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If your partner had their way...

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aprilfools19 · 10/08/2020 23:05

What would you DC be called?

My partner had her heart set on Scarlett for upcoming DD but I couldn’t be swayed no matter how hard I tried to like the name.

For a boy - Leo. I used to be a nanny for a boy called Leo who is by far the most, difficult? child I’ve ever come across in 31 years of living so I just couldn’t shake it 😅

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Spied · 14/08/2020 16:24

DP would have liked Michael for DS. It was a big NO from me. ( A lot of men in DP's family have been called Michael and tbh I find the whole family less than pleasantHmm).
DP's girl's name choice was Leilani. I didn't need to acknowledge that suggestion with a reply.

RosieJess91 · 14/08/2020 16:10

Phoenix! For a boy or a girl! Hate it, way too out there for me.
And he liked Xavier too, so I agreed, let him have it as a middle name.
And whoever said Lucas, that's my son's name! Not named after SW as neither of us are fans, named because that's what he asked to be called in a weird psychic dream my mum had a few days before I found out I was pregnant! 🤷‍♀️

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Shouldbedancingyeah · 12/08/2020 19:24

Jed

Mamette · 12/08/2020 17:29

Axl or Axel or however you spell it. And it would not have suited him at all.

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 12/08/2020 17:25

Martha or Henry. Nothing too shocking here...

HowFastIsTooFast · 12/08/2020 16:43

DP likes Cornelius for a boy. It's a hard no from me.

ElaineMarieBenes · 12/08/2020 16:35

Merlyn for DS1 (DS1 is very grateful I vetoed this!)

userabcname · 12/08/2020 16:21

Tyrion and Hades.
Needless to say, neither of our dc have these names.

CaptainCallisto · 12/08/2020 16:16

Perseus for a boy,

Cynthia for a girl (it was his mum's name. I said we could use it as a middle name)

howlathebees · 12/08/2020 16:10

Ridley

Blingismything · 12/08/2020 16:00

Raphael

DanniArthur · 12/08/2020 15:54

DP really wanted to name our DD Elizabeth after his late mother. Elizabeth is a lovely name but her death still haunts him so I didnt think it would be right. Named her Isabelle which is close enough.

NaToth · 12/08/2020 13:24

DH was desperate to call his DD Boudicca!

Thankfully, we don't have DC together.

Crunchymum · 12/08/2020 13:05

We agreed on our DS name and my DP also found both our DD names (all of which I loved instantly and still do!) but some of his suggestions for girls were a bit Shock

Our 5yo could have been a Shannon on a Joanne if left to him !!

Bananalanacake · 12/08/2020 12:00

I love the "children are not billboards for your fandom" FB group. Dp wanted to call dd B'E'Lanna, but it got altered to something more normal.

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 12/08/2020 09:30

We hate currently having no 3, but don't know what we are having yet. His suggestion for a girl was Chantelle Confused I'm not sure how serious he was, but going by some of the names in his family, there's a good chance he was.

Mumoftwo1994 · 12/08/2020 09:17

@whiteroseredrose

Winston or Nelson for DS and Genghis (?) for DD - before we knew she was a girl.
Wow Ghenhis is a strong name, did you got for it?
CornedBeef451 · 12/08/2020 09:07

@iloveyoubutilovememore I misread yours as boy - Ferret.

Worryingly it didn't seem that unusual.

CornedBeef451 · 12/08/2020 09:04

@aprilfools19 he even convinced everyone in his office and our closest friends she was called Padme for the first week of her life until he relented and told the truth. I worry there might still be some people out there who think we have a little Padme.

We do have cats called Chewie and Leia though.

DoTheMaccaroni · 12/08/2020 09:02

Boy - Aurelius (I wasn’t massively against this but I’d never actually use it!
Girl - Azelea (I love it but preferred others)

Luckily my OH has pretty much the same wild taste in names as me Grin

Wowcherarestalkingme · 12/08/2020 07:42

He chose DS1s name which I also loved. For DS2 he wanted Ben Jr to be named after him. No child should be known as BJ so I chose DS2s name.

vampirethriller · 12/08/2020 07:41

Abel, because he has a son called Cain.
Thankfully for our baby she's a girl and he left so I chose her name.

Ragwort · 12/08/2020 07:40

Fortunately we agreed on both choices for our first (& only) child (didn't know if we were having a boy or girl), the only thing my DH stipulated was that he didn't want to use a family name to 'honour' any of our relatives .... fortunately he never knew my beloved grandfather and hadn't remembered his name ..... Grin.

micc · 12/08/2020 07:35

My OH is set on the name Christopher... not my style and not that offensive. But the last name is Cross!! I refuse to call my child Chris Cross!!! He keeps suggesting it! So does his dad, hilarious but I am the voice of reason here.

He also like Scarlett, but I wasnt keen either. I dont hate it I just dont like it enough! Oh and yes he also suggested Christine..