What Not to Name Your Baby
My wife is expecting, and she’s set on naming the baby after her father, Millard. How do I talk her out of it?
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Tell your wife that you love her dearly. Thank her for carrying your child. Explain that you have a deep respect for her father. “Then show her a calendar,” says Joe Borgenicht, author of What Not to Name Your Baby. “It’s the 21st century, and names like Murray, Irving, and Millard should be left to retirees.” If that doesn’t work (and we doubt it will), tell her that since you were involved in the conception, you should have a say in naming your son. “Then pull out your own list of names and have two clearly unattractive ones at the top,” says Borgenicht. “The logical compromise will be for both of you to cross the top names off your respective lists and pick another one.”