Anonymous
Post 06/07/2022 06:16     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Farrah. My DH and I are middle eastern (he is fluent and I am not) and wanted Arabic names that worked well in the US .. well turns out fa’ara is rat in Arabic and it reminded him too much of Farrah. Glad we didn’t use it bc I like our DD’s name much better.


Except Farrah is a name in the Middle East...


Yes and fa’Ara is rat in Arabic and the sounds are too similar.
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2022 05:37     Subject: Re:What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Helen - I always loved the name, was a hard no for DH


I love Helen!


I tried for Helena but my DH was opposed. Still love it. Though I'm now glad we didn't go with it because it turns out we are really big nickname people (who knew?) and it would not have lent itself to the sorts of nicknames we like.

I had a bunch of Greek names I loved that DH vetoed: Helena, Calliope, Theia, Selene, Cassandra, and a bunch of others. I was a classics major.


I like these. Give me the full list for ideas please!


I mean the list would be too long to post here— there are so many potential names from Greek mythology— just Google. But some additional favorites are Diana, Athena, Penelope, and Iris. I also love Juno from Roman myth.

I will note that you should definitely read up on the mythology around the name before choosing.


There was an Anemona in the NYT wrote an article today
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2022 05:36     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Anonymous wrote:Ezra and Zion— DH said they were creepily religious.


I know a Zion whom I met as toddler and I remember thinking, wow your family must be REALLY religious -- and they were (literally missionaries, etc.). I guess if you want to mark your kid, it works... but for me at least it really marked the kid.
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2022 05:35     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Anonymous wrote:Farrah. My DH and I are middle eastern (he is fluent and I am not) and wanted Arabic names that worked well in the US .. well turns out fa’ara is rat in Arabic and it reminded him too much of Farrah. Glad we didn’t use it bc I like our DD’s name much better.


Except Farrah is a name in the Middle East...
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2022 05:12     Subject: Re:What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Helen - I always loved the name, was a hard no for DH


I love Helen!


I tried for Helena but my DH was opposed. Still love it. Though I'm now glad we didn't go with it because it turns out we are really big nickname people (who knew?) and it would not have lent itself to the sorts of nicknames we like.

I had a bunch of Greek names I loved that DH vetoed: Helena, Calliope, Theia, Selene, Cassandra, and a bunch of others. I was a classics major.


I like these. Give me the full list for ideas please!


I mean the list would be too long to post here— there are so many potential names from Greek mythology— just Google. But some additional favorites are Diana, Athena, Penelope, and Iris. I also love Juno from Roman myth.

I will note that you should definitely read up on the mythology around the name before choosing.
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2022 01:48     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Delmonte
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2022 01:25     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Anonymous wrote:Georgina/Georgia, hard no despite my asking consistently through two girl pregnancies. And I had miserable pregnancies and he was inclined to give me what I wanted generally.


This thread’s best names!
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 22:44     Subject: Re:What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Helen - I always loved the name, was a hard no for DH


I love Helen!


I tried for Helena but my DH was opposed. Still love it. Though I'm now glad we didn't go with it because it turns out we are really big nickname people (who knew?) and it would not have lent itself to the sorts of nicknames we like.

I had a bunch of Greek names I loved that DH vetoed: Helena, Calliope, Theia, Selene, Cassandra, and a bunch of others. I was a classics major.


I like these. Give me the full list for ideas please!
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 22:14     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Anonymous wrote:Ezra and Zion— DH said they were creepily religious.


Agree on Zion but I love the name Ezra. But I rejected it as too prevalent in recent pop culture, so sort of the opposite reason.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 22:13     Subject: Re:What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Helen - I always loved the name, was a hard no for DH


I love Helen!


I tried for Helena but my DH was opposed. Still love it. Though I'm now glad we didn't go with it because it turns out we are really big nickname people (who knew?) and it would not have lent itself to the sorts of nicknames we like.

I had a bunch of Greek names I loved that DH vetoed: Helena, Calliope, Theia, Selene, Cassandra, and a bunch of others. I was a classics major.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 21:54     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Ezra and Zion— DH said they were creepily religious.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 21:17     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Anonymous wrote:Georgina/Georgia, hard no despite my asking consistently through two girl pregnancies. And I had miserable pregnancies and he was inclined to give me what I wanted generally.


I LOVE Georgia. We didn’t have any girls though.

I liked Arlo for a boy, DH hated. DH liked Seamus (family name), I said no.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 20:48     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Catherine was my deceased sister’s middle name but it was DH ex-gf name. I didn’t care, and was going to spell it differently. He was concerned that if she found out, she’d think it was after her it’s my 2nd daughters middle name
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 20:38     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Anonymous wrote:Georgina/Georgia, hard no despite my asking consistently through two girl pregnancies. And I had miserable pregnancies and he was inclined to give me what I wanted generally.


Why did he veto? (considering one of these).
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2022 19:25     Subject: What name did you want but got vetoed by your partner?
Hunter