Born on Easter Sunday! Please, help us name our DS!

[GreenLounger]

Hi all,

My little boy arrived yesterday... He is an Easter Baby!

We are so stuck for names - our styles are way too different.

I like relatively popular names...

We gave a list of 15 to each other:

Mine:
Alexander
Benjamin
Daniel
Edward (Teddy)
Ethan
Henry
Isaac
Joseph
Kieran
Matthew
Nathan
Reuben
Samuel
William (Billy)
Zachary

His:
Ash
August
Bryce
Carson
Clinton
Cruz
Dante
Devon
Elvis
Gideon
Kyan
Nixon
Oak
Ryder
Saxon

Help!!!

You poor thing, your monster in law sounds a prize bitch. You'd think as a 'mother' herself she'd know better. And I'll keep my views on your husband to myself. I think I'd be considering that drive to my mums if I were you, just to give you some head space. And I'd turn my phone off - 12 missed calls is disturbing! What a pair of psychos! My heart really goes out to you. Daniel is a lovely choice of name by the way.

He looks like a Daniel to me.

Your husbands names are mostly 'look at how fucking trendy and original I am!'

Thank you all

I hope your DP calls it quits with his ridiculous behaviour soon OP. You will end up really resenting him for making the naming of your son do stressful.

I know might sound a bit paranoid but your DH and MIL won't go and register him with a name they've chosen whilst you're gone will they?

Be very careful leaving, do it when your husband isn't around, or call the cops for support. I don't put it past him to try and stop you taking Daniel away for a break.

He'll be fine. Having a mummy being made so upset and treated so badly is much worse for him. Push comes to shove you can register the little fella by yourself and call him whatever you want...middle name and surname included. You do actually hold all the cards so don't forget that! Screw the pair of them i say! Stay strong. X

Spike is a cool name

Oh dear, can they do that? I really want to register him and then sod off to my mum's I'm getting to that point where I don't care if it's the right thing to do or not!

As you and "D" H are married then yes he can register the birth so I would definitely get him registered first, then go to your mums.

Are you married? The dad needs to be there to be on the birth certificate if you're not married.

We are married

What if he leaves me? If I register his name? That would be horrendous. We are so happy, I don't get why he has changed since DS has arrived. He's being a right dick.

He looks like a Daniel! Lovely name OP.

12 missed calls! I'm really sorry this is happening, they are both behaving so so badly towards you.

Go and register him tomorrow then go and see your mum and never go back

If he leaves you over calling your son a name that is nice rather than his suggestions, then you are better off without him.

Surely he wouldn't actually do that though? What a hurrendous thought and would definitely spell the end of your marriage I reckon! Hopefully there'll be someone on here who knows a bit about family law who can advise you where you stand??

Take the paperwork with you to your mums so he can't go and register him, you still have 5 weeks and 5 days so there is no hurry.

Disappearing to your mums, and telling him why when you get there, via text, then turning off your phone, might just give him the short sharp shock he needs.

If I were to pick his name, I'd go for Daniel Alexander (Last Name)

However, if I seriously am going to register him alone, should I go with Daniel George, so DH can't completely go ape shit...? Then it's still kind of fair

www.behindthename.com/name/georg

www.behindthename.com/name/daniel

Why not go for the spelling from another language and appease Lee. His suggestions seem less artistic and more try-too-hard to me.

I like Georg but then I'm a fan of Georg Jensen designs.

How about Reuven, Biblical Hebrew and apparently it means 'look, a son!'
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Reuven.html

Look at how he is treating you! You must see that you deserve better! Regardless of whether you ever mutually agree a name he has well and truly tarnished these first few special days of your son's life irreplaceably...and you'll never forgive him for that!

either parent can register the birth if they are married, you don't need the other to be there. www.gov.uk/register-birth/overview. you have to do it at the reg office in the district where the baby was born.

First names can be changed once in the 12 months after birth if you either have the baby baptised in the new name, or can show a document (such as a health record) with the new name on it - to show that you customarily call the child that name.

I like Daniel Alexander and Daniel George.
What you do re middle name is up to you. Just so you know though me and DP discussed names for DS1, he was meant to have DPs surname and DPs dads name in there. He ended up Alex (my dads name) (my mums maiden name) (my surname).

DP was upset. But he came round and decided my name's were much better together and that as I was the one who had carried him and gone through a very traumatic birth it was only fair.

DD and DS2 also have names I chose. DP agrees that I have much better taste in names.

As the previous post just said, the idea is to give your child the best name you can for them as they're a brand new little person in heir own right.... Not to point score on who's had more input or who can shoe horn in the most family tributes! Xx

I love your list, as for his...well, there are none I like.
Clinton is no good, especially if he marries a Monica.

Can you come up with a compromise, he seems to like tree names with Oak and Ash on his list, how about Ashley as a middle name?