[MotherMonkey]

My husband & I named our son Malakai (Malachy): God's messenger, which is a very old Hebrew name, more common in Ireland etc but which we just love. Now we are expecting our second bub & CANNOT think of another name (girls names are fine, it's just the boys...)
We've been trying to find another slightly unique/unusual one to go with our first son but cannot agree on anything.
At the moment Adekin (a derivative of Adam: of the red earth) is a consideration but we are doing our best to avoid being the couple with the 'strange named children'
I do like more 'normal' names like Gideon & Faegan (much to my husband's disgust as he just thinks of the old guy from 'Oliver') but the hubby has vetoed these.
I am really worried that we (me in particular!!) will eventually just settle on a name that neither of us are in love with...has anyone else ever done this?
I know you can never please everyone but I'd really like to give my children beautiful names that reflect their individuality but not have people give us those strange looks & the typical "Oooh, that's unusual, where does that name come from...?"

This post has been edited by MotherMonkey: 12/02/2013, 03:29 PM

[R2B2]

Yes, I settled with our first. I still don't love his name. at all.

don't settle if you can avoid it

Adekin is cool for what its worth.

[~maryanne~]

I really didn't love the name Reuben for my son, but couldn't find anything I liked better. It was really just the best of a bad bunch. Now I like it, but more importantly, he likes it :-) (He is seven now)

This post has been edited by ~maryanne~: 12/02/2013, 03:40 PM

[TinyTeddys]

DS1- We both loved it.
DS2- I LOVE it, DH said a few months back its still growing on him but it but he loves the NN it has.
DS3- DH loves it, I settled and still have doubts about it.

Sorry, your names are NMS. Good luck!!

[MadreLoca]

(me in particular!!) will eventually just settle on a name that neither of us are I'm not in love with...has anyone else ever done this?

Me. I didn't love DS2's name, still don't. But it's grown on me over time.

[Ehill]

Yes, we settled for my DS's name as my DH and I couldnt agree. There was a boys name I loved but I had to forget it as my DH just wasn't into it.

Anyway my DS is who he is now and I wouldn't change it for the world.

[PippityRoo]

Yes

I settled with DD3's name (Remi). I'm still not in love with it, and very much regret using it. I do like her name, but would have preferred something else. Her name was my husbands pick, he loves her name. She wasn't named till she was 10 days old, and even then I feel we rushed into it.

Every day I think about how much I regret using it.

If he offered to change it tomorrow, I would.

[Lokum]

Our first DS. We had a short list of names we really liked, but none was a stand out winner.

We practised calling the foetus these names for 4 weeks at a time, and still they were a bit meh. We narrowed it down to one, and when he was born and they asked what we were calling him, we said, 'oh, I spose it'll have to be XYZ, in the absence of anything better.'

He has grown into it, and we adore it and it suits him. It's possible we were over-thinking it. I mean, you can't really pick a name which reflects your kid's individuality when they're not yet born. You could call a kid Felix and they turn out to be Mr Serious, or Bruce who turns into a flaming queen when he grows up.

Better pick something you both like, no creative spelling, easily pronounced and not offensive.

(Our second DS has a name DH loves and I absolutely adore, and that's the one which people generally respond to with one quirked eyebrow and, 'Is that a family name? What made you choose that?')

[tres-chic]

I do love all our kids names but it was an exercise in compromise.

Sometimes there are more important factors than just 'loving it'. Fitting with the surname, finding something original, etc.

Good luck.

[overthehill]

Yes, we settled for my DS's name as my DH and I couldnt agree. There was a boys name I loved but I had to forget it as my DH just wasn't into it. Anyway my DS is who he is now and I wouldn't change it for the world.

This.
I don't love my sons name especially as its becoming more common day by day. But my DH wouldn't budge so what could I do :0(