https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:45:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-579639 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:43:24 +0000 tysonja 579639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hehe. our LO is named Asher, so that's my suggestion! :) </p> <p>hopefully he widens his name list as the pregnancy goes on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-579626 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:40:14 +0000 .twist. 579626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: hahaha I totally think that's a good idea! :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-579609 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:37:27 +0000 lawbee11 579609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I told my DH that since he's already gotten to name kids before that I get final say! I think it's only fair &amp; that you should use this argument, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-579601 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:35:55 +0000 NerdBee 579601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: heehee! That's exactly what we did! It took us both a few weeks to come up with our lists though :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-579558 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:26:48 +0000 travelgirl1 579558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me and DH have TOTALLY different taste in names. We agreed on nothing apart from the one we chose and that took a while. I had to let go of my favourites first though and choosing a middle name was torture. If we ever have another daughter I have no idea what we'll do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-579508 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:16:09 +0000 Boheme 579508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NerdBee: We used the overlap method too! We both downloaded a baby name app on our phones, made a favorites list over several days, then switched phones. I love what our LO's name will be :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-579417 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:58:31 +0000 LazyLightning 579417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMagpie: Hahaha, yes. "Sounds like an old lady". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-579407 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:56:35 +0000 MamaMagpie 579407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>PS @nerdbee: that is a very smart idea -- I think I'll try it once we know for sure the sex of the baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-579402 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:55:48 +0000 MamaMagpie 579402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lazylightning: yes, exactly what my DH says, too! I tend to like more of the "old fashioned" names and he thinks I'm insane! My favorite is Atticus and he thinks I'm insane! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-579394 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:53:26 +0000 2PeasinaPod 579394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Try each making a list of names that you both like, and then start eliminating them one by one. If you're not a fan of Abraham, nix it from the list immediately. If he tries to bring it up again, remind him that it's both of your LO and Abraham is off the table. If one of you isn't a fan of the name, you shouldn't be forced to name him that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-579391 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:51:58 +0000 .twist. 579391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMagpie: I tried the "well then you make a list of boy names you like" and got answers (albeit sarcastic) like "Panther!". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-579376 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:49:02 +0000 LazyLightning 579376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep same here. Everything I pick, "nope" or "that sounds weird" or "that's too traditional" or "I know a bad ___." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-579343 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:43:04 +0000 MamaMagpie 579343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow @thehistoryofus! I think that is every single "A" boy name ever! I have suggested many of those and DH still says no!</p> <p>I did just try the "well, darling, why don't you come up with some names you *do* like and we can discuss those?" and I got a stubborn "Abraham". I think the advice to shelve the topic for a while is good -- we might not even have to worry about it after all!</p> <p>It is very encouraging to know that those of you who went through this did finally agree on something! Who knows, maybe Abraham will grow on me...lol :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578996 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:27:50 +0000 .twist. 578996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is our problem too. </p> <p>I keep telling DH we're going to have a nameless son. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578976 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:24:50 +0000 Goldilocks1107 578976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe ask him to come up with some other options that he'd be okay with? That's how we approached naming our LO. Then we went through the lists together and put them in columns: Like, Maybe and No. I even vetoed some of my own names :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578940 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:20:03 +0000 hellobeeboston 578940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we went back &amp; forth A TON. we had a lot of girls names we liked and zero boys names - of course, we found out we were having a boy, but luckily from that point you still have like 5 months to discuss names and we eventually got there. Some names we would really love for a week, then the following week hate it, the one we chose just organically came up &amp; we grew to love. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578834 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:00:37 +0000 Cherrybee 578834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is exactly our problem, too!! Every name I like DH hates and every name DH likes, I hate. We had a girls name that we both liked but I don't love and the more I think about it the less I love it. I really don't want to have to go with a name I don't love - but what if we can't agree?!! As for boy's names, I have one that I like and DH is kinda meh about it (better than an outright no!). I'm just hoping that it all works out in the end!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578760 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:42:55 +0000 buffalove 578760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went through a really similar situation! We agreed on a boys name from the start, but we were totally at odds with the girls name and we were team green. We gave it a rest for a few months and finally late in the third trimester we came to an agreement, pretty easily I might add. I had really wanted to name a girl after his grandmother but we couldn't agree on a middle name, and although I compromised a little, we got to something we both loved. Since you're finding out the gender, I wouldn't even stress about it until you know it's an issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578739 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:34:15 +0000 ineebee 578739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My vote is for Agamemnon. