Naming your children

That happened to me while I was in Vietnam. We had agreed that, if a boy it would be Nikolas and if a girl, Aleksandra. I came home and discovered the boy was named after me (and the "fourth" to boot!) Our second child was a girl, I was home, and she is Aleksandra. One of several reasons why we aren't married.

I would freak on my mate if he named our child without my permission. That's awful! And especially considering the name was chosen from political hype that's in the media now... YUCK! I know someone who's friend was named by her father while her mother was laid up in hospital after her birth. He named her "Bambi Blue", after a stripper he was messing around with at the time. I'm surprised the mother kept the name once she was out of hospital. I certainly wouldn't under the circumstances. Bambi Blue is now in her mid 20's, and apparently suits her name just fine. lol.

Hi ZephyrSun! I have four kids and argued with everyone about the names of my kids. My first born is Enoch Ezekial. I wanted to name him Tristan Scott, or Tritan Ezekial. My dad said Enoch and it stuck. It took me two weeks to pronounce that name right (it's pronounced E KNOCK) from the Bible. My second's name is Eva June after my father's mother. He said she hated the name but I won the argument. We called her June Bug and he said that is why she hated it. We call my daughter Bug now. Just Bug. My Third child's name is Dakota Thomas. I didn't argue with dad but my biggest enemy wouldn't leave the delivery room until she got to name the baby. I said I didn't give a flying F*ck what she named him, just to get the hell out of the room. So that stuck. His name if he was a girl was going to be Chevie Cheyenne. My Last child's name is Alivia Kay. I thought that since Dakota was a boy that I could name this one that. Nope, about an hour before I was going to give birth my mom and sister argued with me to name her Alivia. My dad preferred an Olivia instead so he could call her his Olive Oil. Haha funny.....NOT! It stuck and to spite them I call her Biskit. I love that name and it fits her. I pretty much changed all their names in order from oldest to youngest. Beener, Bug, Kotabob, and Biskit. THere, that should stop the arguing. I think if my spouse would sneak behind my back especially after all the fighting to name them what I had, I feel that murder would be in order. I don't deal with decete too well and would probably change the names anyhow just to spite them. I don't like people messing with my kids.....Have a blessed day!

When we named our daughter, and knowing when she would be born, I was adamant about picking her name. Her father tried to change her name, but quickly changed it back since it didn't seem to 'fit well' with his last name. Well, she doesn't have his last name, she has mine. When she talks to her dad on the phone, you can hear her giggle every time he says her name. So, we didn't have any debates- he knew he wouldn't have won anyways.

When I was pregnant with my daughter, I wanted the name Navi (it's from a video game) But my mom talked me out if it... but there was another nagging name I fell inlove with - Olivia. I think it was all the Law and Order:SVU I was watching. Her father wanted Jade Ariel ... which was really prety too bad he told me it was a stripper her once knew. The middle name was a toss up. I wanted Isabella - he wanted Dakota, Mackenize and countless others. He came up with Star...I LOVE STARS and it was just fitting... so I guess we compromised there. But I faught for her first name def. He must have gone thru 50 names (including that Jade Ariel name) till I told him as I pointed to my belly... This is Olivia. Deal with it :) Of course I got my way!

Well i have not had children you but i agree i would be very upset if something like that happened to me. Now i have an idea what i would like to call my children but of course this would be up for debate with my partner and the name would have to be something that we both agreed on and liked.

WHAT???? No way!!!! Something similar (though not that "sensational") happened to my husband when he went off to Viet Nam. They agreed to call the child Nicholas if he was a boy, and Aleksandra, if she was a girl. Well, when my husband WGB III was in Viet Nam, his wife went and called the boy WGB IV, which they did not agree upon. My husband did not want a dynasty, and he did not want a "4th" He wanted the child to have his own identity. But what this husband did is totally low, even lower than that. The child is going to be teased for life!!!!

Me, myself...I would be livid and it would be a good thign that you can change a babies name if that were the case. I would do what I could to get it changed. My husband wuld be in the dog house so to speak for sometime over that. Using politians names, no way.

We named our sons after our fathers, but I was upset when my son and daughter-in-law named my granddaughter after our grandmothers. I would like to live long enough to have my great grand daughter named after me, but unless the prognosis is good, it might not happen that way. I would not like naming a child after a celebrity or someone famous unless he was a relative. Sarah is a nice name though. I guess they did not name their children after grandparents though.

I would have been furious with my husband had he done this. With both of our kids he insisted that I write down a list of names that I like and he would go through it and cross out the ones he didn't care for. I thought this was fair, and had he gone back on this and named our children something totally different would have sent me into a tizzy, to say the least.

