Husband vetoes everythin

Hello!

I thought we were going to name our little girl [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_u]Carmen[/name_u], but my husband said he doesn’t like how long it is. Sigh. I guess I need help coming up with a 1-2 syllable name that goes with [name_u]Carmen[/name_u]. Her brothers are [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] and [name_u]Dylan[/name_u].

Some of the vetoes:
[name_f]Maya[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Malia[/name_f]
[name_f]Malina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_u]Ali[/name_u] (too close to our surname)
[name_u]Abby[/name_u]

He likes [name_f]Molly[/name_f]. That’s it.

Any ideas?

[name_f]Molly[/name_f] is a better fit with your other children’s names (as opposed to [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]) so I would go with [name_f]Molly[/name_f]

[name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Elsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Arielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Fiona[/name_f]

[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_f]Cate[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_f]Faye[/name_f]

Other fn suggestions:

[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f]
[name_f]Lacie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f]
[name_f]May[/name_f]

[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_f]Gia[/name_f]
[name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_f]Indie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Nola[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]

Personally I think [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_u]Carmen[/name_u] is beautiful and not too long at all. But if your partner doesn’t agree then maybe you could shorten to

[name_u]Isa[/name_u] [name_u]Carmen[/name_u]
[name_f]Bella[/name_f] [name_u]Carmen[/name_u]
[name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_u]Carmen[/name_u]

?

[name_f]Molly[/name_f] is sweet. If he likes shorter, girly, bick-namey names, maybe he’d also like…

[name_f]Maisie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_f]Edie[/name_f]
[name_f]Evie[/name_f]
[name_f]Ellie[/name_f]
[name_f]Maggie[/name_f]
[name_u]Aubrey[/name_u]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Holly[/name_f]

Good luck finding a name you both really love.

I forgot to mention, [name_u]Carmen[/name_u] is her great-grandmother’s name. We’d really like a family name as her middle name, so we have [name_f]May[/name_f] or [name_u]Carmen[/name_u] (he’s vetoed everything else).

Thanks for the suggestions!

claireelisewren, thanks for the suggestions! I sigh reading your choices though…I’ve tried [name_f]Maisie[/name_f], [name_f]Sadie[/name_f], and [name_u]Aubrey[/name_u]. [name_f]Evie[/name_f] and [name_f]Stella[/name_f] are sibling nieces. [name_f]Holly[/name_f] is a cousin. [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], sounds to much like our last name. [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] would work - my grandmother is [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]. I think this is probably going to be the hardest part of my pregnancy (hopefully).

Thanks!

Thanks Hannahbanana! I’ve tried [name_f]Bella[/name_f]. I mentioned it as a nickname for [name_f]Isabel[/name_f], and I think that’s actually when he decided he didn’t like [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]. A good friend is [name_f]Isla[/name_f]. Maybe [name_u]Isa[/name_u] would work…maybe even as a nickname is [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]. Hmmm…you’ve given me something to think about, thanks!

I like [name_f]Molly[/name_f] and I like [name_u]Carmen[/name_u], but I don’t super love them together.

[name_f]Isla[/name_f] is the first one that came to mind, but you said you couldn’t use that.

Suggestions:
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lila[/name_f]/[name_f]Lilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosa[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosie[/name_f]

I think [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] [name_u]Carmen[/name_u] is really precious, as is [name_f]Lilah[/name_f] [name_u]Carmen[/name_u]. Good luck!

yuma, thanks for the suggestions. I like that you’ve included [name_f]May[/name_f] a couple times to your list. [name_f]May[/name_f] is my grandmother’s middle name, and it would satisfy our desire to have a family name. I think [name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] is really cute; [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] is GMA’s first name, so that might actually work. I also like [name_f]Maisie[/name_f] or [name_f]Lacie[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f]. Thanks for the suggestions!

