Baby boy, terrible surname, any suggestions?

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Hi everyone. We have just found out we are expecting a boy and are delighted, issue is my DPs surname is.... Wait for it..... Crippin..... It's so hard to think of a nice normal ish name to go with it!! Any suggestions? I like pretty traditional names, any suggestions greatly received!

X-post!

Robbie
Jamie

Another vote for Alexander here. Could you not double barrel and put your last name first Alexander firsttimer-cropping

Crippen rather

Edward
George
Henry
Joshua
Samuel
Thomas
William
Joseph
Matthew
Oliver

Would your surname work as a first name? Just a thought.

I like Alexander, as has already been suggested.

I'm with ch1134, Philip Crippen and Nicholas Crippen sound great. My baby brain is failing me to think of any more though

I thought it was going to be really awful too:

Johncock
Lowcock
Pratt
Darling

Could be so much worse OP.

I honestly posted light heartedly as we were getting nowhere but the more I hear Alexander the more I like it, we might actually have a winner! Thank you so much, I love mumsnet!
P.s as much as I don't particularly love my DPs name I love him and he's going to be a great dad, I hope our son loves his name and the fab family he comes from so yes I could use my name but I am choosing not to. Thanks again everyone

Why would you give your child your partner's surname, especially as you hate it?

X-posted, OP. It still seems odd that you are voluntarily giving your child a name you dislike. I love my husband and he's an extraordinary father, but I don't use his name and while our son has both surnames, mine is the one he uses.

Bit of a long shot and I hope I don't offend, but there's no law that says your baby has to have your dp's surname.
My dd has my name and my next child will also have my name. It's not negotiable,
But if you're certain the he will take his father's surname... Let me think of some ideas., because it's not the worse name in the works just hard to match.
Paul
Harry
James
Louis
Thomas
Daniel

Sylvester Crippin
Jonathan Crippin
Oscar Crippin
Oliver Crippin

Embrace it with something alliterative and memorable?

Calvin Crippin
Ciaran Crippin
Clayton Crippin

A friend of mine married a Mr Alex Dick (seriously wonder what his parents were thinking). They decided to use her name as their married name to save their kids from literally being Dicks. I thought that was eminently sensible.

Why would you give your child a name you hate?

Caleb
Lewis
Rhys
Nathaniel

These were names that were in the running for DS - we settled on Lewis in the end. Just looked at him at birth and we both agreed he just looked like a Lewis

I personally don't think Crippin is that bad. And lots of names will sound nice with it

Really, don't give your child a surname you hate. You have a perfectly good one of your own, for your child, who will be registered by YOU as you are not married to your DP - give your baby your surname! - and there's nothing to stop your DP taking it too, for that matter.

Crippin is pretty horrid, and doesn't go with anything. A long name like Alexander does indeed sound better, but Alex Crippin is not great.

I do agree with that previous post. I think we are moving away from that belief that a child automatically, always and without question has its father's name.

I think people have the confidence to question things now.

ps, as you're not married and your sur name is the better of the two, I think you have carte blanche really to just use your sur name.

Crippin isn't THAT bad as long as he doesn't go into medicine..

I've heard much worse. I also know a K.Hunt.

Benjamin, Oliver, Jonathan, Sebastian?

Like others have said, this does seem to be a case where the giving the child the father's surname is no kindness.

Crispen ;)

I think it's sad your surname is a definite no go.

Fwiw I regret not giving my son my surname

Just be prepare for him to change his name if he goes into medicine or gets a doctorate.

In your shoes I would give my child my surname - nothing to do with how much you love someone - if it is why wouldn't a man equally say 'I love my DW / dp so much I would like my baby to have her name'?

You can get married and still keep your own name.

I think you're all giving the OP rather a hard time about the surname when she's made it clear her choice is to use her DPs name.

I am married, I haven't taken my DH's surname and I don't exactly love it either. But our LO will have my DHs surname, albeit with my surname as a middle name (not double barrelled). It's hard for me to say why this will be so, as I was completely and utterly adamant that I wasn't changing my name on getting married. But it feels right to me.

OP - don't let MN boss you around if you are certain you are doing what's right for you as a family .