Baby Name Fever?

BananaLettuce

Anyone else have baby NAME fever? I find myself constantly thinking of baby names. I think because I'm going through all this preliminary stuff before we start EA, I'm just in that mindset. I'm hoping we don't have another boy, because he will have no name. My husband and I only had one boy name we both agreed on when we had HC. We have a ton of girl names, but no boy names.

I like Henry, but my H doesn't. (Which makes no sense because it's the name of the main character in the book he's writing!) I don't want his name to be too similar to HC's, but I don't mind them having the same initials, as long as they still have some individuality about their names. I also like the name Miles (H doesn't). Those are the only two I have so far.

We have tons of girl names. H's faves are Hensley and Kate. He also likes Olivia and Madison. I like more quirky names like Emmaline, Isla, and Ruby Mae.

I'm open to opinions, and please share your names!

bumpuser8130818

I also have baby names on the brain 24-7. But our dilemma is that we haven't found a single girl name that we agree on yet. Our second boy name has been picked out forever though.

c-elizabethf

Dd's name is madison

And yes i have baby name fever lol. I thought of two girl names i like this morning claire and leah (lay.ah)

jedimindtrick

Our kid didn't have a name until he was born, so we definitely don't obsess over names here. lol

kcwnc

We're really hoping for a girl so we're trying to use female pronouns and are thinking about girl names that start with L. DS shares my first initial so DH suggested his first initial for this LO. I think it means more to him than he's letting on.

sourpatchkids

{raises hand}

I am the opposite of you, though, and am constantly trying to find girl names to add to our list.

So far our boy names are Connor and Finley. Our girl name is Isla, I just don't LOVE it : /

lizziebooper

Welcome back I have been thinking of you and hoping things were good with you and HC.

pnutg

I love coming up with baby names. If we have another boy we are stumped because we just don't agree. The girl name we've got.

@missk0411‌, River is one of my guilty pleasure names ever since meeting the cutest little girl named River June. My H won't go for it though.

Boo0512

My favorite boy name is Joshua and my favorite girl name is Estelle. DH doesn't care for either, boo.

BananaLettuce

I recently posted on the BNB about the name Noble. It was my grandad's. I really love it, but don't know if it's too much for a first name.

sundaesprinkles

I love thinking about baby names even though we aren't going to TTC#2 for another year. We were Team Green and had our boy name picked out right away. Luckily we did end up with a boy because we never did decide on a girl name. I am just so indecisive about girl names. But boy names will give us trouble next time too because there are just not that many I like.

Girl names that we keep tossing around: Brooke, Vanessa, Delilah, Sabrina, and Laine

Boy names: I love Oliver and I'm going to try to push for it if we find out a future pregnancy is a boy. (We are not going to be Team Green next time.) We both like Wesley. That's about it for boy names.

BananaLettuce

Does everyone think Henry and Harrison is too matchy?

pnutg

@SadieSue82‌, I don't think they are.

pnutg

nonniedee said:

I love Lulu for a girl, h straight up laughed in my face.

Zachariah is my gave boy name.

Henry is a family name I love.

Our girl name is Lucy after my grandma but we plan to call her Lulu:) if we get a girl, that is....

BananaLettuce

What about Hensley for a girl? It's H's pick, and I think it's pretty, but worry it sounds "made up." We found it in an actual baby name book, and it's a fairly common surname. We obviously like surnames as first names.

smg2302

I have an impending need for a baby name and I'm so lost.  Our strategy with DD was to go into the sex determination ultrasound with our chosen boy and girl name, that way once we knew we could start calling the LO by his/her name.  That's our strategy again, but I feel like we're being lazy about getting the conversation started again.  Our boy name hasn't changed, but girl name is tough.  The ones that I like are starting to get popular again, which is something I'm trying to avoid.

BananaLettuce

The popularity thing bothers me as well. When I named my son Harrison, I didn't know ANY. There is now another Harrison in his class at daycare. It really bugs me. I just don't want him to be 1 of 4 other Harrisons in his class any given school year.

Boo0512

SadieSue82 said:

The popularity thing bothers me as well. When I named my son Harrison, I didn't know ANY. There is now another Harrison in his class at daycare. It really bugs me. I just don't want him to be 1 of 4 other Harrisons in his class any given school year.

I picked out DD's name when I was in college (about 5 yrs ago) and at that time almost no one was using that name and now it's extremely popular, especially in my state. Whomp whomp. Oh well, sigh.

MAdams728

We have a name picked out if we have another girl, Ruby. It's a family name like DD's. Middle name is up in the air, though.

A boy name is much harder, I don't know how we would decide!

