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My husband and I are having a really awful time choosing a name for our daughter due in December. We had a boy's name picked out, but as luck would have it, the ultrasound showed a girl. We like completely different styles of names - I got saddled with the most common name ever, so I like more uncommon names for girls. He likes traditional -cough-boring-cough- names. We went through one of those huuuuge baby name books highlighting ones we liked and none matched at all. Any name suggestions or advice for how to choose a name when you're at a stalemate?

For reference, my favorites are Athena, Kyra, and Jubilee (for sentimental reasons relating to a friend who passed away.) I also like Claire but my husband is English and can't really say it. The only name he really loves is Elizabeth. I offered to do Elizabeth as a middle name if I could choose the first and he refused because he says he hates all of my choices. It's getting so frustrating!

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My husband's boss and his wife welcomed a son a few weeks ago. They named him Townsend Douglas. He joined sisters Sophia (though she goes by Sophie) and Ada. I can't decide what I think of the name, but I don't think it really goes with his sisters' names. What say you, baby_names?