Alphabetika Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Eva It was my grandma's name but my dh is not a fan. Then we decided not to do family names at all because we lost a few very close to us and we didn't want to choose. I had wanted that name for one of my kids since I was 12 though.:sad: ETA: We knew if we had a boy we would name him Ean but we have all girls. A friend of ours just had twins: Eva and Zoe :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I really love the boys name Roland. That's ER's middle name (that's what the R stands for). It's also dh's middle name AND FIL's middle name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialmama Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Marly (short for Marlena) and Bethany. Silas and Noah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I have a list of boy names: Trinity Silas Troy Everett We used my favorite girl name for EK. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieZ Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Josephine ('Josie') Abraham ('Bram') Two more reasons I wish I could have had more babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropymama Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 The girl name I never got to use: Elena Marie The boy name nobody would let me use: Duncan Phillip I love Duncan! boy: Saxongirl: Bronwyn I had a good friend who called her little girl Arwen. We all thought it would be weird (LOTR anyone?) but it isn't it's lovely. Max We used it for our dog. I wish we had saved it for a child. :glare: My SIL did this.. named her 2 dogs her favorite baby names because they thought they'd wait a long time for kids, then she got pregnant right away. Also Desmond, Jabin Xavier (almost got that one for the last ds), Evangeline, Audrey and William. I've wanted a William since I was a little girl and it's been suggested for each of our dc, but it never stuck. *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 but what to do about a boy? Oscar? Otto? I know brothers named Oscar and Otto. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest House of Lovelock Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Taja for a girl. It means "Crown" in persian. I have a name obsession! I love strange names! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) I love, love, love the girl's name Dagny. I know some people think it's awful, but everyone in our family loves it. Part of the reason I like it is because it has a very similar meaning to my middle name (it means "new day" and my mn is Dawn). As for boys, Rudy. I would name a little boy Rudy in a heartbeat -- but it's my dh's dad's name and while they have a good relationship, it's his *dad*. To him, Rudy is an older man's name, not a little boy's. ETA -- I had to add this in here: I have always liked the girl's name April and my mom's middle name is Mae. I really wanted to have an April Mae (and would have done it), but dh said no. :001_smile: Edited March 11, 2011 by milovaný Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 A friend of ours just had twins: Eva and Zoe :) My third dd is Eva. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amey311 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I LOVE Charlotte. DH thought it sounded "too Southern." Then I found out it was his paternal grandmother's name and I campaigned harder for it. We saw FIL while I was pregnant with Thing 2 and I told him about my campaign for Charlotte and he said "After my mother? Oh don't do that. She was an awful woman - always miserable." sigh On the opposite side, DH really wanted to use Marshall for Thing 2. It was the name of an uncle of his who died in infancy. He thought I was being completely irrational when I said there was NO WAY I was naming my perfect newborn son after someone who had died in infancy - I refused to tempt fate or whatever with that. Took us 7 days to name that kid - he was named then only because it was the deadline for filing a birth certificate. We either had to name him or file it with "Baby Boy" as his name and then refile a corrected form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortana Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) Does anyone have a list like this? My husband is a total killjoy when it comes to my favorite names. I'm sure there are others out there with a list of great names that their spouse has nixed. Mine are: Diana Corinne Linnea Love these! Especially the first one, it's my first name, lol! ;) The second one was the first name of the most wonderful nurse praticioner I ever knew and the last one I actually met a little girl that was seeing the same speech therapist as my daughter and that was her name. Ever since I read the Three Musketeers (in jr high) I have wanted to name a son Dartagnan. My oldest, when he was in public school, had a classmate that was named Dartagnan, his nickname was Dar. Everyone loved him, he was my son's best buddy at school. :001_smile: The one's I wish I could have used are: Girl Charlotte Sarah Rachel (dh's grandma's name, doesn't work with our last name) Marianne Sylvia (my grandma's name but we couldn't make it work with our last name) Boy Benjamin Jeremy Justin Harrison (my grandpa's middle name) Zachary For our 2yo dd, we could only agree on Danielle (dh) or Katherine (me), in the end dh let me have my way, lol! He was a little dissapointed until he discovered that Katherine is the middle name of his favorite aunt that passed away several years ago and his great-grandmother, then he was very glad we picked that name.:001_smile: Edited March 11, 2011 by Cortana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I LOVE Charlotte. DH thought it sounded "too Southern." Then I found out it was his paternal grandmother's name and I campaigned harder for it. We saw FIL while I was pregnant with Thing 2 and I told him about my campaign for Charlotte and he said "After my mother? Oh don't do that. She was an awful woman - always miserable." sigh On the opposite side, DH really wanted to use Marshall for Thing 2. It was the name of an uncle of his who died in infancy. He thought I was being completely irrational when I said there was NO WAY I was naming my perfect newborn son after someone who had died in infancy - I refused to tempt fate or whatever with that. Took us 7 days to name that kid - he was named then only because it was the deadline for filing a birth certificate. We either had to name him or file it with "Baby Boy" as his name and then refile a corrected form. How interesting re: Charlotte. I have a Charlotte and I associate it more with