Husband is stuck on a unique name

trishinbanff

So our last name is Watt (like a light bulb).  I in jest I said lets name him/her "Hundred" and his/her name would be Hundred Watt.  ha ha ha

now it seems like he really likes the name and keeps calling the baby Hundy.  

Any suggestions on how to get him off this!  we have 5 months to figure it out and I'm still thinking he's joking (fingers crossed).  Just want to be prepared!

tia,

Trish 

LaComtesse

Weird names are fine for your kid while they're still in the womb. (We called our little guy "Phantom Spaceman" before we knew the sex.) I'm thinking he's kidding... at least I really hope he is.  If not...

Tell him "Hundy" sounds like the way a redneck pronounces the Korean car company Hyundai. And remember: when you give your child a name that's a pun, the joke is always and forever on the child.

kwinkle1980

We also have a last name that can be turned into many funny names. My DH is set on naming the kids something embarassing. I think this is a phase men go through but I am not sure that it passes!

TheWop

Tell him baby needs a real, official name for everyday, but he can call baby Hundy as a nickname all he wants.  I know plenty of people who have nicknames from their parents that have nothing to do with their real names.  For example we have a friend that everyone calls Spud, but his given name is Shane.  His friends and family call him Spud, and his boss and coworkers call him Shane.  No big deal.

trishinbanff

I'm hoping it's a phase too! thanks ladies.

 

AlphabetFish

Haha, wow. Nicknaming the bump is cute and harmless, but if he's really stuck on the name for the actual child, just get him to tell all his friends and family. After the 20th stare and "you're kidding, right?" he'll get the picture.

SpruceGrouse

You can choose a nice normal name for your child and they can always be your husband's little "Hundy".

Nothing wrong with nick names but the child should have a proper name.  My Dad always called be Bean or Babes but I have a real name.  He called my sister scuzzy bucket and she has a real name too.

Hundy is not a good name but it is a good nick name.

Emiliana7

I think its a great idea and name! And the next children you can call Sixty and Forty! Just make sure each child gets less education so they are dimmer than the child older than them!

obviously (I hope!) that's a joke.

Not a good name at all! I would say barely a passable nn at that.

ubermoose

That's not a unique name. That's a joke.

Joke names can be wonderful for pets, but to entertain them for children is really a bit lame.

I would probably just say "Honey, this joke has run it's course. Let's talk about real names now."

ferris0906

My dad went through one of those crazy naming phases when my mom was pregnant with me.  He was stuck on naming me Ace no matter the gender (because I was the first child and because he thought it was a great name for an athlete, which he wanted).  Luckily, I had a mother, and luckily she vetoed it.

ycristina84

LOL! There is a girl I went to school with that her name was Anna Light. (She made sure to always say "Ahhhh-nah" with that long A sound.) But her email and screen names always started with "Turn Anna Light" to sound like "turn on a light". I thought it was so bizarre...An apparently that is how her parents came up with her name!

austenfan919

LoisLane23:

It's cute while pregnant. It's not cute for a baby.

This.

My DH insisted we were going to spell DD's name with a silent X at the end all the way through the pregnancy. I was 99% sure he was kidding, but I was glad he was not there when it was time to fill out the birth certificate!  

nmh2001

I'm sure he's joking.... right? Cute nickname though, cute story.

Kissimi21

My DH pulled crap like this too while I was pregnant.  He wanted to call our LO Horus (after a character in a book) or Xerxese (SP?, after the bad guy in 300).  He kept calling him that up until a few weeks before LO was born.  Men!