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578648 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:12:12 +0000 Bookish 578648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are having trouble with the middle name, of all things! His family has a tradition of giving boys a 'D' middle name. That's all well and good, but I'd REALLY like to give LO my maiden name as hid middle name, because the name ends with my sisters and I. We are going round and round about it, to the point where I'm starting to hope it's a girl, because at least we have that name picked out!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578474 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:57:07 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 578474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NerdBee: smart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578463 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:52:12 +0000 NerdBee 578463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This was a huge struggle between me and Dh too. He would reject every name that I suggested. After we found out the baby's sex, I suggested that we independently come up with a list of 10 names that we liked and see if there was any overlap and go from there. We ended up having a couple of overlapping names and we used one of them. We are both happy with our son's name :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578459 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:51:05 +0000 Weagle 578459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It seems like you're still early in your pregnancy, so I wouldn't worry too much. DH wouldn't seriously discuss names until late in the third trimester, but eventually he felt a sense of urgency. Funny thing, he totally fell in love with the name I really wanted. I had mentioned it to him months before, he shot it down immediately, and then forgot the whole exchange. When I brought it back up a couple of weeks before LO arrived, he loved it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578437 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:36:47 +0000 T.H.O.U. 578437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here is a list for you: </p> <p> Aaron (boy)<br /> Abdul (boy)<br /> Abel (boy)<br /> Abimael (boy)<br /> Abner (boy)<br /> Abraham (boy)<br /> Abram (boy)<br /> Absalom (boy)<br /> Absolom (boy)<br /> Acie (boy)<br /> Adam (boy)<br /> Adiel (boy)<br /> Adin (boy)<br /> Adlai (boy)<br /> Admon (boy)<br /> Adnan (boy)<br /> Adolph (boy)<br /> Adolphus (boy)<br /> Adric (boy)<br /> Agamemnon (boy)<br /> Ahab (boy)<br /> Ahmed (boy)<br /> Aidric (boy)<br /> Akili (boy)<br /> Aladdin (boy)<br /> Alan (boy)<br /> Alasdair (boy)<br /> Alban (boy)<br /> Albert (boy)<br /> Albin (boy)<br /> Alcee (boy)<br /> Aldous (boy)<br /> Aldric (boy)<br /> Alec (boy)<br /> Alexander (boy)<br /> Alexis (boy)<br /> Alfred (boy)<br /> Alistair (boy)</p> <p> Allen (boy)<br /> Allison (boy)<br /> Alma (boy)<br /> Almus (boy)<br /> Alonza (boy)<br /> Alpha (boy)<br /> Alphonso (boy)<br /> Alter (boy)<br /> Alva (boy)<br /> Alvah (boy)<br /> Alvin (boy)<br /> Alvis (boy)<br /> Alwyn (boy)<br /> Amado (boy)<br /> Amasa (boy)<br /> Ambrose (boy)<br /> Amerigo (boy)<br /> Amiel (boy)<br /> Amir (boy)<br /> Ammon (boy)<br /> Amon (boy)<br /> Amos (boy)<br /> Amycus (boy)<br /> Anderson (boy)<br /> Andra (boy)<br /> Andrew (boy)<br /> Aneirin (boy)<br /> Ansel (boy)<br /> Anselm (boy)<br /> Anson (boy)<br /> Anthony (boy)<br /> Antony (boy)<br /> Apollo (boy)<br /> Aram (boy)<br /> Arandu (boy)<br /> Archibald (boy)<br /> Arcturus (boy)<br /> Arcus (boy)</p> <p> Ardell (boy)<br /> Ardo (boy)<br /> Ari (boy)<br /> Arild (boy)<br /> Arkie (boy)<br /> Arlan (boy)<br /> Arland (boy)<br /> Arlen (boy)<br /> Arley (boy)<br /> Arlin (boy)<br /> Arlis (boy)<br /> Arlo (boy)<br /> Armstrong (boy)<br /> Arnold (boy)<br /> Arthur (boy)<br /> Artis (boy)<br /> Arvel (boy)<br /> Arvil (boy)<br /> Arvin (boy)<br /> Arwen (boy)<br /> Asa (boy)<br /> Asafa (boy)<br /> Ashby (boy)<br /> Asher (boy)<br /> Ashworth (boy)<br /> Athos (boy)<br /> Atticus (boy)<br /> Audrey (boy)<br /> Augusten (boy)<br /> Augustus (boy)<br /> Aurelien (boy)<br /> Aurelius (boy)<br /> Averill (boy)<br /> Avi (boy)<br /> Avie (boy)<br /> Awnan (boy)<br /> Ayrton (boy)<br /> Azriel (boy) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578433 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:35:20 +0000 heffalump 578433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wonder if your dh just loves the name Abraham so wont agree to anything thinking that if he says no to everything you'll have to come around and say yes to his choice. </p> <p>But it sounds like you aren't team green so you'll be finding out before the baby is born? I wouldn't worry too much until then, no reason to fight about it when it could be a girl. Maybe just keep doing your research and have options ready just in case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578423 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:30:07 +0000 lomom 578423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To answer your question, we did both agree, nearly instantaneously. We picked out names before TTC and I think our conversation was maybe 5 minutes long lol. We are having a Junior but if LO had been a girl, we had a name we both love picked out for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578415 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:27:48 +0000 lomom 578415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a friend named Abraham and he goes by Abram, which is a trendy way to shorten Abraham without being Abe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578379 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:38:55 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 578379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband is steadfast that he has a junior, to be honest that is why I am dragging my feet with really trying to get pregnant. You really want both parents to love their child's name, right?</p> <p>My advice would be to narrow down your choices- come up with some great names that have heart and soul. Then, don't discuss the names for awhile until after you learn the sex. Also make sure friends and family stay out of the name discussion-no need for DH to think he has back up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578320 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:22:21 +0000 BSB 578320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMagpie: We went through a lot of names to come to the ones we have. I, too, thought it was going to be impossible for us to agree any names. I just kept telling him names and seeing if it was a yay or a nay. My DH is a big movie guy, so I would use just hear it and ask him. </p> <p>I hope you find a couple that you can agree on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dh-hates-all-of-my-name-suggestions#post-578317 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:00:50 +0000 pl0508 578317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went through this and somehow landed on a name we both liked! You will get there ! We did finally decide to wait until our anatomy scan to pick a name though because it cut our choices in half and made it less stressful </p>