Do think your DC's name is fab or just ok?

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Did you go with a name for your DC that you only thought was ok, and why was this? It's quite possible that in order to find a compromise, DH and I will have to opt for a name both of us likes but is neither one's favourite. Your thoughts please.

DD arrived and did not suit any of the names we loved. So we went back to the long list and also asked DSC's for help - DSD picked DD's name and it is perfect for her. I love her name. But it wasn't my favourite.

ds1's is FAB
ds2's is cool (but wasn't my absolute fave)
ds3's is also cool and WAS my fave and then I changed my mind and then I was really unsure for about a year and then we just stuck with it

DS1 - DH chose as the name I wanted was really common at the time, it is an okay name but very run of the mill and not my choice.

DS2 - DH and I both chose the name and I absolutley adore it. He is now 4 and I still love the namr.

DD - I had a name I really wanted but DH didn't like. We ended up going with DHs choice again. A name I liked this time but is incredibly popular.

We went for one that wasn't either of our favourites to begin with, but only because we hadn't thought of it... we loved it as soon as we thought of it, and we still think it's great. Explore more options?

We tried my favourite for a few days (while I was pregnant) and although i still liked it, dh was no keener and I didn't like seeing him unenthusiastic about it.

DH's favourite is ds's second name.

DD1's name is utterly fabulous and we both loved it instantly.

DD2's name (as yet still in womb-residence) will be a compromise name which upsets me greatly but our taste in names is now so far apart that there is no other way.

I love love love DS1's name as does DH.

I also really really love DS2's name but it is quite popular so I wish I had gone for something a bit more out there!

DD1 - wasnt even on the list but after giving birth there was no way he was gonna argue. It was my fav but i new if i said it he would hate it. Her name is Alana
DT's - I was on my own and their dad want interested so they were both my choice. Love their names Emilie and Harrison

I love the names of my dd1 and dd2.

I chose dd1's name, and we both completely agreed on dd2's name (although I do prefer her middle name )

I like dd3's name, and it suits her completely, however I don't love it. Dh chose it (his turn) and it wouldn't have been my choice. I love her middle name (my choice).

I think it's very rare to come up with names that both parents love, and I think compromise is often necessary.

DD's favourite name ever
DS's - DH chose, but is him so perfectly, and it's not 'just ok' IYSWIM.

DDs name I love both first and middle name. DH gave me final choice between our two agreed names.

DSs name, I love his first name, my favourite boys name. His middle name I'm not keen on, although there is nothing wrong with it. DH chose the name combination as I got final choice the first time and I do believe that he chose DSs first name because I love it so much.

dc1to 7 love their names some were compromises others we both loved , ds2 was a name we'd picked for dd2 but had decided on an alternative but dd1 then age 4 was having none of it and insisted he was baby x.i still love his name . i love all their names and i don't worry what others think of them they suit them and they suit our family .

then we had dc8 and the problems begin .we had huge problems with her name dh fixated on 1 name despite that fact that 4 months before her birth i'd stated categorically that i hated it . he vetoed every name i suggested in fact was so rude about all of them that they are for ever tarnished . i gave up on many names i loved because he disliked them and tried to find a compromise but to no avail . there were probably 4 or 5 name i loved , but we were poles apart. he loved frilly girly girl names , i preferred less popular but more sensible names.
in the end i gave up and agreed to his choice . when she was 6 months old he agreed to change it to her middle name the only other name he was even prepared to consider , i liked it especially it's meaning but didn't love it and dislike it's shortened forms .he had also been very unpleasant about it prior to her birth pointing out how it could rhyme and possibly cause teasing etc . i still feel the same way about it that is it's ok , it's her name but it's not a name that suits her imo . it's too frilly and posh .

  i always feel i need to apologise  when i tell people her name . i keep trying to find a nn that i can feel comfortable with and  i still tend to call her pet or little one . i do feel incredibly sad  and guilty that 3 years on i still feel this way about what is after all only a name  and i love her dearly . i think what makes the whole situation worse is  i believe the whole issue could have been avoided if dh had been prepared to have a genuine adult discussion and actually compromise rather than just saying no no no.

erm, o.k I suppose quite pretty and classic. Although I do kind of wish I was a bit braver and chose the more daring name I had in mind. I wanted to play it safe.

DD1's name was my second choice - first one didn't go with surname. And I adore it (now dislike first choice which was Isabella and incredibly popular).

DD2's name we couldn't agree on. DH suggested something I had previously rejected and it felt completely right. I have gone through a few phases of wondering if it was right and wishing I had called her something else and it doesn't feel like 'my' name in the way dd1's does. But the older she gets the more I really really love it. It's a beautiful name, I think.

dss v common but like it
ds1 love
ds2 love nn not sure about full name
dd tbh find it a bit meh, but too late to change

DS1 is a name I felt railroaded into, so no I do not love it.
DS2 I love it, I really love it.
DS3 I adore it, it is cool and really really suits him.
DD1 will be born in 9 weeks and I like the name we have picked for her, I like it a lot and it will become her name and I am sure when we start telling people after she is born then I will love it because it is quite unusual where we live. However I would have liked to have called her something else but, hubbie really did not like any of my "out there" choices.

Really love both my DC's names, they have special meaning and connection but also sound great imho

Trouble is I think I used ALL my favourite names on them and now have to come up with something for DC3...eek.

DS was an equally loved choice between two names - underused but classical.

DD a female foreign variant of the unused name from DS - beautiful.