Epic Standoff: baby #5 is one month old! has no name:( help.

Name Advice
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help and hi!
baby girl is one month old and no name! we are at epic standoff, with DH all over the map ([name]Zena[/name], [name]Olga[/name], he “doesn’t care what anyone else thinks”), but I always hone in on a name and can’t let it go when it settles on my heart after the baby comes.

we have five children, 8,6,4,2,0. BBGGG in that order. [name]William[/name] [name]Samuel[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Esme[/name] and baby 5. our last name is 3 syll and long, yes , but I dont’ care anymore:( I dont’ want to settle just b/c our last name is long.

baby girl told me her name at 12 hours old. It was [name]Juliette[/name] or [name]Arabelle[/name]. DH hates both:( I can strong arm him but I hate that I have to. however. his suggestions dont’ take into account ANYTHING, like sibling flow, style, heritage, meaning. He just goes purely off of phonetics. For example, he likes [name]JOY[/name], [name]OLGA[/name] (we are NOT eastern european at all), [name]Hilda[/name], [name]Doris[/name], [name]Olive[/name]. He is VERY random, and it makes me lose faith in his ability to …um…have a clue. My friends have suggested I just put the foot down and name the poor child a lovely flowing complementary name with a strong past…and just realize this is not his gift. However he is pulling the “you named all of them card”…

am I nuts or is he off his rocker with [name]Olga[/name] etc…

anyway [name]Juliette[/name] and if so, middle names for?

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[name]Man[/name]. That sounds tough. I feel for you. I hope you’re enjoying the new baby in all this somewhere : D.

You have two classic boys’ names and 2 Frenchy girls names. [name]Both[/name] have history but are more less timeless than the boys. Your husband for whatever reason seems to have gone not only old but kind of old/dated/tacky. Weird. You on the other hand are staying very true to the previous style.

Here are some names that would fit in. Maybe they vary a little from your previous style, maybe they don’t. Maybe you could use them or maybe you could use them as middles.

[name]Alice[/name]. [name]Alice[/name] [name]Juliette[/name]. [name]Juliette[/name] [name]Alice[/name].
[name]Annabel[/name]. [name]Annabel[/name] [name]Juliette[/name]. [name]Juliette[/name] [name]Annabel[/name].
[name]Bernadette[/name] etc.
[name]Leonie[/name] etc.
[name]Matilda[/name] etc
[name]Melisande[/name] etc
[name]Michelle[/name]…etc.
[name]Mirabelle[/name]. [name]Mirabelle[/name] [name]Juliette[/name]. [name]Mirabelle[/name] [name]Juliette[/name].
[name]Nicole[/name]…etc.
[name]Olivette[/name] etc
[name]Vivienne[/name]. [name]Vivienne[/name] [name]Juliette[/name]. [name]Juliette[/name] [name]Vivienne[/name].
[name]Willa[/name] etc
Good luck!

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[name]Claire[/name] [name]Juliette[/name] (altho I like the [name]Juliet[/name] sp. better)
[name]Noelle[/name] [name]Claire[/name]
[name]Clara[/name] [name]Juliette[/name]/[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Clara[/name] [name]Nicole[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name] [name]Claire[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name] [name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name] [name]Nicole[/name]
[name]Meredith[/name] [name]Claire[/name]
[name]Stella[/name] [name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Stella[/name] [name]Claire[/name]

do you like any of these, or more importantly, would you dh like any of these?

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[name]Do[/name] you have any family names that either of you like??

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Keeping [name]Juliette[/name] in the mix… [name]How[/name] about:

[name]Ava[/name] [name]Juliette[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name] [name]Juliette[/name] (he gets the [name]Olive[/name] part)

Or if he HATES [name]Juliette[/name], what about:
[name]Jacqueline[/name] [name]Arabella[/name]

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Or [name]Julia[/name]? [name]Just[/name] thought of that one. Or [name]Celia[/name] [name]Juliette[/name]? [name]Celia[/name] [name]Joy[/name]?

Ok… Enough from me for now. Good luck, and I hope you come to a decision that everyone is happy with soon!

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I adore [name]Bernadette[/name]. If my husband would go for it, I would use it in a heartbeat. Especially with the nickname [name]Bee[/name]! So cute!

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If I were you I’d take all the names you guys are fighting over off the table and start over. If one of you forces the other, it just leads to resentment. Parenting needs a united front, and this is a time to be celebrating the birth of your daughter, someone who’s arrived in the world out of your love for each other.

Instead, I’d try watching some of the movies you watched together when you were dating, or listening to the music you danced to, things along those lines (obviously hard now you have 5 to take care of!) Start looking in these old memories you share for names you may not have thought of. That way you start looking together again, it becomes less of a my way or your way situation, you get some much-needed couple time, and you may just find a name you wouldn’t have otherwise considered.

Good luck! Tell us how you go!