Husband insistent on Elvis

[Pootletrinket]

Apart from hoping against hope that it's a girl (!) he's been on about this name for YEARS - reckons he went all soft on me when DD was born and let me choose, so this time around it's his turn.

Are my instinctive reactions (against the name) right?!?!?

Big no.
Poor lad.

You're joking

Please tell me you're joking

It's the 1st of April, right? And I've been in hibernation for the winter.

If you are not joking, then seriously this probably constitutes abuse. Others will be along to give you the link to Women's Aid. I just say pack and run. Preferably before the baby is born.

dp wanted to call ds Horatio. He said it was fate because ds was born 200 years after the battle of Waterloo so we HAD to call ds Horatio after Horatio Nelson.

I said if we called him Horatio I was taking the girls, the boy and leaving and moving far, far away.

As soon as he knew I was actually serious (not particularly about leaving him, but about hating the name) he let me have my way compromised

I has conan as his favourite- yes right.

Now Conan (as Irish name) I wouldn't mind.

No, Quattro - not joking at all. MIL and SILs keep saying to him "you just can't" but I don't see why they think he'll listen to them when he won't listen to me!!

I don't think he'd go ahead without me (despite his jocular threats to run to registry office while I'm incapacitated - think this is just to wind me up) but am I going to have to put up with this for another 6 months?!?!?

His other fave is Jesus (Brazilian pron.) - another no-no from me.

And I do actually know 2 people who called their boys Elvis, so have to be careful about what I say!!!

lol at pack and run

Divorce him so he can't register the birth himself (you can always remarry later). Or buy a goldfish and call it Elvis - he'll never name his child after a goldfish, would he?

Am LOVING the goldfish suggestion!!!!! Divorce would be too expensive as I'm only breadwinner!!!!

See, well, I could just about swallow Jesus, would work if you are Spanish or Latin American.

Elvis

Dear god

And you tell me that you know two little Elvises?

Say it ain't so

There's an Elvis in DD's class. He is very normal so seems a bit more of a normal name to me now (although if DH had suggested that DS had been Elvis I would have been very

My DH wanted to name DS Thor. I stamped firmly on that idea...

ROFL at Thor. It's still better than Elvis though.

Did your DH have any alternatives from Valhalla?

Based on the goldfish idea, I compromised (DH has wanted a dog for years and we may be able to move somewhere soon where it could be possible/practical) and said he could call dog elvis if he wanted - initially the reaction was "what a strange name for a dog" (hello?! !) so I said, fair enough, will buy DD a goldfish and call it Elvis - he came back with more reasonable response.

And Quattro, I know Mums of 2 teenage Elvises (Elvi?!)

Absolutely not.It's terrible,and cruel.

I think Elvis is a lovely name for a fish.

I think it was conan as in conan the barbarian rather than any Irish connectition.

Leave him immediately.

I think it's ok I think it's sort of so bad it's good, sort of kitch but.. I don't know. I don't think it's cruel, not as bad as some of the crappy crap one hears, I think if you have confidence, it could be ok.

If he is dead set how about going back to the origins of the name

Think Baby Names has:
"The boy's name Elvis \e-lvis is pronounced EL-viss. Possibly related to Alvis from Norse mythology. Made famous by the late singer/actor Elvis Presley. Name of a sixth-century Irish saint, who is also known as Elwyn, Elwin, Elian and Allan. World champion skater Elvis Stojko; football player Elvis Grbac.

Elvis has 6 variant forms: Alvis, Alvys, Elvio, Elviss, Elvo and Elvys.

For more information, see also related names Kelvis and Yoelvis.

Baby names that sound like Elvis are Alviss and Alvise. "

Or Babyhold has:
"The name Elvis is a baby boy name. The name Elvis comes from the English origin. In English The meaning of the name Elvis is: Elf-wise friend. Variant of Alvin"

• Perhaps the elf-wise friend might put him off????

I have definitely been watching too much fireman sam as that was my first though rather than the king!!! Maybe use as a middle name?

Can I counter suggest Travis - someone I knew that was seriously considering Elvis, settled on Travis in the end , definitely preferable!

Dp would also want to name any child of ours Elvis. thankfully we are in no position for more.

though i do know a little boy named Elvis. he is 7 and gorgeous. his brother Ozzy and sister Summer are also beautifull.

you only go the first time you hear it. after that its just a name

Urgh! Travis? Elvis infinitely preferable to that IMO, though I am old so am negatively influenced by Pipe-Smoker of the Year 1987, Dave Lee Travis.

Also from a musical point of view, Elvis preferable to Travis.

I can think of a lot worse.

Lollipopshoes- if your DH actually said he wanted to name your son Horatio because he would be born 200 years after the battle of Waterloo he is either (a) an amazing prophet (b) very bad at history or (c) both, because the battle of Waterloo was fought in June 1815 and Horatio Nelson had nothing to do with it, partly because he was a naval officer but mostly because he had been dead for nearly 10 years, having died at the battle of Trafalgar.

If you do in fact have a DS in June 1815 you would have to call him Arthur, after the Duke of Wellington...