England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoonlight Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I have a list of boy names:Trinity Silas Troy Everett Trinity is the name that I really, really wanted for our youngest daughter. DH didn't. :( If we have another girl, she will likely be Calliope. Or Kasimiera (the latter is a family name from my side of the family, one of my aunts from Russia was named that, and my DH loves it, more so than I do, actually. That was what he wanted for youngest daughter. I didn't.) DH really, really wanted to name our son Jericho. I actually liked it, BUT, DH's dad's name is Jerry, and I didn't want Jericho to get shortened to that. But then we found the name Jaiden (actually we saw Jayden, but we changed the spelling) and both loved it. And then about a month before he was born, Will Smith named his son that (tho spelled differently). We couldn't believe it. When we had our ds, after a few days of having no name because we were so torn, we went with Jaiden anyway because we really did like it, and it was different. Now, it is EVERYWHERE, and used for both girls and boys. My ds is 12, so he is usually much older than the other kids with that name, but still. My oldest dd21 was *almost* Brandywine. Instead, she is Sarah. She is very upset by this, and reminds us often that we should have chosen Brandywine. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Girls: Felicia (went to elementary with a girl who had this name and thought it sounded so lady-like) Anna Elyse (next name on my list if we have another girl!) Boys: Kyle (Just think it sounds manly!) Simon (definitely a smart boy name) Having taught public school for five yearsm it is hard to find a name that doesn't have bad memories associated with some terrible student you taught :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missesd Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Names that I never got to use, but always wanted so desperately: Sarah Elizabeth and Elizabeth Renee` And for a boy: Ian Aleksander :crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Mine are Jeremiah, Jarrah, Jordy, Georgina, My kids are called Genevieve and Jared so there is a J/G theme here)...but I also love nature names like River, Summer and Sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Kate. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 If we have another girl, she will likely be Calliope. But it might be setting the child up for a lifetime of explaining. It's not well known and it looks like 'Ka-lee-ope' but is actually 'kuh-lie-uh-pee'. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ester Maria Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Donata / Donatella (which DH vetoed), Anna and Dora. Ruben, Emanuele, Lorenzo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I love the names Hailey and Briana for a girl and Ian for a boy, but dh doesn't like any of those names. :-( Every pregnancy he's threatened to name a boy Fenton, but I've told him that it's just not going to happen. I don't think he really likes the name; he just likes to see my reaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Matilda Chlotilde Phoebe I love Asher but the last two were girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2denj Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 The girls name that I always wanted is: Kylie Grace Boys name: Luke Daniel I hav many more, but these are my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I love Asher but the last two were girls. I have a friend (female) whose name is Asher. I wanted to name one of mine Jack. It even says "Hi Jack" on his ultrasound picture. My dh nixed the idea. Now that same son is going to have a child in August and if it is a boy, he will be Jack. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I love Phoenix, but would never use it. Also, Alma for a girl, but I'm Mormon, and Alma is a man in our scriptures, so it would be weird in our circles. Also Ammon for a boy, but he's also in our scriptures and I don't know, I think it would be dorky. But I like it anyways.. I'm still working on Asher if we ever have a boy. My husband thinks it sounds like a wimp. ETA: I totally didn't know Asher was already discussed before posting. I love that name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Celina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I chose a name for my daughter when I was 9 years old (that's 38 years ago.) and I've loved it all these years. I got it from a Niel Diamond 8 track tape my mom used to play over and over again! When I suggested it to my DH he said, "Over my dead body." So we never used it. The name was: Shiloh Marie Now that the Jolie-Pitts have used that name, I'd never use it, but then too, I'm not having anymore babies. I still love the name. For our last child, we chose a boys name before we found out she was a girl. Josiah James I still think there should be a Josiah in our family. It's weird that I sort of miss him even though he never existed. Maybe it's becaues I have 3 girls and 1 boy and always wanted to give my son a brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 My husband is just dying to name a boy Hans... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 We won't be having any more kids so I'll never get to use Eisley (eyes lee) for a girl, yes it's a name we got from watching Star Wars, but then again we did give our daughter a name we first heard in an episode of StarTrek Voyager. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2J112903 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Not planning to have more kids, so I won't be using these... Isobel This is one of my as well. I told J that he has to have two girls and name them Isobel and Zofia. Then a little boy and name him Jakob. J was either going to be a Sarah Elisabeth or Paige Elisabeth as DH nixed Kadie Scarlett, Isobel, Zofia and Emma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mynyel Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Josephine Amber Samuel Jacob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Melody. I love it, but M names with our last name just don't sound right-and DH pointed out that a girl named Melody is probably going to end up having no musical ability whatsover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 My husband has vetoed: Isabella/Bella (and darn Twilight, I wouldn't go for it anymore, either.) Solomon Luke (doesn't think it goes with our last name, although we have friends with a similar last name and they have a Luke!) The names he likes that I don't love- Harley Cheyanne Whoever mentioned Piper - I love that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 My favorites were Claire and Muriel. A fave boy name that dh vetoed is Theodore, nicknamed Teddy. I love that name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 boy: Saxongirl: Bronwyn i love the name bronwyn!