To think wife is being a little bit silly?

[AmericanCreamie]

I am Irish and DW is English. Our son is 2 days old. She said we can go for a name that's Irish but works well in English too. The one we liked most was Dillon, she then goes "great, but I want it as Dylan"??? That then completely takes away the fact of it being Irish. she isn't getting it. This baby will never be named!!

Silly to say we can pick an Irish name that's good in English and we pick it together and then say "oh but it can't be spelt the Irish way

Well, maybe. But baby naming is an irrational thing.

I like the name Elisabeth but wouldn't even consider Elizabeth.

If she doesn't like this name if it's spelled the Irish way you guys should probably find a name where she does like the Irish version, right?

Plus your wife has just given birth so she wins on points and you should just suck it up.

Congratulations.
Yes Dylan is Welsh.
How about
Patrick
Connor
Malachi
Ronan
Ciaran

she isn't getting it.

Well, maybe.

But it seems like you aren't getting that she doesn't want the baby to be named Dillon. Which is her right...

I don't mind the baby not being called Dillon. I'm happy to find another name. It just made me laugh...

I have an English/irish nephew and he is Dylan if that helps. I think you are making alot of fuss and bother about something that is nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Dillon doesn't even look like an Irish spelling to me - having the I and O either side of the LLs. (Usually in Irish spellings an I before the consonants would have to be followed by and I or E, but I'm not a native speaker.)

I'd check the spelling with a native speaker before getting too worked up about the proper Irish spelling!

It just made me laugh...

That seems like a rather silly reaction imo...

It made you laugh?

You're lucky your wife hasn't lost the plot with you

I don't like Dylan, she doesn't like Dillon. Why is it classed that I'm making a lot of fuss when I say I don't want Dylan, but not the other way around? Strange.

Btw, Dillon looks like Dill on.

Makes me think of fish and herbs.

Do you normally speak to your wife in such a patronising infantilising way?

I don't like Dylan, she doesn't like Dillon. Why is it classed that I'm making a lot of fuss when I say I don't want Dylan, but not the other way around? Strange.

Not really. It's the way you phrase things...

This exact same conversation is taking place on the Dillon/Ciaran thread and you'll see that most people, myself included, don't like the spelling of Dillon but do like Dylan.

I'm Irish. I'd go for Dylan. My nephew is Dylan. It's a fine name. I think you're being pedantic and tbh I don't like the point scoring tone of your post against your wife who has just given birth.

It was just a joke

She is 'a little bit silly' and she 'pushed the baby out' . I don't think you could be any more patronising and dismissive.

It doesn't sound like a joke to me and you'd really piss me off if you came across the way you have on here in real life.

not silly at all actually.

we've done the same thing for our dcs. found a name that works in both language but spelt differently. Except that the spelling in my language is the one used for girl in English and dc was a boy. s we choose the English spelling (and we cope with the remark back home as to how his name isn't spelt right)

Bottom line: you don't get to decide what is right or not, nor what I silly or not.
She has met you half way with a name that is irish in origin, one that I hope you both like. Make an effort and leave the spelling alone who is going to care about that anyway?

You don't like Dylan, she doesn't like Dillon. So pick a different name that you both like

Yabu for calling her silly and laughing at her when she gave birth two days ago

A Joke???
That what twats usually say to avoid having to take responsibility for their twattiness.....

Spare us all your brand of comedy will you!

I can just imagine you telling your poor wife the mums net jury have deemed her unreasonable. Hasn't worked out that way has it!

Dylan is the correct way to spell it, it's Welsh. Dillon is just an Irish variant.

Is Dillon as a first name Irish? (I'm Irish and have never heard it used as a first name, with that spelling).
Agree that the wording of your posts is quite patronising and I'm not entirely sure what you're looking for from this thread.
Also, there's a lot more to being pregnant, giving birth (whatever way you do it), and dealing with the early days of motherhood while recovering from the birth than just 'pushing the baby out'.

I'm Irish and the Dillon is a fairly common surname. As a first name it should be Dylan, which is a Welsh name.
There are plenty of good Irish names that are easy to pronounce.
Liam, Cain, Cillian, Sean, Patrick, Michael, Darragh, Lorcan,
Congratulations on your new baby and take your time with his name.