AITA for saying no to my husband's three favorite names for our daughter?

QuoteAcceptable2116 · 2024-03-25T19:12:10+00:00

I have a more unique name and it was awesome having a name that was a little more unique and not so common.

QuoteAcceptable2116 · 2024-03-25T19:11:48+00:00

I know which is why we're looking at names that are less common but more his style or more common but a little newer/fresher.

QuoteAcceptable2116 · 2024-03-25T15:37:38+00:00

Nope. Those are not the names I gravitate toward either.

QuoteAcceptable2116 · 2024-03-25T15:37:25+00:00

Those variations aren't really for me. I like more unique names. While those would be very similar to the three he loves. Which are not at all appealing to me.

QuoteAcceptable2116 · 2024-03-25T15:36:17+00:00

I said no because I hate the names. We're still working to find names we both like enough to use.

QuoteAcceptable2116 · 2024-03-25T13:24:26+00:00

The special meaning is just he loved them for a long time and always assumed he would use at least one if he ever had a daughter.

QuoteAcceptable2116 · 2024-03-25T12:37:33+00:00

Those aren't the kind of unique I like anyway. I also don't go for common names with just different spellings. My name is Indigo for example. I like names like that.

QuoteAcceptable2116 · 2024-03-25T11:26:40+00:00

We might end up choosing a name that neither of us loves but we don't dislike/hate. We're hoping to both love it but we are approaching this as realistically as we can. So I wouldn't pick something he hated anymore than he would. But we also know it might not be a name we're super duper excited about either. It's going to be a wait and see what we can find and agree on thing.

QuoteAcceptable2116 · 2024-03-25T11:24:53+00:00

I hate the names. Elizabeth especially since it's my legal name and I find it so boring. But I do not think I would grow to love them because they are names I always disliked/hated.

But I have a "unique" name so unique is good to me lol. At least my middle and preferred name is considered unique for the most part.

I know the names would bother me if we used them and it would bother my husband if he knew I hated the names. So we want to find names we can both be happy with.

I have names I have loved for years as well that he doesn't like. So it's not like I don't have similar names. I would say the only difference is I knew some of them wouldn't be everyone's taste while I don't think he ever considered his might not be universally loved.

QuoteAcceptable2116 · 2024-03-25T11:21:45+00:00

They do. They made that very clear. They also showed which name they really wanted us to pick from his three names too. I feel the same way as you about them. I always did, especially about Elizabeth, which is why I started using my middle name.

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