Robyn (don't know why)
Faye (he dated one)
Edie (he said it made him think EDF energy, the idiot)
Flora (made him think of butter, sigh)

Metalhead · 01/03/2017 14:20

I tried very hard to get DH on board with Lina, but he was having none of it. Still think it would have suited DD2 really well...

agnes158 · 28/02/2017 20:10

he vetoed Greta :( still sad about it! i vetoed Branwen but actually it's grown on me now! (boyfriend is welsh and it sounds much nicer in a welsh accent)

stuckinthehouse · 28/02/2017 19:48

DH vetoed Cuthbert
I vetoed Horatio

pinkish · 28/02/2017 13:17

DH vetoed Freya, Kezia, Susannah, Clementine

I vetoed Tamara, Lara, Martha, Sarah, Mary

Actually think his names were loads nicer than mine, none of which I like any more apart from Susannah, which (annoyingly) he now really likes!

KeyserSophie · 28/02/2017 01:41

He vetoed Jean-baptiste, Reuben and Astrid.

I think he was probably right re Jean Baptiste as we are (1) not French and (2) atheists.

MommaGee · 28/02/2017 01:34

mikado I have occasionally but I'm a big supernatural fan hence the lillith origin haha

Buntysoven · 28/02/2017 00:07

Mine vetoed Lois due to Superman and Family Guy and I vetoed Morven which reminded me of mourning for some reason. We fought hard over boys names and then my dad died and OH said that my dad's real first name (which he didn't use) was cool so that was it. He also initially vetoed the name we gave our dd!

Sophronia · 27/02/2017 23:36

DH has vetoed...

Susannah
Louisa
Miriam
Martha
Esther
Agnes
Rosamund
Rosa
Cecilia
Genevieve
Jemima
Kezia
Matilda
Marina
Tabitha
Vivien

Luckily we have similar taste in boys names!

mikado1 · 27/02/2017 23:32

Lillith... you obviously didn't watch Frasier! (Yes I have a lot of US Tv associations for names! Grin(

MommaGee · 27/02/2017 23:29

He vetoed Lillith (ok so she's mother of all demons, so what!), Gideon, Iziah, Ezekiel

I vetoed Septimus

mikado1 · 27/02/2017 23:21

Nicae you've reminded me, I liked Cary too! I was watching the Good Wife at the time!

mikado1 · 27/02/2017 23:19

I liked:
Milo
Ethan
Clement (would really suit our ds1 too!)
Eoghan
Darragh

I vetoed:
Charlie - too cute

SpaceDinosaur · 27/02/2017 23:12

DH veto'd Harmony and Rupert.

I veto'd floral names and anything from the top 100 as I teach and would be seeing far to many of them!!!

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