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Talk me into my husband's faves

82 replies

firefly374 · 05/12/2020 04:48

Ok, so there are a few names that we both like, but there are also a bunch that he likes and I don't. I didn't include any that I totally hate in this list, so these are just the ones that he likes and I don't care for. Please talk me into them! I'd like to find at least a couple here that I don't mind anymore.

Deirdre
Diane
Darla
Dakota
Danielle
Demelza
Dot

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pilates · 05/12/2020 07:24

Not a great bunch of names. What names do you like?

emilybrontescorsett · 05/12/2020 07:21

Why not pick a name you both like rather than a name that one of you doesn't like? The only name name on that list I could go with us Dakota. I'm not sure why as normally I would dislike that name and it could be a marmite name.

Taikoo · 05/12/2020 07:15

@justilou1

Do you know another D word? Divorce.
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TheVanguardSix · 05/12/2020 07:14

I am one of those names, OP and I don't like ANY of them on your DH's list. I don't like my name. I don't hate it. I just wouldn't name a child my name- put it that way.

Dahlia
Delilah
Daphne was mentioned
Dorothy (NN Dottie rather than Dot)
Darcey
Daisy
Demi
Dana
Danika

SleepingStandingUp · 05/12/2020 07:10

Deirdre god no
Diane no
Darla I like this, but wouldn't pick it
Dakota - this is lovely
Danielle - it's ok, it's just a bit 80s/90s
Demelza - love, and NN Demi is cute
Dot - fine as a NN but I'd want a longer first name

Sittinbythesea · 05/12/2020 07:07

Why don’t you just use one of the names that you both like Hmm

HollyandIvyandallthingsYule · 05/12/2020 07:07

Oh I love Darcie! Totally forgot about that.

Also like Delilah although the provenance isn’t great...

Sittinbythesea · 05/12/2020 07:06

All awful. Dorothy? Dorothea? Dulcie? Darcie?

RAOK · 05/12/2020 07:01

Please don’t call your child Deirdre!

Footle · 05/12/2020 06:52

How about Damaris? The emphasis is on the first syllable - as in Glamorous.

porcelinaofthevastoceanss · 05/12/2020 06:43

All awful. Sorry OP! Incredibly dated.

HollyandIvyandallthingsYule · 05/12/2020 06:43

Daphne is acceptable too.

HollyandIvyandallthingsYule · 05/12/2020 06:42

Also Dominique

Bupkiss · 05/12/2020 06:42

They are all Dreadful.

You should DtD (Ditch the Dickhead)

HollyandIvyandallthingsYule · 05/12/2020 06:41

I like Désirée.

HollyandIvyandallthingsYule · 05/12/2020 06:39

No...I don’t like any of those.

Diverseduvet · 05/12/2020 06:37

What's going on Firefly, maybe someone on MN could help?

Diverseduvet · 05/12/2020 06:31

I think Firefly explained in one of her other threads why it has to begin with a D.

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 05/12/2020 06:15

I could just about name my child Danielle but the rest are rest are awful.

Why can’t you name DC something you both like?

Plastichearts · 05/12/2020 06:10

They’re all bad sorry. What about Diana?

ThinkWittyThoughts · 05/12/2020 05:56

@justilou1

Do you know another D word? Divorce.
Grin
ThinkWittyThoughts · 05/12/2020 05:55

Delphine is beautiful but thanks to Peppa Pig is also a Donkey.

Daria
Dido
Desdemona
Dora
Dorothea (I've always preferred this to Dorothy)
Desiree
Diana

You need to love the name, both of you.
Also to echo a pp, think about the name at all stages of a child's life - it needs to work for an adult and get a child through the brutality of teenage years.

justilou1 · 05/12/2020 05:50

Do you know another D word? Divorce.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 05/12/2020 05:45

I'm not keen on any of them, sorry - either too dated, odd or American sounding. But Diana is lovely, classical and elegant (and much less dated than similar Diane) - yes there is the tragic Princess link but that hasn't put people off the name Grace. Diana is also a Roman Goddess and an Amazon Warrior (Wonder Woman), either of which are cool namesakes for a little girl.

Pearsapiece · 05/12/2020 05:44

Why do they all begin with D?!

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