Just for fun pregnant bees, do you have a few baby names that you LOVE but your SO can't stand? I would say the ONE and only advantage of being a single parent at the time of birth would be naming your child whatever YOU want! Haha. I sure do love DH, but he doesn't like any of my "weird" names as he calls them. He also won't go for a name if it reminds him of one of his "bad" students. Oh the joys of being married to a teacher! :)
So let's hear them: the names that you love and the names that you and your SO are kind of agreeing on. Maybe hearing a few more names can give us all a little more inspiration. :)
Here's mine:
I love: Boys: Rylan, Henry, Tristan, Riley, Jackson, Samuel, Caleb, Carson, and Easton.
DH loves: Boys: RYAN! And nothing else! He says "Rylan" is too girly. He thinks Henry is "ok," but we want to name a daughter with an H name and our last name is H, so he doesn't want to be "that family" that has all same letter names for their kids. Hmmph. He also really likes plain-jane names like David, Tyler, Nathan, etc. And Grayson (I'm not a fan of the nickname "Gray").
I love: Girls: Harper, Haylee, Riley, Payton, Payson, and Kennedy.
DH loves: We thought we had totally agreed on the name Haylee if we had a girl, but I know a person I don't really care for named that and it's killing it for me. We both kind of like Harper, but he is not a fan of my other name choices. He seems bound and determined that we will have a boy anyways, so he doesn't throw too many other girl names around. Silly DH! (I think it's a girl already!)
Hubby is convinced that we're having a girl. There are many names that I think are awesome, and he hates them. The few that come to mind are Micah, Anna-Grace and Selah. He can't stand them. But there are quite a few that we agree on, so its okay.
I am not pregnant, but I REALLY wanted to name my daughter Violet. My husband hates that name. 
If I had my way, my daughter would be named Adeline. I adore it and DH doesn't like it at all. We've compromised on Caroline, but we still can't agree on a middle name!
If we have a son in the future, his name is pretty much already decided. We agree much more on boy names, so it figures we'd have a girl first.
I very rarely post but had to reply because my daughter's name is Adeline! We don't know any other girls with her name but get compliments on it all the time. Her middle name is Rose which could work for you if you go with Caroline.
DH is English, so he's got a lot of class associations with names that I just don't get! I'd love to use Felicity or Lottie, but he thinks they sound like stuck-up posh girls with horsey accents.:(
@harpmom: Beautiful! I'm mildly jealous that you got to name your daughter that. :)
@cowgirlace: All your names are REALLY trendy. Maybe try for some that are more traditional, or less trendy right now, and he might like some.
@peachacid: +1
I'm a newborn photographer and last year alone I photographed 5 Henry's (another is due this March) and 6 Harpers! I also had a Caleb, Rylan and Haylee.
I'm not pregnant but we talk about names every now and then.
I love the name Aria and FI isn't too fond of it. He doesn't hate it, but I doubt it would ever win out over other names. I also like the name Lena (pronounced Lay-na) but I'm not sure he'll like it...haven't mentioned it yet.
I love the name Jackson, but he's says it's a last name. I used to love the Tristin, but I'm too afraid to bring it up lol.
We did both agree on the name Peyton (for a boy...yes, I know most people think it's a girls name but c'mon...Peyton Manning, anyone?!)
@iheartnerds: Caroline is my dream name for a girl. DH isn't into it, so I gave up on it years ago. That worked out well, though, because my best friend just named her daughter that. It's super popular right now - I know THREE pregnant women using Caroline! It seems to be a traditional name that keeps coming back. Love it. :)
I want a Jeremiah sooo bad but my husband won't go for it. He wants traditional catholic names. Ugh....I like the unique names that I don't hear very often.
His response to Jeremiah...Our son won't be a bullfrog.
My mom wanted to name me Kendra, but my dad thought it was a black girl's name. Not in a racist way, just in that it would seem weird? Bizarre...
