Who decided on the name?

Andrew was a name we picked out of a book after he was born. I wanted an "A" name and that was the only one that we called him that suited him. I got the second name rights and named him Andrew John the John after my dad.

Joshua was a name I wanted for our first but wasn't allowed it. So once he was here and DH went through the names he liked and none of them suited him I suggested Joshua again and it did suit him. At first we didn't have a middle name as DH didn't want to use his first name, so I suggested one of his middle names and he chose Gareth.

Both DP and I together made a list of names we liked then we both went off for a week and picked our top 5 for each sex from the list. The names we both agreed on went to our 'short-list' and we then decided which name we wanted from that (there were only 2 for each sex that we did agree on). If one of us didn't like a name, we scrapped it straight away.

For the middle name/names we had agreed from the start to name the baby after our parents so that was an easy choice.

My DH chose Alan's before he was born, but kept it a secrect from me it was really nice. except he nearlly forgot to tell me what it was when he handed him to me. We both chose Michael I wanted Harrison, but DH not like it . IF this is a girl we both decided on the name if is a boy then I am naming him Henry John after my Dad. Shhhh don't tell my Dad he not like the name.

I chose Kyan's name, and DH agreed - although I think unless he really hated it he would have gone along with whatever. DH wanted Kyan's middle name to be David, which is his own middle name, his Dad's and his son to a previous relationship as well.

DH had veto rights really- he wasn't that interested in discussing names so he basically said no to the ones he hated (which was almost every name I mentioned!) and I had a few to pick from in the end. Charlotte kind of picked her name- she was going to be Sarah but she didn't look like one and we both looked at each other and knew she was Charlotte. So in the end I came up with the options list of about 3 and we both decided once she was born.

With Kate- we gave Charlotte 3 names to pick from and she picked the one she wanted.

Ben chose both, once he got the names in his head he said no to anything else I came up with. I picked the middle names tho, Keith after my Dad and Michelle after my Mums middle name.

I chose Megan's name was the only girls name I could think of that I really liked. I couldn't even think of boy's name. My husband did think of a boys name.

My husband's only criteria with a name was that it didn't have any bad connections with it...eg wasn't a name of a person he couldn't stand at school. in saying that one of the names he thought of for a boy was the name of my ex bf ..and while i don't mind the name I simply could not name (if I do ever have a boy) a son of mine that.

Redbedrock - that is so cute!! I love the idea of 'scoring' the names!

I like making lists too

Dh came up with all our children's names. He never liked any of my choices. Although when he first suggested the name Rico, we had only been going out for a short time but I liked it straight away & never really considered any other names for our first-born son. I always like Ethan, but Dh didn't.

Gia took a while for me to warm too. I liked Cassidy or Italiah, DH didn't. For some reason I must've thought a lot about it and it grew on me. She has my middle name, Nadia.

And with our 3rd child, we decided almost straight away for a girl's name - Ava. He suggested Eva, I said no, I like Ava better & for once DH agreed! For a boy I was thinking maybe Boston, Dh didn't like. He came up with Jett, which I'd heard before & liked it, but had to work out if I wanted my child to be called it. But it didn't take long for that too, to grow on me.

We both agreed on the name for our DD. I actually thought of it (Hayley) and was trying it as a middle name for another name i liked (which hubby didn't) . We did orignally choose a name that hubby wanted (and I actually liked - Payton). I came up with putting Hayley Rose together and my hubby liked cause it had flow and he liked the name Hayley and rose was his mums name
What we did was write down all the name combinations and once she was born choose the one that suited her.
As soon as my hubby saw her and the doc asked what was her name, he automatically said Hayley Rose.

thinking of names prior came down to compromise. Luckily it was a girl cause we had trouble with boys names