DH really wants to use his late mum's name...

[rosielea]

Hello, I'm pregnant with DC3 at the moment, don't know if it's a boy or girl, we have 2 DDs already. My Dh's mum passed away 6 years ago, she was a lovely woman who he was very close with, I only knew her for a short time but I liked her very much.
He didn't suggest her name for our 2 DDs I think because he was still very sad about her death but this time he would really like to use her name. Her name was Maisie, well Mary but known only as Maisie. I think it's fine as a name, not ever what I would choose myself but I don't hate it.
I feel a bit sad that if I agree then all the fun of name choosing is over! And that I wouldn't get to use any of my preferred names but I can't decide if I'm just being petty and should agree as it means alot to him? What would you do?x

Our hamster is called Patch though

Dd1's first name is a variation on dh's mother's middle name. MIL's first name was one of those old fashioned names which hasn't quite made it back into the preschool generation. Dd1 loves having that connection with the only grandparent she didn't meet. It is still just as special being her middle name because we named her in honour of MIL and told everyone that, but was a name we both liked. Dd1 has really grown into and owns the name now. Dd2 wants her name too!

I agree that Maisie and Marina are quite similar, and your name has Mary in it. Maisie is a nice name though.

Thanks for your input! I hadn't thought of the similarity with Marina, in my head they're very different but I can see they're from a common route.
Had a good chat with DH and he is very happy to use Maisie as a middle name, phew!

RubySparks my Marina is named after a Spanish friend of mine, I think it's a reasonably common name in Spain and Russia.
My hamster was called Honey (but I was 8 when I names her).

what if it's a boy?!?!

marius

A boy will be Daniel! Let's hope it's a boy ;)

I had the same with my DH. Luckily the name is a pretty one - we decided on my (living) DM's name as a the other name (also a pretty one).

TBH I am quite relieved I don't have to trawl through baby name books etc'.

We're deciding which will be 1st and which middle when we see our baby. Have heard some people have their baby and 'meet' them and their pre-planned name doesn't sound right for the little person they have!