Kashy

I am always thinking of baby names.

Our girl name is Felicity. We both love it.
For boy names I love Theodore.

Popularity of a name was a big deal for us. We wanted a legit name where he wasn't going to be one of 5 in his class. So Augustus was perfect.

pnutg

SadieSue82 said:

What about Hensley for a girl? It's H's pick, and I think it's pretty, but worry it sounds "made up." We found it in an actual baby name book, and it's a fairly common surname. We obviously like surnames as first names.

I actually REALLY like Hensley but it is extremely similar to my last name and would be ridiculous.

aintnoyuppiemom

OP I think your H doesn't like Henry because it is the name of the character in the book he was writing. I like to play around with book ideas sometimes and usually I use names in them that have nothing to do with my friends or family to keep those worlds separate and both special on there own without putting the pressure on one to be like the other. You will come up with something when the time is right and even if you have to wait until you meet him or her it just means you are waiting to meet them and see what they are like to inspire you.

On that note. I am not pregnant but we would like to TTC around when DS turns 2. I let DH pick DS name and that's why he is a Jr. (sigh) so I have already picked one boys and one girls name. Alexander Jay or Alexandra Jane. (It goes with a theme on my side of the family)

emmy236

I love baby names!!! I'm always on the BNB. @pnutg‌ I LOVE your choices! Theodore is my top boy name but DH definitely gets the pick for the next boy. Both R's first and middle name are names from my side and he was completely fine with it. His top choice is Sullivan Robert (grandma's maiden name and his father's name) and I'm completely fine with that.

For girls we will still use our original girl name which is Johanna Kate (my grandma and his sister). But I have a pretty spiteful cousin who I know will use gma's name if she has a girl before me. Yes I know that you can't "claim" a name but my mom is also named after my grandma so this baby would be after both of them. So I feel it is more mine than hers. I'm not a brat so back up girls names we have on the short list are

Genevieve
Leona (family name)
Violet
Eleanor
Eliza/Elizabeth

Lolalipsy

My boy's name is Arthur and for a girl I like Maggie at the minute. The girls names always change but Arthur remains.

littlewest1

SpankingShank said:

If we did have another, we like Iris for a girl. I love Luke, but H is meh. He likes Jameson but all I think of is whiskey...

Violet and Iris would sound so pretty together!

huzzahuzza

Do you think 2 years from now the name Elsa will be okay to name a girl without thinking of Frozen? I really like the name Elsa May but now with Frozen... IDK...

jedimindtrick

huzzahuzza said:

Do you think 2 years from now the name Elsa will be okay to name a girl without thinking of Frozen? I really like the name Elsa May but now with Frozen... IDK...

Haha. Yea. That sucks. That's how I was with Bella. Then Twilight screwed me.

BananaLettuce

mishy2011 said:

We aren't TTC yet but I have a running list. DH is Mike and wants a III since he's a junior. That's just too many Mikes in a family. We both like Gavin. For girls I have no idea. Maybe Audrey. Not sure I like that with our last name ending with an e sound.
I'm very picky with names so it prob is best to start picking out choices now.

I always thought "Trip" was a cute nn for a III.

BananaLettuce

pnuit tg said:

SadieSue82 said:

What about Hensley for a girl? It's H's pick, and I think it's pretty, but worry it sounds "made up." We found it in an actual baby name book, and it's a fairly common surname. We obviously like surnames as first names.

I actually REALLY like Hensley but it is extremely similar to my last name and would be ridiculous.

This is how I feel about Atticus. It sounds ridiculous with our last name, but I so love it.

bumpuser3155624

We will use gregory for a boy but no clue for girl. We have time since we won't ttc until next summer.

Edit-Gregory was dh's dad's name and he passed away. We were team green with lo so that was our boy name.

LaxMOM44

H insists on Zoë for a girl and we have finally agreed on Oliver for a boy.

My favourite girls names are Rosie, Estelle(a) and Helena (nn Leni)
Boy names I like: Everett, Xavier, Ethan and Maxwell.

H's last name sucks....it's a common word, so we have to be so careful we aren't making an accidental sentence with our baby names.

BananaLettuce

My husband doesn't like any of my names. His favorite name for a boy right now is Lincoln.  He also likes Graham and Samuel. I can't not think of graham crackers, and he already has a cousin that used Samuel.

My favorite boy name right now is Elias. I was going to pair it with my grandfather's name Noble. He will just not get on board.

He's dead set on a girl named Kate now, too. Not Catherine/Katherine. Just Kate. He also thinks Brooklyn is a fabulous name.

I'm in baby name Hell.