Commiting to a name.

[CTri17]

We are pretty set on Piper, dh and I have been calling her that in private , we wont share until she is born in case we change our mind

[smontz]

We've had a girl name picked out for a while. When I first got pregnant, DH looked at me one night and said "I kind of hope it's a girl because I really want to use the name Olivia." That comment just melted my heart and the name stuck. We also had always planned on using my grandmother's name, Joyce, as the middle name for a girl, and I'm so glad she gets to be excited and know about that special touch. We had zero ideas for a boy name...if it would have been a boy we probably would have waited until birth to share because we really had no frontrunners!

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Jan 23, 2015 16:51:15 GMT -5 soyboy said:

Jan 23, 2015 16:42:49 GMT -5 @jraeohyeaaa said:

When we found out we were pregnant we just started throwing around names for boy or girl. We had just started watching White Collar and in season 1 Neal Caffrey is in love with a girl named Kate. Then DH says "hey we loved Kate from Lost!" So that ended up being our first name on a list. We added some names and then after finding out she is a girl we added more names lol. But we kept coming back to Kate. We don't agree on many names so we kind of just decided based on that fact.

Right now that's her name. I don't see us both agreeing on something else...so what if she is named after characters from tv shows?

my son is named Sawyer. Its not directly after the character in Lost, but I can't say that didn't influence our decision. I dont know how Sawyer came to me originally, but I can't help but think the show is how that seed got planted in my brain.

I love the name Sawyer! I asked DH if we could name a boy Sawyer if our daughter was Kate and he said no haha. Ironically our #2 girl name is Claire...and we entertained Penny as well. We also love the name Desmond!!! We have problems hahahaha

[soyboy]

Jan 23, 2015 17:00:03 GMT -5 @jraeohyeaaa said:

Jan 23, 2015 16:51:15 GMT -5 soyboy said:

my son is named Sawyer. Its not directly after the character in Lost, but I can't say that didn't influence our decision. I dont know how Sawyer came to me originally, but I can't help but think the show is how that seed got planted in my brain.

I love the name Sawyer! I asked DH if we could name a boy Sawyer if our daughter was Kate and he said no haha. Ironically our #2 girl name is Claire...and we entertained Penny as well. We also love the name Desmond!!! We have problems hahahaha

DDs middle name will most likely be Claire... I didn't even put two and two together. I'm going to have little Lost children, lol.

[Renarene]

We had zero names before finding out the sex. As soon as we left the ultrasound my husband announced that our sons name is Ryan! Lol. Out of left field. I like it, I picked our daughters name and he pretty much hates any boy name I like so I'm ok with the name. We have not discussed middle names much in the last few weeks so who knows when that will be decided.

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Jan 23, 2015 17:04:52 GMT -5 soyboy said:

Jan 23, 2015 17:00:03 GMT -5 @jraeohyeaaa said:

I love the name Sawyer! I asked DH if we could name a boy Sawyer if our daughter was Kate and he said no haha. Ironically our #2 girl name is Claire...and we entertained Penny as well. We also love the name Desmond!!! We have problems hahahaha

DDs middle name will most likely be Claire... I didn't even put two and two together. I'm going to have little Lost children, lol.

Yep I need to be careful or we will too. I hope by the time we are pregnant with our 2nd we are hooked on a new TV show haha.

[veenie]

With DD we narrow led it down to 3, and decided after she was here. Mostly because we couldn't have more different tastes in names! I was asking if she looked like a Rosalie as they were cleaning her (DH HATED the name.)
We are team green, but will hopefully have 3 names for each to take with us. We are doing better this time because we've agreed on middle names!

We were both blondes as babies, if DD was a blonde (she had a full head of dark hair), she probably wouldn't have been Camille. I think that's what people mean when they pick a name after meeting the baby.

[chicagomomab]

For DD#1 we narrowed it down to 2 names but seriously could not pick until she was born. She was nameless for about 12 hours.

For this little girl, we're pretty set on a name but we won't share with anyone because we got a lot of crap from my family about DD1's name and I expect nothing less for our name choice for DD2.

[mpiemont]

I think if you continue to call the baby Nova, it will stick, and you'll be committed.

It's not necessarily easier to commit to a family name than a "random" name.

[purpleroses]

We seem to be the opposite of the majority of people we know, and definitely most of the people on this board. We don't really pick a name too far in advance and DH won't usually even discuss the options more than a couple of months before my EDD. This is more because of his preferences and comfort level with calling the baby by a name in advance, but honestly, it has worked well for us in terms of having something about each pregnancy that is just between us and kind of a "surprise" until near the end. Plus, when people ask about the name I can honestly say we haven't really talked about it and won't until later in the pregnancy.

With DS, we did pretty much agree on a name a week or so before he was born, but didn't tell anyone and then DH had fun "announcing" the name in the OR (c/s) right after he was born.

[smilesp]

We have a very strong contender for a first name and I've noticed I'm starting to think if him as that name. But we still call him "the baby" or "gummi bear".

