Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think your husband has a very unrealistic view of parenting and possibly an inflated sense of self. These names are all about calling attention to himself and his superior cleverness, rather than giving a human a name he will keep for the next 100 years. It’s about as bad as Michael Jackson’s naming choices (Prince Michael I and Prince Michael II known as Blanket).

He sounds like a hipster twatwaffle

+1000 poor kid.

+2000 that’s an excellent name for DH.

[Anonymous]

Reminds me of Maverick Jax on Little Women LA. Divorce followed soon after naming the son a dogs name. Sign of immaturity showing in name choosing.

[Anonymous]

Name him whatever one of the kid's four great grandfather's name you can agree on.

[Anonymous]

1. Got to separate rooms with the other's list of 10.

2. You each strike 3 "I'd rather kill my child" names from the others' list. Put in envelope, trade envelopes, back to your own room.

3. Read the new list and get over the emotion of having three fav's scratched already. Then you each narrow your own list to 4 names by striking three more from your own list. Put in envelope and switch.

4. Read other's new list of four, sigh with relief that more hideous names are gone. Practice calling the baby each of the remaining names. Next, mark two as first names and two as middle names. Back in envelope and switch.

5. Read which names your spouse chose as first and middle from your list. Strike one of each. Write each person's remaining first name on a slip of plain paper and put it in a bowl.

6. Get together and see if you can agree on a name from the remaining four. If not....

7. Give each other a big hug, say I love you, kiss the baby. Then you pull a name from the first name bowl. The other person's final middle name is the middle name.

8. Agree to modifications that occurred to you along the way

[Anonymous]

Gaius......... yeah because he definitely won’t get made fun of for that one!! You can only name your kid a stupid name if you’re very rich or very famous. Because then kids will like your kid either way. If not, you’re screwed. Your husband sounds like a weenie.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Weird first names are so risky. DH and I both have common first names and unique middle names. It’s perfect. We could choose to use the special name if we wanted, but we both preferred the ease of a first name that everyone knew how to spell and pronounce.

I would go with a Theodore Constantine, if it works with your last name. He has six nickname possibilities, plus the two actual names themselves. ( Teddy, Theo, Ted, Thor, Connor, and Dino). The kid eventually gets the last word. That’s what I would stressto DH. Both names have lots of flexibility, so the kid can choose which kind of name he would like.

Stan would be another nickname option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. Got to separate rooms with the other's list of 10.

2. You each strike 3 "I'd rather kill my child" names from the others' list. Put in envelope, trade envelopes, back to your own room.

3. Read the new list and get over the emotion of having three fav's scratched already. Then you each narrow your own list to 4 names by striking three more from your own list. Put in envelope and switch.

4. Read other's new list of four, sigh with relief that more hideous names are gone. Practice calling the baby each of the remaining names. Next, mark two as first names and two as middle names. Back in envelope and switch.

5. Read which names your spouse chose as first and middle from your list. Strike one of each. Write each person's remaining first name on a slip of plain paper and put it in a bowl.

6. Get together and see if you can agree on a name from the remaining four. If not....

7. Give each other a big hug, say I love you, kiss the baby. Then you pull a name from the first name bowl. The other person's final middle name is the middle name.

8. Agree to modifications that occurred to you along the way

I predict the final name from this process will either be Elijah Atlas or Orion Liam.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please update after you decide, OP! I personally love the Theodore - Thor idea!

Don't hold your breath. 8 pages and no updates from the OP or indication that she is even reading the responses.

[Anonymous]

Schnozzle

[Anonymous]

We ended up finding a name we both agree on and then started fighting about middle names. I’m exhausted so our kid now has three names. Oh well.

Caspian “Ian” Michael Odysseus

Looking forward to the day my kid googled his name and finds this. I hope he’s thankful.

[Anonymous]

I like Caspian!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH and I have very different naming styles. We each came up with ten names we loved and I hate his, he hates mine.

We’ve exhausted every baby name book and website. Help us.

My list:
Benjamin
Sebastian
Michael
Reece
Connor
Elijah
William/Liam
Arthur
Brandon
Peter

His list:
Zephyr
Icarus
Ignatius
Atlas
Orion
Constantine
Wolfgang
Ulysses
Odysseus
Casimir

Yeah. You can see the issue. I even offered to settle for a name I don’t like as much and told him he had free reign of middle name but he said nope.

Any suggestions?

Sorry to say this but your husband is either drunk or crazy! Pick one of yours because you have to live with your name and little kids are mean to children with unusual names.

Get a dog or a cat and your DH can use one of his names.

[Anonymous]

I love it OP!!!! Caspian is great. “Cap” is a great nickname too

[Anonymous]

These names....omg. Yikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We ended up finding a name we both agree on and then started fighting about middle names. I’m exhausted so our kid now has three names. Oh well.

Caspian “Ian” Michael Odysseus

Looking forward to the day my kid googled his name and finds this. I hope he’s thankful.

Ian Michael is a fine name, Op. You managed to make lemonade with this one. Congratulations on your baby boy, btw.