I recently discovered this website doing a Google search for unusual baby names & found a name I have abso-freakin-lutely fallen in love it. [name]Nash[/name]. I love it!! Its just cool. As in [name]James[/name] [name]Dean[/name] cool… I think anyway!
We have a 2yo named [name]Wyatt[/name], and while I still love his name it bugs me that his name is growing so fast in popularity. When I was pregnant with him my huband & I agreed - he could name a girl, I got to pick the boy’s name. He’s always loved the name [name]Indiana[/name] for a girl & while I don’t love it (I don’t even really like it…) I do like the nickname [name]Indi[/name]. So I’ve made peace with it. For this baby he gets full naming rights because I got [name]Wyatt[/name] (with mutual agreement of course!). So it’ll still be [name]Indiana[/name] for a girl.
I’m trying to get him on board with [name]Nash[/name]. Our last name starts with a W, ends in y and has 3 syllables. [name]Wyatt[/name] works because of the WW combo. I think [name]Nash[/name] would work well because its a one syllable name & flows well. He’s lukewarm about it. He hasn’t vetoed it but its definitely not in his Top 10.
Tough one! I know with my husband it seems to work better to keep your cards close. If you really like something, casually mention it, [name]DON[/name]'T [name]EVER[/name] TELL HIM IT’S YOUR [name]FAVORITE[/name]. Seems to get my hubs’s hackles up, because he really wants to be involved with the naming and not feel like he just “came round to my name”. Can’t blame him, I’m the same way. I’m guessing this doesn’t help you much though, so… hugs.
Ohhh GOOD point - I never thought of it that way!! So maybe I give up the stats-finding mission (I just e-mailed him the stats on [name]Nash[/name] from the SS’s Top 1000 names list…) and just let it ride. Maybe he’ll grow to accept it like I’ve accepted if its a girl she’ll be [name]Indiana[/name]… Thank you!
Perhaps I’m not the best person to be giving advice on something like this, because I would totally play dirty.
[name]One[/name] of your greatest weapons could be your 2 year old son. Maybe it’s not the best idea to win over such an impressionable young mind, but you could get [name]Wyatt[/name] believing that [name]Nash[/name] would be the coolest little brother in the world. Then [name]Wyatt[/name] could plead your case to dad…
I have no input on convincing husbands, but I had to laugh at the veracity of not letting him know it’s a favorite of yours. My husband totally shuts down if he knows I love it.
BUT I just wanted to say how much I love, no [name]LOVE[/name], [name]Wyatt[/name] and [name]Nash[/name]!!! Wow. So so so cute. I’m not so fond of [name]Indiana[/name], especially on a girl, and with [name]Wyatt[/name], [name]Nash[/name], and [name]Indiana[/name], I would definitely assume [name]Indiana[/name] was a boy (probably because I’m so familiar with [name]Indiana[/name] [name]Jones[/name]), and because of the cowboy-y sound of the boys’ names. Sorry. But [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Wyatt[/name] and [name]Nash[/name].
Probably the best way to make him love it is to make him feel like he thought of it. Not sure if that’s possible since you already pitched it to him. Maybe you can think of something he said that “made you think of it” or something like that? Good luck!
I [name]ADORE[/name] the sibset [name]Wyatt[/name] and [name]Nash[/name]. This won’t help at all but with baby #5 I wanted [name]Harriet[/name] so badly and my hubs hated it and I had never held out before–I prefer to compromise where possible–but I just didn’t back down. I said he had to come up with a name better than [name]Harriet[/name]. He put [name]Tabitha[/name] and [name]Adelaide[/name] on the table in the eleventh hour, but I said they weren’t as perfect as [name]Harriet[/name]. Finally he said I could name her whatever I wanted. That was 5 minutes before we left the hospital.
It was TOTALLY [name]WORTH[/name] IT–the guilt and feeling mean and everything. [name]Harriet[/name] is almost 2 and my hubs still doesn’t like her name but he was over it in about a week whereas I still glow every time I hear her name or see it in writing. Sometimes it is worth it to not compromise.
Gotta laugh at all these husband “favorite name secret” posts…my husband is the same way. I’ve tried very hard not to reveal my cards this time, but I think he’s figured out which is my favorite by now. Last time, I let him know I had THE NAME…[name]Hadley[/name]. He said he DETESTED it. Mind you, he suggested [name]Harley[/name] as an alternative. [name]How[/name] can you hate [name]Hadley[/name] but like [name]Harley[/name]? Anyhow, we named her [name]Scarlett[/name] and while I like it, I still look at her and think she’d be a great [name]Hadley[/name].
Totally agree Berries! You cannot tell ur hubby that [name]Nash[/name] is your fave cuz then he will feel like you got to choose both kids names. He has to come by it on his own. I know [name]Indiana[/name] is NOT a nameberry favorite, I know this because she was on or girls list and everyone on this site gave neg feedback. However I [name]LOVE[/name] the name and really like [name]Indie[/name]. I have a friend named [name]Indiana[/name] she is a very graceful, pretty French girl in her late 20’s and she loves her name.
And then you can name a future daughter something… girly!