DH and baby names
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Topic: DH and baby names
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Subject: DH and baby names
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 8:53pm
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We've decided on a boys name, DH suggested it and I love it so that one was easy. That was a couple of weeks ago.
I just asked DH what he thought of my short list for girls names and he turned his nose up at all of them  I then asked if he had any suggestions and this is what I got in reply
DH: I was thinking of a name, but it's just a suggestion, you don't have to love because I know you'll hate it, you always do when I suggest names Me: so what's the name? DH: Forget about it, you'll just hate it! ME: 
dumb @rse!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 9:03pm
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omg sounds like me and my DH! omg he hates everything I like! On my list I have
Olivia liliana Isabella Tara and he has turned his nose up at them all, he doesnt hate them he just doesnt want to name our girl any of those  gah!
The names he has suggested are awful LOL. With Caden it was so easy I suggested it and he loved it right away, this time its going to be so hard. Men!  ------------- |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 9:11pm
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LMAO Shena makes me feel a bit better that the exact same conversations are being held in other people's houses!
My girls list is: (in order of favourites) Renae Leah Sasha Jenna Sarah I won't list the suggestions he's come up with as my reaction may offend those with the name 
I love Liliana, it's unusual without being weird  Not that the other names were weird! oh dear, I'll shut up now lol------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 9:25pm
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lol! Funny thing is though, he like Liliy but not Liliana! wtf?! haha
Im writing out a list now, and there are some that we agree on, so hopefully we will get somewhere soon lol Hopefully before she is born haha ------------- |
Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 9:25pm
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DH and I have struggled with names too. More so boys than Girls. He has liked most of the girls names Ive suggested and we've narrowed the girls names to 2 which is great. But Boys, gah! What a PITA ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 9:27pm
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oh boys names are so hard aye! We spent ages before we knew caden wasa boy trying to battle out a name lol ------------- |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 9:41pm
My DH doesn't even want to discuss names at all  ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 9:53pm
Gah annoying! Oh well, then its your choice He doesnt have a say cos he wont discuss it! ------------- |
Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 10:09pm
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Hehe I agree with Sheena. Totally your choice ------------- Our Angel July 08 Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 18 March 2009 at 10:17pm
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I had decided long ago that my next daughter was Amelia , so DH didn't get a say .
Boys names tho, nearly every single name I mentioned he turned his nose up at , until I told him that if he continued to do so he could name the blimming baby HE gave birth too ,so we narrowed it down to three and finally agreed on this one. He wanted to call our son Ryan MacGuyver, now I love the name Ryan, BUT I am not calling my son after some 80s hero with a mullet . Men ! btw , if I can add my 2 cents (and Im gonna ) I think Caden and Olivia has a nice ring to it ------------- 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 11:25am
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My DH doesn't love the whole decide on a name talk either... but thankfully we have far more trouble deciding on options for boys' names than girls' -------------  |
Posted By: sally belly
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 11:36am
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My DH is definitely the same as yours Toni . I suggest names & get a firm NO back immediately . It is so frustrating so we haven't really had any discussions... I don't have the energy! -------------    
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Posted By: LadyLizard
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 11:37am
Thats hilarious! You def can't name your kid after MacGuyver, he would get too much sh*t at school! (Probably from all the 30 something teachers) We are not naming our baby after any rock stars, sports stars, TV characters or anything like that. Too risky! ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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caitlynsmygirl wrote:Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 11:46am
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Classic discussion!
