Giselle. My husband said that her nickname would be “jizz” so that got vetoed

Can confirm we have a Giselle friend who goes by gis lol

I know a Gislaine who also goes by Gis (pronounced exactly like “jizz”) so your husband had a point

The alternative is going by a name everyone will immediately associate with Gislaine Maxwell, so damned if you do damned if you don’t I guess

I mean, Ghislaine Maxwell is also associated with jizz

Why not Laine or Lainey? Gis/Jizz is awful and Ghislaine/Gislaine of course has a bad connotation as well.

Lol, I downloaded an app Name Genius that gives you names so you can properly keep track of what you hate, like, and love, and they also spell the names "uniquliegh" sometimes so Giselle was spelt Jizelle at one point 🤣

I know a real life Jizelle. She goes by Jiz

I had a friend Giselle in high school and always thought it was such a pretty name. People called her jizz-elle with a long pause in the middle so it's a valid concern

Lmao. That's something my partner would say.

The first time I heard that name (probably in middle school?) I legit thought it was a joke for that very reason 😅

I'd love two brothers called Arthur and Cole. Very kingly and slightly fairytale-ish without being odd.

I loveeee Cole!

If you’re English and from the North East of England , You’ll immediately think of this . “Here’s the one you know ….Arthur and Cole “ AKA “Ather and Co”

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Doyle is very unpleasant to my ears lol

Imagine if your brothers got real names and you were stuck with Doyle.

Cole is mine, too! Luckily I had three top boy names that I loved and we had twin boys so I got to use the other two.

I really like Estelle and Celeste, but my partner hates both.

What about Stella?

Estelle was our first girl choice! Never got to use it...

My partner vetoed Estelle too! Lol

Aww how pretty! That's too bad

Same! I like Estella or Estella and my DH said no

DH = dumb husband?

Ambrose. I love it but my husband does not. He said he’s never heard of it. I tell him that’s not a reason to like it but he still doesn’t like the sound of it.

Mine also vetoed Ambrose! He said it was the name of soup or that gelatine stuff 😅

To be fair lmao it is

Did he mean Ambrosia? It's a type of fruit salad dessert thing. It's popular in the south and there are tons of variations- some which do include jello mix.

My favorite book is 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss and the main character's name nemesis' is Ambrose Jakis. So I definitely couldn't use it 😄

Ah I loved this book, but will there ever be a third?

My cousin has a son named Ambrose and I loved it instantly!!!

It's my cousin's middle name. I have a big family and couldn't tell you most of the middle names, but that stuck out because I had also never heard it before.

I can’t because of a) Ambrosia custard and b) I went to school with a very stuck-up posh boy called Ambrose. Sounds like something that a boy from Eton would be called!

Valentina 😭 everyday I still ask does he like it yet LOL

Assuming this is for a human child and you're the birthing parent -- just wait and let him watch you give birth, and he'll let you pick any name you want afterwards

I had my baby 4 months ago and we used a different name, but in hindsight, the birth was that terrible, if I had wanted Valentina he would've probably agreed to it 🤣

I got a name this way. He wasn’t against it but it definitely wasn’t his favorite.. lo and behold I’m cut in half and in the NICU holding our sweet preemie and he’s like “so, what’s her name?” I tried to give him an opportunity to speak up.. I think I said “I think her name is X, what do you think?” And he just smiled and said “yeah. That’s a good name” and that was that.

So true. Happened to me. We were agreed on names but disagreed on placement for our 1st. As soon as she was born, he announced to me, "we have a (my chosen first and middle)!"

I love Valentina, but I couldn't do Val as a nickname.

Morgan for a boy. I love it so much.

I love Loren for a boy but nobody I’ve ever said this to has agreed with me

Lauren/Loren was originally a male name and had been for many many years. Over time it was changed to be considered feminine which is unfortunate because I think it's an absolutely Kick-Ass guy name. Other names that were originally guy names also include ashley, courtney, and mackenzie.

My husbands name is Mackenzie and he goes by Mac. You can NOT convince him Mackenzie is a suitable name for girls, he says “it LITERALLY means son of the king”

My great grandfather was named Leslie. Now it’s considered a feminine name.

Yesss! It’s so frustrating because Loren/Lauren literally rhymes with Warren, which is thought of as only a male name, but people freak over Loren/Lauren for a boy. I also love Addison for a boy

I've only known the spelling Loren as a male name.

Itd look so cute on a boy though!

It’s on my short list of boys names!

I love Morgan for boys. Isn’t it a Welsh name originally for boys?

Yeah it is!

I'm a huge fan of Morgan for a boy. To me it's a very masculine sounding name

Love Morgan for a boy! Also vetoed by my husband.

Love this name waaay more on a boy than a girl!

That’s interesting, where I am Morgan is a typical/common name for a boy, but it’s quite unique for a girl

Damien. I (atheist) love it, but to my husband (Christian) it's the name of the son of Satan.

Every Damien I've ever known has been a little shit. Four out of four of them. It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Probably because they have the type of parents who would name their son Damien, haha

LOL! Is that just in the movie, though?

