by elizabeth bliss

Created on: January 12, 2009

Should you let your spouse name your child?

Well in all honesty it depends on the name. After trying for 2 years to have a baby, both my husband and I were delighted when we found out we were pregnant. We were betting it was going to be a girl and so it started....I had always told my mother when I was little that I'd name my daughter after her foster sister Angela...and well being on not so friendly terms with the mother in-law, after a long drawn out feud, But I'll leave that for another subject. We decided that naming our soon to be little girl after her was entirely out of the question...not becauseof the feud, but because she felt an "entitlement" since I was going to name her from someone on my side of the family, Betty-Jo was out of the question, and none of the other women on that side were any better named. So months went by and we had a name, Angela Aubrianna. Around our 6 1/2 month being pregnant, we found out that our little bundle of joy would be...a boy! We of course were still ecstatic but had to go back to the drawing board...now this would be hard. We had always imagined ourselves with a little girl...and low and behold it was a boy! So we get in to thinking well my dad is "the third" my big brother "the fourth", my brothers wife had a son from a previous marriage and had a little girl with him, so his now son wasn't "the fifth". The thought of another child from her was completely out of the question...no negotiating. So the best I can do is name him After my father, my husband and I both think this is great and then decide on Walker for the middle name. Now this is after going through what seemed like months of arguments...if I had left the decision to my husband my son would be named MacGyver Batman, or something just as ridiculous. This needs to be a joint decision. This child will have to live with this name, go to school with this name, and worse try to date with this name. Just because you think naming your son "Drake Danger" sounds cool because he could be like the 007 and say "Danger is my middle name" doesn't mean in 6 years when he starts school the kids will think it's cool too. More than likely he'll end up being a very weird and secluded child...give your child a chance! Discuss it as a couple and then bringin a third party to throw in an opinion. Also make sure you google the name...other wise you may end up naming your child accidentally after a name brand whiskey...Johnny Walker!

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