We just settled on our boy name and it was a struggle! We had a girl name set in stone since our last son, and it will never be used now since were having another boy:) I kind of think my husband is still on the fence about the name but it was literally the only option we could both agree on and loved... However it is his best friends name so I think it will take some getting used to, calling our baby by that name as well.
I could have written this, only we're struggling with girl names. I am a huge name nerd and I can't commit to anything. Care to share your favorite girl names for inspiration, frecklesinside?
Top choice was Philippa, nn Pippa, back ups were Matilda (Tillie), Veda and Olive.
My team lead's name is Philippa and I had never heard of it until I started working with her. I love the nn Pippa!
Post by bnizzlebizzle on Jan 28, 2015 8:02:43 GMT -5
My husband and I decided on names (we're team green) about a month ago. I stupidly answered my Mom's and my co-worker's question about what names we were considering and they both said they liked another name other than the one we decided on for the boy name. I gave another option to my husband for a boy and he gave another option to me for a boy as well and we both hate each other's options. So I think we're sticking with the original which is still great.
The girl name I am less wishy-washy about but I had doubts after hearing some dippy reality star picked it for her kid. I think I'm OK with that, though. And don't worry, it's not Reign.
We had a girl's name picked from the get-go (a family name). We discussed (read: argued about) boy names once we found out we were having a little guy and DH agreed to my favorite even though it is not his favorite. I'm glad to say it's grown on him and he seems happy with it now, plus he got to pick the middle name with zero input from me. He chose his grandmother's maiden name, which I think is lovely. Asa Frederick it is!
We have the middle name set but are still undecided between two first names. One of the names we both like. The other name is my favorite but I could honestly go either way. DH has said that he'll leave it up to me to decide, which puts more pressure on me but I think we're going to wait until she's here to see how we feel.
I haven't told him that I did a poll on BNB a month or so ago and my favorite name was the winner.
DS1s name was easy- set in stone (family name). This one- still nothing. I did a name poll a couple of months ago and Henry and Oliver were top runners. Now we have Milo in the mix. Does anyone have a favorite of those 3? Thoughts on Milo? It has a cool meaning and is a pretty old name.
I adore Henry. It was high on my list before we decided on our boy's name. I also really like Milo, although for some reason I always think about the character from that old Adult Swim cartoon the Oblongs, lol. They're all good, solid, names though. You won't go wrong with any of them.
My husband is JUST mature enough that Milo being a character on Adult Swim might actually seal the deal. Ha!
Things were pretty heated when we were naming DS -- both of our families have pretty solid naming traditions (on my side, basically every boy has "james" as either a first or middle name, and on dh's, the new g-pa's name is the middle name). I thought it would be confusing to have James as a f/n since there are so many already, and I really didn't like Lawrence for a first name… We were just going to do 2 middles and own the fact that, with our longish last name it sounded totally pretentious, and then I had a 35+ week pregnancy crisis over monograms (which is totally not my style - I'm not sure I own anything monogrammed), because how the hell would you choose which m/n to kick out of the monogram?? <cue pregnant hysteria> We settled on James Lawrence and call him Jack, which is becoming a little tedious now that he's in school and I have to write "James ("Jack")" on every motherfucking form.
Now, though, there aren't the staunch naming traditions with a girl. We're going for Anne as a middle name (my mom's middle name, and dh's mom's is anna), but last initial is P, so there are a whole slew of names we can't choose because the first initial would make an awkward word. (e.g., I love paige, but turns out I can't name a little girl PAP.) And again with the monogram: we really like a couple of C names, but i'm getting a little hung up on a monogram of CPA. Which is dumb. I really like Clara, which DH feels is too many names trying to be one (which is dumb, it's its own fucking name); he likes Cara, but I would want to go with the italian pronunciation (we lived in IT for a couple years, and it would make me twitchy to see it and not pronounce it that way), and I don't really want to be correcting people's pronunciation for-ev-er. I also like Violet Anne, but it's what some celebrity just named their kid. (Afflecks??) Also, Scarlett. Yeah. I have no clue. We're both getting more opinionated about the ones that we like, though, so it should be interesting…. :/
On a side note, DS thinks we should name the baby "Gack," which is how he pronounces his name. Kind of adorable.
Post by lionelbtchy on Jan 28, 2015 9:50:55 GMT -5
We've had our name picked out for a while, but I'm still a little shy telling people. It just feels a little weird saying it out loud. For whatever reason I just want to wait until she's here to use it.
