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mummyofprinces 
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Posted: 30 December 2008 at 6:46pm |
Anyone just want to club their partners over the head for not loving the names you love.
We have a boys name sorted, with not arguments or discussion. We had it picked before TTC, but a girls name....
In my head this baby has a name if its a girl and DH doesnt like the name but I cant imagine her being called anything else.
Arrrggghhh, the pregnancy hormones dont help either. Many a meltdown over the last few weeks about girls names I can tell you.
So, some suggestions would be fantastic. Hubby wants something "nice" (thats helpful right  ). I want something thats not too common but has stood the test of time. ANY suggestions will be welcomed at this stage.
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Posted: 30 December 2008 at 6:49pm |
I find that if you mention the same name in a few days or weeks they have usually forgotten they didnt like and go ..
Hmmm I like that 
Im much fussier than DH when it comes to names
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Posted: 30 December 2008 at 7:09pm |
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I have noticed that names I mentioned a couple of months ago (that incidently I have gone off) he has brought to the table even though he flat out said no when I suggested them. LOL!
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Posted: 30 December 2008 at 7:14pm |
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Yep typical man.
I still HATE the names my DH likes and yes I did mention them but i was joking!
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Posted: 30 December 2008 at 7:27pm |
 melnel wrote:
I have noticed that names I mentioned a couple of months ago (that incidently I have gone off) he has brought to the table even though he flat out said no when I suggested them. LOL! |
exactly! for this one he suggested a boys name that i wanted last time and he said no way !:(
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Posted: 30 December 2008 at 7:29pm |
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Lol my DF was exactly the same!!! I just re-mentioned names and he loved them the second time round after hating them originally haha! Good luck!
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Posted: 30 December 2008 at 7:57pm |
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We've just been through this. Both parents have to agree on the name so if you can't agree on your first choice maybe list some others?
I went through a book and listed all the names that I liked. Then DH did the same. We then marked the names we both liked and narrowed the list down from there. We now have four names to work with and just have to decide what will be the first name and what will be the second name.
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Posted: 30 December 2008 at 8:07pm |
Linda -
I went through a book and listed all the names that I liked. Then DH did the same. We then marked the names we both liked and narrowed the list down from there.
DH and I did that but in the end didn't even go with any of the names we picked from the book lol!
I love old fasion names because you don't hear them much and they can be very pretty. You can be original without being weird. I picked Hazel and Esme for the girls so Jess got to pick the middle names which I have to admit I was initially worried about but in the end he picked Lily for Esme and Ada for Hazel so it kept with the old fashion theme and flowed really nicely..... I can't even remember really where we heard the names! 
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Posted: 30 December 2008 at 10:04pm |
Hah Mel. DH and I were the same when I was pg last time. Couldnt agree on a name if our lives depended on it lol. Here are some sites I found helpful.
Nymbler
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Posted: 31 December 2008 at 10:06am |
We had a similar thing......before ttc, there was a boys name and a girls name we both loved. Since falling pg though, I went off the boys name and wanted to introduce others to the table....DP said no way! I just kept insisting that we have other options but then told him he could have the boys name he wanted as long as it was him pushing the baby out of *his* vagina! lol That shut him up.
Anyway needless to say, this is one of the many reasons we're so thrilled to be having a girl haha..... we have already named her cos we can agree on it!
edited to add- our babys name is irish so perhaps you could find other names that have a common thread to the original one you liked? That was the only way I had of bringing other names to the table....ie in our case, finding other irish boys names as the original one was.
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Posted: 31 December 2008 at 10:25am |
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We have our names sorted, but ooooh I wanted to kill him at times when every boys name I suggested he said "no" or "yuck" or some equally infuriating comment.
Finally I told him that he could either be more helpful and offer suggestions, OR keep the names HE liked for when HE gave birth .
that worked, he was a lot more agreeable after that .....
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Posted: 31 December 2008 at 10:36am |
linda wrote:
We've just been through this. Both parents have to agree on the name so if you can't agree on your first choice maybe list some others?
I went through a book and listed all the names that I liked. Then DH did the same. We then marked the names we both liked and narrowed the list down from there. We now have four names to work with and just have to decide what will be the first name and what will be the second name. |
We have done this three times!!!!!!
