To settle for a name?

Question

So I have been thinking of girl names for years even before I was pregnant with my son. I can't for the life of me find a single one I actually love. I do not want anything common or any recently new names I've looked at them all. Although there are a couple of cute ones I like I just can't picture my daughter with that name. I have a middle name but my husband doesn't like it. Am I supposed to settle for the name I dislike the least?

Answer

We have picked out two girl names since girls run heavily in both our families. Our first girl will take his mothers first name and my middle name (Evelyn Marie). Our second girl will be Amelia Nicole. Amelia is a name we happen to both like and Nicole is my sisters middle name.

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This is tough. We didn't find out the sex of our third baby until birth and I thought it was a boy. So I only sort of had a girl name picked out. When the nurses asked her name, we said "Torin?" Now, I think her name is perfect. She is SO much a Torin. 
In addition to that, I have always loved girl names starting with A. I think they're beautiful and elegant, I don't know what it is about them that I love so much. Well, my husband stutters occasionally, mostly on words that start with vowels, so guess what? No A names. 
So yes, you may not get name #1 on your list because it's a compromise, however, I think you should have several options and just see how the names feel when you see the baby.

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You might have to. In my situation, there are no girl names I LOVE, but for my husband, he's loved the name Shannon since he was 10 years old (knew someone named shannon back then and has always wanted a daughter named shannon ever since).
Of course if I pull the mommy card and trump him on names just because I'm not a huge fan of Shannon, it'll be a name I dislike the least. If he feels so strongly about Shannon, it wouldn't seem right to take that away from him. I'm not a huge fan, bit hey as long as I get my girl I don't care what he wants to name it lol

To settle for a name?

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