What would you call your baby if your dh had no say?

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Dh ruins all of my baby name plans here is my list if he had no say for a Ds I would have a Hugo or a Jesse we mostly agree on girls names but I love Fleur and he despises it.

What would you call your baby if you had free rein?

DD1 would have been Esther
DS would have been Albert
DD2 would have been Clara

Wren

Verity or Lola for a girl (loved Verity and still do but DP just flat out hated it)
William, George or Conrad.

Needless to say I got none of the above, DP picked both DD and DS's names, I adore DD's name but DS's after 2 and a half years is still growing on me

DS - Archer, Wyatt or Gabriel. DH said yes to Wyatt. We had another DD.

DD - Fable, Olivia and Scarlett. No.

I really liked Seth...never got my way

Austin for a boy and Cressida for a girl. Probably a good thing that DH is less pretentious than me!

I wanted Florence or Charlotte for a girl and got Charlotte for a second name. For a boy, Rafi or Adam. We'll see for DC 2!

I agree, great thread . DH vetoed so many of my favourite names I lost count!

DS1 - Would still have been Jack. He was actually named after my grandfather, just before the name became quite so popular. It was the last name we thoroughly agreed on!

DS2 - Marcus, Isaac or Sam.

DD - Poppy, Daisy or possibly Posy.

I have recently "discovered" the name Delphi & would love to call any future DD that (if I ever have another DC that is) - I strongly suspect DH would hate that name too .

Schrodinger - I feel your frustration. I had a similar pregnancy with DD (by the sounds of it) and yet, due to DH's inability to see the potential in soo many nice names we were almost decided on his choice. I was already feeling a bit bummed about this when I was induced. After a crappy labour which resulted in me giving birth without any pain relief at all (because I left it too late to ask for pethidine & the gas & air were confiscated ) I simply looked at our new DD and said "her name is X". The name was actually what we had thought for her middle name - my first choice of name which DH had deemed "OK". He didn't argue & now loves her name as much as I do. He also agrees that she is much more her name than the name she almost had! .

I wouldn't of chose either of my children's names If I had my way, their names both end in the Oooh sound as does my sister, it makes for very confusing family get togethers.
Dd would of been William shortened to Liam, dp wanted Bill (actually, Bill would of been the better choice) or Fern, which is an abreviation of a family surname.

Ds would of had my fathers name, both my father and dp, said/pleaded NO.
or Caitlin if he had been a girl.

Felix.. big sigh. Dh wants Frederick. Theo may be our compromise.

You are all barking!

Actually for DS, I wanted to follow family tradition and give him my surname as a first name. DP just wasnt convinced. I think Gilmour Puxley would actually be quite nice. He could have been Gil for short!
DD was always going to be Catey Scarlet. From the minute she was conceived. At birth, DP said, "don't I get a say" and he wanted Elizabeth or frigging Victoria! So, she is now Catey (Catherine) Victoria!

Dd - Xanthe Lena
Ds1 - Luca Benjamin Arlo
Ds2 - Leonardo Alexander

Sigh.....

Rory

No matter how many times he tells me Rory is a tiger, it never diminishes my love for the name.

He didn't! hehehehehehehe!

Guillaume :( DH looked at me like I was mad