DH is soooo not interested in talking names, so much so that last time DS was unnamed for about 18 hours while we decided. I would mention names to him and his reply was "pregnant woman should not be allowed to name children" as apparently they were all weird. Then his deciding factor was it had to be short and easy to yell (like a farm dogs name apparently )
This time I have mention some names from last time and he is starting to like them so that is a bonus but we only ever have issues with boys names. -------------  
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 11:50am
| nothing to add except wow kelly a boy, congrats!!!! |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 11:54am
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Thanks Deb ! Im very very excited to be having a boy
Especially at the moment when my daughter is off school yet still managing to have an attitude .... -------------
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 12:37pm
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I kind of decided on Jack's name by myself although DH didn't object to it. He did grumble for a while about me wanting 2 middle names but never gave any real opposition. I have my boys name and again he hasn't objected just hasn't really agreed. I have a girls name, which was one of my picks when we had Jack and DH hated it yet loved it when I mentioned it a month or so ago - go figure!! ------------- Lindsey
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Posted By: Jam08
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 1:22pm
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Peanut,
That's funny about your husband liking short names you can yell out like a farm dog. My husband is a farmer so most short names one syllable names have already been used by various farm dogs he has owned or known of, and he also jokes about not wanting to 'waste' a good farm dog name on a child! |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 1:57pm
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Its the classic debate isnt it!! We had a short list for both boys and girls, but once we found out that we were having a boy somehow that list changed?!?!?! Go figure. We had it narrowed down to 3 names, but waited until we met Oli to see what he "looked like"!! I like really unusual girls names - DH just nods and says "thats nice dear"! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 2:15pm
My DH knew from the start what I'd name a boy, so to seal the deal he sold me his soul... in exchange for him getting to buy the sound system he really wanted I got to name our son. Of course, he wouldn't have gone for that if he'd disliked the name (and I knew he'd end up buying the stuff at some point anyway), but still - anyone thought to try bribery? It might work! And congrats on the boy, Kelly!! Of course I'd be offering you congrats if it were a girl too... always exciting to hear 'what' people are having. Yay! ------------- Andie |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 7:00pm
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Totally understand where you are coming from! Boys name is sorted, but girls!!!!
We have now started all over again. I have just gone through the name book for the millionth time and written down 20 girls names. DH is to do the same. Once he has we will read both lists and write down any that are the same. We will then take the others list and what is left we will cull by half and then switch and halve again and so on until we have a list of 5 or 6. It will be nice to have a short list before baby is born! Boys have such weird ideas on names!!! -------------   
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 8:05pm
Kelly, I agree, Caden and Olivia does have a nice ring to it, but DH just wont budge His name choices suck lol, I just always thought if I had a daughter I would name her lol Ah crap DH just saw what I typed LOL, he laughed at me ------------- |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 8:55pm
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I love the name Hannah....pity I'm not having another kid. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Katep
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 9:28pm
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oooohhh...Hannah, might have to add that to the list. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 9:49pm
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We have terrible trouble in agreeing on a girls name. Boys names were easy but we have literally only found 2 names we both even remotely like! Ashley & Taylor. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: Manda08
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 10:01pm
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Well my DP keeps only suggesting Barry for our boy... no offence to any Barry's but omg hell no!!! My ticker has Barry on it but trust me there is no way in hell it is happening, he even tried to get it as a middle name.... NOPE! His other great suggestion was Raphel Ulysses Oliver-Kebblewhite... he liked the initials!!! Haha ------------- 
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Posted By: kriss
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 10:16pm
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Hehe Manda, RUOK..
I'm lucky that my DH loves my daughters name as much as I do. I suggested it before we conceived, and it stuck, and I have a favourite boys name which I have casually slipped that he was pretty neutral on at first, but a now a few months on he loves it. Maybe names grow on people after a bit? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 19 March 2009 at 10:18pm
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We had such a tough time finding names for our boys! with Bailey i wasnt all that fussed on it but after many a name arguments DH liked it so it stuck and it went the oposite with Astin - i liked it and DH sort of did but went with it anyway.
This time neither of us has really put much effort into it! wev come up with names and then both gotten sick of them!!! whether they be boy or girl! lol At the mo we are onto Coree for a girl. i think it may take a while after bubs is born to finally name it!!! poor thing!!! |
Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 20 March 2009 at 1:07am
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when I was thinking of a name I could only think of a girl's name no boys names "jumped out at me"
when I told DH the name I had for a girl ..he "approved" his only criteria for a name was that it didnt have some bad memory associated with it..for eg if there was a girl called Sarah he didnt like then he wouldnt want to name our child that. I did tell him to think of a boy's name (we didn't know what we were having) not sure if we will use that if #2 is a boy ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Oxy
Date Posted: 20 March 2009 at 7:45am
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Me and my partner have already decided on what name we will have when I get pregnant
If a boy Jared Girl Jasmine But I have a problem I cant think of a middle name for Jasmine Jared is sorted ------------- http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/250ed1" rel="nofollow">  TTC#1 Jan 2009 |
Posted By: Mum_mum
Date Posted: 20 March 2009 at 9:14am
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We have our girls name sorted - DH thought of it ages ago and i just love it so that is what our girl will be called. We will prolly use my middle name for a girl which is Katy, i would like that as a family name and also my best friend is called Katie so suits.