My dad did that to my mom. When my brother was born they had agreed on the name Michael well while she was asleep the nurse came in and my dad named him after himself so now my brother is a jr. My mom was pissed. My brother doesn't even use his real name for much. We call him by his nickname. I noticed my husband was able to name our daughter while I was on the phone with a friend telling her I had the baby. I really think both parents should sign the paper. He did name her what we wanted and spelled it right but I would of been mad if he would of changed it.

My partner has more respect for me than to go behind my back and do that! I named our first daughter but only from a list of names we both liked he named our second daughter again from a list of ones we liked, if either of us had felt the need to change our childrens names we would speak to one another first about it we can be honest with each other though

The whole time I was carrying my child I had choosen the name Christopher Brian if it was a boy and Christine Marie if it was a girl. Well he was a boy - - when they handed him to me in the delivery room I just looked at him and said Christopher Brian - Christopher Brian- then started to cry. I told my husband OH he does not look like a Christopher - now what are we going to do - I hadn't picked anything else out :( He said how about Joshua. Joshua, Joshua I kept saying it while looking at my son and surely enough he did look like a Joshua to me, lol. So he ended up with the name Joshua Brian. :) We sometimes call him just Josh - or Josh Bri. I feel his name really fits him and it was a shared decision between his father and I. Joshua is now 25 and he is the pride and joy of my life. I can hardly wait to have grandchildren - and they will be named what ever Joshua and his wife Katie decide - - makes no difference to me. I had my chance now they will have theirs.

yu jjust have to trust your partner enough and agree on a name

oh i heard about that! thats just crazy! why would a guy do that? obviously he doesnt care about his wife's feelings all that much. my hubby and i agreed on our daughter's names. i picked our oldest's first name, he picked her middle; my hubby picked our youngest's first name, i picked her middle.

I don't have children yet,but I would go mad if my son's name would be other than Eduard Alexander or my daughter's name would be other than Catherine(Ecaterina in romanian).I think these things should be discussed even before the child is conceived.There aren't lot of men inspired enough at the name choosing "game",so a little help from their wives is more than useful.

This has been a fun discussion to read with the baby naming responses. First I will start out with the article. That is insane. How could naming their baby Sarah McCain Palin Ciptak (which sounds horrible) help the Mccain/Palin campaign. Sure he got an article out there about it, but it is ridiculous. Then not to even tell his wife! I would be really really mad. It is just crazy how he thinks it is going to help and how he hasn't even told her yet... I would be mad if we decided on something and then he changed it, no matter what he named the baby...but to name it McCain Palin! I love the line, "Only some friends and family members who I have called in for prayer support know at this point." Well, and the whole world...but aside from that he is having people pray for him! He's the one that did such a horrible thing! Okay, enough about him... For our first child, I woke up one night and I said, "Honey, if it is a boy can we name him Marcus William". My husband said sure. He was sure that the baby was a boy and that he was Marcus. We called the baby that from the beginning though we discussed girl names in case he was wrong. I got the idea from my father "William" and my stepfather "Marc" (he was never a Marcus, but I often called him that). While that is where the idea came from, I don't feel like I named him after either man (both deceased). Instead it just felt like that was who the baby was. Marcus means fierce or warlike and William means protector. Together he is a fierce protector. He is just over two now and pretty fierce (usually in a good way). He is the toughest two year old I have ever met. Awhile back he tripped over the edge of the sidewalk and flew down the concrete wheelchair ramp. I thought for sure he would cry and I would be holding him for some time. Instead he looked shocked. I go, "Are you okay?" He got up, wiped his scraped palms on his shorts and said, "Okay." We recently found out I am pregnant again. This time my husband says its a girl. We have decided that if it is indeed a girl we will name her Samantha Grace. We haven't settled on a boy name (though we have months to consider it). I like James Alexander, but he says it is too big and royal sounding. It would also make his initials JAK...Time will tell, but by time we have it we will be ready with a boy and a girl name!

I am not yet married and i dont have a child. Well since my sister is just giving birth this year i have to say it should be both couples choice so that no one will feel upset later on. My sister and my brother in law is having difficulty in naming their 3rd child, so she ask us members of the family what should be the name of the baby. So when we suggested a names, every one wanted the name of their choices to be choose which makes it more completed. after a week from the birth of the child his husband name the baby after their names, so no one will interfere to them. The baby girl is name charleigh marj, so everybody happy.

I actually heard this guy talking about how he did it on one of the cable news shows, and my jaw completely dropped. He did more than just go behind her back and change the name without her knowledge, he tricked her into signing the papers to name her Sarah McCain Palin. I agree with you, Zeph - I'd have -major- trust issues if my husband had pulled something like this.

the childs name is very much debated in the family.i think the parents should plan to have turns in naming,this will solve the dispute to some extent.