Sorry really don't like the name Tallen. How about using it as a middle name seen as your hubby likes it so much and if this is your last child....other than that i don't know what to say other than that.
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My friend named her son this but spelled it Talan. This may be an option because then it does not have the word tall in it or remind you of a claw.

I'll try to answer everyone's questions as far as I remember them.

#1. My son would most likley be tall, my husband is 6'2 and most the males on my dad's side of the family are over 6'7. So I don't think having the name "Tall" in his name would pose a problem.

2. Tallen can not be used for a middle name because all our children have FAMILY names for their middle names. His middle name is already chosen, Ryan.

3. I don't name my children so that they sound good with my other children. My children are individuals and though part of a family, I don't agree on making sure when I do role call they all flow nicely. But, for heck sakes here are the other children's names hehe Skyler, Bailey Jaiden, Oakley and McCallie(only girl)

4. I wouldn't ever throw out the "I pushed the kid out" card for 2 reasons, #1 I love and respect my husband and it isn't his fault that wommen were the ones chosen to have children and I for sure wouldn't be having this child without his help. AND #2 In our religion when we bless our babies when they are born, he can change the name to whatever he wants at that time, but he loves and respects me enough that he would never do that.

I guess I was just hoping I could come to some closure about the name and just let him have the name he wants. I don't know why I feel guilty about it, but I do. He hates all the names that I have come up with too (Chandler is my favorite)...so we just keep going to the drawing board and it's frustrating.

One of these days, we have a couple more months anyway...

Someone to say they loved the Awful name? To be part of the "closure" which is between the loving father and yourself?
Perhaps if you were to show him this, he'd come up with a second favourite name?
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To answer your question, no I was not hoping someone would like the name. And if they had, I would have thought they were crazy.

He and I have shared everyone's views on this and my concerns over the name. We don't keep things from each other.

To answer what I was hoping, was maybe some women out there decided to name their son/daughter a name they hated because their spouse really did love it that much...that maybe once the baby was born it wasn't as bad as they thought it would be and it grew on them. No one came forward though...just wondering thoughts from women that have actually been in the situation, that didn't take the "I pushed the kids out" approach.