WDYT?

[xo-bianca.livejournal.com]

I'm 38 Weeks pregnant with a baby boy! My boyfriend and I can barely agree on baby names. He is set on our son being named Deon. I like it but don't LOVE it. Maybe it'll grow on me? What do you think?

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[xo-bianca.livejournal.com]

He came up with the name Deon about two weeks ago and the first time I heard it, I HATED it! Now that he keeps saying that name, it's starting to grow on me and I'm starting to like it but I don't want to regret naming him that if I don't end up loving it. I'm going to have to be calling him by that name for the rest of my life and I just want to LOVE it! My boyfriend is Albanian and it's very important to him that our son's name have some Albanian in it. Not necessarily an Albanian name, but something that he can pronounce in his Albanian accent.

[adamant-turtle.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend is Albanian and it's very important to him that our son's name have some Albanian in it. Not necessarily an Albanian name, but something that he can pronounce in his Albanian accent.

My cousin and her husband named their younger son Deon, and our family is really, really Polish. This = a lifetime of old-school relatives bastardizing the poor kid's name.

Just something to think about...

[intothefireugo.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh, I so feel you. I'm overdue and my husband and I are still arguing about names. I thought we'd agreed on 2 names (one for a girl, one for a boy), but just last night, he brought up changing them again.
Anyway, I don't think you should settle on a name that you don't love if it's something he loves. It's really not fair. If you don't really care either way, that's one thing, but if there's another name out there you like better, I think it's worth it to try and come up with another name together that you both really like.
On the other hand, if it gets to the point where it's just easier to go along with Deon, then yeah, it'll probably grow on you. I wasn't crazy about our first set of names, but they kind of grew on me (though I was thrilled to talk about changing them).

[xo-bianca.livejournal.com]

It's so stressful! I have come up with what seems like hundreds of names and he HATED every single one of them! I feel like I'm constantly hitting a wall when baby names comes up. He is so set on our son being named Deon, I just wish he would negotiate somewhat and be a little more open to different options.

[intothefireugo.livejournal.com]

YES, same here. Hates all of my names, but has very very little to contribute himself. Have you tried telling him that you absolutely don't want to name the kid Deon and that he needs to keep thinking? That's what I did when my husband kept bringing up "Allison". There's nothing wrong with Allison (just like there's nothing wrong with Deon), just not my style at alllllllllllll.

[lower-class.livejournal.com]

My daughter was 3 days old before she was named.
Had I known we could have left the hospital without naming her, we would have.
We finally settled on Gabrielle because it was the only name we both liked...it wasn't on either of our lists though...and we liked it because if she had been a boy, we were naming her Gabriel....so it's the closest we could get...lol

Maybe you will meet him for the first time and totally think he's a Deon. I know I really liked Lola before my daughter was born and the first time I saw her I said "she's not a Lola"...heh...Sometimes they "tell" you their names.

I know a couple who couldn't agree on a name. He liked Deon, she liked Donte....So they ended up naming him Deonte (Dee-Ohn-Tay)....

[skate97.livejournal.com]

Where do you live? Where I am (MA) they don't let you leave the hospital without naming. They used to, but not anymore.

[xo-bianca.livejournal.com]

I was actually thinking about this earlier when you mentioned that you knew a couple that mixed two names they liked together. I love the name Evan and he somewhat likes it but is still set on Deon. Putting it together would make Devon? That's not to bad actually.

[xo-bianca.livejournal.com]

My mom mentioned that there was a singer named Deon. Isn't she female? I'm having a baby boy, but would it work as a unisex name?

[samaside.livejournal.com]

I don't like Deon. It's not that bad but it's definitely not a name I would choose ever. I agree with the people above. Don't settle on a name. You're carrying this kid to term and the father is not. Try to compromise. Maybe find something that's similar. Or use Deon as a middle name. But if you don't love a name don't use it. You'll have to use this name for the next like sixty years.

[fangirlism]

I like it, but I'm so used to seeing it spelled Dion that the spelling you're looking at looked misspelled to me, lol.

[xo-bianca.livejournal.com]

I'm still not sure if I would spell it Dion or Deon :S I'm not sure which was is more appropriate?

[mizsfrankie.livejournal.com]

I really like the name spelt Dion.
I could never name my child something that I didnt love.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

It's fine by me. Not anything I'd use, but it's not bad — and I can see it on any age boy or man.

[taleofaredhead.livejournal.com]

I don't particularly like it. As mentioned above, Leon isn't bad.

I wouldn't compromise on the name issue. Granted, it isn't fair to demand that you choose the name, but you've been the one doing all the hard work, so I think your say in the matter is pretty darn important ;]

Ask him what other names he likes. If he says all he likes is Deon, kindly but firmly tell him you really don't prefer it. Or ask him to brainstorm ideas. Maybe use Deon as a middle name.

[yellowwombat.livejournal.com]

Maybe it'll grow on you, maybe it won't; but maybe it's best to keep your options open by discussing with him that you are not set on Deon and the discussion of names is definitely still open. What exactly draws him to Deon? Maybe you can find names that share that quality and find a name that you both can see on your boy. Good luck.

[xo-bianca.livejournal.com]

He loves it because its original. Not the everyday top 10 baby names that you hear and see on a daily basis which I agree with him on because I don't want something that you hear everyday also. And he can also pronounce it in Albanian which was very important to him. I like it but I don't LOVE it just yet. I'm going to give it a couple days.

[cassandrakfreaq.livejournal.com]

i automatically think of deon sanders