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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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MaroonPencil · 27/02/2017 23:10

DH vetoed Edward and Samuel, of all names. It's not like they are particularly out there. I vetoed Andrew. I just wasn't feeling it. And Prentice. I mean, what?

mum2be2boys · 27/02/2017 23:05

Hubby vetoed my suggestions of Dominic and Sophie.

I vetoed his suggestions of Zebedee (he really wanted to use the nickname Zeb!) and Naomi.

Samatamfabahaba · 27/02/2017 21:43

We don't know what we're having either, but EVERYONE seems to think it's a girl so we're kinda concentrating on girls names which could backfire!!

Samatamfabahaba · 27/02/2017 21:42

He vetoed Belle and Bella, Phoebe and Lily. He's a right git sometimes.

I vetoed Siobhan and Keira and loads of others that I think he was just trying his luck with. Can't remember them though obviously, absolute baby brain.

AllFurCoatNoKnickera · 27/02/2017 21:41

DH vetoed most of my boy names.
Xavier
Sebastian
Rory
Max
Leo
Samuel

And we jointly vetoed family tradition of naming our first born boy after his paternal grandfather, just couldn't imagine a baby with such a grown up name.

Quodlibet · 27/02/2017 21:41

I vetoed Cooper. We have a double barrelled surname and their full name would have just sounded like a list of surnames, like someone calling the register.

pho3be · 27/02/2017 21:36

Alice , Tessa & Nancy were all a no from exh Sad
He wanted poppy which i said no to because it seemed like every other child at that time was called poppy

Oscha · 27/02/2017 21:33

I wanted Hugo or Rupert but DH vetoed them both.

SuperBeagle · 27/02/2017 21:28

I vetoed Jessica - I had hyperemisis and all I could hear was the word "sick" in the middle.

The "sick" part is what I hate about Jessica too. Have no issue with just Jessie, for example!

Nicae · 27/02/2017 21:25

DH vetoed Cary as in Grant - still think it would have been a great name but we've got two DDs so pretty irrelevant really!

EssentialHummus · 27/02/2017 21:21

Lev / Leonard. Jacob. How we're supposed to find a Russian Jewish name that also works in south London is beyond me at this point. He had better be a she.

IndianaMoleWoman · 27/02/2017 21:20

I vetoed Jessica - I had hyperemisis and all I could hear was the word "sick" in the middle.

He vetoed Cleo - couldn't get past the Renault Clio association.

ThereAreNoWords · 27/02/2017 21:18

He has vetoed Artemis. I have vetoed April and Lesley. Lesley! What is he thinking?! Baby due soon. We might just let DD choose!

SuperBeagle · 27/02/2017 21:14

I wanted Wednesday as a middle name. He wasn't having it.

He wanted Jessica. I wasn't having it.

Emeraude · 27/02/2017 21:13

I liked Arthur and Alice, both after grandparents, but they were vetoed due to a disliked colleague and an ex-girlfriend. I vetoed Felix because I hope not to give birth to a cat.

228agreenend · 27/02/2017 21:07

Dh vetoed Dylan, as then it was a considered to be a very Welsh name (gee live in deepest, darkest England). Then Catherine Zeta Jones named her son Dylan, and it became fairly mainstream and popular.

kel1234 · 27/02/2017 21:02

We didn't want to know the sex. I really liked and wanted Jessica for a girl (middle name would have been Helen, and our surname starts with S, so I thought it would go and was fine- not like it spelt anything rude or that)
But not one other person liked it.
We had a boy, so it didn't matter. But we are having another in a few years and I still want Jessica for a girl, but not one else does.

Tastesjustlikecherrycola85 · 27/02/2017 21:00

Delilah and Pearl vetoed by Dh, didn't matter in the end as we had a boy

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 27/02/2017 20:59

I vetoed Hector.

I think DH was fairly easy about it, he agreed pretty much to my name choices.

Meluzyna · 27/02/2017 20:56

Oh, and the other reason I vetoed Flora was that my best friend's DD was called Laura...... just too close to my ears.

Meluzyna · 27/02/2017 20:54

I know a Caoimhe..... great if you live on the Emerald Isle but not such a good idea where no one can pronounce it.

My DH vetoed Alec

I vetoed Flora - it reminded me too much of margarine.

JujuMonster · 27/02/2017 19:44

I vetoed Megan

He vetoed:
Zoe
Stevie (full name...)
Aria
Hera
Gaia

Looking back I was clearly hormonal as the only one of my choices I think was even remotely a good idea was Zoe..DD could definitely have been a Zoe...

Rockaby · 27/02/2017 19:31

Too many to name them all, but:

Caspar
Wilfred
Ezekiel
Rowan
Eli
Rufus

Annabel
Alice
Ariadne
Persephone
Verity
Serena

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ymmv · 27/02/2017 19:17

Not sure anyone has let their mum veto, Soubriquet I was just adding that in as an example of an opinion who may be valued outside of other halves (and the dad might not be around).

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ratticus · 27/02/2017 19:12

Linus
Ephraim
Jude
Abel
Edward
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