My husband hates every name!!

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ImNotAMermaid · 18/08/2023 20:32

Dh is driving me loopy with his lack of flexibility on names. We are expecting a boy in two weeks and we still don’t even have any names we both like. Names we have are as follows:
Ollie (ambivalent but we don’t like it)
Jordan (I hate but dh likes)
Every name I suggest dh hates, the only name he’s come up with is Jordan. Dh likes gender neutral names which I don’t mind but I want something masculine sounding.

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ImNotAMermaid · 18/08/2023 20:57

@NooNaNa I don’t like Jordan as it’s the name of a shoe and I want to send him to private school.
@Seryse he’s dead against it as ‘it’s too plain’
@MerryChristmasToYou we both like Rowan but it’s the name of my nephew!!

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Oldermum84 · 18/08/2023 20:42

Don't panic! You don't have to decide until you register him a few weeks after birth. Maybe waiting to meet him will help.

Seryse · 18/08/2023 20:39

Sometimes you lay eyes on the bubs and you get a wee "OHH!" moment where a name just comes to you (my 14 years on labour ward, I've seen this a looooooot, also laughed at a lot of couples still name arguing during labour 🤣). I'm quite lucky, my OH was pretty chill with names and we clicked very quickly on our 2 within a day of knowing what they were.

I like Joe (Joey when they see running about wild as toddlers is the cutest thing), has a lot of scope for variations as he gets older if you like nicknames etc, maybe put that to hubby or is he deadset against that one?

NooNaNa · 18/08/2023 20:39

Do you like Jordan?

Oli is ok, but there are quite a few.

Compromising on names is tough. My children would have had very different names if my husband had left it to me.

The thing that I found most annoying is that DH would only say no to my suggestions, but never come up with anything himself:

TheBrightestStarInTheSky · 18/08/2023 20:38

Jamie
Nathan
Brad
Joshua
Jacob

Barleysugar86 · 18/08/2023 20:36

Could you explore more J names- Jason, Jesse, Jacob, Joseph, see if he has any interest?

MerryChristmasToYou · 18/08/2023 20:36

Rowan, Rory or Alex?

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ImNotAMermaid · 18/08/2023 20:34

Other names I’ve suggested that dh doesn’t like:
Sam
Joe
Jude
Set

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