My SO is stuck on [name_m]Oliver[/name_m]. He went weeks (I’m currently 28 weeks) without wanting to talk about names or shooting down all of my ideas to one day telling me he likes [name_m]Oliver[/name_m]. But he won’t consider anything else, at all. He says that if I find a name that he likes more than [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] we can use that but so far everything I’ve suggested he thinks is awful. I love [name_u]Jude[/name_u], [name_m]Judah[/name_m], [name_m]Joseph[/name_m], [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]Winston[/name_m] and [name_m]Jonah[/name_m], he hates all of them. Does anyone have any suggestions to names that might get a thumbs up from my SO? The more I think about the name [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] the more I dislike it, I can’t shake the thought of the movie [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] & Company I watched hundreds of times as a child. Thank you!
[name_m]Don[/name_m]'t you love stubborn men? Have you asked him what he likes so much about [name_m]Oliver[/name_m]?
I’ve tried, he doesn’t ever give me a straight answer, most of the time it’s “I just like it!” I’ve tried getting him to rate names I read off, to see if I could figure out a style, he didn’t cooperate. It doesn’t help that everyone else is in love with [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], and they tell him that over and over, I just don’t feel like it fits, not as a first name. I could deal with it as a middle name.
My husband thinks [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] is too old fashioned. Maybe your man likes old fashioned names?
Here are some suggestions:
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Phillip[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]
[name_u]Mercer[/name_u]
[name_m]Grover[/name_m]?
Hmm…[name_m]Olivier[/name_m]?
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m] nn pax
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m] nn [name_u]Joey[/name_u], joe, jay
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobin[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] nn teddy, [name_m]Todd[/name_m], theo
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m] nn ken, [name_m]Kenny[/name_m], [name_m]Kent[/name_m], [name_m]Keith[/name_m]
[name_m]Palmer[/name_m]
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u] nn nix
[name_m]Lennox[/name_m] nn [name_m]Leo[/name_m], nox
[name_u]Paxton[/name_u] nn pax, tony
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] nn [name_m]Nathan[/name_m], [name_m]Nate[/name_m], niel/neil, tanner
[name_m]Turner[/name_m]
[name_m]Malachi[/name_m] rhymes with sky nn [name_u]Kai[/name_u] or [name_m]Mac[/name_m]
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m] nn ace
[name_m]Orlando[/name_m]
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Zachariah[/name_m] nn rye or zach
[name_m]Zachary[/name_m] nn [name_u]Rhys[/name_u]
My nephew [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] has a brother [name_m]Graham[/name_m]–those seem to be very stylistically in line. Maybe a long shot for you but worth a try!
I love [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], and to me it’s the same style as all of your other names: trendy classic like [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_u]Jude[/name_u], [name_m]Joseph[/name_m], or [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]. Maybe you can pick the middle.
Or maybe if you go for his choice with this one, you can pick the next one!
I think [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] sounds great!
Other suggestions: [name_u]Elias[/name_u], [name_m]Ethan[/name_m], [name_m]Eli[/name_m], [name_m]Davis[/name_m], [name_m]Miles[/name_m], [name_m]Harvey[/name_m], [name_m]Clark[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Bruce[/name_m]
Good [name_m]Luck[/name_m]!
my parents were chosing between [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] and [name_u]Owen[/name_u] for my brother 25 years ago. They went with [name_u]Owen[/name_u]. Maybe he’d like [name_u]Owen[/name_u] or [name_m]Oscar[/name_m]?
- er
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Fletcher[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Luther[/name_m]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvester[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
similar feel:
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Quentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m]
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
If I were you I’d put my foot down. If he doesn’t at least give you reasons he likes it and other names he also likes then it’s a no go. I can’t imagine my DH demanding a single name and completely refusing to participate other than shooting me down. That’s frankly rude.
[name_m]How[/name_m] about…
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Abram[/name_m]
[name_m]Gage[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Eamon[/name_m]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_m]Nolan[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]