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my other half has truly horrible taste in names.

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monkeyfeathers · 16/02/2009 22:52

For boys he likes: Ace, Slevin and Art.

I laughed until I realised that he was serious. It can't just be me that thinks this sounds like a joke list. Is it?

Also, he seems to think that my suggestion of Orla for a girl is laughable.

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monkeyfeathers · 17/02/2009 14:25

4andnotout: Spartacus Velocorapter? How old is he? 6? Even for a boy that'd be truly horrible.

LuLuBai: When I had my first, I didn't discuss names with anyone at all, and then after he was born I just announced that he was going to be called Aidan. No one seemed to mind. So if the OH's name choices don't improve in the next 7 months then I will be using the fact that I have to endure labour to get exactly what I want. I also plan on enlisting his mother's help in persuading him that it's a bad idea to give your kid a name that is ridiculous and/or sounds horrible with the surname (he doesn't seem to think this matters). Apparently he wants any son of his to have a name from/befitting a 1980s movie action hero. I'm just waiting for him to suggest Rambo!

kitty78: My cousins seem to share your OH's taste in names. It doesn't help that they all have strong Glaswegian accents, which make them sound even worse than they might otherwise.

Worryingly my OH thinks his taste in names is 'strong and classic'. Who is he kidding? Since when was Slevin 'classic'?

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kitty78 · 17/02/2009 12:56

I think Art is a fab name, if its shortened from Arthur. Think yourself lucky my OH has terrible, terrible, terrible taste in names but is not quite as inventive as yours, he just favours the type screamed loudly by tracksuit bottom clad mothers in shopping centres, most usually followed by "GET HERE NOW"!!!

newgirl · 17/02/2009 11:47

orla and alan - well you learn something new every day

Flightattendant27 · 17/02/2009 09:32

Slevin?

What?

Levin is nice trad name. Ace is silly. art short for Arthur is lovely, twas my great grandad's name

Orla is Ok.

I had a boyfriend when I was pregnant the first time who thought the baby might be his (well there was a very very slender chance ) and he wanted to call it Hereward.

I think if it was female it was going to be something equally erm - historical. Ethelberta or something. He was completely serious. Thank feck it wasn't his...

PeachyHasABrokenKeyboardSorry · 17/02/2009 09:12

'Slavin Ash will be dubbed 'Slash''

sadly I think you are generous: my money is on

'avin a slash'

lulu25 · 17/02/2009 08:55

lol @ ozric

mine liked "autechre", for any Warp fans out there

4andnotout · 17/02/2009 08:53

2pt4 dd4's name was like that, i woke up the morning after she was born and told the midwife her name would be Tilly-Grace, i casually rang dp and told him i'd named the baby.

2pt4kids · 17/02/2009 08:49

My DH has TERRIBLE taste in names too. i sympathise.
We worked around it in the end by me writing a list of all the names I'd be happy with and he chose from that list! I hated ALL his names so veto'd them early on!
Actually thats what we did with DS1. We ended up with a really good compromise.
With DS2 it didnt work quite as well as I had a mad hormone induced moment shortly after giving birth and announced DS2's name as something I just decided on at that moment without discussing with DH.
He came round in the end

LuLuBai · 17/02/2009 08:45

Spartacus Velocorapter? A boy's name surely?

My DH's boys name list has 3 distinct style:

Names he has used for characters in computer games - eg. Sword

Retro (but not yet cool) names - e.g. Cecil

Unisex (but not really suitable for a boy in this country, century etc ) - e.g. Valeri, Evelyn

On this basis alone I hope we have a girl.

Good luck with your DP. Pray for a long pregnancy to persuade him to come round to your way of thinking, or use the moments just after you have pushed a whopping baby out of your body to twist his arm and get your way.

(P.S. I rather like Art, but with Ash it's not going to work. Slavin Ash will be dubbed 'Slash', Ace Ash sounds like A Sash - the sort of thing a beauty queen would wear...)

4andnotout · 17/02/2009 08:35

DP wanted to name DD2 Spartacus Velocorapter

He was deadly serious and sober

Then for DD4 he wanted Vicky, not Victoria

As you can imagine he isn't allowed anymore naming input.

MrsMattie · 17/02/2009 08:25

Your DH;s list is a bit 'rock star'.

Orla is 'meh' to me. It reminds me of older, slightly boring Irish cousins.

Ozziegirly · 17/02/2009 03:12

FFS - censors!

Jesus.

Ozziegirly · 17/02/2009 03:12

On a particular message board with rather strict sensors, I'm afraid the name "Orla" is used as an anagram for a certain sexual act.

So is Alan.

Stitchwort · 17/02/2009 00:02

Orla is a lovely name, but have to confess I read it as Orka first time - not so lovely!!

keepingitRia · 16/02/2009 23:43

TBH I was thinking Ace as in Dr Who, and didn't get the Red Dwarf thing.

and I have to confess to wanting to call DS2 Estell for a short while... but not Gimli

Orla is nice though.

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PeachyHasABrokenKeyboardSorry · 16/02/2009 23:24

MF:

summer Peach,amber peach,scarlett peach, rosie peach...

girlspretty bad too LOL,and they all sound like Wilkinsons air fresheners

PeachyHasABrokenKeyboardSorry · 16/02/2009 23:22

Now when I say that people dont get it LOL

edam i thought red dwarf too LOL
ace....... smoke me a kipper,i'll be back for breakfast

there'll always be someone who doesnt like your names: DS's hed asked me 'did oyu deliberately choose an S theme or did it just happen?'

The only one in her school at the time, ds3, is called Harold.

PMSL

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monkeyfeathers · 16/02/2009 23:22

Peachy: wow, Peach is a pretty unusual surname. I can see that it would be more difficult with boys than girls.

edam: unfortunately he is completely sober. It's scary.
Luckily he's completely convinced that the baby is going to be a girl anyway. He hasn't come up with any girls names yet though. I dread to think what's coming.

My DS (from a previous relationship) is called Aidan, so I think Orla would go well. I have a feeling it's going to be far, far better than anything the other half suggests.

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Stitchwort · 16/02/2009 23:22

My husband suggested Gimli for a boy!

edam · 16/02/2009 23:20

Is one of them called James, Peachy?

(OK, I know it must be the millionth time someone's said that, but couldn't stop myself!)

edam · 16/02/2009 23:18

Ace-hole (sorry, just reminded me of Red Dwarf). Ace Ventura. It is NOT good.

Art is short for Arthur so could work depending where you live and what sort of school the offspring will attend. (On the other hand, all those jokes about enjoying art lessons will get very tiresome.)

PeachyHasABrokenKeyboardSorry · 16/02/2009 23:16

mf peach is actually oursurname LOL! kinda limiting,shallwesay!

pretty on a girl- so we have 4 boys.

edam · 16/02/2009 23:16

Slevin? Blimey. Is he sober? Does he want his firstborn son to run away from home as soon as he can toddle, and never return Daddy's calls?

PeachyHasABrokenKeyboardSorry · 16/02/2009 23:15

he wanted maximus for ds2 as well

thank goodness I was as we moved and live inside a Roman baracks now- poor sod! he got plain Max asa middle name