[jennadesigns]

We had a girl name picked before I had the MaterniT21 test at 11 weeks. Ella. We agreed on it very early on and I have a rule that I didn't want my children having a name that might have a nickname (so I have an Isaac and a Hannah already). Coming up with a middle name was more difficult, but by 17 weeks or so we'd decided on Kaitlyn for a middle name.

I couldn't come up with one boy name I liked, so I'm glad this ended up being a girl! I agree with the poster who said this feels like one of the biggest decisions you'll ever make. Coming up with a good name seems like a huge responsibility.

[honeylemon]

Both of our kids were named before they were born. This time we have a list of names and will decide at the birth.

[sunshyneshay]

DH and I tossed around a bunch of names from the time we found out I was pregnant. I had said Milo because it was my great grandpas name and DH didn't originally like it. A few weeks later he came across the meaning, "soldier or merciful one" and he decided because of that he loved it. So at approx 14 weeks we were committed to the name Milo for a boy. Scott is a given for a middle name as DH, FIL and my Dad are all Scott.

A few days later we decided on a combo of our grandmas names, Evelyn Rose, for a girl. But a a boy he is so Milo Scott it is. I bought deer antler letters for his name in the nursery a few days ago

[claudizzle]

We've had a short list of names for boys and girls from early on (four for each). We're Team Green so most of the names are still on the table. However, we've been calling the baby "Lil' A.K." - or just AK for short (Lil' Ass-Kicker) - for the entire time so now we are leaning towards names that start with 'A' and middle names starting with 'K' so that we can continue calling him/her "AK" as a nn even after birth. Not set on this though!

Regardless, I doubt we're going to commit to a name before AK arrives, because who knows if the name we choose beforehand will feel suitable when the time comes!

rocksforludo: As a pp said, I like Caleb for the first name as well. Either Louis or Mark as a middle name flow with it, IMO!

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Jan 23, 2015 19:28:02 GMT -5 claudizzle said:

We've had a short list of names for boys and girls from early on (four for each). We're Team Green so most of the names are still on the table. However, we've been calling the baby "Lil' A.K." - or just AK for short (Lil' Ass-Kicker) - for the entire time so now we are leaning towards names that start with 'A' and middle names starting with 'K' so that we can continue calling him/her "AK" as a nn even after birth. Not set on this though!

Regardless, I doubt we're going to commit to a name before AK arrives, because who knows if the name we choose beforehand will feel suitable when the time comes!

rocksforludo: As a pp said, I like Caleb for the first name as well. Either Louis or Mark as a middle name flow with it, IMO!

claudizzle do you watch the walking dead???

[mayflowers]

We've talked about Elias since before I was pregnant but I didn't like it until I was pregnant and thought about it more. I've had commitment issues with it but we have decided it's our name. It's a family name for DH.

[udubbaby]

H saw the name and loved it instantly. It took me about 3 weeks to finally commit to it. I started liking it more once we found a middle to go with it. I think my hesitation was mostly in my family knowing someone with the same name (though I don't know him) and being from a small town where multiples of the same name is more uncommon. I haven't posted it yet because I do have some IRL friends on the boards and it is going to be a surprise for everyone at birth.

[tabH]

We were in love with the name Camila for the longest time - it was on our list for DD. But we started to think about people pronouncing it Camilla instead of Camila so we became uncertain about it. Then right before we found out the baby was a girl we decided on Vivian. And it has been that ever since. The hunt for a middle name continues...

[claudizzle]

@jraeohyeaaa, funny you picked up on that!
Haha, yes H and I are both are big fans of TWD (both the comics and the TV show). I'm aware that Judith's nn is "Little Ass-Kicker", but I didn't take it from there! Or, maybe I did subconsciously, who knows However, it definitely wasn't a conscious decision!

H and I are both martial arts enthusiasts (he teaches/coaches as well as practices while I just practice), so I thought having "Lil' A.K." as a nn for our LO was appropriate The connection to TWD isn't a negative thing for us though!

Edit: Tag fail

[jerseyakl]

We had a short list but really struggled. Names are SO hard, especially now with social media. I feel like all names are ruined or taken which is crazy since I love names.

DH realized after a day of baby shopping that he kept calling the baby Addy in his head. Adelaide was a name I loved but DH did not. Adeline/adelyn were in it too but I did not like that they are made up names and are getting popular. DH now has Adelaide at the top of his list (I win!)

We are testing out Adelaide Christine ( Christine is my grandmothers middle name and she went by Chris. She died the weekend DH and I met). Last name is one syllable. We likely won't tell anyone until she is born. We will see! Knowing me we will change it ten times before birth.

ETA: no joke, as soon as I wrote it, I think we may have just switched to Nora Christine. Dammit, this is so hard!

[hellok2010]

We committed to baby girl's name at about 20 weeks. With our son we knew from almost the beginning what his name would be if he were a boy and had no girl names. This go around my husband refused to discuss names until we knew what we were having. The day we found out he suggested Edith and I suggested Evelyn. After several weeks of thinking/debate we committed to Evelyn with the nn Evie. I'm glad went decided this way because we would have called her Edie, and it hit me how easy that leads to ED, erectile distinction, and I just couldn't do that.

