baby names

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Tue, 12-21-2004 - 3:02pm

My husband wants to pick the name if it's a boy and have me pick the name if it's a girl. Anyone else doing this, and if so, how's it working out?

Christal

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In reply to: christalnshawn
Tue, 12-21-2004 - 3:44pm

we didn't do that. that wouldn't have worked. guess i didn't want to not like my child's name if my dh picked something i couldn't stand...and vice versa. not too sure that could work. what if he picks a name for a boy you absolutley hate?

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In reply to: christalnshawn
Tue, 12-21-2004 - 3:52pm
I thought about that, so we made lists of names that were acceptable. I assumed we would just pick the name together, but for some reason, he wants to pick the boy's name out himself. I don't know what's going on in his head....after all, he's a man!!
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In reply to: christalnshawn
Wed, 12-22-2004 - 12:06pm
I let my DH pick out the middle names. That was a safe bet!

 
 

 


 


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In reply to: christalnshawn
Wed, 12-22-2004 - 4:22pm

Not a chance! Your childs name should be a joint effort!


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In reply to: christalnshawn
Thu, 12-23-2004 - 5:27am

hi

We are doing the opposite. I have always had a boys name picked out, way before I met my hubby. I knew i would name a boy either Josh or Jacob Hamilton. Hamilton is after my grandfather. So when we found out we are expecting and we were already discussing baby names, i had to inform him he had no say so in choosing a boys name, but he had almost free reign over a girls name. He wasnt to happy, but he liked Jacob Hamilton better, and wants to call him Jake. Although i will probably call him jacob. He wants to name a girl after his grandmother, Ann, even though his cousin named her daughter Annie Beth after her. We have almost decided on Courtney Ann, hes always liked Courtney.

Most people like Jacob Hamilton, but some arent crazy about Courtney Ann. My hubby also likes Rachel or Rene, no offense to anyone out there with those names, but i am not crazy about them.

Any ideas on girls name to go with Ann? We cant use Bethany, its my ex best friends name. I still have bad images associated with that name.

Thank,

Marcy

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In reply to: christalnshawn
Thu, 12-23-2004 - 1:42pm

We have an Emily Ann and a Reagan Anna.

Christal
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In reply to: christalnshawn
Thu, 12-23-2004 - 2:37pm
I worked with a woman who had agreed to do the exact same thing with her DH. Of course, as you can guess, they ended up having six boys. All of them have the same MN, Kevin, which is her DH's first name. One of them is named after her BIL, a man that she can't stand. Another is named after her FIL who was always nasty to her. She begged her DH not to use those names, but he insisted that it was totally his choice. She wasn't crazy about the other names either. What really upset her was that all six kids' names had some sort of connection to her DH's family, but none of them had anything to do with her family. Of course this is an extreme example. I'm sure that a more understanding DH would be more accomdating.
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In reply to: christalnshawn
Thu, 12-23-2004 - 4:44pm
I think I would have killed him if I were her!!
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In reply to: christalnshawn
Fri, 12-24-2004 - 10:40am
My boyfriend actually picked the girls name out, and said I could choose a boys name, I was just lucky that I actually fell in love with name, and it may partly be because we hadn't even started talking about names when he suggested it. I was so moved that he had put that much thought into it, because he usually keeps to himself when it comes to things like that. I think if he had chosen a boys name it may have been different, and I probably wouldn't have been as touched. Good luck whatever you decide to do.
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Sun, 12-26-2004 - 6:17pm

well, we kind of did this. DH comes from an italian family and his brother has 7 children, not one of whom is named after their grandmother, Anastasia, nn Sia. so when we decided to start a family, he insisted that the first girl be named Anastasia, nn Sia, and that I could name all the rest of the children. since we were only planning on one, that didnt seem like such a great deal on my end! At first, he wasnt open to ANY negotiation at all, but we now have an Anastazia, nn Zia, Lukas (my grandmother's maiden name). we are TTC #2 and he still maintains that the "rest" are "mine" to name (altho I am certainly taking his preferences into consideration---i DO want our children to have names we both like---)

hope it works out for you if you decide to do this!

sim

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