Please, tell my wife that her names suggestions are awful!

[Demainsdeslaube]

Hello everyone!

I am 5 months pregnant, and my wife and I are having a hard time agreeing. After weeks of "arguing", we decided to forget about all the previous names suggested before and make a new list.
I absolutely hate all the names she wrote down :

• Bradleigh ( her favourite)
• Dallas
• Paris
• Lisandry
• Helen ( The only one I like)

Whereas my favourite names are:

• Romy ( She likes it but not love it)
• Dahlia
• Neva

She is so sure, those are pretty names. Pleaaase help, she'll be reading all the comments!

So you have found 5 names you're both happy with? That's pretty fair going. You're only 5 months in.

It was clear, BTW. I was just ADHD reading... skim skim, get distracted, skim, zone out, opine.

Ugh!

Romy is lovely but very popular now I believe

Helen is ok but personally prefer Helena, or Eleanor

All the others are awful, especially Bradleigh which is dire.

How are you pronouncing Neva? I guarantee it will get pronounced Never.

Im wondering why you gave up on Emma if you both liked it. It's a beautiful name.

Wow, where to start! I'll start with the worst.

Bradleigh is terrible. But just Leigh is OK.
Hate Dallas and Paris but suggest Lois

trying to find overlap between yr taste and hers, ehat about Bellamy which has something in common with Bradleigh and Romy?

Neva is terrible too. You're not off the hook here!! What about Maeve?

Dahlia is a bit fancy compared to other choices. Della or Delia are both easier to say.

You both seem to like slightly unusual names. I'd suggest going onto a "due date" Facebook group and asking everyone to list name suggestions. Usually those threads get hundreds of suggestions, and you might come across one you both haven't thought of but like.

Helen and Emma are okay (bit dull) as is Romy.
I love Dahlia and quite like Lorena.

The rest are awful.

All awful, Helen marginally less awful (although I do like Helena).
Bradleigh is just too bad for words.

Romy is sweet. Helen and Dahlia are acceptable enough, down to taste. I won't comment on the rest, pp have done that for me!

There are loads of excellent Greek names if that's what you're into - Thea, Calliope, etc. Indiana obviously excellent for a boy if you're looking for place names, but i assume you know it's a girl at 5 months?

Me and dp had very different tastes. I loved the E names that are so popular atm, elsa, evie, effie, etc for our second, our dd. He did not! We separately looked at a top 1,000 names list and picked our top 5 to see if we had anything in common. I was surprised with ds that we had 3 in common, and we both had the same top name shortening for dd - I picked a more formal version as her full name.

Please do not name your child Neva.

Also Lola is beautiful and underused imo, only ever known one. Though you do risk the songs (depending on how you feel about that).

Emmeline is a more unusual take if you both like Emma.

I guess we both are horrible at names. Thank you for your honesty ( which made us smile and laugh)

Emma is lovely! Job done!

Not a fan of cities as names. Also Bradleigh is a pita to spell. Do you want DD to be spelling their name out evey single time they call a service ?
Lisandry sounds like an illness I'm afraid !

If she doesn't like your names then I'd suggest you need to keep looking !

Helen is awful too.

maybe someone else should name your child 😂😂😂

tragedeigh

Those were nice!

@hotsouple Looking forward seeing your post on reddit.

Yes, Lisandry rhymes with misandry!

I suggest Lindsay. Wildcard but who knows?

@Demainsdeslaube When DH and I were stuck on names, someone suggested the “Kinder” app to us. You each download it and link to each other. It suggests names and you each swipe yes/no. Any you match yes on will go into a combined list 😊😂 It gave DH and I a starting point (and a laugh at some names it suggested! 😂).

Could be worth a look 😊

Love Helen. Romy is okay.

A little tip for you once you have narrowed the list op. Go into Starbucks and try out the name. Anywhere anonymous. Try out the name. How do you feel saying it is your name, how do people react, can they say it properly.

Remember a name has got to carry them for life, so ideally suitable for all lifestages, whether as nicknames or full names.

Think about initials, popularity and ease. With a double barrel name (I know!) you end up forever spelling it so a phonetic name might be good.

I named my son Dallas so I’m probably biased on that one. He’s also the coolest 2 year old!

I do prefer it as a boys name though.

Hi OP, from all the names on your list think Helen or Emma are ok. Some of the others sound a bit made up.

They're all fucking dreadful.

Yeah, I'm afraid I think all of your wife's choice, with the exception of Helen, are awful. However, all of yours are awful too.

I mean, I'm no fan of the name Bradley, but it's not so bad when spelled Bradley. Bradleigh is beyond awful.

Emma is nice (from you later post).

Almost all awful, especially Bradleigh

Romy is nice
Helen is ok but a bit dull and dated IMO