Baby Boy Names - My Husband Hates Them ALL

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] everyone,

I was hoping some of you guys could help me with suggestions for our baby boy’s name. Here is the list we have so far, but my husband is extremely noncommittal or downright dislikes all of the boy names I have come up with:

[name_u]Parker[/name_u]
[name_u]Carter[/name_u]
[name_u]Finley[/name_u]
[name_m]Dalton[/name_m]
[name_m]Griffin[/name_m]

Any other suggestions? Any suggestions for middle names? We haven’t even attempted discussing middle names yet because we can’t agree on a first name. And he is unwilling to come up with suggestions at this point.

Thank you all for your help!

I’m sorry that your husband is being entirely unhelpful. Fom th list you have Griffin is my favorite. I’m not sure your atyle, but I like Griffin Mark or Griffin Lucas.

If you go to the list section, there are all kinds of names grouped together by a theme. You both need to figure out what you like in a name to be able to name your child!

For example: https://nameberry.com/list/173/Boy-Names-Dads-Like-More-Than-Moms

Or: https://nameberry.com/list/128/Boy-Baby-Names-That-Mean-Wise

He needs to contribute or you’ll both end up unhappy.

He needs to contribute. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t present him with another list until he’s made one of his own. I don’t know why so many men think it’s a woman’s job to search for baby names.

[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_u]Auden[/name_u]
[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_m]Archer[/name_m]
[name_m]Alec[/name_m]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_m]Beckett[/name_m]
[name_u]Beau[/name_u]
[name_m]Colton[/name_m]
[name_m]Connor[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_u]Cameron[/name_u]
[name_u]Camden[/name_u]
[name_m]Dawson[/name_m]
[name_u]Easton[/name_u]
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]
[name_u]Evan[/name_u]
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m]
[name_m]Grayson[/name_m]/[name_m]Greyson[/name_m]
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_u]Hunter[/name_u]
[name_m]Holden[/name_m]
[name_u]Hayden[/name_u]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_u]Jameson[/name_u]
[name_m]Jonah[/name_m]
[name_m]Killian[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_u]Lennon[/name_u]
[name_u]Lennox[/name_u]
[name_m]Liam[/name_m]
[name_m]Lincoln[/name_m]
[name_u]Logan[/name_u]
[name_m]Landon[/name_m]
[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]
[name_u]Mason[/name_u]
[name_m]Maverick[/name_m]
[name_m]Maddox[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_m]Miles[/name_m]/[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_m]Preston[/name_m]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Roman[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ryder[/name_m]
[name_m]Ryker[/name_m]
[name_u]Reid[/name_u]
[name_u]Rhys[/name_u]
[name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
[name_u]Tate[/name_u]
[name_m]Tanner[/name_m]
[name_m]Tucker[/name_m]
[name_m]Weston[/name_m]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_m]Xander[/name_m]/[name_m]Zander[/name_m]

I really like [name_u]Finley[/name_u] with nn [name_u]Finn[/name_u]! Has he not given any opinions about some names? I’m sorry you’re in this alone but we on nb are here to give opinions and discuss names with you anytime :smiley:

Here are some names I think are really nice (Sorry for repeats)

[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Harry[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]

From your list I like [name_u]Finley[/name_u] and [name_m]Griffin[/name_m].

Similar names (sorry for any repeats):
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
[name_m]Justin[/name_m]
[name_u]Cameron[/name_u]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
[name_m]Austin[/name_m]
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u]
[name_m]Tucker[/name_m]
[name_u]Corbin[/name_u]
[name_m]Alec[/name_m]
[name_m]Quinten[/name_m]
[name_m]Derek[/name_m]
[name_u]Emmett[/name_u]
[name_u]Seth[/name_u]
[name_m]Finnick[/name_m]

This. If he won’t contribute his own ideas, he shouldn’t have any veto power.

Is your husband at least giving you a reason for vetoing the names he doesn’t like?

Which are the names he’s non committal on? If he doesn’t outright hate them, there is room to expand off of them.

Start calling your bump a name you really love. Tell him you won’t switch the name unless he comes up with a list of his own that you can veto. :slight_smile: No judgment, my hubby mostly same.

My favorites are…

[name_m]Archer[/name_m]
[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u] ([name_u]Gus[/name_u])**
[name_m]Austin[/name_m]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_m]Beckett[/name_m] ([name_u]Beck[/name_u])
[name_m]Colton[/name_m]
[name_m]Connor[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_u]Cameron[/name_u] ([name_u]Cam[/name_u])
[name_m]Dawson[/name_m]
[name_u]Easton[/name_u]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Grayson[/name_m]/[name_m]Greyson[/name_m] ([name_u]Grey[/name_u])
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_u]Hunter[/name_u]
[name_u]Hayden[/name_u]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]**
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonah[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Liam[/name_m]
[name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] ([name_m]Link[/name_m])
[name_u]Logan[/name_u]
[name_m]Landon[/name_m]**
[name_u]Mason[/name_u]
[name_m]Miles[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m] ([name_m]Wes[/name_m])
[name_m]Xander[/name_m]

My suggestions are…

[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Boston[/name_m]
[name_m]Calum[/name_m] ([name_u]Cal[/name_u])
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] ([name_u]Cal[/name_u])
[name_m]Cooper[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] ([name_m]Eli[/name_m])
[name_m]Elijah[/name_m] ([name_m]Eli[/name_m])
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]**
[name_m]Finnegan[/name_m] ([name_u]Finn[/name_u])
[name_m]Ford[/name_m]
[name_m]Forrest[/name_m]
[name_m]Frasier[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] ([name_u]Freddie[/name_u]/[name_u]Freddy[/name_u]/[name_m]Fred[/name_m])**
[name_m]Issac[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaiah[/name_m]
[name_u]Jensen[/name_u]
[name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m] ([name_m]Jeremy[/name_m])
[name_m]Knox[/name_m]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m] ([name_m]Matt[/name_m]/[name_u]Matty[/name_u])
[name_u]Micah[/name_u]
[name_m]Nash[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_u]Remington[/name_u] ([name_u]Remy[/name_u])
[name_m]Ross[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] ([name_m]Bastian[/name_m])
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] ([name_u]Sully[/name_u])**
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] ([name_u]Theo[/name_u])
[name_m]Trenton[/name_m] ([name_m]Trent[/name_m])
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_m]Zechariah[/name_m] ([name_m]Zac[/name_m]/[name_m]Zach[/name_m]/[name_m]Zack[/name_m])