It isn’t always easy picking a name for your child, and it’s often the source of some major debate between mom and dad. There are tons of reasons why one person may not like a name, and now some parents are revealing the reasons behind their vetoes.
The Huffington Post asked their readers to share the funniest reasons they or their partner nixed a baby name and some are pretty hilarious.
Reasons include:
- A woman named Anna Beer was “set on naming our son Holden,” and gave her husband the middle name to choose. He wanted Atticus, but she notes, “then we did the “resume” test: Holden A. Beer. Probably not the best idea.”
- “My husband would nix names based on what he called the ‘playground test.’ 2 parts: 1 – Could the whole ‘Banana Fana’ song be sung without a bad word, and 2 – What did the initials spell?”
- “Our last name is Wood. Many things are slightly inappropriate. Morgan means ‘morning’ in German. That was a big NO.”
- One woman always wanted to name her son Connor, but the husband nixed it. She says, “he explained that with our last name (pronounced ray-uh), it was way too close to ‘gonorrhea.’ Whoops!”
- “Like when my husband casually mentioned he likes a specific first and middle name together for a baby girl, forgetting he told me long ago about the name of his first girlfriend … which happened to be that exact name. Hard pass with angry eyes. ”
- “I wanted to name our daughter either Ophelia or Eden … husband vetoed both. Ophelia because he said she will always get ‘oh, I’ll feel ya, baby,’ and Eden because she would get ‘let me in your garden, baby.’ He ruined both names for me. Her name is Ava.”
- “Everyone thought it would be hilarious if we named our daughter Abigail … ‘Abby’ Rhoades.”
- “My husband vetoed the name Sammy because, and I quote, ‘She was a bitch on ‘Days of Our Lives.’”
Source: Huffington Post