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Rosaleen Fenton

Mum 'driven to tears' by husband's suggestions for their son's first name

It can be incredibly difficult to choose the perfect baby name for your child.

On many occasions, it can become a topic of division for couples - or even a wider issue for family and friends.

At the end of the day, it's normally resolved by the time the baby arrives, and can even become a funny story to tell in the future.

For one mum-to-be, it's become a raging issue - after she shared her distress on Mumsnet, and admitted it was 'driving her to tears.'

She wrote: "I'm probably hormonal but has anyone ever had an argument with their partner over baby names? I've had a little cry because I can't see us ever agreeing.

"[Husband] keeps suggesting names like Ozymandias and Balthazar. Mine are more traditional like James, Isaac, etc. I'm open to more unique names but he won't stop with these bl***y out there names.

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"For context, we live in the UK and there's no interesting heritage to warrant the names he's choosing. I asked him for a 'normal' name and those were his normal names."

She added: "He spent half an hour reeling off names which were the same kind of bold names. I was growing more irritated so several times I said he was winding me up and to just stop.

"I stopped responding to the names and ignored him but when he finally said, for the 4th time, "what IS wrong with Balthazar though?" [so] I asked him to leave the room."

She said some of his other suggestions included Zephyrus, Vercingetorix, Theseus, Obadiah, Tiberius, Taliesin.

According to the dad, he would like his son to "have a nice strong name to build his character and nothing like some of the unique names similar to Kaiden, Jaylen."

Understandably the mum wasn't so keen - while people on Mumsnet thought she must be joking.

One person commented: "Are you sure he's not trying to wind you up?"

Another wrote: "Balthazar is a demon. Tell your husband to call himself Balthazar if he thinks it's so great. Bet he wouldn't but he thinks it's alright to saddle a baby with the name.

A third added: "Nothing wrong with Ozymandias. At least it's an actual name, which is more than can be said for most of the nonsense people are lumbering children with these days. Thank god for deed poll."

"I am your husband in this situation," admitted one woman.

"I think the hormones have gone to my head a bit as I can’t think of anything worse than a beige name like Oliver or James.

"Something like Hercules would do very nicely right now. Might regret it when the baby is here though!"

One mum joked: "I always think Ozymandias is a great name for a toddler, you know - when you have slipped out for a desperate wee, and find on your return they have trashed the downstairs; and you look upon their works and despair."

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