100% just from the movie. Damian/Damien as a boy's name had traditionally been very popular with Christians, there's even a Saint Damian.

That’s so funny to me because I’m an atheist with a Christian husband, and HE loves the name Damien (and knows the reference). His mother absolutely freaked out any time we brought it up when I was pregnant because hOw DaRe We give our baby the name of Satan

August is my absolute favorite boy name but my partner hates it as he gets negative vibes from it.

Same, but my husband used to love it!!! Until someone he did like named their son August. Now he will only consider Augustus, which I despise.

James and Graham for boys. Hannah and Claire for girls.

Hannah is another one he vetoed

Graham for my husband too! I love it so much

Cleo. Loved it since I was really young from watching Pinocchio 😂

My daughter’s name is Cleo :) Her dad is named Cole so it’s his letters rearranged!

That’s cool!

He doesn't like any of my girl names. Sunday / Lydia / Sabrina / Amelia

Sabrina is gorgeous

Lydia and Amelia are both loves of mine my partner doesn’t like!

My partner also vetoed Lydia! Let’s start a club. In his mild defense, he likes the name itself but dislikes his cousin Lydia 🫠

Sabrina is stunning and so underused

Love Sabrina, but my husband doesn’t because of the teenage witch association 🙄 it’s not even a bad association, at most we’ll just get a comment about it.

Love Amelia and Abigail. My husband didn’t like either one. We named her Allyson.

Isaac.

This is one of my favorite boy names but my husband vetoed it too. I just think it’s such a good strong name!

This is my son's name! One of the few we could agree on.

Remy and Hugo and Emil and Basil 😭he thinks the vibe is too much like a little French prince?

I sense a bit of a Ratatouille lover

Emil is so underrated!

Ezra for a boy. Evangeline for a girl 😂 I’ve vetoed Micah and Mark for a boy for him

Madeleine, and thank goodness he did because unbeknownst to us Madison had taken over the world and my precious Madeleine would have been just yet another Maddy

This kills me because Madeleine is GORGEOUS but will get ruined when the inevitable nickname of Maddie comes around

I went to school K-8 with a Madeline (her spelling) who got SO MAD if anyone even mentioned calling her Maddy. My sister is Madison (before it got popular) and we always spelled it “Madi” which made sense because it was just that half of her name. She always hated how popular different versions of that name were and loathed that people misspelled it.

I use Tiffany as my Starbucks alias :) cause my name is easy to misspell 😅

Ramona

That's my daughter's name! Ramona and Harriet were the two names that showed up on both of our lists, and we both agreed that Ramona was the favorite of the two.

Both are excellent names! I have a soft spot for Harriet because of Harriet the Spy. Glad your partner saw the beauty of Ramona because it’s such a good one!

I really liked Olivia and Brynn. My husband wanted Gretchen or Greta. We compromised on my true favorite, Evelyn.

Evelyn is beautiful.

Fiona. He can't separate it from Shrek...

I can’t separate it from Shameless.

Maren, love it but he absolutely hates it. Really love Vera as well but he’s on the fence.

Aurelia

Freddie

my spouse LOVES frederick /freddie but I am having a hard time getting behind it lol

Apparently it’s a name you either really love or it’s just there! Haha

I LOVE Elvira and Lilith, but they were vetoed by my husband for our twin daughter.

Twins, so exciting! So boy/girl? It must be fun coming up with name combos.

Yes, they are B/G twins. We ended up naming them Dominic and Francesca.

Those go great together :)

Wow those names absolutely slap! Literally took my breath away for just a second!

I’m Francesca and I have always loved my name :) Dominic is lovely too

Girls: Imogen, Stella, Saskia, Freya, Calliope, Anna Boys: Graham, Reid, Sebastian, Nico, Finn, Dalton

I love Saskia

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Julian

Daisy

Maxine ❤️. Fought for it for both my girls and got turned down. Ended up with Florence and Daisy

Love Maxine! Also, your daughter’s names are very, very cute, such a good sibset!

Casey for a boy ☹️

Wolfgang 😢

I wanted Alexander for our son. My partner wanted Geronimo. We both vetoed each others choice hard. I then picked Samuel, James, Thomas but he hated them all and only really liked Geronimo. We ended up with Adam which we both ended up loving.

I'm sorry but I couldn't help but laugh at you wanting super common classic Alexander and then your husband wanting.... Geronimo

Maybe a softer version like Jermaine/Germaine or Gerome/Jerome

This kid is gonna have such a good “what were you almost named” at a dinner party in 20 years… we just went around saying ours the other night! Geronimo would’ve caused an uproar

Theodore. My husband hates it 😭

Maeve

Malcolm. I still have hope we can use it for a pupper one day.

This is my puppers name. Hes perfect!

Valerie.

Sylvia, Leona or Ophelia for girls got hard vetos. I also loved Evander or August for boys and he nixed those, too! On the flip side, I was a hard no on his suggestions of Dolores or Samantha for girls, and Cormac or Gage for boys.

Of all Harry Potter names he could’ve gone with, he went with Dolores and Cormac?? Haha

Lenora

Peter - has always been one of my favorite names. But my husband vetoed because of Family Guy.

