Names you loved but were vetoed by your SO

[AnyDream]

When I was pg with DD2, I had a long list of names that I *loved* that DH said absolutely NOT about.

The most memorable was ENID - which, to this day, I swear would've been a lovely name. It means life/spirit, and it suits DD's personality too. In the end I selected another E name instead.

What are the names you LOVED but were vetoed by your SO?

[Elocin]

Top of the 'I love / he hates' list is Margot.

He will not have a bar of it.

So I named my Kenwood mixer Margot instead

[blessedatlast]

Bonny and Tabitha..

Is SO significant other?

[luna moth]

Top of the 'I love / he hates' list is Margot.

He will not have a bar of it.

So I named my Kenwood mixer Margot instead

And Margot Kenwood is gorgeous.

Margot got the big no here too. But I have a bicycle called Ramona for the same reason

The Scrabble Board Rule disallowed: Daisy, Rose, Pearl, Ruby, Iris, Basil, Fletcher, Eve and Hazel

I really liked Rusty for a boy. Technically the SBR applies, but not if the birth certificate says Russell

There are hundreds. It took us ages to arrive at our choice.

[~Hestia~]

Yep, you can add Basil and Hazel to the list of names my DH vetoed.

[Olive]

Jemimah

[Glamourcide]

DH hated most of my favourite girls' names - DD2 was supposed to be Alicia Reade *last name* but he hated it. He also threw out Elizabeth, Katherine, Danielle and all the pretty, girly names I'd picked... and as for boys? Well it's lucky we didn't get one, because we could NOT agree on a single name.

[Miss E]

Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to name my daughter Chloe...

Turns out DH had a ferret called Chloe as a child, so it was an absolute no go Who names a ferret Chloe anyway?

[AnyDream]

The Scrabble Board Rule disallowed: Daisy, Rose, Pearl, Ruby, Iris, Basil, Fletcher, Eve and Hazel

I really liked Rusty for a boy. Technically the SBR applies, but not if the birth certificate says Russell

The scrabble board rule? Can't be used if it's also a noun? WHY???!

[luna moth]

The scrabble board rule? Can't be used if it's also a noun? WHY???!

If it plays on a Scrabble Board, it's not allowed on a birth certificate I almost converted him with Olive. Almost. By next time I might have him cornered.

I don't know why. Because he's a dorkwad, that's why.

[AnyDream]

I luuuuuuuuurve noun names! However, since my baby-makin days are over, I'm saving em all up for my 2nd-half-of-life career as a best-selling novelist

Guess what, you've got the ultimate Scrabble Board Rule trump card (read this)...looks like Scrabble 2.0 will now allow proper names! Ergo, it's either NO NAME...or Olive .

[~Hestia~]

I got heaps! I loved Iris, Ruby, Daisy, Mary, Emily, Annie, Anna for girls but DH hated them.

For boys I loved Stanley, Wesley, Henry, Harry but again DH hated them all too.

He suggested Gary or Rex which I hated

[DaintreeDream]

I always loved Charlotte, DH never liked it but now we are having our third girl it is her middle name

[RhiChiChi]

Oh gosh heaps, but mainly:

Archer
Caleb
Eliana

Can't remember now

[StrawberryFields]

I love Elizabeth. Apparently its 'too royal.' He wouldn't even let me have it as a middle name!

The funny thing? My DH and my Dad have the same birthday. My Mum wanted to call me Elizabeth...

Dad also said it sounded too royal! It must be a born on May 24th thing

Others on the list were:
For Girls:
Victoria - also too royal.
Evelyn - too girly.
Anastasia - too royal again (and apparently also too Russian )
Olivia - Name of the town bicycle of his school.
Anne - Too old lady.
Octavia - Too Roman.

For Boys:
Lucas - Doesn't like the sound, and its too close to Luke which he also doesn't like.
Noah - Too biblical.
Kane - Reminds him of the wrestler.
Philip - Too many P's in the full name then. Ended up having to agree with that one.
Bartholomew - too hard for him to spell. It wasn't completely out of the question though, because he knows how to spell Bart...
Theodore - This just got a '...seriously? You're kidding right?'

[LaDolceVita]

I liked Amity for a girl, DH said No as all he could think of was Amityville Horror.. Then came around to it as I was going off it, then fell in love with it while I fell in love with a different name.. Which we both now love and have decided is 'THE ONE' - Silly man, if only he'd listen to me in the first place hehe

[Jennifer13]

DP loves Emma. It's been vetoed by me.

And he won't hear of Miranda, which I think would be perfect for this DD. I'm deliberately not deciding in the hope that he might be so impressed with my natural home birth he changes his mind. Otherwise, we do have a back up compromise.

[BeautifulMadness]

my Dh would not let me use, Thomas or Zachary
and with out 2nd DS, i finally got My name of Andrew lol

me 1 Dh 1 lol