Yep Rowellen. I think you might be on the ball there about the control thing.. and I guess also its probably our only option to choose the two names from each side of the family, even though it doesn't sound that great and I dont like the meaning of the names put together.. *sigh*
Usually the control thing doesn't bother me at all. But with the names issue - it's driving me nuts. I've had my names picked out for over 10 years. All DH can say is "no don't like it". Never a reason. I've done up a list for him of names that I've thought really hard about. I've checked that they go with our last name and our DS name (the only one of many we agreed on ). For a boy, we have chosen a middle name so I made sure my boys names went with that. I've considered DH's tastes - he likes normal names so I've limited my choices to more common names. It took me hours! But he barely gave the list a glance before declaring he didn't like any of them. I can definately understand your frustration.

Like others have said, you both need to be happy with the name. If he truly won't budge, it sounds like that would be the best compromise if you can handle it. Can you ignore the meaning? The names have their own special meaning for both of you so does the traditional meaning really matter? Other than that, Although I do like Pandora's suggestion . If you find a way to change his mind, please let me know your secret!