Today, I learned that the hardest part of marrying a historian is choosing baby names. His top choices derive from two Roman magistrates, two abbesses, a tenth-century author, and an obscure Greek official. I already let him name our pug, for whom he chose the name "Tertullianus." FML
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Today, me and my husband are having our first big marital argument. Our baby still doesn’t have a name, all because I want to call her a normal name and he wants to call her some obscure name from an anime he really likes. I’ve never seen him this stubborn about anything this stupid. FML
Today, my boyfriend has had name ideas for his future son and daughter even before I met him, but so have I. He disregards my ideas and suggestions, and is hell bent on giving our kids names because he likes "the way they sound." 'Hippopotamus' sounds good, but who’d name their kids that? FML
Today, my husband and I were talking about names for our expectant child. I told him since I named our daughter he could name our son. He's decided on a name from 'God of War'. My son is going to be named after a make-believe cartoon character - Kratos. FML
Today, my French wife chose the name of our unborn baby girl. She wants to call her Fanny and won't change her mind. FML
Today, I learned that I'm expecting twins. A boy and a girl. My husband, upon finding out about this, immediately suggested that we give them Star Wars names. But not Luke and Leia. Oh no. He wants to name them Darth and Vayda. And he is absolutely serious about this. FML
Today, we got a dog. My husband was adamant that we should name him Gonit, so I agreed. A friend asked what the name meant, and my husband said, "Why wouldn't you name a dog Gonit?" Then I got it. FML
Today, I had to yet again tell my mother-in-law that I wasn't going to name my unborn baby "Ermintrude" after her late mother. My husband told me to stop being difficult, and that he agrees that it would be nice. FML
Today, we got our daughter's birth certificate. Turns out my husband thought it would be funny to give her a middle name, which we never discussed, and he picked one to sound funny. Not actually going to tell the internet her name, but it’s as bad as calling a boy Ben Dover. I’m furious. FML
Today, my girlfriend of three days asked if we could start naming our future children. FML
Today, I found out why my wife insisted on naming our first child "George" if it was a boy. It was her first love's name. FML
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jay_south 19
Turtle-y anus?
Elban 20
Far out baby names, might wanna dial it down about 50% and come up with a something more acceptable and serious, like Tiberius
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CrazyChiC42 10
I know someone who has a nephew named Octavius. And his sister is Octavia. Maybe see if you can have more control over the first name and him the middle name?
fusall 4
Brook Taylor is a mathematician with normal first and last names
Icyday 7
Your husband sounds awesome! I love old Roman and Greek names.
heyLaddieHey 18
Maybe go with something you could shorten? Or something still kind of modern, like Julius/Julian (Caesar) or Marc (Antony)?
Rabite 28
I read Marc Antony as the singer and then wondered who this new musician Julian Caesar was.
cootiequeen4444 11
Caesar wasn't his (julius') name. Caesar means king. similar to kaiser in Germany (actually Caesar is pronounced like kaiser) and tsar/czar in russia.
raven_of_azarath 35
Kaiser and tzar aren't even pronounced similarly, so how could Caesar be pronounced like the both of them?
c48053 2
For a girl, try something like Alexandria, after the library. It may be a good compromise. For a boy, Alexander (the Great), Thomas (like Aquinas or Jefferson), Caesar (you could also spell it Cesar), or other things like that might be more main stream, but still very much historical.
Lalala579121 28
Caesar is mainstream? I could see a name like Julian being for Caesar.
B00K_L0V3R93 31
Technically Alexandria is the the feminine form of Alexander and was the name of the Egyptian city in which housed the infamous library which in turn was named after the Macedonian King and General Alexander the Great. But I agree with your point, as a historian myself I try to find ancient names with a modern twist so as to be more mainstream. I want to name a child Alexandria/Alexander myself. And I have half a dozen other names in mind. I already name all my appliances after Greek/Roman gods. Pets will be next. The ancients had great names.
neverready 25
Maybe you could provide some recommendations between ancient and modern names. Because you seem to get the balance of giving historical names without scarring your child for a lifetime.
gloire_blanche 6
Appliances? Like what?
Illen 1
Sounds like you may need to remind hubby that you will be raising a child together, not a potential punching bag.
Bearsmomma 30
Sorry OP! It's a rough game. Hopefully you still have several months to come to an agreement. My husband was a teacher, so my suggestions were met with "oh, no way....that kid was awful", and similar remarks. Finally settled on Sebastian and Dexter.
Lalala579121 28
So one of your children has crabs and the other is a serial killer and/or mad scientist?
Bearsmomma 30
Dexter was actually supposed to be Dexter Morgan, but we changed the middle name about 3 weeks before he was born because we heard of that show. I freaked, thanks hormones. kinda wish we'd kept it now. Would be a fun story. And Sebastian doesn't HAVE crabs. He IS a crab. lol. The name was chosen early in my pregnancy and my grandmother informed me his due date was near Saint Sebastian's Feast day (I know nothing of it). I asked my doctor if he would induce me early for that day. He REFUSED (too early), but lil Sebastian showed him. I went into labor January 19th, and he came the 20th- The feast day. Spent about a week in NICU because he was eatly, but cool story.
Lalala579121 28
That's pretty cool that both of your children have stories about their names.
mnshdw818 3
Maybe you can let him choose the middle name on his own? But find a reasonable compromise for the first name?
crazyindynathan 13
Just agree to something that has potential for a normal nickname :)
B00K_L0V3R93 31
As a historian myself I plan on naming future children and pets Ancient names but I try to find ancient names with a modern twist so as to be more mainstream. I want to name a child Alexandria/Alexander, I also love Kleio and Selene, as well as Polyphemus and Kerberos for dog/one eyed animal's name, and I also love Henry and Edward. I have a half dozen other names in mind. I already name most my appliances after Greek/Roman gods, my external is Zeus, my laptop is Mnemosyne, and my USB is Hermes and the old one was Kharon. While I agree with your husband's idea, as the ancients did have some great names, you just have to come up with a compromise. Good luck OP!
klutz44 28
My dogs are named Ajax and Giotto (the Medieval/Renaissance artist I wrote my thesis on). My husband and I really want Spartacus or Boru (Brian Boru) for our future dogs. While researching my thesis I actually found a blog from a woman who had named her son's Dante and Giotto. Our kids have much more mainstream names. They still have lots of meaning but aren't so out there.
Rababco 29
Alex is an actually a common nickname for both boys and girls so Alexander or Alexandria would be a good name.