Everybody says "we decided on a name together". Oh come on :). We all know we choose those names when we are little girls playing house. And they stick with us in the back of our minds until the day comes when we can convince our husbands that it's a mutual decision. LOL

All the ladies here know I'm right. :p

You have a point. But my husband and I do look through baby books together. I think we really will be able to compromise on names.

I had a lot of imaginary friends when I was a kid. The things is...I ended up naming my future animals with the names. Believe me, lucky kids!

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I have seen sometimes that the mother will like a name and the father wont, then thats the name they end up with using. Sometimes its the other way around, but very rare. Maybe mothers think up all the things like getting made fun of, initials, matching with the surname more than men do. Just a thought, not really sure about how often that happens though (the guy thinks of it first).

I have always said that 'mama has full name veto power', and mean it ! :) Oh my gosh, the names my sister and I or my children for that matter would've ended up with had Daddy's got to make the final call are scary to say the least ! I agree same with which couch your buying color of paint etc, it's great to get husband/dad's opinion but I think in the final analyisis (most of the time) mama usually gets her way ! :D

Haha. I normally end up naming most of our animals because my mind is quicker to spew out choices than my husband's. We do always agree on the final name though, and discuss why it would fit or not. I don't see us having a different style with any kids we might have. And luckily he won't be wanting to name any for his mom or mine so we won't have to go through that argument. We will probably end up with something unique though based on our other animals.

My Dad told me that he won in my name battle...pretty much the only thing he's won with me hahaha...

Been with my mom alongside everything else. :D

I did choose my daughter's name, but it was not the name that I wanted when I was a little girl. It just seemed to fit her, to fit how she was even in the womb. She had such a distinct personality right from the start.

LoveMaGirl, how can you tell a baby's personality from the start? Just the baby hasn't been involved / around long enough to be established with a lot of their surroundings, so how would you be able to tell it's personality?

Please don't take the question personally, I'd just like to know your thoughts.

Please don't take the question personally, I'd just like to know your thoughts.


As would I... I've always (strongly) felt that you can't name a baby until you've met them. I didn't even want to discuss my son's name past a general list of like/don't like until he was born. Not only did it give us something to talk about in the hospital during recovery, but... well... we could actually see him and say "he looks like this" or "you know, I sort of liked that, but it doesn't suit him."

Every female in my family had the last say in naming the child. Maybe you just need to get used to it? I can agree with naming after you meet, but you need to try and see from a mothers point of view, that child is with her for the entire 9 months, they have already met, just not face to face. :)