I love [name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f], [name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_u]Carmen[/name_u], [name_f]Maisie[/name_f] [name_u]Carmen[/name_u] and [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] [name_u]Carmen[/name_u] of the suggestions so far. Other possible first names:
[name_f]Milly[/name_f]
[name_f]Chloe[/name_f]
[name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Mia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zara[/name_f]
[name_f]Carys[/name_f]
[name_u]Josie[/name_u]
[name_f]Frida[/name_f]
[name_f]Leah[/name_f]
[name_f]Mira[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarice[/name_f]
[name_f]Erin[/name_f]
[name_f]Annie[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_f]Keira[/name_f]
[name_f]Della[/name_f]
Cheska
[name_f]Sally[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]April[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_u]Penny[/name_u]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Hattie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lottie[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Susie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Gracie[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Tansy[/name_f]
[name_u]Lexie[/name_u]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_u]Remy[/name_u]
[name_f]Bonnie[/name_f]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]
[name_f]Raina[/name_f]
[name_f]Janie[/name_f]
[name_f]Dottie[/name_f]
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f]
[name_f]Betsy[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]

Alternate spelling- [name_f]Mali[/name_f]? Could be an option.

[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Nola[/name_f]
[name_f]Aura[/name_f]
[name_f]Betsy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]
[name_f]Indie[/name_f]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f]Posy[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_u]Shiloh[/name_u]
[name_f]Sosie[/name_f]
[name_f]Caia[/name_f]

I forget which ones have been said but here are some more for you. Personally, I like the biblical names to go with [name_m]Jacob[/name_m].
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Teyla[/name_f]
Ayda
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Evie[/name_f]
[name_f]Gracie[/name_f]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosie[/name_f]
[name_f]Hailey[/name_f]
[name_u]Halle[/name_u]
[name_f]Emily[/name_f] ([name_f]Emily[/name_f] [name_u]Carmen[/name_u] has a great ring to it!)
[name_u]Mandy[/name_u]
[name_f]Leila[/name_f]
[name_u]Sydney[/name_u]
[name_f]Lana[/name_f]

This is like reading my own story - I had to laugh. My husband vetoed virtually every name I came up with as well. The one and only name he liked was [name_f]Molly[/name_f]. That’s it. And lo and behold he got his wish and we named our baby [name_f]Molly[/name_f].

What about [name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_u]Carmel[/name_u] (variant of [name_u]Carmen[/name_u])?

Also, [name_f]Molly[/name_f] is a traditional nickname for [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] (in addition to [name_f]Mary[/name_f]), so you could use [name_f]Molly[/name_f] to honour the [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] you mentioned.

This might be a long shot, but if your last name ends with Y or E, you could use a middle name that starts with A and her initials would spell [name_f]MAY[/name_f] or [name_f]MAE[/name_f]. That could be a way of honouring the [name_f]May[/name_f] in your life.

[name_m]Hi[/name_m], I agree with your husband. [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] and [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] are very concise, all-American names. [name_f]Molly[/name_f] fits!

[name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] and [name_f]Molly[/name_f]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] and [name_f]Holly[/name_f]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] and [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] and [name_f]Carrie[/name_f]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] and [name_f]Maisie[/name_f]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] and [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] and [name_f]Hattie[/name_f]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] and [name_f]Zoey[/name_f]

Firstly, I think that name is not too long, but if he doesn’t agree. I don’t like [name_f]Molly[/name_f], but that’s me. I just… can’t.

I personally find [name_f]Molly[/name_f] a little boring, but I know not everyone agrees. [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_u]Carmen[/name_u] is way lovelier in my opinion. I think your husband should really open his mind a bit more instead of saying he only likes one name and that’s it…

All of the names I was going to suggest have already been mentioned, so I think you should pick out some more options you like and then give him a list and tell him to choose from that!

[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_u]Carmen[/name_u] is beautiful and not too long. However, he isn’t onboard. Maybe he will reconsider? I think [name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_u]Carmen[/name_u] is adorable and works well with your boys’

Isabel Carmen is beautiful, but I also think Molly May is cute if you like it.

Ada Carmen
Amelia May
Ella Carmen
Hadley May
Hannah Carmen
Leila Carmen
Lilah Carmen
Lily Carmen
Lucy May
Lucy Carmen
Lydia Carmen
May Isabel
Mila Carmen
Rosa Carmen