To want an alternative baby name

[GreenieBeanie]

DP and I are trying to come up with baby names (we're waiting to find out the sex), he is favouring names such as Leo and Leona, but I love the name Green for a boy or girl. He's trying to veto it but I'm sticking to my guns here, I love it! AIBU to want a pretty out there name for lo? Would I be setting them up for a life of hating their name?

When I was pregnant I loved the name Blue for a boy. DH vetoed it and now I'm quite relieved. We went for an unusual name but it's definitely a name if that makes sense. I would look at some names that you both like. We spent forever choosing a girls name and then had a boy and now my new niece has a v similar name to our choice for a girl so if we have another we'll be back to the drawing board but choosing names is so much fun!

If you're considering it because of Little Green, that song is about the real-life daughter Joni Mitchell put up for adoption as a teenager.

That baby was not actually named Green, but Kelly (makes sense, right?). Any possibility you'd consider that (or another shade of green -- Juniper?) as a place to start discussion?

Hobbit?

What about the name Graham and calling him Gray if he’s a boy? Lila, Avery and Arden are beautiful names suggested by math

Oh and I meant to say Green reminds me of bowling green. Just no.

Change your own name to Green and give your child an actual name.

I dunno, it kind of irks me when people want a unique baby name. It won’t be a baby forever and will have to go through life constantly repeating their name, putting up with jibes or constantly spelling it if the parents used a traditional name but with a twist.

Call the baby Green if you want but prepare for them changing the name when old enough.

Also, people will understandably assume that Green is their surname and that can cause problems with paperwork (names being wrong way round) etc.

You can’t stick to your guns over a baby name if your partner hates it. Also Green is a silly name setting the kid up for years of teasing. Yep in a perfect world no one would get teased due to their name but we don’t live in a perfect work.

Change your own name to Green and give your child an actual name.

Agree with this. If you "want a pretty out there name" (as you mentioned in OP), give yourself that honour.

Not someone else.

I don't think green is that out there in comparison to some of the children in my niece's school class and year above: Storm, Tatti, Drogon (yes, really), Tartan, Colman, Hart. And those are just the ones I've met/heard about from mum's at the gates.

I do like Green but as I say I may just be a bit hormonal and have some more sensible ones in the reserves

I almost forgot a lady I work with called her DD Atlantic Dream (dream is middle name) because she conceived overseas....
(I'll be so sorry if she is on here!)

The thing is, your child may not always move in those kinds of circles.

Maybe use it as a nickname if you feel that strongly? But give them a relatively normal "official" name?

Btw, Tartan?

Colman and Hart (people will hear it as Heart) are a bit odd too.

Yes Tartan! I kid you not she wears a pink tartan backpack and sometimes a matching tartan bow.

Green isn't sounding so orbital now huh?

Tartan (as a pattern) is cool. But as a name? No. People will shorten it to Tart. Especially for a girl.

I have suspected Aspergers, so I'm never really sure whether someone is being serious or not.

If this is a serious thread, forgive me. But do not call your baby Green.

Viridian (Vee or Vi?)
Malachite (Mal?)
Beryl

All green words.

@SerPants
No worries, I am considering Green I think it's nice but one person's nice is another's Tartan!

I prefer the names you’ve quoted to green. Green to me sounds naff and dreary. As I said, bowling green. Here’s a list of suggestions for people, who like the colour green. You will note that the article does not suggest Green for a name. I think Apple is naff btw and I wouldn’t use Mignonette either but all the others sound good to me.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/green-baby-names_n_5462045

Don’t you like any of the names people have given? Or the colour diminutives Gray, Red or even Blue?

@Bastardingcough

Forgive me, but they are hideous (says the loopy lady who likes Green)

@Mummy

Oh no, I like Teal! What have you done

Gray is great, but just reminds me of the cheesy af 50 shades nonsense

As a nickname it's okay.

But please choose a normal name for the birth certificate!

Idk. I’ll back away. I don’t want you sobbing in your greenbeanie with all those pregnancy hormones. . Yes, I get the Gray thing but it’s a beautiful name. Teal is more refined than Green imo and is a unisex name.

I didn't say I like them, just that they were "green" words!

Personally, I don't like green. For the bogey reason, but also the association of green being a word for someone naive, inexperienced or incompetent.