S/O not knowing baby names

Lady Galadriel · January 2011

My cousin at Thanks Giving last year got asked how they decided on his daughters name.

He looked at his wife and asked her "Yes?? How did we end up with a Zoey? I thought we were bringing home an Alexandria??

Apparently THEY had decided on a name and she had in the back of her head she was going to name the baby Zoey anyways when he was out of the room.

Issues anyone?

Soyager · January 2011

mmmmmmmmmhmmmm.

I have a cousin who legally changed his name so his son could be a Junior. The mother calls him the middle name, my cousin calls him Junior, and my aunt/cousins call him the first name. Confusing?

I also have a cousin who named his daughter after a classification of marijuana. Klassy bunch over here.

Lady Galadriel · January 2011

I have a friend that they have 4 G's Big G, little G, GG, and the one that never comes round. LOL her son is a G, her niece she raised as her daughter married a G, and both guys wanted a jr.

nsees · January 2011

Yea, that would never fly with my DH!

Poonico · January 2011

wow, that would not go over well

daenikoffre · January 2011

....why would anyone do that to their SO?!

monona9 · January 2011

A part of me think moms know. My mom and dad had agreed on a name for me going into the hospital and when he left to go home my mom changed it. She said she just knew when she saw me that it wasn't my name & my dad found out when he came back.. lol

I never understood that until I was pregnant and knew in the back of my head what my DD's name should be. Even though I had a lot of neg reactions on it when we saw her I knew it should be Camila. Luckily DH was there & agreed

Sapphyr · January 2011

That's messed up. DH and I go with a list of names and we decide together what to name *our* children. There's no autonomy in that decision. Not to us. And if I had pulled that on DH or vice versa there would be some hurt feelings.

UnderAtree · January 2011

I honestly wish I would have done that cause to be honest I really do not like my son's name.

daenikoffre · January 2011

UnderAtree:
I honestly wish I would have done that cause to be honest I really do not like my son's name.

Did you have no say in it?

UnderAtree · January 2011

daenikoffre:
UnderAtree:
I honestly wish I would have done that cause to be honest I really do not like my son's name.
Did you have no say in it?

I was team green and for my whole pregnancy I could not think of a single boy name that I liked. Well, when he was born I just decided to make him a junior and now I regret that. Then after the papers were all filled out and we were on our way home a name hit me! And now I wish I could change it to Anthony Ryan instead of Joel Ryan. At least I got half a name a like.

papagena · January 2011

UnderAtree:
daenikoffre:
UnderAtree:
I honestly wish I would have done that cause to be honest I really do not like my son's name.
Did you have no say in it?
I was team green and for my whole pregnancy I could not think of a single boy name that I liked. Well, when he was born I just decided to make him a junior and now I regret that. Then after the papers were all filled out and we were on our way home a name hit me! And now I wish I could change it to Anthony Ryan instead of Joel Ryan. At least I got half a name a like.

I have a friend who actually started out as an Eric, and his parents changed it after they got home to Benjamin.

But yes - changing your child's name w/o your SO's input (assuming they plan on being a part of the child's life) is a big no no.

Dobie_Mama · January 2011

Soyager:
I also have a cousin who named his daughter after a classification of marijuana. Klassy bunch over here.

One of my niece's is named Mary Jane and her sister's middle name is an alcoholic beverage. Mmm-hmmm.

papagena · January 2011

Dobie_Mama:
Soyager:
I also have a cousin who named his daughter after a classification of marijuana. Klassy bunch over here.
One of my niece's is named Mary Jane and her sister's middle name is an alcoholic beverage. Mmm-hmmm.

Par-tay!!!

UnderAtree · January 2011

papagena:
UnderAtree:
daenikoffre:
UnderAtree:
I honestly wish I would have done that cause to be honest I really do not like my son's name.
Did you have no say in it?
I was team green and for my whole pregnancy I could not think of a single boy name that I liked. Well, when he was born I just decided to make him a junior and now I regret that. Then after the papers were all filled out and we were on our way home a name hit me! And now I wish I could change it to Anthony Ryan instead of Joel Ryan. At least I got half a name a like.
I have a friend who actually started out as an Eric, and his parents changed it after they got home to Benjamin.
But yes - changing your child's name w/o your SO's input (assuming they plan on being a part of the child's life) is a big no no.

I agree. But right now we are on the "is daddy gonna be around" boat.

papagena · January 2011

UnderAtree:
papagena:
UnderAtree:
daenikoffre:
UnderAtree:
I honestly wish I would have done that cause to be honest I really do not like my son's name.
Did you have no say in it?
I was team green and for my whole pregnancy I could not think of a single boy name that I liked. Well, when he was born I just decided to make him a junior and now I regret that. Then after the papers were all filled out and we were on our way home a name hit me! And now I wish I could change it to Anthony Ryan instead of Joel Ryan. At least I got half a name a like.
I have a friend who actually started out as an Eric, and his parents changed it after they got home to Benjamin.
But yes - changing your child's name w/o your SO's input (assuming they plan on being a part of the child's life) is a big no no.
I agree. But right now we are on the "is daddy gonna be around" boat.

Yeah - that changes things a bit.

Sazhrah · January 2011

When DD3 was born we had a name picked out. I added to her middle name when he wasn't there on the birth certificate. I wanted Victoria he wandted Desea. So I made it Victoria-Desea. He didn't know until about 2 hours later. He got over it.

If this is a girl I want Martiya as a middle name and he just wants to stick with Star. I am sure it will end up being Martiya-Star if we can't agree and I think he knows that.

First names, we either agree 100% or not. We don't usually have a hard time with that though.

Lady Galadriel · January 2011

Sazhrah:
When DD3 was born we had a name picked out. I added to her middle name when he wasn't there on the birth certificate. I wanted Victoria he wandted Desea. So I made it Victoria-Desea. He didn't know until about 2 hours later. He got over it.

If this is a girl I want Martiya as a middle name and he just wants to stick with Star. I am sure it will end up being Martiya-Star if we can't agree and I think he knows that.

First names, we either agree 100% or not. We don't usually have a hard time with that though.

Maybe this time put his choice as the first part of the middle name? You both get what you want, and he would get first billing 2nd time around.

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