We picked our name last weekend- 95% sure we will go with it and have started referring to him by his new name to make sure we like it "in use." I'm still having trouble committing, but the name checks all the boxes of each of our criteria. I am an over analyzer so I keep second guessing though.
I am going to keep telling people we are still deciding. I just don't want to deal with people's opinions
I had a name I loved forever. Since before I met my husband 13 years ago. A few years ago, I mentioned it, should we ever have a kid. He vetoed it. Hated it. Said no, never, absolutely not. So, a GP name it became. When I got pregnant, we made a short list. I left my dream name off, since he hated it, but we couldn't agree on anything at all. Our styles were too different. Randomly, one day, he said "What about (my favorite name ever)?" I told him I thought he hated it. He responded with "Now I don't. And I think it's his name." So there you go.
I had THE name if we ever had a girl (my great grandmother's name)... and as soon as we found out we were pregnant, I was like, nah... we'll use that as a middle name if it's a girl. So, that's what we're doing. I love the first name we picked, but dislike that it's grown in popularity as of late. Oh well, we like it and we're sticking with it. We never found a single boy name that we liked, at all. Lucky us we're having a girl; though I still have dreams that LO comes out male.
SS- My H chose Connor's name after we went for the anatomy scan. I was set on Jaxon (GASP!!!! I know, I know) way before I even met my H and of course, I joined TB. BTW- We have a close family friend whom is my age (30) with the name Jaxon, and that's where I got the idea, not some trendy fad. ANYWAYS.... when we found out it was a boy, my H said he had a strong feeling that Jaxon was not right and just started calling him Connor and here we are. It was on our short list though, so I am happy with it.
We had a girl name figured out (family name), but DH and I did not agree on boy names. We found out that LO is a girl, so that made things easier. We would probably still be deciding if LO was a boy.
We had our girl named picked forever. Shortly after we started dating hb said if we ever have a girl I want to name her EM. So we went with it. We had a hard time figuring out a boy name but we didn't need it so we are ready for the next baby.
Post by pearsforpoops on Jan 28, 2015 12:36:03 GMT -5
I picked the first option about the fetus business but that's exaggerating. We do have the name picked, though. First and middle. We've had middle much longer than first actually because family name.
And we picked the name outside of a bar. And he's not named after whiskey. Both of which apply to our first kid.
It felt like it took forever for us to finally agree on a girl's name. I DESPERATELY wanted to name her Josephina or Domenica, which are family names. However, MH's name is the most Polish thing I've ever heard. And we HAD to use Anne as a middle name, because it was his mother's middle name. Fine. So MH and I agreed, no ethnic names that don't flow well with the last name/middle name combo.
Well, we finally decided on a first name. It begins with a "K" our last name begins with a "K". Can I even begin to tell you how many times people have said to me "Hey, make sure you don't give her a K middle name"? HAHAHA. That's hilarious. I've been in a coma for the last 150 years, thanks so much for the advice.
Post by maddisonrose on Jan 28, 2015 13:26:54 GMT -5
We are team green so I chose number one based on if we have a girl I have always known that her name would be Rosalie, and thankfully my fiance agreed with me right away. On the other hand if we have a boy we are in trouble. We just cannot seem to agree on a name for a little boy but have a few maybe options that could work
This has been legit painful for us! I'm a huge name nerd but am having the worst time with boy's names. We had a fantastic list of like 10 girl's names and had a top choice we LOVED. Boy names? We have a list...but NONE of them feel right. We have a top two and neither of them feel perfect. It's so weird. I've poured over this list one million times in addition to other resources on naming that I've come across over the years. Nothing seems *right*.
This is us exactly. I finally told H last night that I don't want to "commit" to a name until we meet our little guy.
This has been legit painful for us! I'm a huge name nerd but am having the worst time with boy's names. We had a fantastic list of like 10 girl's names and had a top choice we LOVED. Boy names? We have a list...but NONE of them feel right. We have a top two and neither of them feel perfect. It's so weird. I've poured over this list one million times in addition to other resources on naming that I've come across over the years. Nothing seems *right*.
This is us exactly. I finally told H last night that I don't want to "commit" to a name until we meet our little guy.
