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

[Anonymous]

Michael Constantine. I could live with that.

[Anonymous]

You two had months to come to an agreement but neither of you budged to come to a compromise. Neither of you deserve to be married.

[Anonymous]

Leopold

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need to decide on a method to decide. Some possibilities:

-you decide bc you gave birth
-pick a neutral third party to choose
-each write down your top 5, you each get 3 vetoes, the remaining 4 go in a hat and you draw one

+1.

+2 and your DH has horrible horrible picks. If feel for you, op. Pray Ulysses is on his short list.

Zephyr?! Poor kid.

[Anonymous]

Call him Constantine and nickname him Connor. Both start with Con at least - that seems to be the most similarities!

[Anonymous]

Is your DH into video games?!

[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?

I know a super cute Wolf (Wolfie), so Wolfgang isn't terrible (plus it's very common in Germany).

[Anonymous]

Worst name list ever

[Anonymous]

Try a top 25 or 50 for each of you rather than a top 10. Eventually you have to discover a match. Or if he’s that concerned about popularity, pull out the SS list and start with #300 (or #500, or whatever). Then each of you independently go through and circle all the names you could live with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Xavier

Leo

Max

Yeah, you guys have no overlap.

These are great. Leopold, maximilian

Also

Magnus, Evander (evan),
A bit of weird and normal?

[Anonymous]

Yep, I hate all his names.

[Anonymous]

Dh and I had the same issue. He liked top 10 names. I liked names around 100. Named our kid the top 10 name. It sucks. I never feel like the name is special. He goes by a nickname we both agreed on.

[Anonymous]

I actually could live with Ignatius IF I knew the kid was going to be brawny and “cool”. If he’s likely to be scrawny and dorky, Iggy will be a terrible name.

But I’d go with Constantine and call him Dino. His list is terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a divorce. His names are pathetic. Such a phoney!

+100, I’m guessing he also wears a newsboy cap and has fanciful facial hair. Trendy nonsense.

[Anonymous]

How about naming the child Constantine with the nickname Connor. That fits both of your lists. Your DH can call him Constantine if he wants, but I guarantee you that if you call him Connor at drop off, by the time he gets to kindergarten age, everyone, including the child will be using Connor and not Constantine.

I know friends who had a similar problem. Mother wanted a very common name. Father wanted a more unique name. Mother got the first name and father got the middle name. Father and a few of his friends are the only ones who use the middle name.

That said, when they second kid was born, they flipped and father got the more unique first name and mother got the more popular middle name. Both kids go by their first names.