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Denver & Dallas for twins

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Greenisbeautiful · 10/11/2022 11:17

I am 31 weeks pregnant and my husband keeps insisting on the names Denver and Dallas for our identical twin girls. He told his entire family (without my knowledge) that it was the names WE picked. Personally I find it ridiculous.

My favorite names are Aurora and Elisa or Lola and Helena.

What do you think ?

Btw I am American and he is British. I am from Chicago, Illinois. So far away from Denver,Colorado or Dallas, Texas.

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CraigDavid · 10/11/2022 12:20

Porn star names. Not really what most people aim for with baby names...

MrsMoastyToasty · 10/11/2022 12:20

I suggest Nepnett Thrubwell and Ryme Intrinseca.
Both are names of small villages in South west England.

rainbowstardrops · 10/11/2022 12:16

If he loves the names Dallas and Denver so much then tell him to go and buy a couple of hamsters!

Hooverphobe · 10/11/2022 12:16

He’s a fucking fool, it should be Dallas and Dynasty - or at least Sue-Ellen and Alexis.

Pity the poor twins aren’t named Arkansas and Delaware. 😔

Mumoftwoinprimary · 10/11/2022 12:11

Choconut · 10/11/2022 11:39

Your names are beautiful, his are fucking hideous. Dallas and Denver sound like a pair of lesbian porn stars.

I was going to say strippers but porn stars also works.

MightyAtlantic · 10/11/2022 12:10

Tell him he is only in charge of naming pets.

Or try and persuade him to go for Charlotte and Helena, which as well as being cities are perfectly normal names.

Sunbird24 · 10/11/2022 12:09

Has he explained why he’s settled on those two specifically, or has he just chosen them at random?

TheSausageKingofChicago · 10/11/2022 12:08

Oh OP, I’m with you 100%. I’m not usually a fan of ‘show him this thread’, but I think in this instance you should.

RedToothBrush · 10/11/2022 12:06

WinterLobelia · 10/11/2022 12:00

Debbie Does Dallas was a porn film from ages back. The 70s. That was my firs thought and probably not an association you/he would want?!

This. Poor Dallas will resent Denver forever.

Dakota is at least better than Dallas.

Savannah is a million times better than either.

And Aspen is beautiful.

If he must go with American City names, he could at least pick better choices.

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Greenisbeautiful · 10/11/2022 12:03

rainbowstardrops · 10/11/2022 11:53

Don't let him do this to your twins! 😂
I sincerely hope you laughed in his family's faces and made it crystal clear that it's not going to happen?!!!

I told his family that no they weren't going to be named Dallas and Denver. All he did is repeat "she's joking". I am just gonna name the babies alone.

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finished31 · 10/11/2022 12:02

Oh my days....is he on glue lighthearted!

On a serious note, can he name the babies without you present? Is he likely to sneak off and do praying for you he doesn't

Toddlerteaplease · 10/11/2022 12:00

DuchessOfSausage · 10/11/2022 11:32

Marlow & Harlow

We actually had unrelated babies with these two names on my ward a few weeks ago. It was a nightmare!
"You mean Harlow, definitely not Marlow" and vice Versa was the refrain all day!

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Greenisbeautiful · 10/11/2022 12:00

PeekAtYou · 10/11/2022 11:52

Love your names and think his names are awful. I wouldn't give twins the same initial (like Topsy and Tim or the Kardashians) and think that naming after places is tacky anyway. Has he been to Denver and Dallas? Does he have some sort of romantic notion about what they are like ? It's like when people pick Harlow as a name despite Harlow the place being not so great. Brooklyn Beckham sounds more normal after many years of hearing it but I would still avoid names of places as a theme.

I have never been to Texas or Colorado and neither did he. I don't personally want my children to be associated with a red state. My husband loves the US very very much, I have no idea where his love comes from ( certainly the mass media)

Personally the only geographical names I am OK with are Georgia, Florence, Asmara.

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WinterLobelia · 10/11/2022 12:00

Debbie Does Dallas was a porn film from ages back. The 70s. That was my firs thought and probably not an association you/he would want?!

Kiplingroad · 10/11/2022 11:58

Delys is beautiful and sounds like Dallas so you might sway him there.
Elisa is also lovely but the two together are a bit of a mouthful.
Maybe Delys and Aurora/Helena?
I'd be more worried about the fact that he's being so overbearing about names TBH

Caminante · 10/11/2022 11:56

DuchessOfSausage · 10/11/2022 11:32

Marlow & Harlow

Northampton and Southampton?

Bury and Derry?

FlounderingFruitcake · 10/11/2022 11:55

I’d assume they’d been conceived in the restroom during a United airlines flight from DFW to DEN 🤷‍♀️

rainbowstardrops · 10/11/2022 11:53

Don't let him do this to your twins! 😂
I sincerely hope you laughed in his family's faces and made it crystal clear that it's not going to happen?!!!

PeekAtYou · 10/11/2022 11:52

Love your names and think his names are awful. I wouldn't give twins the same initial (like Topsy and Tim or the Kardashians) and think that naming after places is tacky anyway. Has he been to Denver and Dallas? Does he have some sort of romantic notion about what they are like ? It's like when people pick Harlow as a name despite Harlow the place being not so great. Brooklyn Beckham sounds more normal after many years of hearing it but I would still avoid names of places as a theme.

Frazzled2207 · 10/11/2022 11:50

AllyCatTown · 10/11/2022 11:38

I agree with you but since you find them ridiculous I don’t know what he’s playing at. I assume though that he’s had negative reactions when he tells people?

I thought it was going to be names for boys.
I think of the film Alien when I hear the name Dallas as that was the captain’s name. And he was a man.

true but they were all known by their surnames in that film. Ellen Ripley etc.

dickdarstardlymuttley · 10/11/2022 11:49

DuchessOfSausage · 10/11/2022 11:32

Marlow & Harlow

Grin
dickdarstardlymuttley · 10/11/2022 11:49

Noooooooooo 🤭

peachescariad · 10/11/2022 11:49

Their school staff room will have a field day

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Greenisbeautiful · 10/11/2022 11:47

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA You are amazing!
Now I find the names even more ridiculous.

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EatYourFive · 10/11/2022 11:46

Was he a fan of Dallas and Dynasty back in the day? How about Bobbie and Pam?😋

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