Draco (yes, as in Malfoy)

[CannyFradock]

So after months of wallowing in the shit-we-have-no-ideas abyss, DH announces yesterday that he has decided that Draco is the perfect name for our little'un. He is now set on it and to be honest I'm so tired of arguing that I'm quite willing to go with it. It is quite cool. Are we mental? Shall we just call him "boy" and be done with it? Where is the tomato puree? I just don't know anymore.

Not Drake! Or you'll have to call your next daughter Duck.

I love HP and wacky names but please don't use Draco. It is not a good association and is unlikely to go away anytime soon.

Well it is in my name dictionary I think. But I'd seriously think twice.

Is your DH not just winding you up and seeing how long you will go along with it for...?!

I think it is a nice name, in and of itself, but it's up to you how you feel about the HP association - will you get fed up with the wisecracks?

Calling it "cruel" though... perspective.

I know an Anakin btw - happy little boy, doesn't get teased.

I must confess that recently i though Albus was quite a good name. Would never use it though. Can be shortened to Albie when little and I am not sure about -bert names so prefer to Albert.

Well...I'm not too surprised by this reaction, mine was sort of similar. But I really am at my wit's end. I don't think DH is kidding either because his other suggestion was Alecto (who happens to be another baddie in HP - Alecto Carrow). I think he's more hormonal than I am. SAVE ME FROM THE MADNESS.

I really like the name Draco and, half jokingly, suggested it for a boy even before becoming pregnant with my dd - however I was told it was ridiculous!

Still think it is a nice name, and echo those who said Draco Malfoy is not a 'bad' character but quite a complex one - rather he and his family live up to his mother's name of being quite narcissistic.

Probably would not use it on balance though, but I think there are far worse names (Jayden, for instance!)

not wanting to offend anyone with a Jayden - just personal taste.

Perhaps you could try telling him that Alecto is a girls name: she was one of the Furies.

Canny - can I jsut say I sympathise entirely. My husband is STILL going on about Hunter being the only name he likes, FFS.

I like Draco really, but much like Hunter the associations are just too much, not worth it in the long term.

Shall I share my plan? I'm going to book the appointment to register DS when he's born and if DH hasn't grown up before then I'm bloody going without him!

WIN!

You should TOTALLY do it.

Maybe.

Please don't do it! Everyone will laugh behind your back.

you should both decide on the name, not one of you go half heartedly into going along. You will have to carry on trying to find names that you like. I was in the same position and in the end Dh said he loved the names I did becuase he loved the meanings and they had grown on him. And now he thinks they are the best names. At one point I thought that we would never agree, and Im sure every couple has the same problems. Some of my fav names though he rejected and I did with him.

I...I....like it. I'm embarassed to even type that, but I do. If I get a dog, I might do with Draco.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Just ... no.

Thanks for all the replies. Naming is just so frustrating. It's not that we don't have some ideas - I have a list as long as my arm which in my opinion is filled gorgeous and interesting names, it's just that DH won't agree to any of them. For instance; Oberon is "too Shakespearian", Lucian reminds him "of Lucifer", Emmanuel is "too Biblical"...ARGH. The only name he said he "doesn't mind" is Joaquin but surely that's far, far too Spanish for a very British baby?

How Oberon be too Shakespearean but Draco not be too HP?!

Danica McKellar (sp?) who was Winnie in The Wonder Years (remember her) has a son called Draco, I think...

Ah yes, here you are: uk.eonline.com/news/enter_draco_danica_mckellar_welcomes_son/199842

Oberon? Lucien? Maybe you need to stop trying so hard. What about something like matthew? Peter? David? James? Etc... There are thousands of names that don't sound insane.

I quite like Emmanuel, actually, but the only ones I know have Greek background.

Noooooooooo. There's nothing more I can say really.

Like most of the creative flourishes in HP (not that I don't love those books), Draco is derivative but post-HP, that's its primary association.

How about Marco?

I actually like it. It's a name, it's quite rare but without sounding odd. Short, easy to say and spell. Not outrageously pretentious - a bit try-hard, but not too much. Better than your other choices. Go for it.

Haven't read Harry Potter, though.