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09-11-2009, 09:41 PM
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my dh is quite possibly the most difficult person
to agree on baby names with - that ever lived. The spectrum of what he is "ok" with is narrow, NARROW I tell you! Normally he's a quite reasonable person but honestly I'm starting to think he is bizarre! He doesn't like *anything* he deems "trendy" or "made up" so only very traditional names will do. And then even among those he's particular......my goodness I thought it would be a piece of cake to agree on 2 girl names after 4 boys but it's turning out to be pretty darn difficult!
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09-11-2009, 09:44 PM
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audrey. audrey is the best girl name ever. you shall suggest this name
 I only have one to offer you haha...
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09-11-2009, 09:45 PM
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Audrey's too trendy right now..
What have you been suggesting?
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09-11-2009, 09:47 PM
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lol everything is trendy.. it's gay. I still maintain it's the best name
I need to get a female pet so I can name it that.. I'm surrounded by testosterone here.. boo. /hijack over LOL
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09-11-2009, 09:50 PM
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I like Molly
 and Abigail no seriously my DH is the same way and he actually eneded up naming all 4 of them...after Abby was born I said " I GET TO NAME HER", very adminatly {because I had her NATURAL {not by choice either} and I said PAYTON! well, everyone leaves and he is sitting over in the chair with her and says "Angie, she doesn't look like a Payton she LOOKS like and Abigail"..so guess what!! Her name is Abigail Louisa, Abby Lou for short and it is fitting! so when the last one was born there was no question what his/her name was gonna be and Peyton it was...but the only name we really agreed on was the first one, boy or girl, it was Sam....
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09-11-2009, 09:53 PM
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lol poor angie.. ^_^
I think it's kinda normal for men to be kaka heads about names anyway.. kiddos dad and I never agreed on a name.. his only suggestions were to call him a Jr (thank god I didn't agree to that haha) and Luke.... so he could say "luke I am your father"...... I also passed on that one boys r weird.
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09-11-2009, 09:58 PM
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GL deciding names...I know how hard that can be!
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09-11-2009, 10:00 PM
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I looove the name Annabelle and Natalie.
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09-11-2009, 10:00 PM
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09-11-2009, 10:01 PM
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I'm kinda traditional w/ names too. I don't like anything too trendy, too baby, too adult, too many L's (alliteration - our last name is Littleton), etc. Our kids names are Wesley (Wes), Claire, and Sadie. Sadie and Claire are getting a little more popular/trendy, but they are still classic names. And I think we used them b4 they started getting trendy again.
So, what are you suggestions and what are his?
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09-11-2009, 10:02 PM
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I was just running down a list of names and waiting for him to say yay or nay on each....I say "mia" and he's all - what kind of name is that? No one uses the name Mia, that sounds made up". Dude! IT's #14 in popularity last year.......Oy!
I don't even want Mia (though I find it a pretty name), I just find it ridiculous how few names he likes. Our boys are Alexander, Henry, Jack, and Samuel. Right now we are leaning towards Hazel & Grace. I also like Madeline & Isabelle but he doesn't so much....
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09-11-2009, 10:05 PM
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I do like Grace...I've got a Madelyn Grace and an Emma Rose. Drives me crazy that Emma got as popular as it did.
Another name I really like is Sofia...but that's waaaay popular around here.
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09-11-2009, 10:08 PM
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Annabel/Annabelle Evie/Evy with the full name Evangeline, Eve, Eva or Genevieve Tessa Scarlett Possible middle names Violet, Eleanor, Elsa, Iris or Carolyn/Caroline
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09-11-2009, 10:10 PM
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09-11-2009, 10:11 PM
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I see Naomi (mn Alexis) getting popular and I don't like it. After Naomi was born, there were 3 Naomis on TV within a few years...that always makes things skyrocket.
Parker (mn Samuel) is popular around HERE...for the same reason I chose it. It's a popular last name in this part of the country, so people use it for that reason...and then others hear it and like it, etc. Neither are extremely popular though. GL finding names you can agree on! My husbands never had much of a say. LOL.
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09-11-2009, 10:11 PM
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Yes...it's a lot of pressure. Of our 4 boys the one we like the most is Henry, because it's the least popular and feels a bit more unique while still being traditional. So that's where we are coming from. It's just harder to find "older" girl names that don't sound old lady. I have seriously considered Millie, Ruby (dh wanted to name them Max & Ruby if they were girl/boy twins - weirdo), and such. Last time I left naming Sam too long and ended up deciding in the delivery room - I don't want to do that this time.
