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names you're sad to say goodbye to
what names do you love but just don't work with your last name, or you can't use for some other reason?
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what names do you love but just don't work with your last name, or you can't use for some other reason?
Re: names you're sad to say goodbye to
Brynn - because our LN is one-syllable, and DH doesn't like it
Rose - again, our one-syllable LN
Meredith - again, because DH doens't like it
Emma - (sort of) It's DH's grandma's name, but because of its popularity we probably won't use it as a FN
Ensie - my great-grandma's name; DH doesn't like it
Evelyn - DH doesn't like it
Charlotte - DH and his family's AWFUL experience with a woman named Charlotte
Mae - So many strikes: one syllable, rhymes with our last name, and was DH's stepdad's first wife who was apparently a white trash b!tch
I don't have any boys' names I'm sad to say goodbye to; DH and I can agree on just about any boy's name.
This makes me jealous! We have such a hard time on agreeing on boy names, but our girl names came so naturally.
I have resigned myself to the whole world's opinion (shared by DH) that Una is just too weird.
I have also semi-accepted the fact that Harriet nn Hattie would not go well with our last name (starts with H, ends up sounding like a cartoon character).
I am still trying to find a way to use Americo, which is a family name many times over, despite the fact that I hate the nickname Rico and every non-Italian I have shared this name with gives me a weird look.
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Jude - DH said NO WAY
Augustus - our dog is named Gus
There have been alot of others shot down by DH but I guess I'm not super sad about them. We really don't agree on alot but we have found a few and we have alot of time so we'll get there!
Dash, Spencer, Stone, Thatcher
I wish girl names came naturally to us! There is no rhyme or reason with his girl name preferences. He doesn't like ANYTHING. Meredith is too "old lady" but Everly is too "modern," while Gretchen is "ugly" but Valentina is "too sexy." SERIOUSLY.
I adore Gretchen!
**Kelly***
Gillian: DH said "I don't like soft Gs."
Sophia: Way too popular.
Anything that starts with a D or a P because of our initials, but especially Delia and Penelope.
This was DH's grandma's name! I've never heard anyone else discuss/like the name before. I think it is definitely different, but it grew on me ever since I first heard it. We probably would have never used it for a first name but would have considered it for a middle name.
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Delilah, Talullah, Lorelai, and pretty much another other name with more than one "L" sound in it because our last name has 2 "L" sounds in it.
Other names that I have to say good bye to because DH vetoed them are Sadie, Bridget, and Naomi.
We've only had 1 boy name from the start, so it's mostly girl names we've been discussing.
Juliet-- niece is Julie
Penelope- good friend used it
Logan, Curtis, and Mia - All friends or family member names.
Allegra - Stupid allergy medicine!
Dean - Claimed by my SIL and I know there's no such thing as owning a name but I'd feel rude using it.
Elliot - DH thinks of ET
Theodore - DH thinks of chipmunks
Katherine - too close to MIL name
My prepster names ... Brendan, Spencer, Quinn, Graham, Brynn
And the grander names I like ... Genevieve, Evangeline, Annelise
And some that just don't flow with our last name, are too similar to family members, or ironically, are the names of someone famous when combined with our last name: Chloe, Sophie, Madelyn, Reese, Eve, Jane
Boy names I can't use....
Jesse (my sister and SIL are both named Jessica)
Everett (doesn't sound right with our "T" last name)
Brett (" ")
Ethan (too popular)
Jacob (too popular)
Daniel (too popular)
Names I reeeeally like, but DH vetoed:
Levi
Samuel
Samson
Benjamin
Donovan
Noah
Liam
Jack
Aaron
Nathan/Nathaniel
Henry
Charles
Dexter
Leo
Pierce
William
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living my baby you'll be.
- Robert Munsch
I've always loved Sophie & Natalie, but both have become popular.
Lilianna: My cousin's bastard child is named Lily (ARG!)
Polly: doesn't go with our last name
Nolan: My FAVORITE for over 10 years, but DH hates it
Jameson: Too long with our long polish last name
My husband has a HUGE family and so many of the traditional names are out cause we don't want to name after one of his family members.
James, Matthew, Nathan, Michael, Jacob just to name a few
Ruby.
I love love love the name Ruby.
But our last name starts with "R". So any "R" name sounds ridiculous. Makes it sound like Wooby W------
Same with Ramona.
I wanted Elliott too, but DH doesn't like it. =(
I just want to give you a world as beautiful as you are to me.
I love a lot of boy names that end with an N that don't sound right with our last name (begins and ends with an N). So no Hudson, Holden, etc.
I also like Noah but it also sounds dumb with our last name.
Brynn- too close to SIl Brianne
Sloane- Part of the name of a cancer hospital where my cousin passed away
Olivia- The worst person I have ever met was named olivia. she was a student of mine..
Aidan- too popular
Kyle- Niece is named kiley
Malcolm- It's Scottish and my husband thinks of Malcolm X
Christopher- my ex boyfriend so I am sure that dh will say no
Hillary- like it but think of Clinton and
" Hillary WHAT are you doing?"... "Having an ice cream soda with my friend CEcE" - from Beaches.. Sister and I use to say it a lot
Our last name rhymes with Lauren, so Lauren, Laura, Cora, Nora, etc. sound silly. I really like Laura and Laurel. :-(
Also:
Steven (dh's grandfather but my sister's XH)
Elijah or Elias (have a niece Eliza--too confusing for extended family)
James (we have too many friends named that)
Elizabeth (dh's high school gf that lives locally)
Zoe (saw one locally that has our same last name)
There are others that friends/family have already used, but I can't think of any that I'm that broken up over.
Samantha - too popular
Bernadette - our last name is Peters
Oona - I thought it was super original but then I found out someone I know just named their daughter that... could still use it but it kind of ruined it for me
Cordelia - husband hates it
Anika - husband hates it
audrey and claire - my husband doesn't like them.
Chloe- too common
Cecelia- last name starts with an S and I don't think it sounds good.
Calista- my niece is Callie
All names that start with P since our last name starts with P.
11.10.10 from my belly to my heart at 11wks 5days
Adair, Arden, Audrey, Gretchen and Alice - DH hates them. I think they're lovely.
Carys, Frances and Celeste - Our last name ends in S. It sounds funny. What if the kid has a lisp? That's just cruel.
Blaire - with our last name, it sounds like a horror movie. (DH actually likes it, though! Ha!)
Sloane, Paige, Blythe and Claire - Our last name is 1 syllable.
Eden, Kara and Rachel - My cousin's names
Boys:
Phillip - I haven't had to "say goodbye" to it, exactly. We're using Brendan for our first born son, so I'm keeping it in mind for a second.
Lily, love love love the name but last name ends in a 'y' and the hubs doesn't like the rhyming sound.
Also Jasper but the hubs doesn't like it.
I'm sad to say goodbye to these names: (DH vetoed most of them)
Myles
Conner
Bryson
Camile
Mae - as a first name
Caroline