Same here. Long list of girl names, and nada for boy names. I felt like we'd looked at every name in the known universe and nothing sounded right. We finally settled on something, but I still get a fear of commitment every now and then.
We have agonized over this probably more than any other decision when it comes to this baby, besides maybe the whole circumcision conundrum... We have a long list with a fairly distinct top 5 or so, but my favourite is quite different and apparently quite flame-worthy, according to some of the feedback we've received. DS will also have two middle names b/c both DH and I do, both of which are family names and one of which is not exactly a crowd favourite either. In fact, the family member who had it went by his middle name because he himself was not a fan. I love the name all put together, but I'm pretty sure if I posted it on a BNB, I'd be accused of child abuse. So I'm trying to decide whether to stick to my guns or listen to the masses. I've always marched to the beat of my own drum, but I also care *WAY* too much what other people think (thus the dilemma). Decision day is not going to be easy!
I had a name, then my sister had a kid and took the name. Then I picked Zoe, and everyone named their kid Zoe and my niece's guardian threw out my niece's dog named Zoey--who now resides with us.
So my DH and I were wrestling with names both hating most of our opposing choices. We considered Zelda, he wanted Samus, I liked Siobahn, and then he threw out Oswin (Dr Who reference) and after looking it up and thinking about it a ton, and playing with it, we settled on that. If we ever try for a second and get a girl we've settled on Zelda though I believe and Kieren for a boy.
I had a name, then my sister had a kid and took the name. Then I picked Zoe, and everyone named their kid Zoe and my niece's guardian threw out my niece's dog named Zoey--who now resides with us.
So my DH and I were wrestling with names both hating most of our opposing choices. We considered Zelda, he wanted Samus, I liked Siobahn, and then he threw out Oswin (Dr Who reference) and after looking it up and thinking about it a ton, and playing with it, we settled on that. If we ever try for a second and get a girl we've settled on Zelda though I believe and Kieren for a boy.
Clara and Amelia were both on our list, solely because of Dr. Who!
Post by coleybug13 on Jan 28, 2015 19:26:26 GMT -5
Though I can't see the poll I can tell were talking about names here (I know I know, I catch on fast ) SO and I picked names fairly early on and had a boys name picked and set but had a difficult time picking one for a girl. Sure enough it's a girl but we picked a first name we both loved and have stuck to it since. Mn was difficult so we let DS choose (which I think he did a pretty good job) so she's set! My grandma wants her nn to be "lu-lu" don't know why? Its not even close to her name but I love my grandma so she can call her lu-lu if that's what makes her happy
Post by happymamax2 on Jan 28, 2015 21:01:03 GMT -5
I picked "afraid of commitment" although I've had the name for a boy picked out before I peed on a stick.
We were going to go with David Ezekiel, David after my h but I think it would be better for us to go with Ezekiel as a fn instead since if he was DE we would refer to him as Ezekiel anyways. My h is not a fan of the name, but its growing on him. Now he says he wants to give him a speshul snowflayke middle name. I'm not really on board but we'll see. Ezekiel will be in his name regardless and I'm hoping it's his FN.
We do have a girl name picked out in case the ultrasounds were wrong. We really like Rosalyn (Rosie).
I picked "afraid of commitment" although I've had the name for a boy picked out before I peed on a stick.
We were going to go with David Ezekiel, David after my h but I think it would be better for us to go with Ezekiel as a fn instead since if he was DE we would refer to him as Ezekiel anyways. My h is not a fan of the name, but its growing on him. Now he says he wants to give him a speshul snowflayke middle name. I'm not really on board but we'll see. Ezekiel will be in his name regardless and I'm hoping it's his FN.
We do have a girl name picked out in case the ultrasounds were wrong. We really like Rosalyn (Rosie).
I love Ezekiel. That was on my list but DH shot it down, it didn't want anything to archaic sounding. I mostly wanted other Z options. Z is such a great letter lol.
I've had my girl name, Molly, picked out since before I was with DH. It was my dad's nickname for me when I was young and I miss it so much. I also have always loved that name. He passed away about 8 years ago so it makes me feel like its a tribute to him....even though its kind of after me. The boy name we had always joked about because DH had said he wanted the baby boy to be named after him. He was hesitant to really commit to the name because he felt it was narcissistic but he's much more comfortable with it now. I was always fine with it as long as he's not called Junior. I've had the nickname Bear picked out for him since the start of the pregnancy.
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