I am so stuck on a name but DH is not on board anymore

sugar212

If we have another girl, I have said since just after our first was born, I want to name her Myla. DH was totally on board with this 2 1/2 years ago...but now he is not. I guess we have ~ 29 weeks (and one day) to pick a name, and who knows, we might not even have another girl. 

 

ok, vent over.  

bumpuser5078523

It is his kid too. You guys will have to come to a compromise. Easier said than done, I know. I had to give up a few names I really liked and he did too. You have to meet in the middle!

Manderlin923

What kind of names does he like? What about similar sounding names like Mila (me-lah), Isla (eye-lah), or Mia?

austenreader85

I  can sympathize.  My DH will get stuck on a name and entertain nothing else for years.  And then I'll finally come around to it.  Then we agree to not talk names (together- I think about names non-stop) until we're pregnant.  And then because a few years lapse, he's changed his mind.  This happened a few times with IF and then just 2 years between our son and now.

And he thinks I'm the one who keeps changing the list!

Elsa1984

Eh, he may have liked it in the past and now his tastes have changed. Not a big deal, I am sure you will both find a name you love!

fathotstamoslover

Compromise = stamosyla 

anvloveskme

Manderlin923:

What kind of names does he like? What about similar sounding names like Mila (me-lah), Isla (eye-lah), or Mia?

This - I was thinking Mila or Mya/Myah? 

Antipodean

What about Maia?

Javad

If we have a girl, she'll be Mayna (could also be spelled Meina/Meyna/Meynah/Maynah)

Has good meanings in German, Dutch, Sanskrit, Arabic and Greek.

Seems to also align to the kind of name your looking for....

sugar212

He likes all sorts of names, which is good. Mostly very common/traditional names, then he will throw a more unique name out there. He chose our daughter's name, Shayla. I like names very similar to Shayla, more modern names. I think this time around we are just going to wait until we know the sex to really start talking names. 

 

graciesmurf

Ugh.  I know how you feel.  I had a name picked out for a little girl since I was 5 years old.  DH doesn't like it, so no dice.  It's a sucky feeling, but all the PPs are correct.  Your LO is his kid, he needs to like the name.