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DH's crazy name ideas

40 replies

FancyALittle · 23/02/2011 18:51

Which are OK and which should be dismissed... I've lost all sense of perspective. There a couple of Hmm I reckon.

April
Emily
Rose/Rosie/Rosanna
Matilda

George
Jonah
Felix
Dorian
Ezra

Does anyone else have any slightly crazy suggestions from their DH?

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alarkaspree · 23/02/2011 18:53

My dh suggested a lot worse. And so did I to be honest.

The only one I really don't like on your list is Dorian. The others wouldn't be my choice but I think they're fine.

rinabean · 23/02/2011 18:55

Sorry to disappoint you, but they're all pretty normal!

Happymummy2011 · 23/02/2011 18:55

My ex H was very keen on the name Lancelot! I like Matilda and Felix from your list

DramaInPyjamas · 23/02/2011 18:58

I agree with rinabean.

IslaValargeone · 23/02/2011 18:59

I love Felix. My dh came out with much worse.

FancyALittle · 23/02/2011 19:00

Ah, I'm relieved they're not too 'out there' - like I said, I've lost all perspective!

Dorian comes not from Wilde but from Scrubs, of all places. Hmm

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IslaValargeone · 23/02/2011 19:07

Dorian isn't quite masculine enough for my taste.

EveryonesJealousOfGingers · 23/02/2011 19:08

I like them all, we have used one of the girls ones! Not so sure about Dorian but it's ok...

Pancakeflipper · 23/02/2011 19:09

That's not crazy. Those are names in my kids classes. All ok. Some better than others.

JiltedJohnsJulie · 23/02/2011 19:10

The are all fine except April. She will be called Ape for the rest of her life.

privategodfrey · 23/02/2011 19:31

Felix = cat food
Dorian = wrinkled picture in the attic

Ezra is very unusual but I like it the more I say it :)

Galdem · 23/02/2011 19:33

Dirian is awful.

Other than that, all very nice and not at all bonkers.

tummytickler · 23/02/2011 19:34

They arenot crazy at all - just normal names. Except Dorian.
I love April and Ezra

growing3rdbump · 23/02/2011 20:01

I like them all (except Dorian). You are very lucky your DH came up with a list - mine has been totally useless in this department!!!!

cocoachannel · 23/02/2011 20:07

I like them all except Dorian due to the Wilde character.

thisisyesterday · 23/02/2011 20:12

i think they're all very normal names actually!

Dorian and Ezra are fairlyt uncommmon, i'll give tou that, but the rest are all very popular at the moment

randomimposter · 23/02/2011 21:04

Faves
Rosanna then Matilda
Ezra then George

But all ok - least keen on April and Dorian.

Rhubarbgarden · 23/02/2011 21:15

April is beautiful.

JojoMags · 23/02/2011 21:28

April,Ezra and Dorian are awful imo. Jonah is not my cup of tea either, but the rest are OK. Love Matilda and Rosanna.

notanumber · 23/02/2011 21:43

It could be a trick.

My DH refused - point blank refused - to discuss names properly with me both times.

Nightly I would suggest twenty-five names. He'd say "no" to every single one.

Every now and again he would suprise me by suggesting a name, only the the name would be Nigel or Linda or Deborah or something and he'd wander off snickering at my bemused expression.

When DS and DD were born and I was off my face on sleep-deprivation and morphine in the delivery room, he said, "what about SensibleName?"

I was so gobsmacked that he'd (a)suggested a name and (b)it wasn't Brenda or Roger, I immediately said "yes, ok". At which point he texted the world to announce the name.

The fucker.

notanumber · 23/02/2011 21:44

Oh, but Jonah is nice. Pick Jonah.

TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 23/02/2011 21:46

I went to uni with a Dorian (female)

Better than my DH suggestions.

fifi25 · 23/02/2011 21:52

Roxy and Lexi were his choice, i hated them, no offence to anyone who used them.

girlfromdownsouth · 23/02/2011 22:41

Hee hee, my DD is called Emily Rose so I think they are pretty normal names...Smile

hotnspicyonions · 23/02/2011 22:53

I have been scarred by Lexi after hearing a mum in my local chippy shout at her DD "Stop doing that Rolex!" I kid you not, and now my DS is in the same class as dear 'Lexie' at school!

DP likes Ezra, I like all the girls names.