CP: Are you sharing your name choice before baby arrives?

Cara1024

I've gone back and forth on this issue and simply can't decide. At first I thought for sure we'd wait until LO arrives to announce the name, but now that we've decided and know its a girl, I'm DYING to tell everyone I see. So what are you doing?

rowanthefrog

We aren't telling until baby arrives but that's because we are naming him after my dad and I want to tell my dad when he comes to meet him after he's born. We've told our names in the past but this one I'm holding out for that special moment.

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jessicacss

I am actually jealous of women who know the name the second they find out the sex.  Last time, we didn't pick Chloe until the very end, and the options out there beforehand were way off (Jada Rose Madison, Miracle Ruth, etc).  I am super happy with her name, and I hope that once we find out this Sunday, we will be able to buckle down and make our short lists, and come up with the name.

apickett925

Everyone knows our boy name because it's after my H's best childhood friend that passed from Leukemia in their early 20's.  I was trying to keep the girl name quiet, but H slipped once, in front of a lot of people, with the first name.  I refuse to give up the middle name, and EVERYONE has suggestions.  So freakin annoying!!

HeartOverMind

I chose SS, because I have told immediate family and close friends, but have no intention to share on here or FB. I don't want my baby's name to be stolen! hehehe  /:)

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Mamamelee

I'm not really sure which group I fall in. I had a boy name for sure and told people. They didn't love it like I did and I got some negative feedback.

Turns out baby is a girl! I am not sure if we will share our name choice because of the negative feedback we got early on with our boy name.

Galaxy8227

We decided on the name a few weeks ago and have told people.  I'm horrible at keeping secrets so there was no way I would be able to keep it in. 

wedbliss5

We didn't tell with DD, but I'm not as concerned this time.  Plus, DH is still coming around to the name I love.

MrsGraham06

I voted SS. I've told some people in our chat room, but we won't tell anyone we know IRL until the baby is here.

We're still working on middle names, anyway.

mrsjenni

Once we know what we're naming her, yes we will share with anyone that asks.  I don't really get the whole "keeping the name a secret" thing. But whatever. 

LimeDrops

We've decided and are telling people as it comes up in conversation. I'm not afraid to hear people's opinions because they don't affect the choice anyway, so there's no reason to wait or be secretive. With dd we went into the a/s with finalized choices and I loved knowing what to call her during that whole second half of the pregnancy. With DS we waited until the very end to decide and I hated it so much. I sometimes still slip up and call him the other names we were considering. So this time we knew we wanted to do it the first way, again.

jldubb0626

People know. It's on FB, my FB groups and in my siggy. I really don't care if someone likes it or not so I see no reason in keeping it private.

fredtheredhead2

We shared the name as soon as we found out she's a girl. MIL kept trying to talk us into what she preferred (she is the only person that hasn't liked the name) until DH told her the name was decided, end of discussion.

LittleMommaBlueHen

Since we are team green we've told people our choices for each sex. 

ScarlettDahlia

I've been discussing names with my sisters and we've been getting suggestions from a wide variety of people. 

I have two favorite names, which I've shared. We won't share the middle name or a final decision (if we can make one before LO arrives). I have a feeling we'll just have a list of names that we like and pick one after he's born. 

MarkandAbbi

We *"luckily* were able to pick names (both boy and girl) with ease. We found out its a girl and have shared if someone asks but won't be "officially" sharing her name until she is born. But we aren't keeping it a secret either.

FSUNole31

I have been telling my close friends and family the name I love in hopes that with them saying it as well DH will really come around to loving it.  He likes it, but he is afraid it is too masculine sounding right now.  Once we know for sure though, I have no problems telling.

km_md

We haven't really decided. I've shared our top names with my family because we had talked about baby names long before I got pregnant, but nobody else really knows and we haven't got names completely decided on yet anyway.

twobluelines

I voted telling no one, even though it is now in my siggy, because we aren't sharing in real life.  But you folks aren't real. 

sugarland726

I prefer to announce it all at once, after the birth.

LexGator

We have told family and tell friends who happen to ask. We won't be sharing it on Facebook or making some grand announcement until he's born, though I'm sure by that point everyone we're close with will know. Neither of us can keep a secret, and I'd rather share than have to listen to everyone's opinions on what I should name my child (which I had to do until we settled on a name for DD).

KimberlyTX

We've told family and some friends, but we have not put it out on our FB pages yet. We didn't keep DD's name a secret, either. We didn't tell anyone before DH and I had decided on the name, though, so it wasn't presented as something up for discussion and no one has said anything other than they like the name.

mommabird77

We will have a couple names that people will know about, but we won't officially decide a name until baby is born.  I need to see the baby first before making a final decision.

Caitlinm123

We haven't picked a name yet and I told everyone already that they have to wait for the surprise but I don't think I will be able not to say anything lol i'm guessing our family will find out before LO is born.

Armyratt

We have not decided yet.

WinsyWade

We have a boy's name and have told everyone.

The girl name is so up in the air that if this is a she, she will probably be named at the hospital.