Her middle name was decided a long time ago. It's Louise. Both of my grandmother's middle names were Louise, my husband's grandmother's middle name is Louise, and his great grandmother's middle name was Louise. It's also my middle name. My son's middle name was much harder to decide on. We seriously debated three names, Reed, James, and Armand all family names, I hated one but my husband wouldn't let go of it. Sadly my husband's grandfather passed away just before he was born and we decided to name him Ethan James after him.

[laur1020]

We are still trying to come up with a name. There is one that I love, but DH hasn't agreed to it yet. It's actually really frustrating. Everytime DH suggests a name, I turn it down. He comes up with names such as: Fernando (which is the baby's nickname until we pick something), Alejandro, renaldo, And just today he says "how about christiano?". I think he's kind of kidding, but also serious mostly. We have a German last name and those names just don't fit, nor do I want to name my child any of the above. Lord help me!

[jvega1]

Our girl name would have been Aurora but we're having a boy. We have a list of about 5 names so far but haven't decided for sure. Dh has absolutely no input which is frustrating! I even wrote down the names on a chalk board so he could get used to seeing the names and maybe would like one of them.

[laur1020]

Jan 23, 2015 23:03:40 GMT -5 @lalalady54 said:

Jan 23, 2015 22:38:35 GMT -5 laur1020 said:

We are still trying to come up with a name. There is one that I love, but DH hasn't agreed to it yet. It's actually really frustrating. Everytime DH suggests a name, I turn it down. He comes up with names such as: Fernando (which is the baby's nickname until we pick something), Alejandro, renaldo, And just today he says "how about christiano?". I think he's kind of kidding, but also serious mostly. We have a German last name and those names just don't fit, nor do I want to name my child any of the above. Lord help me!

Does your DH happen to love soccer? All I can think of is Christiano Ronaldo and his amazing abs since your post

Haha! He is a big soccer fan! He also lived in Brazil a few years ago, but he was only there for a few months. I think he thinks he's still there.

[cassietegtmeier]

We can't comit. I like Elijah. Eli for short. DH likes Isaiah, which I don't mind but except there is no nickname. It will probably be a coin toss lol

[laur1020]

Jan 24, 2015 0:02:50 GMT -5 cassietegtmeier said:

We can't comit. I like Elijah. Eli for short. DH likes Isaiah, which I don't mind but except there is no nickname. It will probably be a coin toss lol

I like both of those names. They were both on my short list. In my opinion, you can't go wrong either way!

[j3nnyb3nny]

We had 1 definite girls name picked by 12 weeks but I kept saying to DH this is 100% a boy.
We had also picked 3 boy names but when at 18w we had Bubba confirmed as a boy on the drive home we both looked at each other and said we liked the names but couldn't see ourselves using them.
Now having gone back to the drawing board we have 3 names, Spencer James, Zachary John or Jonathan Ray (that is our current order of preference). All the names have family ties in them so have some sort or meaning.
We are keeping these names a secret from family because when we mentioned other names earlier on (especially from MIL) all we kept getting was 'hmmm... What about...' I don't think they realised that it's not up for discussion.
We also want to wait and see how we feel when he's born. One of them might just stand out.

[animaldoctor]

My DH has been convinced since the beginning that baby is a girl and lo and behold, he seems to have been right. (Got to hear a lovely story from one of my clients the other day whose niece was told she was having a girl, ended up being a boy, whoops! Trying not to forget that there could be a small margin for error with it). Well he got drunk early on, maybe when I was 7 weeks along and declared that her name would be Anna. After the AS, he has been calling her exclusively Anna and I have started to as well, so I think that we are now committed! Unless she has a secret penis, Lol.

Still considering middle names....

[lolasky]

Jan 23, 2015 16:07:10 GMT -5 rocksforludo said:

We committed with DD's name as soon as we found out it was a girl. I had some really strong contenders for girl names this time around but we're having a boy and that threw me for a loop. We have one name that DH really likes but I can't bring myself to commit. If anyone wants to weigh in, I'd be happy to hear thoughts although I don't feel a giant rush to make a decision right now.

Sullivan Mark  - I love the nickname Sully but I can't get myself to 100% with Sullivan. This is DH's pick.
James Mark  - Seems too abrupt to me.
James Louis
Caleb Mark 
Tobias Mark 
Rory Mark  or Rory Louis 

Mark Louis was my dad's name and he passed away when I was 3 - so we're definitely using one of those for the middle name.

I'm with you, not a fan of Sullivan as a first name (but might be because I knew a few Sullivan last names growing up so it seems weird as a first name).

That said, I also agree phonetically that a one-syllable name is too abrupt with your last name.

Because of that, maybe:
Tobias Louis 
Louis Tobias 
Lo.uis Su.llivan [edited by mod]

Just my two cents.

For us: DH and I each have a very meaningful grandparent that we'd each like to honor (my grandmother, his grandfather). Weirdly, they have the same name/variation of the same name (classic female name, not so common as a male name, at least not in America). We're having a boy so we're thinking of putting it in the middle name spot, but I'm worried people will be confused why our son's middle name is a "girl's" name.... DH is along the lines of "I don currrrr." The name would have been the first name if Bean were a girl.