Just can't agree

General Name Discussion
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My DH and I are having a lot of trouble agreeing on names. His names include:
[name]Samantha[/name]
[name]Kendra[/name]
[name]Courtney[/name]
[name]John[/name]
[name]Jason[/name]
[name]Michael[/name]
These are all names from our childhood, not names I want to name my child. Names I like are:
[name]London[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Scarlet[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Archer[/name]
[name]Sterling[/name]

Any suggestions on names that we can both agree on

Expecting: [name]June[/name] 2013 via surrogacy

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Mmm… I see your issue. [name]How[/name] about making some of the names more modern/fashionable?

For example:

[name]Michael[/name] - [name]Micah[/name]
[name]Courtney[/name] - [name]Cora[/name], [name]Cordelia[/name], [name]Cornelia[/name],
[name]John[/name] - [name]Jonah[/name], [name]Jonas[/name], [name]Johan[/name]
[name]Jason[/name] - [name]Jack[/name], [name]Jake[/name], [name]Jackson[/name]
[name]Kendra[/name] - [name]Kenna[/name], [name]Kiandra[/name], [name]Keira[/name], [name]Kiara[/name]

[name]Sebastian[/name] seem to go in both counts. It’s both modern popular and more old fashioned. Might’n that be a compromise?

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Ooh I love your names!
[name]Scarlett[/name], [name]Sebastian[/name], [name]Archer[/name] & [name]Sterling[/name] are a few of my favorites!

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If your DH is an analytical kind of guy, you might show him some of the popularity charts on Nameberry for the names he likes – maybe he’ll be persuaded if he sees that most are heading straight downhill. You don’t want to give your child a name that’s really become a Mom or Dad name and that will always make him or her feel 20 years older than they are!

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What about using one that he likes and one that you like as a fn/mn?

[name]Scarlet[/name] [name]Courtney[/name]
[name]Samantha[/name] [name]London[/name]
[name]John[/name] [name]Sterling[/name]
[name]Archer[/name] [name]Michael[/name]

Or is there someone you’d like to honor with the name? Maybe you could find something workable from that. Another idea is going for a classic that isn’t either 1990s or 2010s. Some possibilities:

[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Diana[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]/[name]Lenora[/name]/[name]Nora[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]/[name]Eliza[/name]/[name]Liza[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Gemma[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]/[name]Juliet[/name]/[name]Juliana[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]/[name]Margot[/name]/[name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Marina[/name]
[name]Nadia[/name]
[name]Nancy[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Rosalind[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name]/[name]Sophie[/name]
[name]Teresa[/name]/[name]Tess[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name]
[name]Zoe[/name]

[name]Adam[/name]
[name]Anthony[/name]
[name]Cole[/name]
[name]David[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name]
[name]Duncan[/name]
[name]Edmond[/name]
[name]Evan[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Grant[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Ian[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]/[name]Luke[/name]
[name]Malcolm[/name]
[name]Marcus[/name]
[name]Philip[/name]
Qunicy
[name]Quentin[/name]
[name]Rowland[/name]
[name]Seth[/name]
[name]Stanley[/name]
[name]Stephen[/name]
[name]Theo[/name]

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I think more traditional options maybe, such as [name]Catherine[/name], [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Amelia[/name], [name]Madeleine[/name], [name]Theodore[/name], [name]James[/name], [name]Oliver[/name]?

I agree that he needs to look at how dated and unpopular these names are now.

[name]Sebastian[/name] [name]Michael[/name] would work, and maybe [name]Imogen[/name] [name]Samantha[/name]? A name from each of your lists.