Husband's awful name suggestions!

Estella is lovely.
Estella May
Estella Jane
Is it growing on you yet?

@MimiDaisy11

I don't have anything against Jolene and don't think it's the worst out of those names but I'd be cautious about naming my child when there's a famous song. They'll end up having people sing it at them. I know it's an old song but it was released decades ago and is still well known so who knows how long people will be aware of it for.

Ah, I didn't consider this before posting my previous entry. This is very true. Thanks @MimiDaisy11 for bringing this to light.

Ultimately though, I guess it is OP's choice. But both a good observation and good point. 👍

Well he doesn’t get to override your name choices just because he and his family likes them.

Stop discussing names with anyone else and come up with something you both like. And don’t let him register the baby without you!

Unless you both agree on a name. You can’t use it, it’s as simple as that.

If it helps, my daughter's name is Sorcha. Pron. "Sor-Sha".

But the Irish name is supposed to be pron. "Sor-Kah".

Hope this helps? I know it wasn't on your list but just trying to give some alternative ideas. ☺️

I don't have anything against Jolene and don't think it's the worst out of those names but I'd be cautious about naming my child when there's a famous song. They'll end up having people sing it at them. I know it's an old song but it was released decades ago and is still well known so who knows how long people will be aware of it for.

Estella is a beautiful name, Indy's nice too, don't like any of the others.

I do love Jane though, always have, DD2 was going to have Jane as part of her name but XH didn't like it.

You may feel this is an overreaction but I'm being serious - it may have been popular in the past, but nowadays it's a completely inappropriate name for a girl that reeks of dated patriarchal ideas about women's virtue. It is also likely to invite sleazy innuendo and bad jokes when she's older.

Indy - not bad
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Cosmo - women’s magazine
Estella - nasty girl in Great Expectations
Trisha - US talk show host
Kiana - bit chavvy nowadays
Aliesha - not sure about the spelling
Chastity - creepy

Yet again another mumsnet thread about baby names where prospective parents attempt to come up with names that no-one else is using. At best the child will be spelling out their name for life. At worst they will be called "Chastity" - omg! How completely inappropriate.

Poor baby.

Good lord. My other half suggested Scott and I was appalled. These are next level surprising...

Good luck OP!

Estella is nice.

Cosima is lovely, too (not Cosmo for a girl!).

Agree the rest are awful (although Jolene is a fabulously brave if wacky suggestion!).

**Kiana

I love Jolene because of the song. And while you may feel it is somewhat dated, it's also a particular unique name in my opinion. Can be shortened to Jo, Jolie (as in Angelina Jolie which is pretty cool) and maybe Lene (pron. same way as "lean") or even "lean-ee" as a nickname.

Otherwise, I love Cosmo and Kiara.

I’d advise against discussing names with others and just keep it between you and your partner.

I agree about those names being awful, best of luck finding a name you both like.

I like Indie, Estella and Cosmo but not the rest. Your MIL has nothing to do with naming your baby, she’s had her turn. You can’t settle for a name you hate so partner is going to have to compromise.

I think some people think of namin a child as a completely blank slate.
They don’t think about current popularity, the historical popularly, or any contextual connotations. Or even the meaning of the name.
I think that such people are more likely to be men than women.

Chastity. Really.

However, not all those names are in the same league.

Cosima would be the girl version. Indy and Estella ok. Trisha and Chastity unbelievably bad. The others a bit...not allowed to say chav so I'll say 'ordinaire' which is Dutch for chav.

Nope, I don't like any of those either. Come up with some of your own favourite names and don't agree upon a name you really don't like.

Jolene is a pretty sound but it's overwhelmingly linked to That Song and you'd end up doing a 10 year stretch in the clink for bludgeoning the 1000th person who thought it would be hilarious to sing it at you.

I know of a little Jolene who must be 6 or 7. I quite like it.

I really dislike Jack and Charlie. They're just awful (imo - I know there are about a billion of them around so other people must like them). I also think Diana is a slightly bonkers choice. Neither of your name lists are to my taste, but I really don't think his are any worse than yours tbh.

In laws do not need to be involved in naming your baby though. That's just overcomplicating the while process. You name the baby. They all say "how nice". The end

He doesn’t seem to have any particular taste, even a unified bad taste.

Your Nell is much the nicest of either list. Estella isn’t bad.

Do not involve any other family member in your choices, it's purely up to you and the baby's father.

Strange mixture of posh sounding names and made up, very not posh sounding names with Jolene and Chastity added for an American touch. Strange list.