We find out the sex of the baby tomorrow...

moosebaby2011

Maybe. I don't think it's a big secret, and I'm not worried about anyone "stealing" our names. It's more that I'm not really interested in anyone else's opinions having any influence on our name choices, so a surefire way to avoid that is to simply not tell anyone! The other issue is that I'm a little indecisive about these things. With DS we had our names picked out well in advance, and then 3 days before he was born we changed our minds on his MN.

ashleywiz

We've discussed the names we like- but the only thing that we know for sure is what the middle name will be-- the rest will be officially decided once the baby arrives. We just haven't really told many people what our #1 pick for each is (because it could change when the munchkin appears, anyway) 

Jmattis

We told people and I wish we didn't. We got funny looks and comments from our parents and DH friends. My friends all like the name, but its hard to hear when someone says they don't bc obviously we thought long and hard over this. Next time I won't tell until be baby is born and then the parents can be happy they are getting a grandchild! P.s. we picked Oliver with a nickname of Ollie.

purplepenguin2011

I guess we are mainly keeping it a secret b/c i'm so indecisive.  We are team green and i just can't get it together.  we will pick a name and then a few weeks later i'll change my mind.  by keeping it a secret, i guess it's a way for me to keep changing my mind...whether that's good or bad.

ashleywiz

Jmattis said:

We told people and I wish we didn't. We got funny looks and comments from our parents and DH friends. My friends all like the name, but its hard to hear when someone says they don't bc obviously we thought long and hard over this. Next time I won't tell until be baby is born and then the parents can be happy they are getting a grandchild! P.s. we picked Oliver with a nickname of Ollie.

My favorite boyfriend (aside from DH, of course) was Oliver- and he did Olie with just one L, but its an adorable little boy name and great grown up man name   I'm not sure why people get all nuts about whether they like a name or not...we meet people every day and you may hate one Julie you meet but adore the next, so its more the person than the name, anyway! 

Jmattis

ashleywiz said:

Jmattis said:

We told people and I wish we didn't. We got funny looks and comments from our parents and DH friends. My friends all like the name, but its hard to hear when someone says they don't bc obviously we thought long and hard over this. Next time I won't tell until be baby is born and then the parents can be happy they are getting a grandchild! P.s. we picked Oliver with a nickname of Ollie.

My favorite boyfriend (aside from DH, of course) was Oliver- and he did Olie with just one L, but its an adorable little boy name and great grown up man name   I'm not sure why people get all nuts about whether they like a name or not...we meet people every day and you may hate one Julie you meet but adore the next, so its more the person than the name, anyway! 

 

I know! My MIL acts like she will be yelling the name day in and day out for the next 18 years and its her child LOL. I think its such a cute name and like you said, good for when he is an adult as well

dland0201

We picked both a boy and girl name before we knew the sex and announced that to family then. Once we knew it was a boy we told everyone his name and continue to tell anyone who asks.

ashleywiz

jldubb0626 said:

People know. It's on FB, my FB groups and in my siggy. I really don't care if someone likes it or not so I see no reason in keeping it private.

How have I not noticed your name on the siggy! Logan is one of our choices for boy, too! Though I'm obsessed with Gabriel -buuttt I do like both.

ang.ela23

We have told close family & friends (and the BUMP haha) but I am not putting it on FB or anything until after he arrives

Firefly9

We won't pick a name until the baby arrives. Last time, we narrowed it down to three names (we shared if people asked those) but didn't pick until we met him. We will do that again.

nancyvi

Well, as you can see from my siggy, we have a name and are not afraid to share it (with virtual strangers, and anyone IRL who asks)! I've loved that name since I was a child myself and DH likes it a lot too. So far no negative feedback. Yay!! Not that it would change our choice.

sugarland726

Jmattis said:

We told people and I wish we didn't. We got funny looks and comments from our parents and DH friends. My friends all like the name, but its hard to hear when someone says they don't bc obviously we thought long and hard over this. Next time I won't tell until be baby is born and then the parents can be happy they are getting a grandchild! P.s. we picked Oliver with a nickname of Ollie.

That sucks that people are like that. I adore Oliver. It's not my H's style, and I have a cousin named Oliver, so we won't be using it. But it's a great name!

lynnl81

We won't be sharing the baby's name until after he is born.

Reason being:

1- We had 2 names picked out for our first son and after he was born, we chose a completly different name.  (the same thing may happen this time around) - however we did not share names before when our first son was born (we were team Green for his birth)

2- I don't want to spend the next 4 months listening to peoples opinions on my future son's name.  I don't have the patience to smile and nod while people try to explain to me why "this name would be better", etc. 

angiek1

We'll keep her name a secret until birth.  We changed DD's name two weeks before my due date last time so we were really happy that we kept it a secret. I would have a ton of stuff with the wrong name on it had we shared!

MissSusieQ

We can't seem to currently agree on a name. I had thrown one on the table and he loved it then I realized how popular it was and found out a former coworker named her kiddo the same thing (first and middle), and it really made me not love it even more. We might have it narrowed to two by the time she is born.