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name you wanted other half vetoed for no good reason...

111 replies

Enko · 24/04/2019 15:38

The do you like your name thread made me think of this question.

Name you liked for your unborn your other half vetoed for no good reason. So I mean fairly common names you liked you didn't get to use.

Mine is Allanah dh was on a mega no.

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idoliketobebesidethesea · 24/04/2019 22:56

Dualta

Warmhandscoldheart · 24/04/2019 22:54

I wanted Megan or Meg,
DH said it was something you'd call a sheepdog.

misper · 24/04/2019 22:49

Arthur

aweedropofsancerre · 24/04/2019 22:46

I wanted Kit for a boy and Ella for a girl. OH initially keen on kit and then changed his mind but was never keen on ella

FenellaMaxwell · 24/04/2019 22:43

Florence
Hector

fluorescentorange · 24/04/2019 22:41

Patrick

ArtichokeAardvark · 24/04/2019 22:39

Christopher, nn Kit.

To be fair, I vetoed a few of his as well.

BillyAndTheSillies · 24/04/2019 22:36

Xavier. I'm pregnant with DC2 and sowing the Xavier seed again.....

RuthW · 24/04/2019 22:28

Rosemary

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 24/04/2019 21:07

Balthazar

The first two had relatively unusual names...at the time

But we wrote a list each for ds2 dh had 6 names on his and i had about 30

Two names appeared on both lists so we went for one of those

Its a nice name but very common...dh was surprised it was so common

His middle name is zachary...after zachary quack Grin

OublietteBravo · 24/04/2019 21:03

Cecelia, Faye, Phyllis

John (as a middle name for DS). It’s DHs middle name, my dads middle name and FILs first name. It would’ve been perfect.

liitlepenguin · 24/04/2019 20:59

Roman. Cole, Grey and Raefe

chocodrops · 24/04/2019 20:55

Juliet :(

IVEgottheDECAF · 24/04/2019 20:54

Also Elliot!

Tiptopj · 24/04/2019 20:52

I also loved the name Elliot. My husband was set against it for some reason

Lozz22 · 24/04/2019 20:49

Lucas said it sounded too much like mucous 😂 when it came to naming our Angel I just chucked a list of neutral names at him and said pick one you like. He chose Quinn for the first name and I chose Emery for the middle name

WhenEnoughIsEnough · 24/04/2019 20:49

Anthony, I really really loved it and dh just didnt

Ca55andraMortmain · 24/04/2019 20:47

August. I loved it so much and was so excited that I'd finally found a boy's name I liked. But no.
Thankfully we had a girl anyway so it was moot!

Bluntness100 · 24/04/2019 20:39

Lara, he said it made him think of the cricketer Brian Lara and he was appalled at the thought. I'd never heard of brian Lara 🤣

Teddybear45 · 24/04/2019 20:38

Harry

NoPointWishingCantChangePast · 24/04/2019 20:38

Alex and Toby. We had to compromise. It took a while. I only like DS’s name, I don’t love it ☹️

Dillyson · 24/04/2019 20:37

Isaac and India

Sexnotgender · 24/04/2019 20:36

Any biblical names.

JimJamJarmusch · 24/04/2019 20:33

There have been loads! But in fairness "I just don't like it" is a fair enough reason!

YouLikeTheBadOnesToo · 24/04/2019 18:13

Joseph, Noah & Daisy.