'My Husband Wants To Give Our Twins Minecraft Names'

An expecting mum of twins has threatened to divorce her husband who is determined to name their boys in honour of his favourite video game, Minecraft.

The 34-year-old mum-to-be says her 34-year-old husband is a devotee of the popular game, and is convinced he wants to name their twin sons Notch and Jeb, after the video game programmers who designed Minecraft.

“My husband is a big Minecraft fan and builds stuff on the game a lot and has Minecraft posters, he even said he wants to play Minecraft with his sons,” the woman explained on reddit.

“I told my husband that I want to give our children regular names, not after Minecraft because they are not objects, and my husband got really defensive about it saying that he should be able to choose because he is their father and I never gave any name suggestions.”

‘I’d rather get a divorce’

The pregnant woman says she feels like naming her twins after a game is setting them up for a life of ridicule.

“I will never name my children after Minecraft because I don’t want them to get bullied and feel like it’s dehumanising to name them after a game. I told my husband that I’d rather get a divorce than name our kids after Minecraft and he got really angry and raised his voice. I’m pregnant and my hormones maybe made me really emotional because I started crying.

“A few hours after that, we calmed down and I asked him again and he said he will for sure name the kids Notch and Jeb.”

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29 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 27 Aug 2024
    11:22 am
Jeb I guess isnt so bad but Notch does nothing for me.
Husband sounds very immature but then so does the reaction to divorce.

- - Lividanke said
  - 19 Aug 2024
    2:33 pm
If the parents both agree then there’s no problem. If one doesn’t either settle for using the names as middle names or find another name you both can agree on.

- - Zmijka86 said
  - 30 May 2022
    8:06 pm
If they both agree to it then why not.

- - saffy86 said
  - 25 Apr 2022
    10:07 pm
I think both parents need to agree on the names.

- - mom461384 said
  - 25 Apr 2022
    8:52 pm
Hell no!! The aren’t exactly that nice either!

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 25 Apr 2022
    12:15 pm
Pretty sure the Mum will need to sign the forms anyway.

- - mom466557 said
  - 23 Apr 2022
    5:07 pm
Hahah oh you poor thing

- - tessie said
  - 23 Apr 2022
    1:32 pm
He has no right to name them alone, that is a decision that you both have to agree on. He can’t name them without you anyway so tell him to either choose a name you both agree to or you’ll name without his input. Why doesn’t he just change his own name to Notch or Jeb?

- - mom480417 said
  - 23 Apr 2022
    12:28 am
This is crazy! Tomorrow he will be a fan of some other game so he will change his name?? It should be joint decision.

- - mom487643 said
  - 22 Apr 2022
    11:57 pm
I wouldn’t even know it was from minecraft. Everyone gets name ideas from somewhere.

- - nadine_hill said
  - 22 Apr 2022
    1:00 pm
Naming of your children is a joint decision and so important for them in their future … to leave them open to ridicule and bullying is cruel and heartless!

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 22 Apr 2022
    11:15 am
ummmmm how about no!

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 22 Apr 2022
    9:36 am
It should be a joint decision- surely there are other names they can both agree on? My hubby and I didn’t use either of our favourite names because we couldn’t agree so we found something else we both liked and it suits her perfectly.

- - mom485263 said
  - 21 Apr 2022
    1:14 pm
I am not a fan of the names but Jeb isn’t all that bad but it seems to be this or that, no compromise anywhere.

- - mom109199 said
  - 21 Apr 2022
    12:45 pm
Ha. No way. I would not agree to something like that in a million years.

- - rovermum said
  - 21 Apr 2022
    9:12 am
No way. Where does he get off thinking there is no consultation but that he gets to name the children his wife is carrying. Red Flag. He could perhaps have them as middle names, but he doesn’t get to railroad her and give her no input into the names of their children.

- - Mumofboys said
  - 21 Apr 2022
    7:56 am
If he’s so set on having them as their names, make it a middle name. It’s hard when having babies to name them for life

- - mom101628 said
  - 21 Apr 2022
    12:28 am
Think I would go for the divorce option if I was that strongly against the names.

- - Mumof3boyos said
  - 20 Apr 2022
    9:53 pm
It would be a firm no from me.

- - alyise_ said
  - 20 Apr 2022
    7:25 pm
Hmmmm, very unique names
I’ve never played Minecraft but hey it kind of suits the babies