Hating SO's name suggestions

sadyy131 · May 2015

love him dearly, but gosh does he have horrible taste in names. I know that picking names is 100% subjective, but we can't agree on anything for a boy. Luckily, we compromised on a girls name, but for if we have a boy, he is set on naming it Kenzo. This is just not sticking with me well. Anyone else ever have a hard time agreeing? I'm praying for a girl at this point lol.

cupcakesforbreakfast · May 2015

I'm right there with you, although we're having an easier time with the boy names. I'm trying to just say, "Whatever, we'll figure it out," knowing that we still have months to work it out. But it's definitely shocking how differently we're approaching this!

dogsombrero · May 2015

We waited until we knew the sex so we wouldn't have to duke it out and 2 names. We had veto rights on names we hated but it didn't come down to that. We chose to honor 2 family members that were special to us. If your SO loves Kenzo why not chose another name and use Kenzo for the nickname?

Meganb005 · May 2015

My husband is set on Falcon if it's a boy... I just can't imagine naming a sweet baby after a bird of prey!!! Ahh!! We can't agree on any names at this point he hates everything I suggest and vice-versa. I'm with you on Kenzo not being the greatest choice... I'd totally veto that!! Hoping for girls for both of us so we can escape our crazy SO's ideas!

thefithuntress · May 2015

Meganb005 said:
My husband is set on Falcon if it's a boy... I just can't imagine naming a sweet baby after a bird of prey!!! Ahh!! We can't agree on any names at this point he hates everything I suggest and vice-versa. I'm with you on Kenzo not being the greatest choice... I'd totally veto that!! Hoping for girls for both of us so we can escape our crazy SO's ideas!

You guys should check out different languages for names of birds of prey! You might find your name there!

mkpinkrains · May 2015

My hubby likes Astrid for a girl, and Atlas or Draven for a boy.

No.

M38A40 · May 2015

I am 100% hating my fiancé's pick for our son's name. So much so I just hope we are having a girl.

Laura&brad1 · May 2015

Guess I'm just the meanest partner out then my partner has agreed to letting me choose the name after I told him I am the one that has to push the baby out and carry it for 9 months lol obviously won't name it something he hates and I am letting him have some input but I'm glad we won't have to argue about it

AnnamariauDoris · May 2015

I named my first, chose a name for boy and girl, my dh hets both. I asked what options does he sugest? And nothing. Well my friend ....if you don't have nothing to say don't comment on my well tought out something!

MargaretC5 · May 2015

DH wanted to name DS George after his Grandfather... I did not love it at first but I like the tradition of named children after a family member. We started calling my bump George once we knew it was a boy and now I love the name. It is perfect for our boy. Maybe see if you warm up to some of your SO or DH choices over time, no rush to pick a name now.

ash413 · May 2015

It's a compromise.
DH and I had veto rights and if one of us truly hates a name no matter how much the other liked it, we did not bring the name up again.
we ended up settling on a name with both really like even though it wasn't our "favorite" at first. The more I picture his name on the wall and what not the more I love it.

hermes1972 · May 2015

I told mine always think about school days . Kids are cruel u don't want that someone makes any jokes about the name

ShianeNicole · May 2015

We both hate each others picks. We settled it by him choosing a boys name and me choosing a girls name. I still don't like his name and he doesn't like mine.. may the best man win! Haha its up to God now!

VexyMommy · May 2015

ShianeNicole said:
We both hate each others picks. We settled it by him choosing a boys name and me choosing a girls name. I still don't like his name and he doesn't like mine.. may the best man win! Haha its up to God now!

My ex and I had something similar with my daughter's name. Neither of us hated the other's pick for a girl name, but we each wanted our own. It was between Colleen and Christine. We bet that if she was born on St. Patrick's Day she would be Colleen, if not Christine. She was born on March 19 and her name is Christine Elise. (I still think Colleen fits her personality better.)

brielise414 · May 2015

This is controversial, but I am pretty set against my husbands name. He's a third (and hates his name) and wants his son to be the fourth. His parents call him something completely different because they don't like the name either, but when my husband went to school he didn't want to correct the teacher so all of his friends, me, my family, call him his actual name and his parents and sister are the only ones that call him by the other name. It is super weird to be around them haha. I totally vetoed doing that to our child and there's no nickname that works. We're constantly having problems with his dad's credit showing on his credit score (which dropped it by nearly 100 pts when we were trying to buy a house), getting his dad's AARP stuff, and even medical billing!!! and it's really stressful for my husband, so I don't know why he wants to do that to his child. I also think it's super unfair that he would get to pick the name for a boy with no consideration for my feelings, and yet when I say a girl name (he never likes my choices) he can completely veto them! What's funny is that with us totally not agreeing on girl names we actually both love a boy name! But my husband always just says… yeah that will be nice for a second boy.

Sorry for venting, because I obviously have no suggestion! Aside from the fact that I said no discussing names until we know the sex….because we can avoid the fourth argument if it's a girl!

VexyMommy · May 2015

brielise88 said:
This is controversial, but I am pretty set against my husbands name. He's a third (and hates his name) and wants his son to be the fourth. His parents call him something completely different because they don't like the name either, but when my husband went to school he didn't want to correct the teacher so all of his friends, me, my family, call him his actual name and his parents and sister are the only ones that call him by the other name. It is super weird to be around them haha. I totally vetoed doing that to our child and there's no nickname that works. We're constantly having problems with his dad's credit showing on his credit score (which dropped it by nearly 100 pts when we were trying to buy a house), getting his dad's AARP stuff, and even medical billing!!! and it's really stressful for my husband, so I don't know why he wants to do that to his child. I also think it's super unfair that he would get to pick the name for a boy with no consideration for my feelings, and yet when I say a girl name (he never likes my choices) he can completely veto them! What's funny is that with us totally not agreeing on girl names we actually both love a boy name! But my husband always just says… yeah that will be nice for a second boy.

Sorry for venting, because I obviously have no suggestion! Aside from the fact that I said no discussing names until we know the sex….because we can avoid the fourth argument if it's a girl!

My bf is a 3rd, dislikes his name, yet wants to continue the tradition. Fortunately, his name is William so there are a ton of nicknames available. He has always wanted a boy named Liam so we intend to name the child William and call him Liam.

Edit: If it's a boy. We don't know the sex yet, but we're hoping to balance the estrogen level in the house a little bit. There is me, 2 daughters about to enter puberty, and even 2 female cats. lol. Poor bf is completely on his own when it comes to male issues.

vomitrosa · May 2015

We absolutely can not agree on a girl name, I thought I was the only one! He likes very "blah" names...I don't know, like popular in the 90's names? It's going to be very hard lol

Bettytteb · May 2015

We've been keeping a running list and vetoing each other's suggestions if we really cant stand them. It looks like neither of us will get our first choice, but we'll hopefully find a compromise we can both be happy with. Hope you guys can make it work too!!

kmkrushi · May 2015

vomitrosa said:
We absolutely can not agree on a girl name, I thought I was the only one! He likes very "blah" names...I don't know, like popular in the 90's names? It's going to be very hard lol

This is my husband (only 80's names because that's what we grew up with). However I may consider one of them this time around because they are so unpopular, I know they won't have the same name as anyone in their class

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