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09-11-2009, 10:14 PM
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I LOVE the names Madeline & Isabelle, Emmy! We are planning on adopting a little girl and naming her Ariana, but she will be Filipina {if things go as planned} and will totally be able to pull it off. If I had a little white baby girl, she would have been Katherine Mary {Katie}, after Joels grandmother & mother. ANd I think it is just WRONG that we spend our childhoods picking out our children's names, and then these men, who have never in their entire lives thought about what they might name their children, think they should have a right in naming the kids.
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09-11-2009, 10:30 PM
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I am another one that LOVES Madeline and Grace
what about Odel? I had a Aunt with that name and I have a cousing named Alison Odel...kinda flows.... and Elizabeth is old and classy DH suggests: Molly Fiona Ruby
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09-11-2009, 10:56 PM
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Why does he think he has a say in it?
I really wanted Ava to be named Emily, but it is so popular. Of course now I see that Ava is super popular. *sigh* Growing up with like 3 other Jennifers in my classes in school has made me try an stay away from popular. My husband actually came up will with Lilith's name, but we rarely call her by her full name, she gets called Lilly, Lils, Li-la, and Lil-ster. girl names I love: Emily, Addison, Ruby, and Charlotte.
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09-11-2009, 11:03 PM
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No my DH was the worst! Not only did we have to have unique names but they couldn't rhyme or be easily made fun of, he had all these rules for middle names and initials....and we were always surprised as far as gender goes....I thought it would be the fun part but it wasn't LOL
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09-11-2009, 11:04 PM
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I was going to suggest Alexis Grace or Madelyn Grace but read some of the comments before suggesting them LOL
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09-11-2009, 11:09 PM
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We have a Benjamin, Amelia and Rachael. They are not trendy, but a bit old fashioned, especially with us spelling Rachael with the "a" in it.
Tony and I decided pretty easily. I wanted Daniel (named after Dan Marino, I'm a Dolphins fan, have been my whole life) but DH is a Pats fan, and vetoed it. So he wanted to name our kid Tom (middle name Brady) but I absolutely refused. LOL
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09-11-2009, 11:10 PM
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I told my DH after we got married that our first baby, if it was a boy, was going to be named Ian Thomas...NO GO!! His name is Dylan Sean. Second time around I tried for Ian again....NO GO!! His name is Jarrett Robert. Third time around we found out we were having twins and decided each of us would name one of them. We had middle names already picked out..Richard (after my FIL) and Thomas (after my G'Pa)...Guess what Ian did not happen again!!!! Their names are Tyler Richard and Matthew Thomas. Mind you I gave birth to the first two with NO DRUGS so I thought I would get my way at least with the second one but apparently he has some wierd aversion to the name Ian......whatev.
Sorry for the ramble..... Each time I was preggers Elizabeth was the first name on my list the second was Grace. Have fun and good luck
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09-11-2009, 11:12 PM
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I love the names Peyton and Eli, but Ross says that no child of his will be named after the Manning brothers.
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09-11-2009, 11:51 PM
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We had a really hard time with our son's name, but our daughter was easy -- her name is Juliana which is a very old, traditional name, but still very pretty and girly. And I love the nickname Julie which is so "all-american" girl.
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09-12-2009, 12:22 AM
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09-12-2009, 12:55 AM
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We agreed on my oldest daughter quickly Carrie Anne. I love that name even if her name is Carrie Anne Moss like the actress from the Matrix. We had fits with Molly's name. My DH really wanted her to be named Molly Catherine or put Catherine in there somewhere, which is my middle name and I am not having a daughter named Kate Moss! I like Elizabeth because it is my name. My mom's name is Jeannette which I like because it is unusual. Other girl names:
Violet Meredith Alice
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09-12-2009, 12:57 AM
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We found out today we're having a boy so our girl name went to the way side..we've spent ALLL night talking about boy names...We were going to name a little girl Miriam Ruby (Miri) for short That was the name we BOTH loved....Good luck on naming ur sweet little ones!
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09-12-2009, 01:48 AM
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My SO is the same, he doesn't like anything either. Our oldest DD was nameless for 3 months because we couldn't agree
Middle names was easy, SO is scottish and his family are from the islands so we picked one of the island names for each, but first names? Not so much. My favourite is Nora, but SO doesn't like it, so we didn't use it.
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09-12-2009, 01:54 AM
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Jane is a good one!
DH and I only agree on a few girl names, so if we ever have a girl her name will probably be Jane Isabella
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09-12-2009, 02:58 AM
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We had Felicity Jane picked out for our baby. Which we didnt tell anyone because we thought alot of people wouldnt like it and we didnt want to hear the "you want to call her that??!!". But i personally think its lovely and feminine and not too popular, but not unpronounceable or weird....We ended up with a boy tho and called him Thomas Michael.
im sure it will be back on our list if we ever have a girl tho as its the only girls name we agree on!
