My in-laws thought they got to name our first child. They were very unhappy with the name their son, and my husband, chose at the moment of birth, one of two that we had narrowed it down to. They begged and pleaded with him to change the name to the one they wanted. They told him he could get the birth certificate changed. He stood firm.
I never knew about any of this until I was delivering our second child and they came to visit. They asked about names, and we really hadn’t decided on any. That’s when they mentioned that they hated the name we gave our first son. Two years later I found about it when they were still complaining! That night I went into labor, and asked my husband what they were talking about. He had never told me about all the he got grief from them for months until he told them to drop it.
Father of the baby - big win. It’s not going to be easy, but stand your ground, and don’t back down. They will eventually come around.
Same thing happened to me, I was upset my brother didn't name his daughter Denise like I suggested. I was relieved when he named the next child, a boy, Denephew.
Is your husband from somewhere else where it would have been a cultural norm for his parents to have believed that or was this just something they came up with on their own?
Im just curious, Ive never heard of that.