I'm not pregnant, but I have a ton of names I love that FI hates and vice versa. For example, for a boy, my "dream name" would be Nathaniel Andrew and FI's is Troy Nicholas (after his father who passed away). (I can't stand the name Troy, but I understand the intent behind it). Other names I like: Jamison, Quinn, Ned, Neil, Joel, etc.
For a girl, I like Charlotte Joy (he thinks it's okay). He likes Madison or Riley (and I hate both of those names). Other girls' names I like are Lua (pronounced Lou-ah), Helena (pronounced Ha-lay-na), Violet, and Justine.
So, we agreed on Audrey Joy-Ann for a girl (I originally wanted Aubrey, but we compromised) and Troy Raymond for a boy. However, the agreement is that if we have a second son his name will be Nathaniel Andrew.
I'm kind of an old-soul. :) Plus, I wanted to give our child a timeless name, but compromised with my FI who prefers more trendy names. (I asked if he were to choose a boy's name other than Troy what it would be and he said Jordan).
I have two boy names picked out, and one girl name.
Though we aren't pregnant, we're going to try in the fall (don't want to be pregnant this summer)
Boys :
Torrin (he loves it)
Luca (not so much)
Girl:
Airabella (he hates it)
We're lucky we're having a boy because we did NOT agree on girl names. He said my names were old lady names, but his all sounded kind of stripper-esque. My husband really liked trendy and cutesy girl names, but I was completely stuck on Georgia. End of story. That was my dream name :)
@ellebeerob: As someone with a stripper/bimboesque name, PLEASE do not give in! I'd much rather be a Betty or an Irene.
We're not pregnant yet DH doesn't like any girls names I suggest. In particular, Katalina - I think it's pretty, he refuses to name our child after a salad dressing... I tried to explain that it's spelled differently and it's a real name, but I lost that round. 
Oh well. At least we agree on a boy's name.
I love trendy names, though! I feel like they are pretty safe and I don't care if other people have the name. I'm an Alison and DH is Jacob, both very popular names for our birth era. I go for a name based on how I think it sounds, and the names I love all sound beautiful to me :)
FI really likes Jaxson or Jaxon for a boy. I veto'd it because it is just as common as Joshua or David these days. luckily his best friend has a baby boy on the way and they are naming him Jaxon. Hopefully that will deter him.
We finally decided on either Brighton or Dalis (pronounced Dallas) for a girl and Easton for a boy.
My husband didn't like my top choice, though when he said no he didn't know that it was my top choice -- I wanted his honest opinion. I really liked the name Wesley/Wes and he said there's a 0% chance of our son growing up to be a badass with a name like Wes. He said it's a "weak" name. I disagree with his reasoning behind not liking it, but if he hated it, he hated it. What can ya do? Overall, choosing a name has been a fun process. Neither of us has our heart set on any one name and we're both on the same page with most of our likes and dislikes!
@jwilk241: You reminded me of a friend of mine. He is DEAD set on having a boy and naming him Tom Brady Lastname.
I actually veto'd one of my husband's favourite names very early on in our relationship. He wanted to name his future son Vladimir. I put a stop to that very quickly.
We're not pregnant yet but we're in trouble if we ever have a girl. We can't agree on anything! Now that Vladimir is off the table, we're 95% set on our boy name.
I am not pregnant but FI and I will start TTC 6 months after the wedding. I had already picked out names well before we discussed this and was heartbroken to know that he HATES them lol. I chose one "safe" name and one "Trendy aka out there" name.
Girl: Parker Taylor Lastname OR Blythe Tara Lastname
Boy: Brent Trevor Lastname Jr OR Peyton Thomas Lastname
This is going to be a nice little journey for us. He hates my names but has no suggestions of his own. Meh. Can't believe he doesn't want a Jr...proved me wrong bc I thought the majority of men wanted their first born son to be a Jr.
@LadyBear: That just makes me think of the Katalina Wine Mixer lol. It is a pretty name though!
