| I also started off in the same boat as you Nicole; my husband liked names and hated, and vice-versa.
Instead, we tried to agree on or discard various types of names and work from there...
1. Do you both want to use family names, or pick new names?
2. Do you want to work with names in your family's ethnic background?
3. Do you like the trend of last names used as first names (Connor, for example)?
4. Long first names, or short? Is there a short version of something that you both like?
5. Work out which letters of the alphabet (for the start of a first name) sounds best with your last name, and really go through those choices in a name book.
6. Do you mind using a name that is very popular at the moment - or would you rather go with something a bit more classic (Elizabeth, for example). Ive found each country has a website which ranks how popular names are, which is good guidance for the 'no' list if you dont want a name that everyone else is using.
Hopefully you get where Im going with this. The name of the game, pardon the pun, is to find categories you can both agree on (and also rule out). Once my husband and I did this, we were able to agree and be happy with names we both liked pretty quickly.
Best of luck,
Sarah  |