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Baby due in 8 weeks - husband and I at loggerheads

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BoofayTheOompaLoompaSlayer · 27/03/2018 13:17

We have agreed a boy's name, it's the girls name we're not in agreement with.

We both had a girl's name each we loved, but the other didn't. Since then, I can't find a single name I like. DH is going through lists but it's fair to say our name preferences are light years apart. I also don't understand how we managed to agree so easily on a boy's name but are finding it so hard to agree on a girl's name.

Any tips or advice? We don't know the sex, but I really want the girl's name we pick to be something we both love.
Thanks!

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lakeshoreliving · 27/03/2018 16:39

Don't do what I did, coming round in a morphine induced haze after giving birth I suggested giving ds the name Dh wanted as a first name, my favorite name as a middle name and using the middle name. When off drugs I tried to come to a more sensible solution but DH wouldn't give way. So we went with that solution.
Years later DH admitted that he thought I would give up using the middle name, we never have apart from passport etc.

Highpeak · 27/03/2018 16:34

Are there certain types of names, sounds etc you both like? Maybe give us some examples of what you each like.
DH and I went back and forth loads until we reached a compromise we both liked and have grown to love. I liked names with L sounds, he liked T sounds. We agreed the name couldn't end in A or N due to middle/surname and so on.

Babdoc · 27/03/2018 13:40

Couldn’t you give her both names and toss a coin for which will be first or middle name?

MimiSunshine · 27/03/2018 13:39

What is your 1st choice boys name? Is there a feminine variation that you like?

User27839494 · 27/03/2018 13:19

Can you give examples of both yours and your hunsbands styles and we can see if we can think of a compromise? :)

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