My Bf's name is Derek and wants the baby named after him?!?!?

Question

EVEN IF ITS A GIRL!!!! he said the baby can either be named derek or get this fancy name-D'ereka. . . .omg he must be stuck on stupid cuz im not naming my daughter Dereka. what are your thoughts???

we already have 2 kids. and i named them both. well i completely named the first one but i let him choose a name out of the names i picked out for the second one. but he wants this one to be all his decision

Answer 1

I agree with you - I'd never go for it with the girls name. Regardless with what the name is, I'd never make my son a JR or a II because it's a burden to live with.
My hubby is a "2nd", and we have problems every time anyone from a utility, bank, cell company etc. have to run his credit report- we always have to go to extra steps to verify his identity.
We (well he - they had me wait outside) even got detained and pulled aside in customs after a Mexican cruise because for some reason their computer brought up his dad's passport or info, and obviously that didn't match him so they had to verify his ID,

It's been a royal pain and we'd never do that to our kids!

Answer 2

I would say the baby's middle name should be Derek or Erica or some other D girl name, depending upon the gender, and come up with your own first name, something you like.

Answer 3

If he is being completely serious, try and compromise. Maybe use Derek for the first name but tell him, she will have a nickname. Here are a few that kinda like Derek

Darrah Dare-Ah Hebrew- Compassionate
Daricka is American meaning Dancer maybe call her Aricka
or Dericka ie Ericka

Ask him how he thinks kids will react to a little girl with a boys name... although they are all the rage now, my personal faves are Tyler for a girl and Brady for a boy. Tell him to really think about it, maybe go with his middle name... what is that?

Answer 4

That's just stupid. You could consider giving in for Derek Jr. but naming a girl child after the father, even if there were a nice sister name to his name (in this case there clearly isn't) would be ridiculous. Is he an egoist or what?

Answer 5

Just tell him you didn't carry the baby for nine months then to give birth and have him force a name upon you, if you have a boy say he can take Ur bf's name as a middle name and sit down and look at names together and if its a girl, flat out refuse!! and find names together.

Answer 6

Derek Jr. for a boy is fine , You might consider using Derek as a middle name if it's a girl and you can just tell her that it's her Fathers fault lol =)

It will only be on legal documents for the most part, so why not make him happy? =)

Answer 7

Oh my! This is where ego and sense have to meet comfortably and good sense must win! Derek is NOT a good name for a baby of any sex! Tell him NO...if it is a boy give him Derek as a middle name....

Answer 8

Oh lordy, no Dereka! I would strongly reccommend that you don't do a Derek Junior. It can get very confusing when applying for credit, social security cards, and legal paperwork.

Here's some ideas:

Danica
Daphne
Daniela

Answer 9

ok properly for a boy i admire; Caden, Ryan, Aidan, Noah, Morgan - to call some ;-) And for a woman i admire; Esme, Cadence, Grace - would be unable to think of of any greater merely now. As for a center call for Avenliegh, how approximately Jayne, Grace, Jade. desire I helped! xXx

Answer 10

Are you sure he is not joking? Try to talk him into a girls name that starts with a D or something similar like Erica. Just tell him no way to Dereka. Yuk!!!