Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
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Anonymous
^^ best answer! mom calls him teddy, dad calls him thor. done and done. |
Anonymous
| If worse comes to worse: you both pick one names of of each other's lists and put the names in a hat and pick one. Pick one that you can turn into a nickname you don't hate. I think I'd go for Zephyr - Zeph. |
Anonymous
Zephyr could easily be a ziggy |
Anonymous
I had an awesome (smart, cute, nice) Thor in my class years ago. I love this suggestion! |
Anonymous
| I actually really like Ulysses. Seems classic because of the president. |
Anonymous
| There’s a Sebastian in my kids class but he goes by Bazzy. Weird enough for DH maybe? |
Anonymous
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Pull up the list of the top 1000 names from the Social Security Administration. You each have to, HAVE TO, independently select 200 names you can live with. Whatever names are on both lists make up your short list. There will be at least ONE on both of your lists, and more likely more.
No one is getting a name from their top 10 list, you both need at accept that. It’s compromise time. |
Anonymous
Np, i am still 1st trimester but if i have a boy Ulysses is at the top of our middle name list. 
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Anonymous
Teddy is a nickname for Edward. |
Anonymous
Completely agree. He sounds insufferable. Name your son Michael. |
Anonymous
And also, rather famously, a nickname for Theodore. https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/storyofteddybear.htm |
Anonymous
This is the best suggestion yet. |
Anonymous
| Odin. |
Anonymous
As a Theodore that goes by Ted, I'v  e always called Edwards that go by Ted to be fake Teds. Ed/Eddie are the proper nicknames for Edwards. 
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Anonymous
Your husband wants to set up your child for endless teasing at school. Most of those names guarantee it. You can easily tell that your husband wants to impress someone with his list of interest that is Greek Mythology World History Astronomy and Classical Music There is more then meets the eye, looking at your names and his one could easily fall under the impression that he is on a Autism Spectrum aka Aspergers wheras you are Neurotypical. More trouble ahead. Buckle up. |