What to name the baby?!?! Running out of time!?

Question

I am 7 months pregnant - and my husband and I STILL havent decided on a name. He REALLY wants the name Hendrix (yes, after Jimi Hendrix). I'm not 100% sold on it, but am thinking of conceding simply for the baby to have a name! He doesnt want it for a middle name either. My family absolutely hates it. He's a musician...I'm not. I'm worried about the stigma that will be attached to him or us by kids parents. I know that may be a silly thought..but someone at work had brought that up to me. I also dont want him to be nicknamed "Hen". I dont hate the name...but I dont love it and he's not working with me at all! Any other suggestions or what does everybody else think about it???

Answer 1

Love the name Hendrix, just not Hen. Very cute and different. You can make a cute middle name and call him that. Like Hendrix Matthew- and call him Matt. LOL!

Answer 2

The only solution is to compromise and when i say that i meant your husband! Hendrix is ok but not for the first name. Middle name sounds good. If you haven't bought a baby name book do it now. I had to buy one when i was pregnant with my first because just like you it was taking me forever. If there is a name that you have always liked that could go with Hendrix try working the two together or you could name the baby after a relative. If your not completely happy with the name your husband has picked out then he should understand and at least try to compromise. The name is very important and shouldn't be decided on until both parents agree.

Answer 3

I think Hendrix is cute and really his school mates probably won't think of Jimi Hendrix because he was so much before their time. Then if they do who cares? And you said the Dad is a musician so maybe your baby will be too and what a cool name for him to have then. Anyway, I have seen Hendrick as a first name and think that Hendrix sounds much more fun.

I also doubt that many people will try to shorten it to Hen. That sounds silly.

Just to keep yourself from worrying too much give him a very dull middle name so that if he wants to use it later in life he can without causing a lot of confusion.

I say, let the Dad name the baby. You are going to have a tight bond right from the start no matter what and allowing the Dad to be invovled as much as possible is a really positive thing. I'm going to let the father of my child name it.

:) Congratulations!!!

Answer 4

I don't think he'll have any stigma. These days just about anything goes. I kind of like it. Pick a middle name that you like. I have two middle names because neither parent would give in.
As for being called Hen, if the family always calls him Hendrix he will correct people when they try to shorten it...like a Catherine would correct someone saying Cathy or Caitie.

Answer 5

In my opinion, you are involving outsiders into something that should only be at the sole discretion of you and your husband. Who cares what your family thinks? There only approach should have been "If you like it, we love it", but they showed their true selves by saying they hate the name. So what? If the baby is born and yall do in fact name him Hendrix, are they going to not like him because of his name? Have to think of that too. Some families are stupid that way as well.

The way my husband and myself did was this way...I told him that since I was carrying the baby, he had to think of a name. We knew we were having a girl, and I always wanted Gabrielle for a daughter's name but did not care if it was first or middle. So his job was to create the other name. I left him alone about it. But I also told him that as long as I know he put thought into it and the choice was not haphazard, I would not contest it. I left him alone. When I was like 8 months, we were driving along and were stopped at a stop light and he just looked at me and said "Her name will be Sierra Gabrielle". And I said okay. And that is our daughter's name.

Answer 6

My favorite name is my hubby's name, Jamon (pronouced Jay-min or Jay-mon) Other variations are Jameson and spellings differ. Incidently, he was un-named for 2 weeks because his parents couldn't agree.

It means gift of God and is not that common.
Also, I love
Rider or Ryder
Kelan
Logan
Russell
Liam
Aiden

You can also honor Hendrix by using another name that is connected. His middle name was Marshall. Maybe something from a song?

Good Luck! And Congratulations!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

I like the name Hendrix too, but my husband thought it was too weird, even though he is a big fan. I tried to get my hubby to use Lance Hendrix for our 3rd child's name if it is a boy, but he wants to name this child Ford or Porsha (I don't care for Porsha too much, but I like Ford). We have 2 girls already that I named, so sometimes you have to make your spouse happy. My youngest daughters name is Reece, and the family didn't like it, but the name suits her exactly and they all love it now. It takes time for names to grow on you, but after you say them a while, you grow to love it.

Answer 9

Don't go for the name just because you haven't thought of another one yet. Tell your husband you don't like the name and he needs to respect your ideas like your respecting his.
Why don't you both go on Babynames.com and look at all the different names and decide on one you both agree on. Your say so is just as important as his. If you don't like it now, you never will. You tell your husband that your the one carrying this baby and you'll be the one giving birth to him so if you say no, its no!
Good luck!

Answer 10

Wow! That's an awful name for a baby! I suppose you could call him 'Ricky' for short if your husband absolutely insists on Hendrix (shudder). Could be worse as far as naming your baby after a guitar god - he could have insisted on "Slash" or "Clapton". If you could talk him into "Jimi Hendrix ___whatever your last name is___, that wouldn't be so bad.

Honestly, everyone I know has chosen their baby name right after birth regardless of what kind of list they had compiled ahead of time. When you see your baby, you will just sort of know what his name is. We were lucky and had a 'Junior' and that's as far as it went.