What do people think of the name you have picked out?

adawn1981

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If you have a name picked out and you are telling, what do people say?  We are naming our daughter Hadley.  We have only told family and you ladies because I don't want anymore shitty comments about the name.  We mostly get "Oh, that sounds ok.  I have never heard it before" "You mean Hallie, right?", or my favorite from my otherwise lovely MIL - it was a silent I am going to throw up over this name face.  Oh well, our kid, our choice.. but curious as to what people say about the names you have picked out.

BootsOrHearts

We're not telling anyone until he's born because I don't want people's crappy opinions :-)

Tigger & pooh

Nope don't tell anyone.

Crgardner957

We are naming LO Siler. A lot of people hate it! They didn't like Dalton with my first or Vada with my second either.. But guess what? They can suck my big toe!! Me and DH are on the birth certificate not them!! We get all the time that are kids names are too 'hick' for them. Lol

frankierokx

Not telling anyone as I don't need nor want anyone else's opinion, this is for me and DH to enjoy.

Itsally1011

Everyone we know that we've told has loved it!  

Don't post it over in the 'Baby Names' forum.  They are dream crushers over there haha!  However, I do have to give them credit.  We originally wanted to name her Lana.  A poster over there informed me that it spells anal backwards.  So Lana was out!

MissyC979

We're waiting to tell people. However, DS knows and he likes to announce it. So far, he says it so fast that most people don't really get it. My Mom heard the name from him and she says she likes it.

northport6

Not telling.

jamrosj

We don't have a name but we have ideas. I told my mom I like Asher and she said that kids will call him Asser?!? I think even if we agree on a name we're not sharing until he's born.  

sleepymonkey

We have not definitively chosen a name but we have gotten nothing but positive feedback from our current top choice, which is Julia. I think if we were choosing a less classic name, we would keep it to ourselves to avoid negative comments. I don't need anyone else making me second guess any decisions.

lisab613

BootsOrHearts said:

We're not telling anyone until he's born because I don't want people's crappy opinions :-)

same here! our immediate family only knows the name.

blainethetrain

We always preface telling our choice by saying it's a family name (which it is.) This encourages people to keep their asshole opinions to themselves.

kittyh8r

We're not telling anyone. We haven't pinned down a for sure name yet. We're between Charlotte, Maggie, and Molly. We don't anyone's input or opinions. Apparently I am awful for not spilling the names. Whatevs. I have a feeling we would get a lot of crap for the name Maggie, but if we chose that name when she is born, how could anyone give us crap while looking at a squishy chubby cheeked baby named Maggie? No one would. That's why we wait.

mavgirl_73

Yup. We told everyone with our first Brynn, we waited to tell everyone with our second Elliot (girl) just because and we've told everyone with our 3rd Nola. We've gotten yays and nays on all of them. DH and I don't care if people like them or not.

machanby

We chose Logan. Most responses have been positive. We do get a couple of wolverine comments, but just ignore them. We would maybe not tell ppl but we are terrible at keeping secrets around our family.

MissJenna2011

My #1 pick so far is not an ordinary name but I like it & so does my husband so oh well to everyone else! My MIL says "it grows on you" and then preceded to read me a list of names she and my FIL came up w. on a road trip... My mom "likes it" yet emails me name suggestions every few days... my MIL opened her mouth at a community event about the name and told me peoples reaction was "ohhh" with an unsavory facial expression, but not to worry as she told them it grows on you...

Don't ask the Baby Name Board though! Shark week ain't over there!!

edenkeever

People usually think its an odd name until we explain that it's a family name and then they usually say they love it, in that case. (Loyal is the name...for a boy)

lilypienmessimy

I posted it on here once but I'm saving it for us. My siblings and parents know but not DHs or anyone else. It's from my ethnicity so they are different, I could care less what people think. We think they are beautiful, so I don't care what anyone else says or want people's opinions.

lba0614

Our baby boy's name will be Jack. Pretty normal name right?

Well my FIL doesn't think so. He said "that's kind of old fashioned, isn't it?" when we first told him. Then my DH told him that it was actually still pretty popular, but that doesn't matter anyway because we are naming the baby after my dad. You would think that knowing the name has a family significance would make him not say negative things out loud, but the next time we mentioned it again FIL giggled and said "that's just such a strange name!". I really don't get him.

Everyone else we have told seems to like the name Jack just fine. 

natleilynn

Our families don't like Sadie for a girl but everyone else does. I don't think anyone is thrilled with our boy name, Carson, either. But oh well. It's our child, not theirs.

