[name_m]Hi[/name_m], I am naming my baby very soon. [name_f]My[/name_f] favorite names are [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f], and [name_f]Alice[/name_f]. [name_f]My[/name_f] partner’s favorite-by-far name is [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], which we didn’t know was the most popular name. But, I do like it too and we may use it. However none of the names I like work with [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]. [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] sounds the same and there’s a store called [name_f]Alice[/name_f] and [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], although I’m not sure how many people even know about it. I also like [name_f]Isabel[/name_f], but feel like it’s too common to combine with already popular [name_f]Olivia[/name_f].
[name_f]My[/name_f] partner is ok with my favorites, but my mother has told me she ‘hates’ them. She hates [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] because it sounds like silly (maybe there’s a deeper personal reason? Silly alone doesn’t seem enough to fuel her intense hatred of the name…). For the others she said ‘meh’, which is just disappointing to me. She likes [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]. I don’t have any siblings or other children, and she’s really overly invested in names for this baby, bringing it up all the time.