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Who came up your child's name? Was it a collaborative effort or did you/your partner insist on the name?
Asked by KC , 6th Jul Answer this now »
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Vera Babayeva 27th Jul
Definitely
collaborative
effort.
We
both
agreed
on
the
first
and
middle
name
for
both
children.
I
actually
wanted
to
give
my
last
name
to
the
kids
but
my
husband
got
upset.
(I
never
changed
my
last
name
after
getting
married).
Genesis 26th Jul
With
my
first
son,
I
made
up
long
lists
of
names
and
my
husband
rejected
every
single
one
of
them.
Then
we
were
watching
A
League
of
Extraordinary
Gentlemen
when
I
was
about
6
months
pregnant
and
we
both
thought
the
actor
who
played
Dorian
Gray
looked
like
a
mix
between
us
(he`s
Guatemalan,
I`m
Canadian).
And
it
hit
us
both
at
the
same
time,
Dorian
was
a
great
name.
I
chose
his
second
name,
Gabriel,
after
the
archangel
and
because
I
liked
the
sound
of
it
in
Spanish
with
his
first
name
(Gabrielle).
Our second son was easier. I suggested Dominic, Dante and Diego. My husband said no way to the first and last, which left us with Dante. My husband picked the second name this time around, after a singer he likes, Luka. And that was that. :D I love both our boys` names.
Daisy 18th Jul
We
talked
through
the
names
before
the
children
were
born.
My
brother
insisted
that
my
daughter
would
grow
up
hating
her
name
and
go
by
her
middle;
he
was
wrong.
She
loves
it,
and
loves
the
uniqueness
of
it,
too.
Amanda 14th Jul
I
would
also
like
to
add
that
our
last
name
is
VERY
common
(think
Smith
but
thats
not
it)
so I wanted unique but not over the top names.
Amanda 14th Jul
My
husband
named
our
son
Kolten
Alexander.
I
didn't
like
Kolten
at
first
both
then
I
fell
in
love.
However
when
I
was
pregnant
with
my
daughter,
my
Mema
(grandmother)
passed
away.
I
wanted
her
name
to
start
with
a
K
like
her
brother.
So
I
narrowed
it
down
to
Karma
or
Karisma
(I
liked
Karis
too)
but
he
was
sold
on
Karisma
and
we
had
decided
on
her
middle
name
long
ago.
So
I
decided
to
combine
Karisma
with
Joy
(memas
name
was
Joyce)
as
her
first
name
and
Alexis
as
her
middle
name
so
they
have
the
same
initials.
Zicci 11th Jul
I
found
out
after
I
was
pregnant
that
my
husband
insisted
that
if
the
baby
was
a
boy
that
he
be
named
after
his
father.
While
I
adored
my
father
in
law,
his
Turkish
name
was
not
what
I
had
in
mind
for
my
child-my
family
would
never
be
able
to
pronounce
it,
it
was
three
syllables
with
no
obvious
nickname...it
got
ugly
here
to
the
point
where
i
told
my
mother
that
i
was
going
to
write
that
the
father
was
unknown
and
name
the
baby
myself-after
all
i
had
been
naming
dolls,
pets
all
my
life
and
had
thought
there
would
be
conversation...it
was
resolved
by
giving
our
son
his
grandfather's
american
nickname
with
his
turkish
name
as
a
middle
name.
My
advice-have
this
discussion
before
you
are
pregnant
oceans mom 11th Jul
I
basically
made
a
list
of
names
that
I
liked
for
boys
and
girls
and
he
went
through
and
crossed
out
the
ones
that
he
didn't
like,
which
was
most
of
them.
We
then
finally
came
up
with
our
two
choices,
one
for
a
boy
and
one
for
a
girl
and
just
stuck
with
that.
I
hope
we
have
a
girl
next
time
because
we
already
know
what
name
we
want!
Stephanie Calahan 11th Jul
David
Leavell
was
the
first
name
that
I
suggested
when
we
learned
I
was
preg.
My
husband
quickly
vetoed
it
b/c
he
felt
that
David
was
too
common.
9
months
go
by
and
we
had
not
come
up
with
anything.
In
labor
and
delivery
I
told
him
I
did
not
want
my
baby
born
w/o
a
name
and
I'd
stop
pushing.
That
was
when
he
asked
why
I
liked
David
Leavell.
I
told
him
that
if
I
could
name
him
after
the
two
men
I
loved
the
most
-
my
father's
first
name
and
my
husband's
middle
name
-
how
could
he
go
wrong?
After
hearing
my
reasoning
he
loved
the
name.
(Besides,
there
was
no
way
I
was
going
with
Mortimer
which
was
one
of
his
suggestions
-
I
think
he
was
pulling
my
leg,
but
I'm
not
totally
sure!)
DG 8th Jul
It
was
all
me.
I
didn't
give
my
ex
any
input.
I
wanted
to
give
my
son
a
unique
name
so
I
named
him
Lorenzo.
My
grandma
lives
in
Guadalajara,
Mexico
and
on
the
conner
of
her
street
is
a
Catholic
church
dedicated
to
St.
Lorenzo.
I'm
happy
with
the
name
I
chose
for
him,
he's
one
of
a
kind
:)
Jen S 8th Jul
We
both
worked
on
my
first
son's
name
-
started
with
the
baby
books,
made
lists,
worked
our
way
down
to
a
final
three
and
then
finally
decided.
His
middle
name
is
a
family
name.
For
our
second
son,
it
was
harder
since
we'd
already
ruled
out
so
many
boy
names
the
first
time
around.
We
were
quite
frustrated
that
we
couldn't
agree
on
anything
so
we
took
a
break
from
the
name
discussion...and
then
it
just
came
to
me.
Our
oldest
son
chose
his
baby
brother's
middle
name.
My
daughter's
name
was
probably
the
least
collaborative
effort.
After
two
boys,
I
was
ready
for
a
girl
and
already
knew
her
name,
having
selected
"girl"
names
for
the
previous
two
boys
that
we
obviously
did
not
end
up
needing.
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