If your partner had their way...

[aprilfools19]

What would you DC be called?

My partner had her heart set on Scarlett for upcoming DD but I couldn’t be swayed no matter how hard I tried to like the name.

For a boy - Leo. I used to be a nanny for a boy called Leo who is by far the most, difficult? child I’ve ever come across in 31 years of living so I just couldn’t shake it 😅

Ethan

My husband wanted leopald or kal-el for a boy and illsa or sandra for a girl

Zelda. Apparently not after the video game but Robin Williams daughter... big fat no from me.

Penvelope

Scarlett here, too. And Gabriel for a boy

Zebulon and Arcturis.

We'd have a Rio

Dd would’ve been Rebecca.

My DH luckily liked the name I’d had my heart set on for DD1 since I was a teen. DD2 is due in a few weeks and we agreed straight away on her first name. I chose his sister’s name for a middle name (she died as a baby) but he didn’t want that. Fair enough. We chose a selection of middle names that go nicely with the first name we’ve chosen and I let him choose. He’s also chosen the spelling. DD’s middle name will be Rey (yes, he loves Star Wars).

For a boy, we came unstuck. He wanted Michael and I said absolutely no. I said Jesse and he said absolutely no. We eventually agreed on one together. He did suggest Owen but that was a strong no from me. Luckily, we haven’t had to decide properly on a boy’s name or there may have been divorce.

spagbog5 Robyn is in my top 3 fav girls names and Violet is in my top 5...
Seems your Dh and I have similar taste 😂

Boy - Forrest
Girl - Sapphire

Neither for me sorry hubby

Lucas...

I love some of these partner /DH names!

Dylan

Boy Xerxes
Girl Cassia. So relieved when we had a dd she is indeed called Cassia!

My OH is set on the name Christopher... not my style and not that offensive. But the last name is Cross!! I refuse to call my child Chris Cross!!! He keeps suggesting it! So does his dad, hilarious but I am the voice of reason here.

He also like Scarlett, but I wasnt keen either. I dont hate it I just dont like it enough! Oh and yes he also suggested Christine..

Fortunately we agreed on both choices for our first (& only) child (didn't know if we were having a boy or girl), the only thing my DH stipulated was that he didn't want to use a family name to 'honour' any of our relatives .... fortunately he never knew my beloved grandfather and hadn't remembered his name ..... .

Abel, because he has a son called Cain.
Thankfully for our baby she's a girl and he left so I chose her name.

He chose DS1s name which I also loved. For DS2 he wanted Ben Jr to be named after him. No child should be known as BJ so I chose DS2s name.

Boy - Aurelius (I wasn’t massively against this but I’d never actually use it!
Girl - Azelea (I love it but preferred others)

Luckily my OH has pretty much the same wild taste in names as me

@aprilfools19 he even convinced everyone in his office and our closest friends she was called Padme for the first week of her life until he relented and told the truth. I worry there might still be some people out there who think we have a little Padme.

We do have cats called Chewie and Leia though.

@iloveyoubutilovememore I misread yours as boy - Ferret.

Worryingly it didn't seem that unusual.

@whiteroseredrose

Winston or Nelson for DS and Genghis (?) for DD - before we knew she was a girl.

Wow Ghenhis is a strong name, did you got for it?

We hate currently having no 3, but don't know what we are having yet. His suggestion for a girl was Chantelle I'm not sure how serious he was, but going by some of the names in his family, there's a good chance he was.

I love the "children are not billboards for your fandom" FB group. Dp wanted to call dd B'E'Lanna, but it got altered to something more normal.

We agreed on our DS name and my DP also found both our DD names (all of which I loved instantly and still do!) but some of his suggestions for girls were a bit

Our 5yo could have been a Shannon on a Joanne if left to him !!