This Couple Needs A Baby Name Pre-Nup!

I can see exactly where she’s coming from because I’m in the same boat but ultimately I know we will be happy with our future children’s names.

Also wanted to say: great guest blogger choice, I love her contributions to laineygossip!

Loved your article! Two name suggestion for you two, though – Annabel (the potential to stick to Anna could be nice) or Keeva (I know a lovely little Irish girl named Keeva. She spells it phonetically (it’s technically Caoimhe) but I think it’s very pretty either way.)

Love it! Me and my SO have the same issue! His name is Michael as well, and he feels the exact same way about it. He likes mainstream names and liked his name being popular. Never once cared he was always Michael E. me on the other hand, I like vintage names (with a little bit of modern added in) and I also adore Irish names. I’m not Irish myself, though my SO is part Irish so I could pretend its honoring his roots or something either way I adore Irish names. Saoirse, Aoife, Roisin, etc. however theyre too out there’. Unfortunately Mike outright says he wants a kid with a popular name i want the opposite. We’ve found some common grounds, but its disappointing.

Hahaha…. this is hilarious. Thank you for sharing I’m sure A LOT of berries have similar issues though maybe they aren’t always expressed as articulately. (Though I got to admit while I love Henrietta, Anastasia also makes me want to scream “I’m not Russian Royalty”. lol.)

Haha I can totally relate. My husband and I often talk about names and we are no where near the same page. He would love to use his grandfather’s name: Donald and I can’t stand it. Also I feel like I changed my last name when we got married so I should get more when it comes to naming our children because our last name: Lewis is part of his family history, I need some family history. It can’t be all his side.

He also likes old school names like Henry and Moe.

I like Dexter, Hunter, Hudson, Tate for boys.
For girls I like Matilda, Sydney, Emory, Charlotte, Noa

Hopefully we’ll come to a compromise.

My husband also has a lot of vague rules about what names can and can’t be that he isn’t able to explain until I give him a name I really like. I say “Isn’t Wren cute?” He says “It doesn’t sound like a name”–his number one rule.

The other thought I had was suggesting your explore some of the real classic names that will fit into his requirements, but have a lot of great nicknames that can help satisfy your desires. For example, Elizabeth.

My husband’s name is also Michael!!! He loves his name just as much as I love mine, and I’ve found names we can both agree on, but he insists that he’d like to give part of his name to our sons like his father did (ie, my FIL’s name is Daniel William, so Michael’s name is M. William and younger brother’s is S. Daniel). I think his dad was very creative, but I’m not impressed by William. I love my own dad too, but his name is John. Have you seriously ever counted how many Michaels, Williams, or Johns you know personally?? B.O.R.I.N.G.

MegLewis: I feel the same way!! I changed my last name (from one syllable to 4!); can’t he give me a little room to invest my inheritance into our kids??

LadyCap: I got the exact reaction from my husband with the name Wren. (To give you a little backgroud, he had a bad association with Renee and won’t let me use it for a mn, so I suggested Wren instead…)

I’ve learned that through the silliness of a husband and wife’s name rules, it gives you both a new outlook and the ability to prove that flexibility needed to keep a life-long love Your kids will ultimately benefit from this process ~ bearing a name you’ve created together

How about Owen? I think it would your criteria very well.

Thanks for this articulate and good-humored bit of writing. I’m not married yet, but in my private baby name madness I always try to keep a corner of my mind open for my future husband, though I most definitely intend to have the baby name discussion before I say “Yes”! Full well I know that I will almost certainly have to make compromises of some kind.
However, if I find that a future boyfriend has always dreamed of naming twin sons Brayden and Jayden, he may seriously get crossed off my list.
Hope you can find names you both love!

oh this is funny! I have a boring husband named Michael too We were able to agree on some pretty great names for our two girls (Rose and Caroline) but I am I always try to push some edginess on him. I mean who doesn’t want a little girl named Clementine or something like that?!? He’s begging for a Sarah…which is sweet but let’s spice it up baby!

That was a great article. I hope I never have to compromise…but who am I kidding. I will probably end up with someone like “Michael”!
Good luck!

Hi! your dilema is totally undestandable. I dont know if u will consider this name.. but my name is Mary FitzGibbons(obviously irish) i dont know any other Marys and everyone knew the name but..i was the only Mary in a Catholic school! They were all Isabelle or Anna. “RiRi” is what my little sis has called me that since childhood. Hence the username..or Elouise, Siobhan(shi-vahn),Cora, or Meaghan(a twist on your childhood favorite or Viola….classic and simple. Good Luck!

boys are a bit harder…my favs are Aiden<Aaron<and Eamonn and Padraig.

Immediately Orla strikes my mind, it’s Irish and unused in America but not too weird. Another idea it to compromise by having a popular name then a name of your choice in the middle, or a mix of both like Primrose or Emmeline.

Well, if you write for Lost Girl, I would assume Aoife is out of the question!

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