Picking a baby name is one of the most fun and challenging parts of pregnancy. But what happens when one parent loves a name the other despises? Within most expectant couples, each partner gets a chance to veto a baby name they just absolutely could not give their child. Want to know what made some moms' reject list? So do we!
We asked several moms within the CafeMom community to share the names their baby daddies suggested that they just couldn't possibly abide. Whether these dads were picking a sports hero or a television fave, these moms were having none of it. For some, we totally get it. The names were just not quite right. Other suggestions, of course, were just downright hilarious.
The conversations where these guys' name picks came up had to be doozies. We can just hear one particular mom saying, "No, honey, we are not naming our baby girl after the world's scariest insect." Some things just shouldn't have to be said …
From names that sound suspiciously close to the name of his ex to words that aren't even actual names, take a look and see if any of these dad-approved baby names would've made the cut (or been kicked to the curb) in your house.
Diana
"He suggested Diana after Princess Diana … not even thinking about the fact that his ex is named Dianne and the two of us have hated each other since high school."
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Huckleberry
"Every baby my husband wanted to name them Huckleberry. I thought he was joking at first but he would go on and on about it. Still not sure if he was serious or joking. I said no."
(Maybe this dad was a big Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Hound fan?)
Sebastian vs. Talon
"He wanted Sebastian. I vetoed. I wanted Talon. He vetoed."
Penny
"My husband wanted Penelope for my firstborn and I vetoed that. I wasn't a fan of the nickname Penny."
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Capes
"Capes. I rejected it because I told him it's not even a name — to which he replied that it would be if we used it.
No way."
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Chad
"Ugh. He suggested Chad. That sounds like something you step in accidentally. 'Shit, I stepped in some chad!' He is a Jets fan, and he liked Chad Pennington."
Ashley
"He kept suggesting all sorts of common names. Ashley, Addison, etc. We named her Cora."
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Free
"Free — he wanted to name our first daughter Free as a first name. I vetoed that instantly. Madness."
Peter ... Parker
"He kept jokingly suggesting Peter. Which isn't really too bad, just a little old-fashioned, but his last name would be Parker. Yeah, not naming my kid after Spider-Man, LOL."
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Harley
"Mine said if we had a boy he wanted to name him Harley. I don't know if he was serious but I said absolutely not."
Omar
"He wanted to name our son Omar. I said 'no.'
I wanted to name him Henry. He said 'no.'
Our daughter suggested William — that's what we named him: William Oliver. We agreed completely on all our daughters' names."
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Dallas
"One of the names he suggested was Dallas. My hard rule is no states/cities/countries/street names, etc. My son's name was picked out long before he was born and before I even met his father. So nothing he suggested was happening anyway."
Desmond
"He wanted Desmond. I'm just not a fan."
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Spider
"He wanted Spider. He said he always wanted a daughter named Spider. Now that my daughter is 20 years old she thinks that's cool and wishes we had named her Spider."
'Game of Thrones' Names -- Any of Them
"We are expecting a baby boy in June. He has suggested every single male name from Game of Thrones."
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Jolene
"Jolene. No thanks. LOL."
Perhaps this dad was a big fan of that Dolly Parton song by the same name?