Oh well, 15 weeks still to argue about it. We are very limited as our surname being Nel, we cant have any names starting with A... otherwise she would be Abigail (that we can agree on LOL). I cant burden my child with A.Nel for the rest of his/her life.
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Posted: 31 December 2008 at 10:40am |
ah, Kelly is a great name, it means gorgeous, funny , clever and the best
haha, no, juuuust kidding , so what names do you like ? eg from what era ? older names ? Sarah ?, but you could change the spelling to Sera ,...do you like english names or Irish names or chinese names ?
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Posted: 31 December 2008 at 10:51am |
I remember when I said that I liked Leah the first time and he was like - oh my god no way! So a few weeks later we did the lists again and again it was on my list and he said out of all the names he liked Leah the best...wtf!! Men......sometimes they aare really stoopid!
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Posted: 31 December 2008 at 11:19am |
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I love Ruby, I need to let go of it so I can be open to other names.. I know that. Its my own fault for calling her Ruby in my head.. that said it could be a boy in which case I should probably stop calling bubs any name other than a non gender specific nick name.
Actually, if I am honest, I am the one being difficult. It would be a lot easier if he would just give in and like Ruby, then I wouldnt have to do anything. LOL. Of course thats just between us, I will not tell him that!
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Posted: 31 December 2008 at 1:25pm |
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Mel, I was also going to suggest choosing similar names if there is a reason why you like Ruby. For example, another gem-like name? Or maybe you can compromise with Ruby being a middle name.
My DH was exactly the same when I was thinking of names, every name I suggested he didn't like but when I asked him what he liked he came up with stupid or nonsensical names e.g. Adolf or Stalin...
But the first time I suggested Campbell as a boy's name, his first response was "I don't hate it" so I worked on that. At the 20-week scan, we found out it was 'probably' a boy, I just started calling him Campbell and said to DH if he wanted something different he'd better come up with something better! He warmed to it pretty quickly and now also calls him Cam or Campbell. If bubs pops out a girl though, it'll be Brooke (another name he "didn't hate!") I told DH he can choose Cam's middle name, but I'm having the same problem so I think it'll be my choice!
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Posted: 31 December 2008 at 4:36pm |
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We never agreed on a boy's name so I just told everyone I was going to name him Tobias (my choice, DH didn't like it), I figured he would change his mind after watching me labour (and I also thought I could refuse to push until he agrees haha).
We both didn't find a girl's name that we both liked and could go with our last name until I thought of Jody a fews days before she was due.
All through the pregnancy the baby was called Boc though.
Maybe I will get my Tobias next time...
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Posted: 31 December 2008 at 8:44pm |
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We narrowed it down to Nicholas, Danial, Lewis or Elliott. Amazing when you tell people the options everyone has an opinion but are nice with it. As for family, they just don't hold back!
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Posted: 01 January 2009 at 11:13am |
linda wrote:
Amazing when you tell people the options everyone has an opinion but are nice with it. As for family, they just don't hold back! |
Boy do I know what you mean here! I don't mean to hijack the thread, but we told my father and stepmother what we planned to call our little girl and their exact responses were : 'you can't call her that! It's a f***ing awful name! Urgh'!
Charming aye? And it 's NOT an awful name, it's an irish name and they are the only people who we've told that don't like it. I was so hurt. Like you Mel, we'd been calling our bubba her name in our heads even before we knew she was a girl.If people don't like the name you've picked they should shut up and hold their tongue IMO. It's not *their* baby. I told my dad sorry you don't get naming rights so I don't care what you think and he replied...I should cos it's my granddaughter! Dream on. If it was up to him to raise her, she'd end up with some Thai prostitute sounding name, eating meat and 3 overcooked veg every day and leaving school at 14 from lack of guidance and encouragement.  Grrrrrr. I'm almost looking forward to telling him we're raising her vegetarian as well.....heehee his head will explode!
Anyway sorry for the thread hijack and the rant. Lindas comment about family not holding back struck a cord with me. I just got upset again thinking about our unsupportive my father and SM are.....!
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Posted: 01 January 2009 at 7:31pm |
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My DH is the same, he doesn't like any names I pick so when I ask him to go through the book or list down names he likes he picks silly ones, then wonders why I get mad, lol!
I thought we were sorted for names but after talking the other day we're back to square one, buggar!
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