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DP evil veto!!!!

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NameChangedForThisQ · 11/02/2018 23:34

What names did you ADORE but DP/DH vetoed?

I am mourning over the fact I'm not allowed to use Perdita. Sad

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NameChangedForThisQ · 12/02/2018 10:26

pigs DP didn't like it because it means lost

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NameChangedForThisQ · 12/02/2018 10:25

Argeles I love your taste in names
Nadiege has been a favourite of mine too

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allegretto · 12/02/2018 09:19

I was not allowed to use DH's father's name (won't put on here as very unusual) but nobody would let me. HIs dad said he always hated having an unusual name and didn't want it inflicted on anyone else.

allegretto · 12/02/2018 09:17

Perdita also means "discharge" in Italian OP. Maybe that will put you off.Grin

whifflesqueak · 12/02/2018 09:16

Ralph. I may never forgive him. We compromised and have a Wilf instead which is a similar sound but not what I wanted.

In truth he was much quicker to veto than to make suggestions of his own which was annoying.

I also wanted Sylvia, Daphne and Ethel for our girl child but plumped for the honouring-a-grandmother name instead.

DefinitelyMaybeBaby · 12/02/2018 09:12

Jude (thinks it's "nothingy" 🙄)
Ruaridh ("too hard to spell")
Rufus ("rhymes with doofus")

RoryAndLogan · 12/02/2018 09:10

Apollo

SleepFreeZone · 12/02/2018 09:10

*your 🙄

SleepFreeZone · 12/02/2018 09:10

I have to admit that lots of the names on this thread are awful, thank god for you’re hisbands!!!

I got Issac and Noah vetoed and I’m eternally grateful as Noah is heard everywhere I go and Issac only a close second

birdling · 12/02/2018 09:07

Elowen, would have suited her too 😞

LyannaStarktheWolfMaid · 12/02/2018 07:31

*DH

LyannaStarktheWolfMaid · 12/02/2018 07:31

My DD vetoed Raphael, Florian and Zephyr for DS 13 years ago. In hindsight, he had a point!

RachelRosie · 12/02/2018 07:21

Another Aubrey, for a girl. I've loved the name for so long.

Admittedly she wouldn't suit it now and I love her actual name, which has been already mentioned here.

He vetoed my (hormonal) back up, Mabel, as well.

MrsSchadenfreude · 12/02/2018 07:08

But Perdita means “the lost one”! Such a sad meaning!

Songofthesouth · 12/02/2018 07:05

Eliza-I will never quite get over this one!
And Seth...we still have never agreed on a boys name either.

KerplunkChampion · 12/02/2018 07:00

Callista, Clementine, Margaret

Argeles · 12/02/2018 06:58

Nazanin
Capucine
Narcisse
Nadège

And more!!!

Barre · 12/02/2018 06:53

Meg, Gwen, Pippa and Rafe Sad

Hobbitch · 12/02/2018 06:45

Victor. And I'm still upset, even though our baby turned out to be a girl!

Zoe, Erin, Charlotte

pigshavecurlytails · 12/02/2018 06:40

A friend of mine has a Perdita. Personally the name will always be the Mum dalmation in 101 Dalmations - was that why it was vetoed?

Lennythelion14 · 12/02/2018 06:40

Iris, devlin, mary-anna, theresa,terry, Florence and sunny are some he vetoed.I vetoed some his choices too. Bethany, Chloe,Chantelle (spelt like that), archer and colt were some i vetoed.we both had very different tastes in names. We did find some we both liked in the end. Grin

DameDaffodil · 12/02/2018 06:39

Maggie. She'd have been a great Maggie! I gave the name to my kitten instead...until it turned out to be a boy...foiled again!

HereWeGoRoundAgain · 12/02/2018 06:29

On the other side of this I vetoed Brian and Clive from my husband's choices. He wasn't joking. He really wasn't. Only ten years ago too.

IggyAce · 12/02/2018 06:13

Romilly
Rosalie
Nathaniel
Seth

FairfaxAikman · 12/02/2018 06:09

Alasdair