2010weddinggal

My dh picked out the name, too commemorate his grandparent's at first I did not like the name but now I really love the name. The babys name is going to be Joseph Francis not going to reveal the last name after all this is the internet lol.

lilypienmessimy

natleilynn said:

Our families don't like Sadie for a girl but everyone else does. I don't think anyone is thrilled with our boy name, Carson, either. But oh well. It's our child, not theirs.

Just want you to know, I absolutely LOVE both of your names! Beautiful!

SarahF20

My inlaws don't really care for our name, Olive Jeanette, but I don't care. They keep joking with me that they will call her Ollie or Livvy, and I keep telling them that her name is Olive, and that's what they will use.

FIL's name is Terrance Richard, he goes by Terry, so I have just resorted to telling them that if they want to call her Ollie or Livvy, she will call him Grandpa Dick. That normally shuts them up.

Red_Dahlia

With DD we got, "Oh, is that a family name?" which I took to mean as 'Oh wow, that sounds like an old lady name. Must be after a grandmother or something." and it didn't bother me one bit. I have very good friends who selected names I REALLY don't care for, so I figure so what if some people don't care for mine. With this LO - the name we picked is pretty plain, so I don't expect much a reaction either way. 

One of my very best friends in the whole world is named Hadley. I love it.

babycrazy10

So far we have had a good response. My last name can also serve as a boys name, so people really like that we used it as a middle name. I was ready to tell people to shove it if I got any comments though. Everyone should pick a name that they like and other people need to respect it. I could never imagine telling someone I didn't like a name they had picked out if they had already settled on it.

MamaHanna

Our parents don't like tha name but everyone else loves it. My mom says it's too boreing but she loves crazy names. She named my brother and I "normal names" (Joseph and Kaitlyn) and she regrets not making them more interesting ...sorry ma, my kid not yours!

My husbands mother thinks that if the name is not from the bible it's a shitty name. Last time I checked there are not Josie's in the bible so she hates it. She even said it was to hard for her and FIL to pronounce with thier accent. Yeah well we are nameing her after HD's cousin who died right around the time I found out I was pg and I heard them both say her name plenty of times and it sounded fine.

 

amberpro

We've had positive responses so far. With DS, we got asked if it was a family name quite a bit, but nothing outwardly negative.

FWIW, I have a good friend with a Hadley. I think it's cute.

TheSloppySwish

We were open about telling when I was pregnant with DD that we were naming her Evangeline. Most people said they liked it; the biggest asshole comment came from my own mother, who immediately replied "She's going to hate you when she has to learn to spell that."

This time around we're not telling.

nicholssquared

MIL ruined my first girl name (luckily DS1 was a boy, or I think I would have heard about it forever). Since then, not spilling. I get lots of "Oh, you're so difficult," comments. O rly? It's your own fault I'm not sharing. If you wanted to know you could have kept your tacky-ass mouth shut. But you didn't, so get a pair and STFU.

But, seriously, even if I was telling people the names I'm a lot more mature now then I was when I was carrying DS1, so I think I would still be like, "Oh, you hate it. Good to know. Also, IDGAF."

mplesset23

I learned from my sister NEVER to tell people the name.  Everyone has an opinion about names...they hate it, they love it, they knew a jerk once with the name, blah blah blah.  With out first we didn't' tell anyone until he was born.  We are doing the same this time around.

grannyweatherwax

I just found out the sex an hour ago, but I'm not telling any irl people my name because I don't want to deal with all of the above stuff. People can suck it!

Supergirl2013

Love the name.

esf60

We haven't told anyone except our dog, and she's a big, big fan.

jamrosj

nicholssquared said:

MIL ruined my first girl name (luckily DS1 was a boy, or I think I would have heard about it forever). Since then, not spilling. I get lots of "Oh, you're so difficult," comments. O rly? It's your own fault I'm not sharing. If you wanted to know you could have kept your tacky-ass mouth shut. But you didn't, so get a pair and STFU.

But, seriously, even if I was telling people the names I'm a lot more mature now then I was when I was carrying DS1, so I think I would still be like, "Oh, you hate it. Good to know. Also, IDGAF."

How did she ruin a name for you?

SoMoNY

We have A LOT of teacher friends and learned the hard way not to share names.

With son #2 we just say we are still thinking it over.  No way in hell I share the name in advance with any of them.

nicholssquared

jamrosj said:

nicholssquared said:

MIL ruined my first girl name (luckily DS1 was a boy, or I think I would have heard about it forever). Since then, not spilling. I get lots of "Oh, you're so difficult," comments. O rly? It's your own fault I'm not sharing. If you wanted to know you could have kept your tacky-ass mouth shut. But you didn't, so get a pair and STFU.

