What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cameron for a girl. DH thought I was crazy.

Same!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The name of my mom and my sister. I discussed these before we got married. When it came time to name our daughter, my husband said he just didn’t like my mom and sister and didn’t want those names.

On the one hand I am annoyed about this because I really liked the names and thought we had an agreement, but on the other hand, I don’t blame him at all. I love them but they’re not exactly model individuals.

The person who is actually pregnant and giving birth has naming rights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The name of my mom and my sister. I discussed these before we got married. When it came time to name our daughter, my husband said he just didn’t like my mom and sister and didn’t want those names.

On the one hand I am annoyed about this because I really liked the names and thought we had an agreement, but on the other hand, I don’t blame him at all. I love them but they’re not exactly model individuals.

The person who is actually pregnant and giving birth has naming rights.

I disagree and I'm the one who was pregnant and gave birth. Why would you want to use a name your partner hates?

[Anonymous]

Amelia which I still love but it's ultimately a blessing that we didn't use it since its become way too popular recently

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The name of my mom and my sister. I discussed these before we got married. When it came time to name our daughter, my husband said he just didn’t like my mom and sister and didn’t want those names.

On the one hand I am annoyed about this because I really liked the names and thought we had an agreement, but on the other hand, I don’t blame him at all. I love them but they’re not exactly model individuals.

The person who is actually pregnant and giving birth has naming rights.

I agree, particularly since the baby will have the father's last name (presumably).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I vetoed Elton. It makes me laugh to think my husband was serious about that one.

DH vetoed August. Just as well, as it's more trendy than I realized.

I loved Malcolm. We're a white family. Several white people told us it's a black person's name, like Malcolm X. It's the only name I sometimes think back on and wish we'd used. My husband was put off by the seemingly shocked responses.

My cousin used Malcolm. Her kids are mixed race (black dad, white mom).

But I know several white Malcolms too, so I would not say it'd definitive. Like Malcolm Gladwell or the tv show Malcolm in the middle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The name of my mom and my sister. I discussed these before we got married. When it came time to name our daughter, my husband said he just didn’t like my mom and sister and didn’t want those names.

On the one hand I am annoyed about this because I really liked the names and thought we had an agreement, but on the other hand, I don’t blame him at all. I love them but they’re not exactly model individuals.

The person who is actually pregnant and giving birth has naming rights.

I agree, particularly since the baby will have the father's last name (presumably).

+1.

I wasn't going to use a name my DH hated, but I felt like I got 75% of the say in the first name, and he got 25% say. I changed my last name when we got married, kids have his last name, I think it's only fair I got more of a say in the first names.

[Anonymous]

My DH shot down Zara for a girl. There's a toddler down the street from us now with that name and I'm still jealous .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH shot down Zara for a girl. There's a toddler down the street from us now with that name and I'm still jealous .

Like the store?

[Anonymous]

Zara like the princess. Anne's daughter.

(I'm not the one whose husband vetoed Zara.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgina/Georgia, hard no despite my asking consistently through two girl pregnancies. And I had miserable pregnancies and he was inclined to give me what I wanted generally.

Why did he veto? (considering one of these).

No idea! Just did not like it at all. A strong gut feeling he could not get past.

[Anonymous]

Molly. I love the name so much. I wanted Molly Elizabeth. Hard no.

[Anonymous]

Cassius - Cash for short.

[Anonymous]

I wanted Emiliano Zapata ________
Nickname EZ


it actually goes with our last name (DH sur name)



I ended up with a first name we both love and a compromise for the middle name (Emilio - which is a great grandpa or something)

I totally lost out on the dog name too. I wanted Fido or Rover. Got neither.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgina/Georgia, hard no despite my asking consistently through two girl pregnancies. And I had miserable pregnancies and he was inclined to give me what I wanted generally.

Why did he veto? (considering one of these).

No idea! Just did not like it at all. A strong gut feeling he could not get past.

<-- past exes No doubt. or bullies from school. I could never use the name Martin or Giorgio.