Boys are another story - we have the middle name sorted which will be William as that is a family name from DH' side and is DH's middle name. He wants to name our boy Dave.... i like Dave as a name but not for a tiny little baby! Its just too manly, we could call it Davie when its little but i still don't like it! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: T_Rex
Date Posted: 20 March 2009 at 10:50am
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My little brother had cute little blonde ringlets, a lot of cheek, and he was a Davy. I thought it was a pretty cute name. I'd use it if it didn't already belong to him
DH and I have been tossing the odd name around, but we'll get more serious once we are pg. No doubt there'll be some arguments too. I've already told him that I'm going to break the tradition that goes back hundreds of generations in his family and if we have a boy it won't get DH's first name. He's ok with that, but I'm not sure how the rest of the family will react. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 21 March 2009 at 7:13pm
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haha this is such a funny thread.
if my hubby had his way he would call the kid snoop dog.......went to see the specialist last week and he asked for the spelling of ty and how we got that name....i looked at ant then said the speeling from my brother and the name from a black rapper mmmmmmmmm specialist almost pissed himself.........he said he looked forward to see what we came up with next time.........we are stuck on boys names the girls name i had but wont tell hubby or anyone as i dont want to jinx it ....we both have a few boys names but nothing screams pick me........so i hope like heck its a girl. the girls name i chose is a combination of a singer and something that has died and i have just rearanged the spelling...the middle name is angel but in maori .........wounder how much crap the kid would get if his name was snoop ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: M2K
Date Posted: 22 March 2009 at 7:08pm
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I like the name Azaria... but everytime I mention it, hubby says "A dingo stole my baby" aaargh... ------------- 
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Posted By: ShelliN
Date Posted: 25 March 2009 at 11:14am
LOL not really something to laugh about but this totally cracked me up Sounds like something my hubby would say, they have such weird ideas.
Azaria is a very pretty name ! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 25 March 2009 at 11:31am
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I love thinking of names and middle names to go with them
Jasmine Renee , Jasmine Louise , ...erm , minds gone blank , Jasmine Zahlia Azaria is a pretty name Boys names we struggled with , but im happy with our choice, I was a bit unsure at first (my favourite boys names would either be Caden , or Ryan Luka) but Tyler has grown on me now . Still better than Ryan MacGuyver . -------------
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 25 March 2009 at 8:23pm
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ok So I FINALLY discovered the illusive girls name that DH didn't want to tell me.
Sam. I like Samantha (and it's on my list), but oh no, DH wants to name her just Sam urrrmmmmm NO!
Back to the drawing board
Any suggestions on what sounds nice with Caitlin? If baby is a boy, he'll be Marcus Alexander Pressman-Hyde. If baby is a girl, she'll be ??? Alexandria Pressman-Hyde Any suggestions (but not too wacky!) will be appreciated ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 25 March 2009 at 8:41pm
Hehe, I like the name Samantha/Sam..that was Alyssa Milano's characters name on Whose the boss, although shortened to "Sam". Obviously I stuck with Alyssa :) I quite like girls name that shorten to boyish names though.. When I read your favourites list from the first page, for some reason I can picture you calling out to your girls playing outside to go inside "Caaaaitliiiiin, Renaaaaeeee"..they go well together
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 25 March 2009 at 10:20pm
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I know Caitlin and Brianna , I think thats quite pretty -------------
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 26 March 2009 at 3:59pm
Hehehehe Caden is an awesome name Tyler was on our list when I was pregnant with Caden.
We are happy with our girls name, so we just have to think of a middle name for her. I like Lilyan Kate, or Lilyan Marie but not sure yet. ------------- |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 26 March 2009 at 4:35pm
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Lilyan Marie is pretty , or , hmm (thinks ) Lilyan Isabella (I like that there are 4 syllables in each of your childrens middle names, im weird like that )
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 26 March 2009 at 4:38pm
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ooh Lilyan Marie IS pretty..... -------------
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Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 29 March 2009 at 5:40pm
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Cute name that you've chosen for a boy, Toni! As for suggestions from me, I'd be no good. We've slacked on the name front big time . Murphy's law, we had a boys name picked from day one, but choosing a second girls name is HARD! We did entertain the name Caitlyn (or a various spelling of it). I like Ashlee and Caitlyn together but I'm not 100% on it (just as I'm not 100% on any of the names that DH and I remotely agree on!!!). I really like Caitlyn and Renae. That's adorable!
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