What would you do?? Help.

[Samzzz]

You may have seen my other threads but if our third baby is a boy then my DH wants to name him. To give context, we have two other DC (Boy Ezra and girl Winter), I named them both with DH agreeing. My DH shares the same first initial with his Dad beginning with M and the same middle name, James. If we have another boy then I agreed he could name him. He really wants to use a name beginning with M to follow this new ‘tradition’. I personally don’t care for it all but it’s important to him and he’s now fixated on it. The difficulty is he loves the name Maddox and I don’t. He won’t agree on any other name and has made his mind up. I don’t hate it but it’s not a name I would have chosen. Question is, do I agree and accept it with the hope Maddox will grow on me or refuse and tell him point blank it’s a no and risk upsetting him?
Thanks for reading this far :)

Murdoch might be a happy compromise

Personally I think you need a two syllable name, if you want James as a middle name. I like Max, but Max James doesn't go well together.
Milo
Marcus
Matthew
Maxwell
Morgan
Any of them work

You don't like Maddox. It is a silly name.
Mad as an ox. Mad ox = Maddox.

There are hundreds of M names.
Max
Maxim

It's Welsh. In Welsh Magnus Maximus is known as Macsen Wledig. He features in Dafydd Iwan's song Yma O Hyd which is popular with Welsh football fans.

It doesn't matter what the name is - some will love it some will hate it. But a child's parents have to like it! So it's a no.

Ah @CaffiSaliMali sorry I didn't realise!

@DangerousAlchemy , it's a Welsh name and trendy.
I like it but it would probably get said/spelt as Maxon, which is awful.

Madoc is much nicer than Maddox

Crikey.

Maddox is a shocker. Sounds like a brand of bubble bath.

Could you officially name him Maddox James so that the initial tradition gets carried on, but call him by his middle name of James?

Or name him Maddox James but introduce him
as a nn of Max?

IMO if you don’t like it now, then it may grow on you a bit but you may always resent it a little

@3within3 , Could you officially name him Maddox James so that the initial tradition gets carried on, but call him by his middle name of James?
Do NOT do this.@Samzzz .
He'll get called Maddox at all the negative occasions like hospital appointments, GP appointments, new school etc and will probably hate it.

Well that depends how you fill the forms in…

@3within3 , for some things. Not for things where the full name is required.

I'm not saying it for the sake of it. It really is a PITA.

James is very popular as a middle name, and it will look like a middle name. Think about it, If you saw a name like Verity Rose Smith, would you register that she went by Rose without being told?

Maddox is grim

You have to agree on the name - it’s not on for him to force you. Just say no.

If you want to OK the M start, then he has to come up with a short list that works for you. Otherwise you find something else

Matthias
Malachy
Maximus / Maximilian
Moses

Miles / Milo
Magnus
Marius
Michael