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Jessica* Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Marc has vetoed Gabriel and Bronwyn for this baby. ETA ~ Wow, there are a lot of people on this thread that like Bronwyn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyBlueLobsters Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Girl: (we had all boys) Zoe Hannah Jillian Boy: (Names DH vetoed) Zane Quinn Harrison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyBlueLobsters Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I love, love, love the girl's name Dagny. I know some people think it's awful, but everyone in our family loves it. Part of the reason I like it is because it has a very similar meaning to my middle name (it means "new day" and my mn is Dawn). As for boys, Rudy. I would name a little boy Rudy in a heartbeat -- but it's my dh's dad's name and while they have a good relationship, it's his *dad*. To him, Rudy is an older man's name, not a little boy's. ETA -- I had to add this in here: I have always liked the girl's name April and my mom's middle name is Mae. I really wanted to have an April Mae (and would have done it), but dh said no. :001_smile: We have a Dagny at our church. She's about 2 and SO CUTE! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIS0320 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 We have a Dagny at our church. She's about 2 and SO CUTE! :) It is a cute name, it makes me think of Atlas Shrugged though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Boy: Ariel (pronounced AIR-ee-el, accented at the front instead of the end, which would be the girl version)Girl: Abigail What I've heard (and the baby name site I checked confirmed this) is that both the boy and girl version are accented on the first syllable, but the vowel is slightly different on the first and last syllables. AR-ee-el for a boy and AIR-ee-ul for a girl. (Just in case someone is getting inspiration from this thread. ;)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelanieM Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I really like Eden, but my husband's name is Adam so that would be weird. Same with Eva, though that is also way too popular for me to seriously consider it in any case. My husband has said a big fat no to my suggestions of Gaia, Lilith, Athena and Harper. I had to agree on Harper because it is the last name of our Prime Minister, who is a dolt. I would love the name otherwise. I also love Bella, Emily, Grace, Lauren, Bronwyn, Bryn, Quinn, Siobhan, Gwenyth, and Sienna. We've ruled them all out due to popularity; I know kids with each of these names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Daisy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakersDozen Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 My dh has no say when it comes to naming our babies. He doesn't think deeply about it, his suggestions are so lame (old girlfriend's names, for example), he doesn't take it seriously. So I get to name the baby, he doesn't get to know what my choice is until baby is born, and he can't complain. It works for us. :D I did let him name #2 (Tyler). Wow...how original. That "creativity" along with the girlfriend's names ended his input for good. :glare: So I get free reign with baby names - woohoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 [Dagny] is a cute name, it makes me think of Atlas Shrugged though! I've heard that (I posted up above about Dagny), but have never read the book. It wouldn't influence me even if I had. No more than Axl Rose changed our mind about using the name Axel for our 2yob. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Alia - We planned to name DD1 this, but at the last minute I decided I couldn't do that to her. My name is Jessica. Anneliese - I came up with this when pregnant with my first, as a sort of an amalgamation of my maternal grandparent's names (Anne and Lee). But he was a boy. Then my cousin named her baby that, for the same reason. I had never discussed the name with anyone other than DH - we came up with it totally independently. Laurel - DH doesn't like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I love Linnea! I had never thought of using it as a baby name, but it's lovely. Linnea was on my short list for #3, but I decided I wanted all the kids to have different initials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 My husband has vetoed:Isabella/Bella (and darn Twilight, I wouldn't go for it anymore, either.) Solomon Luke (doesn't think it goes with our last name, although we have friends with a similar last name and they have a Luke!) The names he likes that I don't love- Harley Cheyanne Whoever mentioned Piper - I love that. We have a Piper and I just love her name! She loves it, too. I think it's becoming more popular now, but she's 12, so she hasn't met a Piper her age. Her middle name is Lee, but I so often wish that I'd used Louise (my middle name) as her middle name, even if it meant her having two middle names. She says she wants to change her middle name to Lee-Louise. I wonder how complicated that would be to do.....hmmmmm.....maybe I could work Silas in there somewhere..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I really like Eden, but my husband's name is Adam so that would be weird. Same with Eva, though that is also way too popular for me to seriously consider it in any case. My husband has said a big fat no to my suggestions of Gaia, Lilith, Athena and Harper. I had to agree on Harper because it is the last name of our Prime Minister, who is a dolt. I would love the name otherwise. I also love Bella, Emily, Grace, Lauren, Bronwyn, Bryn, Quinn, Siobhan, Gwenyth, and Sienna. We've ruled them all out due to popularity; I know kids with each of these names. My dh is Adam also, and people sometime ask us why we didn't name one of our girls Eve. Love your list of girl names, esp. Bronwyn! Welsh names are so interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beccad777 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I love the name Lucy, but my DD named her doll Lucy and DH is not so crazy about it. So, sadly no Lucy for me. :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) . Edited March 14, 2023 by ocelotmom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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