Little advice please :)

I think someone got it spot on early in the replies......its YOUR child not your MIL. She has name her child/ren!
I'm sorry but I do not get along with my MIL so I always wonder why someone would do something to please them! also do you have family? Mother etc? Cause what makes her think she has all the say then, what if they have a traditonal name?

At the end of the day this is your child & you are the one who has to be happy with the name not your MIL. In regards to the father of the child then YES he should be happy with the name also, so perhaps you can come up with something together....just don't tell anyone else what.

Thanks Erin,

My family names are not really my cup of tea Phylliss, Norman, Frank, Bernard and Brenda. I'm not going to call my child any of the family names my MIL suggests as I really don't like them either. I've been looking for some other Italian names but I really can't find one that pops out at me. At the moment we are keeping all the names to ourselves my fiance like Neo for a boy so far, which is different and I like it too. I think he is a little scared of his mother to be honest, after all he's never lived out of home we are building our house at the moment only to find out MIL has bought land to build in the next street to us! Argh! It's like Everybody Loves Raymond! lol

If hubby to be can't think of a name by the time little one is born I am going to have to choose it myself, after all he won't be in the labour room as he has a weak stomach, and not comfortable with MIL or SIL being in there with me, they just don't feel like family, more like people I know.

I think it is definately up to the parents to choose a name and it's hard enough without people turning their noses up at your choices.

I agree with some of the girls maybe there is a compromise, google old italian names etc and see if there is something you like that you can say to MIL is part of their heritage.

No matter if it's family or friends there is always someone that will questions your choice, my BIL actually came out and told our cousin he HATES that name, how f*ing rude... so they went ahead and used it anyway and it suits their boy so much.
The same BIL called his daughter Eve and we were all allowed to call her Evie as soon as they had a boy named Alexander and he didn't ever want it shortened we were told he name is EVE not Evie and we were to stop calling her that.. funny how every b'day card and present we ever had was from EVIE up until that point.

Go with your gut, you will find the best choice for your little one.

Have to say I like Thor (Torr).
I grew up with a kid called Thor.

firtstly CONGRATULATIONSSS!
secondly- love the name Jett, that was on my short list of names :)
and thirdly i dont think it has ANYTHING to do with you MIL, name you baby what you want because there is no point in you being unhappy just to make MIL happy.
really as bad as its going to be at the start she will eventually get over it! right?

but i do think there are some really cute italian based names (my mother is italian) she wanted me to name my son something italian based instead she is about to recieve a grandson by the name of Oscar haha and my family has tried and tried to put me of the name by reminding me of oscar the grouch etc... but just ignore them :)

i have a few cute (italian) names

girls

Arianna.
Mia.
Isabella.
Zaira.
Elena.
Amalia.
Aida.
Allegra
Lucy

boys

Dante.
Lucca.
Matteo.
Rocco.
Antonio.
Romeo.
Orlando.

hope this helps you a little:)
goodluck x

i dont tell ppl the names till baby is named that way its tuff luck, i dont care what family think of names its our child so i go with what i want but just to stir the pot we will be telling mother inlaw that if our baby is a boy we will name him after my uncle Wolfgang lol

I've always been a strong believer that a child's name needs to be chosen by BOTH parents ... even if you are the one carrying the child for 9mths and giving birth BUT like my DP pointed out to me that he and some other men kind of wish they too could experience what we get to have in being pregnant (maybe not the birth part, LOL) ... so if you want an unusual name & your future hubby an Italian name i truely like MrsMac suggested you could come up with a gorgeous unusual sounding Italian name :dance:

P.S - I too agree that you both don't tell anyone of the chosen name !! We chose an unusual name for our DD & didn't tell a sole cause if we did we wouldn't have been able to handle the rolled eyes or sniggers too and didn't want anything putting us off the name either. NO one is game enough to roll their eyes when the bub is here, LOL ;)

How irritating! I feel for you my IL's are Greek and my BIL STILL asks who my girls are named after :rolleyes:. It was expected we would name any children after MIL/FIL - and none after my family...grrrh. We compromised with DD1 and used MIL's name as a middle name and a greek first name. However DD2's name is of Hebrew origin and they still can't/won't say it correctly.
Just make sure you and your DP are on the same page. It certainly was the beginning of us being a separate family unit in some ways. Having said that it can be quite a stressful thing, sounds silly unless you have been there. Good luck!
PS - This is just my experience of my IL's no offence intended to anyone else! :)

ETA - I also agree with keeping names quiet until bubs has arrived - then they are who they are IYKWIM, no discussions entered into....