But, seriously, even if I was telling people the names I'm a lot more mature now then I was when I was carrying DS1, so I think I would still be like, "Oh, you hate it. Good to know. Also, IDGAF."

How did she ruin a name for you?

She kept mum about it until I was overdue and then called DH and had a three-hour long rage fest with him (I could hear) about how it was an awful name, she had never heard it before and therefore it must be made up, and how she could never forgive us for burdening a child with that name. DH was rational and made calm, logical rebuttals (he even consulted the SSA name list for statistics, etc), but it wasn't working on the BSC. When I started crying, he basically said that she could GTF over it and that we were naming our child that (if it was a girl) and buh-bye now.

The name was Ophelia. I swear I would have used it on DS1 if he was a girl out of sheer spite. Honestly, I may use it still, but I don't know if it's worth the BSC fallout we would get yet. Still weighing my options.

Mrbatesisinnocent

Everyone loves our name. The only people I haven't told are you broads! Gotta keep a secret from someone right? I can't wait until she's born!

jmb527

I haven't encountered this yet as I cannot decide on a name. When I tell people names we vetoed they are all like, "Oh why, those are good names". No. People also seem alarmed that we don't know yet, WTF, I'm only 22 weeks, we've got plenty of time folks!

I honestly think we will decide after LO is born. I am so indifferent about names right now which is so different from my last pregnancy.

I keep waiting to get "that feeling" that we've got the perfect name but I haven't yet.

SoMoNY

I really liked the name Caleb for son 31 till EVERY family member said something to the effect of us not being Jewish.  One even said "what a god awful name".

Thanks all  :-(

TheSloppySwish

nicholssquared said:

jamrosj said:

nicholssquared said:

MIL ruined my first girl name (luckily DS1 was a boy, or I think I would have heard about it forever). Since then, not spilling. I get lots of "Oh, you're so difficult," comments. O rly? It's your own fault I'm not sharing. If you wanted to know you could have kept your tacky-ass mouth shut. But you didn't, so get a pair and STFU.

But, seriously, even if I was telling people the names I'm a lot more mature now then I was when I was carrying DS1, so I think I would still be like, "Oh, you hate it. Good to know. Also, IDGAF."

How did she ruin a name for you?

She kept mum about it until I was overdue and then called DH and had a three-hour long rage fest with him (I could hear) about how it was an awful name, she had never heard it before and therefore it must be made up, and how she could never forgive us for burdening a child with that name. DH was rational and made calm, logical rebuttals (he even consulted the SSA name list for statistics, etc), but it wasn't working on the BSC. When I started crying, he basically said that she could GTF over it and that we were naming our child that (if it was a girl) and buh-bye now.

The name was Ophelia. I swear I would have used it on DS1 if he was a girl out of sheer spite. Honestly, I may use it still, but I don't know if it's worth the BSC fallout we would get yet. Still weighing my options.

SHUT UP. I would not have been able to stop myself from saying "You know who made it up? Fucking Shakespeare! Read a book you idiot."

nicholssquared

TheSloppySwish said:

nicholssquared said:

jamrosj said:

nicholssquared said:

MIL ruined my first girl name (luckily DS1 was a boy, or I think I would have heard about it forever). Since then, not spilling. I get lots of "Oh, you're so difficult," comments. O rly? It's your own fault I'm not sharing. If you wanted to know you could have kept your tacky-ass mouth shut. But you didn't, so get a pair and STFU.

But, seriously, even if I was telling people the names I'm a lot more mature now then I was when I was carrying DS1, so I think I would still be like, "Oh, you hate it. Good to know. Also, IDGAF."

How did she ruin a name for you?

She kept mum about it until I was overdue and then called DH and had a three-hour long rage fest with him (I could hear) about how it was an awful name, she had never heard it before and therefore it must be made up, and how she could never forgive us for burdening a child with that name. DH was rational and made calm, logical rebuttals (he even consulted the SSA name list for statistics, etc), but it wasn't working on the BSC. When I started crying, he basically said that she could GTF over it and that we were naming our child that (if it was a girl) and buh-bye now.

The name was Ophelia. I swear I would have used it on DS1 if he was a girl out of sheer spite. Honestly, I may use it still, but I don't know if it's worth the BSC fallout we would get yet. Still weighing my options.

SHUT UP. I would not have been able to stop myself from saying "You know who made it up? Fucking Shakespeare! Read a book you idiot."

I speak the truth. Yeah, I had that thought, too, along with several other choice opinions of her.