Help! Baby arriving Tuesday and we have no name 😬

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My choice is
Stanley

My partner wants
Seth

We can’t agree 😢

I’m thinking
Stanley Atticus
Stanley Gabriel
Stanley Seth
He’s thinking
Seth And won’t bloody budge!
Is 2 names beginning with S an issue.? One being the middle name so wouldn’t be used much at all. Or do I agree to call the baby Seth (which I don’t not like, I just love Stanley) and use Stanley as a middle name that I can then use if I want to.
I hate the thought of baby arriving and then not been given a name but we haven’t been able to agree for over 4 months so I can’t see it happening by Tuesday!

We have gone through thousands of other names but partner is Insistent it’s Seth (or he’d like to use his name but our other son has that as a middle name so I’m not keen)

Help

I'm with you, I prefer Stanley too. My advice would actually be to wait until the baby arrives! In my experience you tend to have a feeling about names when the baby is here! Or your husband may soften on his opinion after he's seen what you've just done! Both names are nice though!

Seth is lovely. Not at all keen on Stanley.

I love the name Stanley. Not so keen on seth. Can you convince him? My DH refuses to discuss names until he sees the baby for the first time (I make a secret list in my head haha.)

Can you find a different S name? I’m sure you have tried!

Silas
Simeon
Solomon

I'd say if neither of you like each other's favourites then pick another name. You both need to like the name. I think it is one of the hardest decisions to make! Xxx

Neither of you can put your foot down and not budge on the name. You need to find one you both like.

He had originally agreed to Stanley Gabriel (Gabriel being his choice but I don’t not like it).
A few month’s ago he said he was ‘going off’ Stanley but every name Ive mentioned since is a no. 🙈
He only mentions Seth or his name when I bring up the need to choose a name.
It’s driving me mad but I guess so many babies aren’t named straight away. X

seth im not sure, it sounds like a name from emmerdale, like a farmer type name, stanley is quite nice..

Personally I much prefer Stanley and don't like Seth at all.

But I think you both need to find another name you both love.

You have to find a name you both like so not Stanley or Seth!

Seth is sooooo much nicer, but I agree with PP - you need a different name if you can't agree between those two!

I love Seth .. I can picture a baby Seth, teen Seth and an adult Seth but the same with Stanley seems difficult

what about steve, every one i know called steve is a decent person lol i think names are over thought about because once that child has a name and you use it all the time it will just become part of them and you will wonder what the fuss was about, it just ends up fitting..and you love that child whatever their name, you dont love a child because of their name , so i wouldnt over worry

For both our kids we can tell them, if Dad had names you, you'd be x, If I'd named you you'd be y, but in fact we bith agreed on z. I think they find it a fun thought experiment.

I was persuaded into DSs middle name which I now don't like, so I don't recommend just agreeing to if you're not sure.

Go back to the baby books, each write a list, see where there is crossover.

I like Seth and dislike Stanley. I agree with waiting until after he's born. You've plenty of time to decide.

I adore Stanley. Such a great name.
Seth just reminds me of the OC, I’m not a huge fan of it.
My advice is wait until the baby is here.. you just look up at your other half after giving birth to your beautiful baby boy and say “can we call him Stanley?”... it’s almost impossible to say no to 😂🙈
x

both are nice but Stanley is my favourite of the two.

If either of you doesn't like a name it should be off the list! I can't believe that both of you are trying to push the other to a name they don't like.
Drop Stanley and Seth and start making a new list thinking widely. There are thousands of names and there must be one that you both like.

@onlyconnect that’s the thing neither hate each other’s choices. I like Seth but have fallen in love with Stanley. My partner did like Stanley until he heard the name Seth and now he wants that as the first name but still likes Stanley enough to use it as a middle name (I’m just not sure about to S’s together) if we both disliked the names we’d just say No, as we have done with thousands of other names.

Stanley is awful. There was an old pedo lived down the road from us called Stanley. Seth i have no feelings about.
What about Seb ( Sebastian)

Too close to our other sons name 😢

I like both. I'd choose Stanley. My worry with Seth (which I appreciate is over thinking) is if he has a lisp Seth becomes a bit cruel! And you won't know until he's 2.

Seth is much nicer than Stanley!

I like both. You might feel different when the baby is born. Your partner might change his mind.
When our daughter was born husband wanted an awful name and that was the only one he liked, but when she was born, he changed his mind and said the name didn’t “suit” her. Our son was a week old before he was named.

Stanley and Seth are both two of my favourite names! You both have great taste!

How about Sidney nn Sid? It really grows on you as a name - I know a little Sid and he's the coolest kid ever