What to do when you can't agree on a name?

[360blessings]

I am so frustrated with DH. We cannot agree on a name at all and I'm frustrated, hormonal and exhausted. I suggested my top ten boy and girl names, non of which he likes. He has suggested maybe five that hate. I then have suggested probably 50 more total and he's "not feeling those." Arrrggghhhh!!!!

We have had four boys, 2 Angels, but names are: Caleb Ryan, Benjamin Stephen, Nathaniel William and Samuel Luke. I really prefer biblical names paired with a family name, and his names are trendy crap and past girlfriends, wtf?

We obviously need help. The only girl name we both can semi-agree on is Ava. He likes Ava Grace, which that combo is way too popular for me, and I'd prefer to pair with my grandma's name lorraine. But neith of us are completely sold on this.

His suggestions:
Ava Grace
Cadence Lee
Laura Adalyn

Mackenzie John
Carson Matthew

I've suggested:
Lydia
Clara
Cora
Abigail
Charlotte
Amelia
Felicity
Katherine
Violet
Grace
Scarlett
Evelyn
Eleanor
Hannah

Simon
Elliot
Jonah
Josiah
Micah
Andrew
Joseph
Maxwell
Elijah
Silas
Noah
Matthew
Seth
Titus
Jude

And other similar. Just apparently need more options.
Eta: I posted at TB a couple weeks ago and he mixed all the other suggestions. We both have unusual names and want our kids to have easily recognizable names.

[Stormtroopooper]

Well at least he put Mackenzie on a boy.

You're H sounds like mine. He likes trendy names. We have gotten a good list of girl names finally, but not so much on boys.

Suggestions:
Ada
Alma
Caroline
Daphne
Eloise
Elena
Elodie
Elowen
Esther
Fiona
Georgiana
Heidi
Isla
Iris
Imogen
Josephine
Juliet
Lily
Margaret
Magnolia
Naomi
Nora
Olivia
Phoebe
Penelope
Poppy
Ruby
Ruth
Seraphina
Thalia
Wilhelmina
Zoe

Atticus
Abram
Adam
Emmett
Eric
Ellis
Elias
Frederick
George
Henry
Harrison
Isaac
Isaiah
Julian
Jasper
Linus
Lucas
Marcus
Mathias
Miles
Noel
Nolan
Owen
Oliver
Peter
Patrick
Paul
Quinn
Rowan
Ross
Theodore
Thomas
Thaddeus
Ulysses
Wesley
Zechariah

[maddielynn321]

I love a lot of your names. My two favorite biblical names are Hannah (L.O, due in June) and Ezra.

[maddielynn321]

Also, I think both Ava Lorraine and Ava Grace are beautiful.

[bromios]

Can't promise there won't be repeats from the bump, but here are some more ideas:

Girl:

Rebecca

Magdalena

Cecilia

Catriona

Alexandra

Evangeline

Georgiana

Miriam

Mira

Alice

Johanna

Eve

Bernadette

Francesca

Julia

Josephine

Honora

Isadora

Theodora

Lucia

Miranda

Natalia

Penelope

Philippa

Tabitha

Valentina

Boy:

Raphael

Aaron

Gabriel

Theodore

Ezra

James

Mark

Adrian

Boaz

Isaac

Peter

Jonathan

Sebastian

[lalamomma]

Louisa
Margot
Polly
Bethany
Eden
Edna
Eva
Eve
Judith
Martha
Miriam
Olive
Dinah
Naomi
Tabitha

[sweetpeabee]

So I don't have a great list of names, but here is what DH & I did and it worked well. We both went through the name books we had and made our own lists of names we loved (we were terrible at brainstorming together and it ended in a lot of frustration). Next, we traded lists, crossed off the names we would never use (hated, bad associations, etc.), and compared what was left.

Turns out, we had a significant amount of overlap. We worked off the remaining lists and talked about the names that we already knew we both agreed on which took away a huge amount of stress.

All that said, I love the names you have on your list! GL!