36 weeks - NO boys names, DH likes NONE!

[sunshinejanuary]

I am just coming up to 36 weeks and really stuggling with boys names.

The problem is not me but the DH, i like many names but so far DH has not liked ANY!

How did any of you cope with picking a name in such difficult circumstances?!

Top of my list is Ezra - which DH did like and is now saying he doesn't.

I also like;

Nathaniel
Solomon
Isaac
and Gabriel

HELP, any advice gratefully recieved!

I am probably going to get Flamed for suggesting this but if I had had a second boy (thankfully you may say when you hear the name)
I wanted to call him Mathias I liked it because it is a Greek variant of Matthew which is a biblical name but also because it is unusual but the abbreviations are common e.g matt or math.
Other than that nothing to suggest sorry other than put the names you like in a hat and tell dh that he pulls one out and that is the name.

Mathias is lovely Slushy, see, i am pretty easy to please!

I had loads of stick over it from family but now I think on it I got loads of stick for any names I suggested either I have bad taste or a bad family

That must be incredibly frustrating, sunshine.

Just a thought - if he really can't think of any name that he likes in an of itself, how about getting him to jot down names with positive associations, eg old friends, favourite actors/sportsmen etc. Anybody that you could give the baby the same name as without embarrassment or resentment occuring (as with the black sheep relative).

Surely from your bloke's point of view, a name you're not in love with but that has nice/familiar associations is better than a name you're not in love with that means absolutely nothing.

I'm probably grasping at straws on your behalf but it may be worth a try!

FWIW - I'm nearly 37 weeks gone with twins and I've only settled (and I do tend to change my mind even on this) on a boy/girl combination. I think they are boy/girl but if they're not I can see one twin being nameless for a while after the birth.

Ezra is great - infact i like all your list

( not mad on Toby though!)

We had the exact same problem before DS2 was born last year. We had chosen 3 or 4 girls names but not a single boys name!

I wrote a list of names and DH crossed most of them out. Some he left with a question mark, meaning he wasn't keen but also wasn't violently opposed to them either. There wasn't ONE that we agreed on!

When he was born, I just took one look at him and decided he looked like a xxx, one of the names I really liked, even though DH had crossed that one out. I just kept calling him that eg 'DH would you hold xxx while I get the stitches done' and 'Please could you pass xxx's nappy over' etc. When he then asked me, about half an hour later, what we were going to call him, I just said 'Well we have already named him xxx haven't we'. DH looked at him and said that he did actually feel like a xxx now I had been calling him it!! So the name stayed.

My thinking is, when he pushes a baby out, he can name it. Until then, especially if he can't decide, it's up to you.

I like your style Kirsty - i will have to hope that works for me!!

What about Nigel ?