Baby born, no name ? Having issues

[K1mberlylauren]

So I’ve now had my boy, my partner is making me feel so depressed, my little perfect man has been here for 48 hours and it just doesn’t feel right him not having a name and I feel my daughter is confused !!

It’s like he isn’t saying nothing to me, but my child isn’t a fashion show!
And we will decide, I think it is so ridiculous as we had a wide choice of names !!!!
Helpppp

If he likes Alexander what about Alexis or Alexei or Xander. Christopher could be Christoph or Christi.

Eliyas Alexander is a great name

I like his names better.

Elias is a great name. So he likes more traditional names and you don’t? You both should get a say in the name.
How about..
Miles
Dante
Gabriel
Koa
Tristan
Caleb
Nico
Harris
Archer
Fabian
Roman

@K1mberlylauren A PP suggested Adam, which is obviously biblical but also both Arabic and Christian.

Could that work for you both?

Take your time, you have a few weeks before you need to register the baby. He shouldn't be bullying you into choosing a name you don't like. (In fact perhaps he could do with reminding that since you're not married you are entitled to register the baby by yourself and give him whatever name you choose.)

Surely there must be a name you both like?

Alternatively, would you consider Elijah which is the Biblical version of Elyas?

What about Isaac or Ishmael? These are all crossover names between Christian and Arabic culture.

I think Alexander goes really well with your daughters name, but you have to like it too!

Eliyas Alexander is nice, or how about Ezra Alexander?

Christopher can be shortened to Kit and Topher, do you like those?

Just seen a previous posters suggestion of Isaac Alexander, lovely!

Also, yes to pointing out it's your decision, he cannot register the baby, you have all the cards.

What happened to Mathias?

You need to find a name you can both live with, he shouldn't be upsetting you.

Why is it so important to him that his son has a Christian name when his daughter doesn't?

Presumably he liked Amayah for your daughter and you named her together?

There are loads of more unusual biblical names out there though which might work:

Asa
Asher
Saul
Solomon
Amos
Jonah
Ethan
Seth

And many more.

You might both have to agree to leave your preferred names off the table and go and consider some more together.

I am not wanting to state the obvious (but I will anyway), at the moment your hormones haven't settled properly, so some of your sadness may be due to them too. Please take a few days more to see if you can both come up with a name you can agree on. Your DP however is being ridiculous when he says that because your DS was born on his birthday he should be the one to choose your baby's name. There have been some good suggestions on here for names that embrace both of your desires for religious names, but there are also so many more. I am not going to tell you my preferences because that may confuse you even more, but please do not give your child a name that either of you hates! If your DD is old enough, why not give her the choice of the name, as long as it comes from a list of names that you both like, but can't decide from?

Oh I remember your other posts.

I am half Arab and so understand your interest in finding an Arabic name that works.

Here are some that I feel work in English too.

Eliyas/Elias - as you have mentioned

Eesah/Eesa/Isa

Yacoub - Arabic version of Jacob

Salem/Salim - lovely name and hard to mispronounce

Youseph/ Yousef - Arabic version of Joseph

Adnan - again hard to mispronounce

Zain - though more often heard as a girl's name in Saudi Arabia it is also suitable for boys.

Amar or Omar - less 'flouncy' than Amari

Haroon - Equivalent of Aaron

Raafi - one of my favourites

Fasil - though for some reason people end us pronouncing it as Fazil. Which annoys me.

Bilal

Zakariah - He will eventually become Zak.

Zakariah Alexander is fabulous!

Zakariah Alexander could be a really good option if your partner will go for it.

Amari and Elias are lovely.

I hate the snobbery on MN towards names.

Does your partner have ideas? What are they?

Sorry just saw your update!

Do you like Iksander (Eastern version of Alexander)? I feel like that might appeal to you and your DP.

Eliyas Alexander is great

Otherwise:
Daniyal
Sami
Solomon
Ibrahim
Omar

Sorry, I'm more with your partner on styles of names, could you find a shortened version of those names that you both like and use one of your favs as a middle name? Or as someone else said zakariah seems like a good compromise

Did you make a decision OP? Either way I hope you are enjoying the first few days with him.

How about Amir or Khan?

@peperethecat
Exactly thank you !!!
No he won’t discuss it with me now x

@Adelais

Yep he said he has his names and he does like traditional ones.

But he’s acting very immature just won’t compromise

@peperethecat
Yeh I do like Elijah but it’s such a common name x

@Twisique
Yeh I did remind him of this today lol !

@CaffiSaliMali
Yes I know and it’s really upsetting me, I said to him today we need to look at names and decide! Do you think he even bothered !