HELP! My DH thinks he is naming a dog / video game character!

[Beeblebear]

Am I crazy for giving the veto to almost all of my DH's baby boy name suggestions? My DH thinks he is naming a dog / video game character! How do I get him to pick some "proper" boys names? Do I just hope that he falls in love with something off my list?

Here is his list:
#1 Maximus (max is my aunts dog)
#2 Hawk (from hawkeye on the avengers)
#3 Hunter (our friends dogs name)
#4 Shadow (my old cats name)
#5 Lukas aka Luke (as in skywalker)
#6 Markus (not sue where this came from, but not bad)

Here is my list:
#1 Alexander aka Alex (vetoed by dh)
#2 Elliott (DH is unsure about this one)
#3 Arthur (DH doesn't mind)
#4 Cole ( this one jums off and on my list depending on the week - Dh didn't comment so I'm thinking this one is coming off)
#5 Jasper (DH doesn't mind)
#6 Simon (DH isn't keen)
#7 Grayson (DH doesn't mind)

I should probably mention that my DH is a childrens coach, and that many of the names I came up with he said no way, because of some brat kid that he could remember.

Thank you for your input!

Elliot, Marcus, Cole are all nice and I know one of each, Lucus is fine.

Maximilian would be ok, Hunter is fun, but you'd need more nerve than me.

Aaron is a fav of mine and means mountain of strength so that might appeal to DH.

Hercules or Alan?!

DH had a dog called Jasper ...

what if son is quiet,bookish and restrained
not like a hunter,hawk,shadow or maximus. they are big names to live up to

My DS is a Luc :) Some of the names on your DH's list are from Gladiators aren't they? :o

Elliott is my favorite at this point, but still another 21 is weeks to write and re-write (and add middle names to) the lists. This is the first draft. lol

I'm thinking Maximus would be ok as a middle name, and if the kid decides to like it and use it, then so be it! I don't think it's a bad name, but just that it is currently my Aunt's name that we see several times a year it could be a bit confusing at christmas! lol

Shadow i do think is mad... Huter is a great boys name, but our friend could be babysitting frequently and imagine the confusion for the poor dog.

Why has'nt anyone said Cole is a bad choice, am i missing something and is the in name.

and is it an 'in' name now

Oooh, I like Elliott. I also like Max (without the -imus)

Is your DH naming fecking Gladiators? Shaddow? Hunter?

I know a Cole. But don't like the name.

Harvey
Oscar
Jerome
Hector
Austin
Lawrence
Oliver
Ivan
Levi
Wilfred
Richard
Eli
Zachary
Michael
Aaron
Tristan

Hunter & Cole are not unusual in a country I used to live in. I wasn't sure about either at first, but they both grew on me and I like them both now :) I quite like Grayson too. Other than Hawk & Shadow I don't actually think your DH's list is that bad (if you normalised the spellings!)

Arthur shortened to Thor would be comic-book-tastic. I like Alex and Elliot too. Maximus would be a good middle name though (and he could use it later in life if he wanted to, without confusing the dog) - maybe you need to negotiate to have one name off each list, and then use your special vote to make sure the first name is from your list!

I like the suggestions of Axel and Alec.

Strangely enough I like Lukas spelled with a K., and I think Kaspar with a K is nice too. I prefer Marc to Markus/Marcus.
Cole and Elliott are really nice from your list, imo, and Jasper is not too bad. I don't really like Grayson, Arthur, Alex. Simon is nice but it's a long way from your DH's preferences. Solomon would be my alternative suggestion. Agree with everyone who thinks the first four on your H's list are dreadful.

How about
Dexter
Felix
Lennox
Pax
Xander
Xavier
Jackson
Dominic
Nicholas/ Nico
Oskar
Jacob or Jakob
Zachary (Zak)
Isaac

DS1 has raved about being called Hunter. "Who would not want to be called Hunter?" he cried. He suggests Hawk-Hunter for added effect.

Suffice it to say he is a gamer.

Elliot is sweet and a name you can grow up with not like shadow or hunter

There's a character called Shadow in Neil Gaiman book. He's an ex-con. Just sayin'.

Ooh, one of the ladies at work just dropped off a baby name book. I'll give that to DH and cross out any of the too-bizarre names for inspiration!

I feel your pain. DH is a gamer and into shite superhero films.

So far I have had to veto:

Kal El
Jean-Luc
Thor
Loki
Anders

and

Morrigan
Morgana
Xenia
Lila

on the grounds of him being a massive nerd-boy.

I quite like Anders and Lila but I'm not having a child named after a computer game or cartoon character.

its a whole new nerdy world of games the geek husbands exist in

My DP wanted to call the baby megatron thankfully we are having a girl

what a plethora of ghastly names
megatron sounds like a particle ray

I call my DD Megatron as a nickname. She gets a ton of NNs though.

I have always loved Hunter.

Some bugger gave DH a dictionary of mythology for Xmas one year.