I'm not expecting, but am really into names. Luckily MrWigeon and I pretty much agree on a future boy's name (Isaac), but I do have a guilty pleasure which he can't stand... Amadeus. I love it!
I'm not pregnant but FI and I both love the name Eden for a girl. We talk about names every so often, but a lot of the names I originally liked have been tainted by annoying people I've met who have the same name lol.
@jwilk241: The name Aria is so pretty to me! My grandfather is a professional opera singer so I know he would like that name as well :-)
My fiancee and I both love the name Atlas for a boy and Scarlett for a girl.
Names that I loved that he hated are:
Boy: Luca, Eliott
Girl: Aleyana, Jonni, Joli
Names that he loved that I hated are:
Boy: Vidal, Xavier
Girl: N/A
I wanted to name my daughter Ella because it's kind of short for Carmela which is my grandmothers name. He's not a fan. But he is 100% stuck on Aiden for a boy and that's my snobby cousin's sons name so I said no way!
DH veto'd my all time favorite girl name: Olivia. I lvoe it so much that 4 years ago when my sister was pregnant with her little girl, I talked her out of using it for her middle name because I wanted it for my little girl. DH won't entertain the idea. His top girl choices are: Ava, Alexis. Both are pretty, but they're not Olivia.Fortunately, this little one on the way is a boy.
As for boy's name, we have one picked. I'm not sure how I manged to get DH on board with my boy's name, since I've had it picked out for probably close to 10 years. DH started out not liking it, but somehow I've convinced him that it's a good name. Probablymostly because it's the ONLY boy name I would entertain. WE're keeping it under wraps though). It's a not too common, but potentially upcoming name. I've oly heard it mentioned on the boards once, so i'm hoping that it won't gain too much in popularity :)
i love sebastien for a boy and nona for a girl. neither of which are happening!
@BeachBride2014: Haha that's too funny. We wouldn't go as far as to use the whole name lol. We really like Peyton Bradley.
@Galang_Gyal: I think it's such a beautiful name. It sounds like music, which is funny because my FI loves music so you would think he would like it. And how cool is it that your grandpa is a professional opera singer!!
I am not pregnant but we have our names picked out.
I love Arianna, but DH thinks its too "fluffy" and we settled on JUST Aria... even though its what we would call Arianna for short... I am still going to work on him, since its such a small change. Arianna/Aria Michelle H.
I LOVE the name Castiel for a boy, but DH HATES it with a passion. I also really liked Ezra, but DH said it reminded him too much of a religion he doesn't agree with. My parents were going to name me Ian if I was a boy so I have always liked that name and we have settled on Ian Grant H.
Aria and Ian!
@UK Bride: Felicity is my dream name! DH not so much... :/
Starting to feel like I don't like any names at all the more I think about it...
We decided on Luna, but I also really liked Aria, Seraphina, Cassidy, Melody(almost made the cut), Valerie.. so many beautiful female names haha. He thought Cassidy and Melody were fine, but was really against the others!
A boy would have been Eoin (Irish, pronounced same as Owen), which we both agreed on, but the other male names I like, such as Gavin and Harvey, he hated! XD
@SweetartMD: It's hard to know without knowing your last name, but for what it's worth, I think Arianna Michelle has a really nice flow to it. Aria Michelle is good too, but I prefer Arianna Michelle. It's more.. melodic? :)
TTC is pretty much lightyears away at this point, but we've already talked names a little bit and I can tell it's going to be a struggle when the time comes.
We have the special challenge of trying to pick names that are easy to pronounce in 2 languages, given his background. That automatically rules out my favorite boy name: Ethan. We both love and agree on Lucas. I'm a big fan of Evan or Ian too, but haven't said anything.
I've pretty much kept girl names hidden for fear of being totally shot down. I'm much more attached to those and want to use the next several years to wear him down. He's obsessed with girls names that end in "elle" though, so I think there's a good chance that Danielle would be incorporated into one of the names. My favorites right now are Lilia and Vivienne. I would try to make him happy with Lilia Danielle.
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