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Is it me or are these names DH likes awful?

70 replies

emmaecb · 16/02/2010 12:45

I am 38 weeks pregnant and still dont have options for boys names as DH has said no to all my suggestions (we have some agreed girls names). Sat my DH down with the list of names from the national statistics office and the only ones he will consider out of 4430 different boy?s names registered last year in the UK are:

Maximilian
Conrad
Conan
Magnus
Julius
Augusus
Aurelius
Orson
Eugene
Valentine

Is it me or does DH think our DC will either be a roman emperor or a some sort of children?s cartoon character given to holding a large weapon aloft and saying something like ?By the sword of graystoke? to summon his powers?

I don?t think there is any of those I can live with. Thoughts?

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chickbean · 16/02/2010 19:13

About halfway through labour with DC3 I thought "This is my chance, DH won't refuse me anything now" so I said "Can we call him Jude?" to which he replied "I suppose so". We ended up with a girl and hadn't thought of any girls names at all

VictorHugo · 16/02/2010 18:57

Augustus, Orson and Eugene are Ok.

but yes has he been watching gladiator too much?

tanmu82 · 16/02/2010 18:55

sorry, I don't like a single one. Me and DH also had completely different ideas on names for our DC's....when we have our next I know I'm gonna have a fight on my hands.....

MrsSawdust · 16/02/2010 18:49

I really like Julius, shortened to Jules.

Also quite like Augustus shortened to Gus.

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ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 16/02/2010 18:46

I like them all except Conan.

Valentine and Magnus are my favourite.

pagwatch · 16/02/2010 18:46

he wears brogues doesn't he...
and has button down collars on his week end shirts

aarghhelp · 16/02/2010 18:42

We found boys names hard - our 1st child would have been called Alexander (DH did classics as part of his degree and quite liked A-the-great). We also considered Nelson, which we liked, because we admire Mandela, and we thought it might have been quite funny to have had an "alternative" hero for that name. DS ended up being called Adam which we liked because it could lend itself happily to a variety of different bloke-ish personalities, from builder to MP.

Skegness · 16/02/2010 18:41

Max is fine but Maximillian awful. I like Conrad and Conan. And Magnus. The rest are a no-no!

heQet · 16/02/2010 18:34

Maximilian - Max is ok
Conrad - I went to school with a Conrad and he was a total bastard, so that name makes me feel angry
Conan - the barbarian. oh dear god no.
Magnus - magnusson,
Julius - will probably be called julia at school - kids are mean
Augustus - gloop
Aurelius - erm
Orson - welles. I quite like that one. sort of.
Eugene - bit 'geeky' iyswim
Valentine - Oh, you might as well just hand out the sticks to the other kids on his first day of school

RollBaubleUnderTree · 16/02/2010 18:27

I like Conrad, its unusual without being odd.

Max is fine but there are loads of them about.

seeker · 16/02/2010 18:22

Tell him to change his own name to Conan and see how he likes it!

Miggsie · 16/02/2010 18:18

Does he want his son to get the shit kicked out of him at school?
If so, he's going the right way about it.

They are all awful with the exception of Conrad.

LadyCressida · 16/02/2010 18:13

Bless - boys are brilliant! I want to know what his girls name list is now!

Maximilian sounds okay as you know it would end up Max in no time. Or how about suggesting something like Marcus which is a bit less OTT, or maybe Alexander.

Or tell him He-man's real name is Adam

Chunkyrice · 16/02/2010 17:41

Maximilian - Jackie Collins stylee entrepeneur
Conrad - Lots of integrity
Conan - Circus performer
Magnus - Intellectually vigorous
Julius - Stylish and business minded
Augusus - Fantastic name but born in August?
Aurelius - A philosopher
Orson - Dramatic despot
Eugene - Scientific artist or artistic scientist
Valentine - Toy boy

nickelbabe · 16/02/2010 17:18

oh, emma! they're all awful.
apologies if anyone has dss with the names listed.

BitOfFun · 16/02/2010 17:15

Conrad and Eugene ok- rest are a bit, er, adventurous.

BooHooo · 16/02/2010 17:13

Don't hate his list at all but they are quite "out there"

Valentine was my 1st choice for a boy, much to DHs panic

IsThatTheTime · 16/02/2010 17:10

Marcus?

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emmaecb · 16/02/2010 16:59

Thanks for all your help on this. I think I might come up with some historical classical names that arent quite so difficult. Fortunately, I am still finding this funny rather than a source of conflict. I am hoping that when he/she arrives, it will all fall into place.

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IsThatTheTime · 16/02/2010 16:23

Gus is good.
Orson makes me think of Mork and Mindy.
Conan has to be a no. What about Ronan?

Is your surname long/short/common/unusual?

DingALongCow · 16/02/2010 16:20

Maximilian - Love this
Conrad - OK
Conan - makes me think of barbarians in loincloths
Magnus - OK
Julius -OK
Augustus - Like
Aurelius -Love (have a degree in Ancient history, my son would have been Aurelia had he been a girl but my husband vetoed this for a boy- nickname Leo?)
Orson -Hate
Eugene -meh, puts me in mind of knickerbockers and sailor suits
Valentine - OK, although 'Val'?

but I live in an area where these names are not cause for a beating.

belgo · 16/02/2010 16:18

Augustus is a great name, Gus for short.

GrimmaTheNome · 16/02/2010 16:15

Conrad or Magnus are OK. Max would be, but as someone said, there's loads about (and at least 2/3 of them are dogs.)

Doozie · 16/02/2010 16:11

Magnus is great!

But I feel your ds will have some work carrying off those names...

Sidge's compromise idea is a good one.

I agree with the janitor.. "you are carrying the baby in your womb and you will be getting it out through a small hole or via a major op. therefore you get to choose. tis the law".

I think DH needs to meet you half way.

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