So DP has picked out our girls name. its a name he has liked since i was pregnant with DS we are both pretty sure we are having a girl (just a feeling no proof)
anyway because he is so convinced its a girl he is refusing to help me with a boys name.

He doesnt like ANY of the names i like for boys but because he is refusing to come up with any himself does this give me the right to pick the name i like despite him not liking it?

i have gone through what feels like a bazillion names with him, he rejected them all but will refuse to look or come up with one he likes for himself. and i am out of idears.

I LIKE to have the name 'stew' with me for a while before i am 100% sure i want to use it so i prefer to have a name picked out by 30 weeks.
so should i just pick a boys name myself? and dp can just deal with it?

I've just said I am going to write the form out and he can dispute it with the registry office lol

I don't know anything about 'rights', but from a common sense practicality standpoint, you're going to have to come up with a name if he wont. If you don't know the gender then a boy is a possibility, and if you don't find a name, who will?

Pick a name, maybe your DP will opt to discuss and offer suggestions after you do. And if not, well so be it, you get to use the name you chose.

It doesn't need to be a battle, nor should it. The child needs a name, someone has to pick one, if your DP wont, you have to.

Everything Amanda said and if you need help you know where to come!

plus 1 for amanda r

I agree with the pps. The kid's going to need a name, so if my partner wasn't coming up with any ideas, I'd choose one and then 'inform' him of it. If it's one he hates, you can negotiate from there.

Maybe give your DP a list, and tell him to pick one from there? Gives him the choice, but you get to like all the names

I've written this on EB before - if the DH just rejects everything and won't come up with any suggestions, I would do as a friend of mine did and say the only name she liked for a boy was James. DH hated it. She said "Come up with something else then, otherwise his name is James."

She has a son called James.

I would do this. Make a list of 5 combo's I love and would use if baby is a boy give said list to DH and tell him to make a choice.

I don't believe any one party should have full say on the name you both need to agree.

So, DH picked the girls name and it's what he has liked for ages? Then, yeah, just pick the boys name yourself.

Seems like a no-brainer