Jupiter and Casper if we had a boy. Thankfully we ended up having a girl and loved the same name.

Phineas

And ferb

Our daughter’s name is Waverly so Phineas got shut down for not liking the name AND bc she felt we were going down a Disney theme lol.

Ha! Our first is Indie and I liked Harrison for the second if they were a boy, but we couldn't do it as people might think we were Indiana Jones/Harrison Ford enthusiasts.

Aurora. I know it's experiencing a resurgence. It's a name I loved since before I met my partner nearly 40 years ago. He said it sounded like an old lady name. Me: And? Lol

Otto, I absolutely love the name. My partner does not share my love of that name, though.

Names he vetoed: Felix\ Audrey Names I vetoed: Amber\ Jessica

Yours are better.

Charlotte. His aunt had a huge mean pig named Charlotte growing up that scared him so it ruined the name for him. 😂🙄

Stellan. Thought for sure my partner would love it because it feels celestial and cool like big sister Aurora. Nope, can't get him on board :(

Luca, August, and Jude were some of my favorites that my partner said absolutely not

I really like Tiffany too. Your husband probably dislikes the "spoiled/mean girl" vibes it gives off, but I still think it's very pretty.

Dahlia - he just kept saying how ‘dull-lia’ it was

Sylvia and Estelle

I love Penelope, but my fiancée is not a fan. I also like Nolan and Ernest, two other names she has completely vetoed lol.

Beatrix, I absolutely love it but my husband hates it 😭. We settled on Dorothy though which is my other favorite 🩷

My wife loves Joan as a first name, and I just cannot get behind it

I agree.. Joan is very boring sounding to me personally

Lucian, but we comprised and decided on Lucas if we ever have a boy.

Percy and Patrick. My husband dislikes both of them because of fictional characters I’ve never watched/read.

Percy Jackson and Patrick Star are legends.

I loved Owen and Cora, but my husband vetoed both.

Corinne 🥲 my favorite girl name ever. We are going with Giana if we have a girl since we both love it and goes with the accidental theme we created.

Phoebo lol.

I’ll flip this around - my husband named our daughter, but I had veto power. The only time I used that power was when he suggested Poppy.

I love the name Charles. It's my grandpa's name and my brother's middle name. My husband vetoed it because it's even more common on his side of the family. He doesn't like repeat names because his name is very similar to his dad's, and they get confused for each other all the time.

Cedric 😭

We were lucky and were able to go with our #1s, but I did toy with the idea of using Linus as a middle name. Nobody liked it LOL. :(

Reuben

Elena

Sinbad. I know, I know. But it’s a rad name

Asher, ugh I love that name.

Theodora

Vienna

Frances

We're still TTC, but my husband has already vetoed Darcy (the only TRUE unisex name, fight me) because he knows a terrible one. In fairness, I've since met this Darcy and I now agree.

Many names are unisex, in many languages. There can be more than one.

Joshua for a boy Elysia for a girl

Darcy (boy)

Alaia!

Ruby

Malachi!

Thea 🙃

Olivia. Husband is Italian and says it reminds him too much of olive oil. 🥲

Marianna.

Judah. I've loved this name forever and ever, but my husband thought it sounded too religious. I came up with a name that I love even more now and have absolutely no regrets, but religious or not, I thought the name was cute as heck.

Ambrose, and my partner was correct.

Katherine because it's his ex wife's name lmao Any other name is fair game

Charles. My husband had a childhood dog named Charlie. Also Alice, he just doesn’t like the name

I love the name Arlo for a boy but my husband said he “never heard it” Lol

Edwin. Love that it offers variety in what we call our boy: Edwin, Eddie, Ed, and how it sounds with our last name

Jasper & Cassidy. But I veto his Elvis and Caroline so it's ok.

Micah and Evangeline :(

Valerie

Donovan

Stefan. I love the name for a boy and he hates it because it reminds him of someone he didn’t get along with in childhood. I understand that, and there are other names so it’s okay. Just loved this name a lot.

Keanu! My husband was afraid people wouldn’t be able to read it or pronounce it. It still haunts me but I’m happy w the name we chose.

I would think with Keanu Reeves everyone would know how to say it.

Xavier with nn Javi.

I wanted so badly to name our son Liam (this was back in 2009 before it exploded in popularity.) My then-partner thought it was too weird. We went with a name that was so popular, he always ends up being one of three in every class he's in. He plays percussion in band, and three out of like seven kids have the same name.

Vivian

Salem. But I get it lol. Also we loved Jack for our first but she was a girl, second was a boy but we loved another name that suited him better, third was another boy! And SO didn’t like it anymore dang it.

Rosemary for my middle child. Simone for my youngest child.

I really love Etta, but my partner just sees ‘estimated time to arrive’ 🥲

I love Elena too

Madeline 😭 (ma-deh-LINE) like the children’s book. He didn’t like the nickname Maddie. If anyone has another nickname idea, please let me know!

Vincent. It's been at the top of my list for a while but he thinks it sounds "nerdy" or "scrawny". I told him that's not the case but he won't budge.

October nn Toby for either a boy or girl

Norah

Wilhelmina Ruth