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Struggling to find a middle ground on names

38 replies

Babysie · 16/12/2024 13:28

DH and I are excepting our first baby together, a little girl. We both have children from a pervious relationship and our naming styles aren’t similar at all. My children are Charlotte and William. His children are China, Caspian, Maya and Tristan.

So far names he really likes are
Nova
Alba
Aurora

The names I really like are
Anna
Sophie
Georgia
Grace

So far the only names we’ve both even said maybe to are Isla and Freya but neither of us love either.

Any ideas?

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paranoiaofpufflings · 16/12/2024 15:04

You need to suggest something less traditional for him to like it. He needs to suggest something less unusual for you to like it. Once you both accept that level of compromise needs to be made you'll find it easier to come up with suggestions. Isla and Freya are both lovely names. Keep going with more in that area.

Esme
Erin
Amber
Eloise
Lara
Phoebe

SquigglePigs · 16/12/2024 15:01

Can you find some older style names that are still less commonly used that you might both like.

Things like:

Tabitha
Tessa
Adrienne
Meredith
Saskia
Clarissa
Marianne
Lara
Asha
Carla
Georgia
Georgina
Kathryn
Inara

LoudPlumDog · 16/12/2024 14:52

Laurel
Ebony
Sacha
Rhiannon
Nina
Saskia
Tayah
Astrid

stopringingme · 16/12/2024 14:49

Georgia
Kaitlin
Celeste
Camille
Rowan
Robina
Thalia
Matilda
Tilda
Beatrice
Claudia
Clementine
Robin
Tallulah
Krista
Zara
Sadie
Alexis

DPotter · 16/12/2024 14:48

DP and I couldn't agree at all on names - well actually he wouldn't even have a sensible discussion.

However once she was born we agreed really quickly on a name neither of us had thought of before. She just was this name. So you don't have to have a name firmly in place before she's born.

Then you could think of hyphenating, eg Sophie-Nova, Grace-Alba, Anna-Meg ? I know of 2 families who left the naming of a child to their existing children with great success. maybe something to think of as your blending families ??

user2848502016 · 16/12/2024 14:48

Well I prefer your list apart from Alba is quite pretty. Alba Grace is nice

Or Aurora but call her Rory

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Babysie · 16/12/2024 14:41

Thanks everyone.
The issue is I prefer timeless names that are traditional and classic and he really really hates that type of name. He likes his kids to have lesser used names (in 2000 when his Maya was born it wasn’t very popular at all, even though it is now).

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Firsttimebabymummy · 16/12/2024 14:29

I much prefer your list.

Sophia instead of sophie? Susannah?

Beansandneedles · 16/12/2024 14:19

Someone said each write a list, amalgamate it then go through and each strike out one until you have a short list. Then can discuss the shortlist. Maybe that would help?

GiftWrappedSuburbanDreams · 16/12/2024 14:17

Maeve/Maeva
Gwen
Eliza
Thea
Elsa
Saffron

Fireworknight · 16/12/2024 13:53

Darcy
Paige
Marnie
Josie
Millie
Maisie
Emma
Clara
Brooke

Gracie instead if Grace?

AuntieStella · 16/12/2024 13:53

Well, I prefer your list to his!

But here's my shot at some girl's names that might bridge the gap

Tallulah, Lula, Annabeth, Amber, Natasha, Xanthe, Giselle, Cleo, Azariah, Tabitha, Imogen.

RiaOverTheRainbow · 16/12/2024 13:50

Iris
Ruby
Lyra
Theodora
Megan
Poppy
Greta
Jennifer
Erin
Mabel
Zoë
Clara
Joanna
Irene
Astrid
Julia
Claudia
Morwenna
Miranda
Eliza
Beth

Any good?

Are you both choosing purely on sound, or does meaning, association etc come into it?

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