Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 20:56     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Buckwheat
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 20:56     Subject: Re:What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Bowen. It was my father and grandfather’s name. DH said no. He never knew either my father or grandsons thought it would be shortened to Bow which sounded redneck. I’m still a little sad about losing that one.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 20:44     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Serena - DH hated it
Arya - this was pre-GoT - I thought it was too close to Aryan which is a legit name, but the stigma
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 20:40     Subject: Re:What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Michael. It’s always been my favorite boy’s name but DH was terrorized by a Michael in grade school and outright vetoed it.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 20:39     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Francesca, bc his grandmother was Frankie
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 20:31     Subject: Re:What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Anonymous wrote:Piper. DH said no because it was “too white”. Ugh.


I agree with your DH, it's an awful try too hard name.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 20:25     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Molly but DH vetoed because it was his paternal grandmother’’s name and my MIL didn’t like her.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 20:22     Subject: Re:What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Margaret
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 19:16     Subject: Re:What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Robert for a middle name. It's DH's middle name and the name he goes by because he's a junior. In my family, the boys always have the dad's name as a middle name. But, DH hates being a junior and wanted DS to have a name that is completely his own.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 18:09     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Rosemary
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 09:56     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Maya, Roman, Chloe
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 09:55     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Anonymous wrote:DH vetoed Thea, Edwin called Ned, Bronwyn, Graham, Garett, and Briony. British so the names aren’t that weird.


Other than Graham, which I love, those are all kind of awful. And I generally love British names.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2022 09:53     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Malcolm Gladwell is biracial.

Malcolm famously was the son of King Duncan from Macbeth. Genealogy websites tell me I'm a direct descendent of Malcolm.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2022 17:31     Subject: Re:What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Fiona. Said it was the name of a ogre.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2022 02:23     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
DH vetoed Thea, Edwin called Ned, Bronwyn, Graham, Garett, and Briony. British so the names aren’t that weird.