He seems to like "dated" names

[starfire88]

Expecting a girl in February and have been discussing names.

DH likes names such as Amy, Jenny and Holly. I don't mind Holly, but don't know if I would use it for a February baby (may be over thinking it though) I'm not a fan of Amy though. Nothing wrong with it, I just associate it with some mean girls from school. Plus, his Mum has a cat called Amy, so I feel like that would be weird 😂 Jenny I don't mind either but I not a huge fan if Jennifer.

Told my friends about his name suggestions and they said the names are "dated" which is making me more apprehensive in using them.

I've suggested names such as Rose and Amelia (thought we could compromise with the nickname Amy for that.) He didn't mind Rose, but wasn't keen on Amelia 🙄😂

Any thoughts or suggestions would be great?

(We also have a cat called Tilly if that's any help haha) 😁

You can use Holly for a baby born at any time of year, it’s a sweet name.

I think Jenny is quite unusual these days but I rather like it. I had a friend Jane who went by Jenny.

Amy is a sweet and classic name.

What about Penny (Penelope) or Molly?

I disagree. I would only use Holly for a winter baby. Same as I’d only use Summer for a baby born in summer. Probably why I avoided them.

Amy is classic, although I agree Jenny is dated.

WhAt about Jaime?
Holly is great too
Tabitha?
Genevieve with Jen or Jenny sone short

If you don’t like Jennifer, you could have Jenny shirt for something else - Genevieve, Imogen, Virginia?

Maybe names that have been popular for a couple of generations would work as cross-overs for you.

Emma
Emily
Olivia
Charlotte

Or, for example, slightly fresher sounding versions of older names: Clara for Claire or Helena for Helen.

What about Jenna, Emmy, Emily, Hallie. Sound similar to the names your DH likes.

Tbh Amelia is going to be one of those ‘seriously dated’ names that are pretty ubiquitous among people born in a particular time period that people in the future will recoil from as you do from
Jennifer. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Combine it with Rose as a middle name… and yeah.

My point is that thinking of his preferences as ‘dated’ won’t help you (whatever your friends say). The issue is that you don’t like the same names. So asking for suggestions for names like ones you like so you can convince him of one isn’t necessarily going to get you anywhere.

Maybe use one of those name picking apps that let you both browse through tonnes of names and then show you lists of names you agree on. That way you can both remain ignorant of the dreadful taste the other has in names 🤣 and concentrate on where there’s some agreement.

There will be names you both like. Taking a different approach might help you find them.

Jenny is a bit dated I guess but it's prettier than Holly or amy imo.
Emma is nicer than Amy imo, does he like that?

What about names like Anna and Rachel, Kate, Lucy and Sarah. All ''dated'' and also still used.

I think Amy is nice and Jenny

Some lovely names from when I was at school are due a come back, Jenny bring one!
Julia
Sarah
Laura
Jodi
Anne

I actually prefer Amy to Amelia - Amelia is crazy popular and as a pp said is only a few years off being dated itself!

Lily
Polly
Maisie
Dora
Hetty
Jemma

Not exactly dated more traditional girls names, one of those three is one of our girls name di we think it's nice. They both have fairly traditional named, but then we're a pretty boring couple.

Amelie is another alternative for Amy.

I personally love Holly (I have one 😁). If your baby is due in February, Holly is a perfectly suitable name.

Jenny is gorgeous - I know of 2 baby Jennies in the last year. I've taught a handful over the last 20 years. I think it's timeless.
Amelia and Rose are both pretty popular, more so than Jenny.

Jenna
Genevieve

I know a Holly born in March! I imagine she will be explaining to others when she was born her whole life!

I think Amy and Jenny are both my generation names.

In my school there were also lots of these...

Olivia
Sarah
Rachel
Louise
Clare/Claire
Joanne
Laura
Sally

How about Cassie?

Also I know Rose is really overdone as a middle name but Jenny Rose sounds adorable

I find Holly a bit twee, Amy a bit dull, but I like Jenny - maybe short for Genevieve rather than Jennifer?? Jennifer is a bit prissy I think.

Rose and Amelia are lovely but done to death.

Anyway you have to find something you both like - so download the baby names match app - you both make lists and it tells you when you get a match. Or alternatively just have two lists on the fridge and tick each other’s when you like something.

I think they feel "dated" to a lot of people because even though they may have been in use for a long time and still are, may even be "classics", certain names spiked like crazy in the past and then declined. If a name's in the top ten for two decades, that's a lot of little Jennifers or Olivias or Claires!

It may be that he likes names that seem familiar/normal because they were around a lot in his childhood. I think you probably just need to keep on ploughing through to find common ground or at least get a better idea of his tastes.

He also seems to like names ending in the -ee sound. How about:

Audrey
Bonnie
Daphne
Heidi
Naomi
Phoebe
Romy
Rosalie
Sylvie
Zoe

Haha my DH is the same, he wanted Jennifer, Natalie (which I like but was my bosses name) or Danielle. I blame the fact that he went to a boys school so didn't know many girls whilst he was teenager to know what was in vogue then.

Call her Holly if you want. My mum is called June and her birthday is in January

I also had a partner with quite “dated” sounding name ideas. We settled on Louisa.

I think holly is lovely and perfectly ok for a feb baby and Jenny is very pretty and could be ahead of the trend curve! I also really like Laura, Anna, Emma, Sarah that are similar type of names.

In our swimming lesson of 8 babies, 4 are called Amelia, Emilia or Amelie. Zzzzzzzz

Louisa is gorgeous. I think his names sound sweet and refreshing in a sea of Eve/Grace/Isabel/Olivia/Lily/Amelia super dull names