Anonymous
Post 11/02/2019 00:18     Subject: Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
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?




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.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2019 00:15     Subject: Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Theodore, call him Thor.


^^ best answer! mom calls him teddy, dad calls him thor. done and done.


Teddy is a nickname for Edward.


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.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2019 00:03     Subject: Re:Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
Odin.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 23:57     Subject: Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
Anonymous wrote:Theodore, call him Thor.

This is the best suggestion yet.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 23:55     Subject: Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Theodore, call him Thor.


^^ best answer! mom calls him teddy, dad calls him thor. done and done.


Teddy is a nickname for Edward.

And also, rather famously, a nickname for Theodore.
https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/storyofteddybear.htm
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 23:44     Subject: Re:Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
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


Completely agree. He sounds insufferable.

Name your son Michael.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 23:11     Subject: Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Theodore, call him Thor.


^^ best answer! mom calls him teddy, dad calls him thor. done and done.


Teddy is a nickname for Edward.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 23:10     Subject: Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
Anonymous wrote:I like Atlas and Ulysses.


Np, i am still 1st trimester but if i have a boy Ulysses is at the top of our middle name list.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 23:07     Subject: Re:Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
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
Post 11/01/2019 22:53     Subject: Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
There’s a Sebastian in my kids class but he goes by Bazzy. Weird enough for DH maybe?
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 21:02     Subject: Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
I actually really like Ulysses. Seems classic because of the president.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 20:52     Subject: Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Theodore, call him Thor.


^^ best answer! mom calls him teddy, dad calls him thor. done and done.


I had an awesome (smart, cute, nice) Thor in my class years ago. I love this suggestion!
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 20:45     Subject: Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
Anonymous wrote: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.


Zephyr could easily be a ziggy
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2019 20:43     Subject: Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
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
Post 11/01/2019 20:42     Subject: Help! Baby is three days old and we can’t agree on a name
Anonymous wrote:Theodore, call him Thor.


^^ best answer! mom calls him teddy, dad calls him thor. done and done.