Me and the babys father cannot agree on names at all?

Question

I like the more traditional ones where as he wants it to be real original etc.....We just do not see eye to eye on names, Anyone else had this problem? If so how did you overcome it? I ask because the only solution I can see is giving in and allowing our child to end up with a name that in twenty years everyone is laughing at!! Please advise x

Message to Sophie P...I had to laugh at this...I love the name Sophie....I already called my daugther that though, and his daugther from his first marriage is called sophie too..so the only name we both liked is gone.....lol...

Answer 1

me and my feller are going through the same thing at the moment so i feel for you. I'm due in may and Ive been told I'm having a girl so that narrows the field a little or so i hoped!!. but we still can't agree but i intend to have my way LOL.
I like the name holly-may but he doesn't like it and any other suggestions i make, and i don't like his either. so she has the nick name of bump at the mo and i hope it wont stick *ROFL*. other names i like are Eden, Lydia, Megan, Daisy and Freya but my favourite is holly-may. I'm sure he will come round to my way of thinking eventually.

good luck and i hope that we will both have a resolve to both our dilemmas

Answer 2

Hi!
Yes we have had this problem too. Before i became pregnant i thought i wanted a name that was totally unusual... but when the time came i just couldn't do it. I mean, he has to live with that name for the rest of his life! My partner and i wrote out 10 boys and 10 girls names each. We then chose 5 names of each others lists and went from there, arguing our point for the names we liked best. In the end, we both agreed on both first and middle names, the middle name having special significance for us both. My son's first name was one which was just always on the list and it is a name that isn't too unusual yet not so traditional either.
It is such a difficult thing to decide, so good luck with it!

Answer 3

Awww I must say I do like the name Elsie Ann, above! That and Sophie are the only two I do like here, as loads here are so faddish they will sound daft in a few years.

I really hope you can both come to an agreement rather than a compromise though, its much nicer to have a name you both love. My suggestion is.... try a traditional name, that can be shortened several ways to suit the era. or the person :) for example - Alexandra - it can be shortened to Sandra, Sandy, Alex, Alexis, Sasha, Xandra, Zandra. Alexander likewise - Alec, Alick, Sandy, Alex, Zander, Xander.

Good luck and congratulations on your new baby when it arrives :-)

Answer 4

If it is a girl call it Sophie. The name has served me well.

Sometimes it is best to see what your baby looks like before you name him or her. It may be that looking at your baby you think your child would suit an odd name and the other it may suit a traditional name.

Although if it is a girl I would go with Sophie.

Answer 5

Throw out all the names that each of you has picked. Print out a list of names from the computer (or get a book), and you and he pick entirely new names and write them down on separate pieces of paper. When you're done, you might be surprised to see that you have picked a couple of names in common.

Some names are around forever--but this is also true of some of the names that came around more recently--they're still here. Who is to say that names picked in the 2000s won't stay around--many of the celestial and flower names picked by the hippies in the 60s are still here.

Answer 6

i understand what you are saying about the name situation but how does any1 now that in 20 years time the traditional name u choose isnt going 2 have the same effect. u should mayb think of 5 of your fav names each and narrow it down from that and if that fails mayb u should do the old short straw on who chooses the first name. may not be very helpful but gl with whatever u choose 2 do

Answer 7

When your child is old enough it can decide for itself whether it likes its name or not & ask to be called something else if it doesn't like the names you've chosen, so don't worry about 20 years from now. Just make sure the names go well with your surname & can't be shortened into something rude or insulting that the other kids can make fun of.

Answer 8

I think that your best bet would be to compromise..you pick a name and let him pick a name or two...then put them together!!

here are some ideas:
Alden Blake
Jeffrey Sloane
Nicholas Ackerly
Christian Drake
Kyle Spencer
Michael Jasper

Katherine Teague
Elizabeth Eden
Crystal Quinn
Meghan Kennedy
Cameron Harley
good luck! its definetely hard to find something to agree on :) my husband and i couldnt decide until like a week before...we just both made lists...i went over his and got to say no to the ones i hated and he said no to the ones he hated on my list...what was left..we narrowed it down..and then picked her name from what was left.. it was definetely a process..but it worked!! thats all that matters :)

Answer 9

Oh my god.. don't remind me of the "finding the name" process. I'm due next week and I can tell you that just a few weeks ago we've FINALLY decided on the name.. We're gonna call our little baby girl to come Sariah. It's the ONLY name that we liked both and so decided on that name. Just talk and find names and find the one you like both. All names are nice unless they sound very ridiculous. Try also to find a name that doesn't go "out of fashion", and remains nice after years to come. Goodluck :)

Answer 10

My husband wanted to name our son after Ozzy Osborne, i know i didn't want to either but we made a deal that if it was a boy he could name him and a girl i would name her well it didn't go that way so i named our son what i wanted which was Julian. He was mad (husband) for a little bit but he got over it. I felt that i had every right to name our son what i wanted since i was the one who went through the labor and all the pain of a c-section.