My DH keeps shooting down all my name suggestions, are they really that bad?

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We may be expecting a child soon, so we have been stewing upon possible names. My recommendations have been Campbell if it's a girl (Not exactly as tribute to our insignificantly small Scottish heritage, more-so because I just really like the sound of it!) and Renn if it's a boy. Are these bad? I've thrown around the idea of Casimir, or Cassidy, but none of them seem to stick with him, is this a me issue?

If your DH likes Clare and you think it's too tame, would Clara work for you both?

Other than as a surname, I've only ever heard Campbell used as a boys name. We live in Scotland.

🤦‍♀️. OP what you think is an unusual or ‘cool’ name now or for a kid isn’t a name for life. Think of this name on a cv? Working in business? Being hired…..

You are giving your kid a name that will set them up for life and your desire to be unusual will detract in later life.

Ren - like the Welsh rapper? 🤔

Wren is a beautiful name. Campbell is a last name, and not very nice for a girl at all. There are so many beautiful Scottish names for girls. Skye, Iona, Isla, Heather, Eilidh, Ceilidh, Bonnie.. why would you go with Campbell of all things!

Campbell is absolutely a boys name or surname.
Goodness only knows why you would use it for a girls first name. Middle name maybe it's not unusual to have a family surname as a middle name for any child.

It's only redeeming factor for a girl is the Bell, could become Bella or Belle.

Casimir Is a perfectly normal name … for a boy from Poland/Czech Republic - though spelled Kazimír or Kazimierz usually. You don’t mean you were considering it for a girl???

OP said they ‘may be expecting a child soon’ (unusual turn of phrase) so there isn’t actually a baby yet. Hopefully some better names will be suggested by the time there is.

Cassidy is the only one of your ideas that I would consider a first name tbh. I don't personally like it, but its a name.

Casimir sounds made up and try-too-hard.

Campbell is a surname, and Renn after a motorsport? Just no.

I knew a kid called Norton once (his dad loved motorbikes) and it was just so cringe. He got picked on a lot.

Your son might hate motorsport. Give him a name that is his own and doesn't have connotations like that.

A friend of mine had a terrible fight with her fiance about baby names for the third of their hypothetical children (they weren't even trying to conceive their first at this point). I was quite nonplussed by their need to set them in stone so far in advance (and can't remember if they ended up using any of them for their actual children).

Except she’d definitely end up being called Soupy

Sorry, spent a lot of time in the West of Scotland growing up and Campbell for a girl????? It will only suit a big and very butch Scottish boy - can't have a weedy boy called Campbell. Never met a boy called Renn in all the time I spent in Scotland. Truly awful choice.

As someone who grew up with an unusual name, please name your child something classic and normal! Obviously do you what you want, but my name has been the bane of my life. Think about naming an adult who will have to explain their name to everyone, not just a baby.

Campbell is a boy's name (and a soup)
Magnolia is a terrible paint colour (my mum had it everywhere) and Renn is too much like the indigestion remedy, although Wren would be ok.

Some lovely nature suggestions above.

So the suggestions are soup and types of free? I’m with your DH.

I've never met a girl called Campbell and I work in a Scottish school.

If you want Scottish and not so girly how about Brodie, Blair, Grier or Morven.

Silly names. All of them. No wonder he's shooting them down.

Campbell means 'crooked mouth'
There are lots of nicer girls Scottish names

Campbell is a boy's name. It's a terrible name for a girl. Although I like it for a boy and know a couple of Campbells.
Renn would be constantly misspelled. They would think it is wren which is typically a girl's name.
Remember your child has that name all their life. I have a nephew who has a classic name with a quirky spelling. He hates it. It also isn't great from a work perspective for him.

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You 'may be expecting a child soon'?

So you're not even sure if you're pregnant?

Bit early to start thinking about names.

And Renn? You know they'll be called Rennie? After the antacid tablets?

What do you mean you maybe expecting a child?

Campbella and Rennie?

You wish to call your daughter after soup and antiacids? I vote for Elizabeth.

Ceilidh is a dance not a girls name 🫣 agree with the rest though

Also there is the possibility of a girl wanting to change her surname if she gets married, she could end up with 'Campbell Campbell'.

OP for Scottish heritage whey not use a name that is an actual Scottish name or one that is more popular there than in England.

So James, Ian, Ewanor for a girl Isla, Ailsa, Cairistiona?

Renn I would think you were a Star Wars fan.