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09-12-2009, 03:33 AM
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Another issue I had was the differences in origins - It took me 3 days to let him name our first Natalie. Our second was named b4 she was born if she turned out to be a girl. Her Grandma was Yuseline which translated to Jocelyn - we found Jaslyn in an book of names in the library and since we both loved it we stopped looking. My mum was Audrey - I wasnt inclined to use it for my dd's tho. Same went with the middle name I shared with her - Winifred was never going to be in my preferred list. Not all heritage names are an honor to pass on!! Fanny and Anus were 2 others that never made it to the current generation!! No guesses as to why there!! GL with your decision!
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09-12-2009, 07:44 AM
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Emmy -
Love Grace, with Hazel... my first thought - as we were leaving the park the other day overheard some poor girl with being called " Hazy Hazel " in that sing-song way - not that we can or should protect them from all hurts, but something to keep in mind? DH and I are also traditional... in spelling even. Some from our girl's list: Cora Mae Rebecca Lynn all the best with the names!
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09-12-2009, 08:23 AM
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Well, I'm not one for 'trendy' and 'unique' names...but to each his own.
Hubby and I had a doozy of a time deciding on Rachel Elyse's name, mainly because I vetoed so many names. After having taught for 16 years at that point, I was VERY opinionated about names...so many of them brought to mind horribly behaved children. Who knew that so many Ryans and Brittanys were poorly behaved? LOL. Anyways, I got a couple of baby name books at the library, and we each sat down and made lists of which names we liked. Then we checked out both lists for a name we actually did agree on. I think in the end, there were two names we agreed on, Rachel being one of them. It was not my choice, really...actually it was pretty far down my list, but it WAS there. I told hubby since he was the one who actually picked out her first name, I was picking the middle one.
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09-12-2009, 08:52 AM
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I love Jane Isabella and Cory and Ruby are so pretty. Claire is one of my top choices and for some reason it doesn't click with DH.
He tends to get attached early and then won't discuss options. ugh! I do love Madeline but wasn't sure if it was over-used now, seems like we know a lot of little girls with that name. I know Hazel is getting "out there" in terms of being a bit dated but I think it's on its way back.  Julia Roberts names her daughter Hazel, it's moved up in popularity consistently over the last 9 years (social security website info) and there are a few threads on babycenter from various birth months with moms loving that name. Isabella is definitely a fave of mine but I think DH is scared I'll call her Bella (a la twilight). Which is funny cause our boy names were George and Edward  Jane and Claire would be really pretty.....
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09-12-2009, 09:23 AM
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i love picking out names - so much fun
but also hard to come to a decision with DH - LOL! my DH is french, so we wanted names that worked in both countries (at least from a pronunciation view in the US) ... our first two girls are Audrey Grace and Juliette Louise ... other names on the list for future kids are: girls -> Genevieve, Pascale, Jane and Kate boys -> Pascal (obviously wouldn't use it if we named a girl pascale - LOL), oscar (DH and i love this - the rest of the family hates it so much i cannot even describe! LOL) ... boy names are difficult for us - but i don't think there's any way we'll have more than 2 more kids, so we're OK
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09-12-2009, 09:41 AM
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I guess I can sympathize a little bit with you. When we found out I was pregnant with DS, we both just agreed that we would name him after my DH, Sean. But until we found out, I was the one causing problems. Since I have been working with children for over 10 yrs, they are just certain names I could NEVER use, because I just associate them with that rotten kid.
What about Charlotte, Sarah, or Mary?
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09-12-2009, 09:54 AM
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well at least you have a bit of time still.....I'm due is like.....8 days and if this baby is a boy he will be nameless because we CAN NOT decide!!!!
 We do have a girls name......so if it's a girl we are ok. Here are some of the girl's names I liked....but you mihgt not like them since I tend to like unisex names for my girls (hence me having a Sydney Paige and a Reese Elizabeth).Bryce Campbell Teagan Reagen Quinn Camryn Good luck with the naming Emmy....it's so hard!!!!!
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09-12-2009, 11:26 AM
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E, you need to go with Hazel and Ruby. Definitely not trendy, and they go with your boys' classic names.
Isabella is, like, one of the top 5 most popular names in gurl world right now. I cannot even tell you how many Isabellas (and Sophias and Madelines) I know of under the age of 6.
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09-12-2009, 11:32 AM
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