Anyone chosen their names yet?

alexandria22489

Ladylec said:

alexandria22489 said:

We are team green and have three names picked for each sex. Won't decide until we meet him or her.

Declan Vance, Finley Alexander, or Greyson Vance

Delaney Grace, Violet Grace, or Lucy May

I love all your names! We have a very Irish last name so those were on our longer lists. Beautiful choices!

Thanks we have a very Irish last name too. That's where we went on our honeymoon and I heard Declan and Delaney while there

hydrangeablue

We have some potential names but we're not going to find out the sex and have no intention of naming our baby before he/she is born.

I'd also like to see where the trends go through the end of this year. I have a unique name that I've always enjoyed. It's a real name and it's spelled correctly, just with a European pronunciation. It would be nice to find something along those lines for a baby.

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janda426 said:

I don't see how butchering the spelling of a family members name to try and alter the sex it's associated with is doing anyone any favors. Fuck being a woman named Allen. Because yeah, her name is Allen as far as anyone is considered phonetically. Maybe if the name only existed on paper and was never said aloud it could work. Unfortunately that's not the case and your daughter will be mistaken as a man whenever her name is said out loud. Ugh. That really sucks for her.

This is so incredibly rude and uncalled for. This is not he Baby Name board where someone would be expecting criticitism or feedback for their name choice.

The manner in which you are expressing your disgust/ distaste for the name is really over the top. There are much nicer way to get your point across. I am sure you would be hurt/ upset if someone reacted to YOUR name choice with such vitriol.

My friend suggested girl names for me the other day including Masyn, and Landyn- her own daughter has a masculine name, NMS at all. If I reacted as rudely as you just did, I would have lost a friend.

052806

JM0848 said:

Levi berry for a boy. Girl is a toss up between Sadie, Shoshanna, Sylvia, and Shiloh.. And any other S names I find/like. MN will be Faye. 

 Boy name is a conjugate of my maiden name for first name and my mom's maiden name for the middle. It also happens to be the name of DH's uncle who only had one daughter, and she chose not to have kids. He wants to do this to honor him especially as he's been the patriarch since DH's grandpa on that side passed. 

The s for a girl is for my grandma Sylvia (Jewish tradition thinks it's bad luck to name someone directly after a person, so just using the first letter "counts"), who passed when I was in high school. We were very close. She was an amazing woman and I miss her daily some 9-10 years later. Faye is for my great grandma, who is my legacy in my sorority.

I have never heard that naming directly after a relative is bad luck- just that naming after a living relative is off the table.

CoozieInMyPurse

052806 said:

JM0848 said:

Levi berry for a boy. Girl is a toss up between Sadie, Shoshanna, Sylvia, and Shiloh.. And any other S names I find/like. MN will be Faye. 

 Boy name is a conjugate of my maiden name for first name and my mom's maiden name for the middle. It also happens to be the name of DH's uncle who only had one daughter, and she chose not to have kids. He wants to do this to honor him especially as he's been the patriarch since DH's grandpa on that side passed. 

The s for a girl is for my grandma Sylvia (Jewish tradition thinks it's bad luck to name someone directly after a person, so just using the first letter "counts"), who passed when I was in high school. We were very close. She was an amazing woman and I miss her daily some 9-10 years later. Faye is for my great grandma, who is my legacy in my sorority.

I have never heard that naming directly after a relative is bad luck- just that naming after a living relative is off the table.

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Yes, the idea is that Death would come looking for the older person, but get confused and take the baby instead. Naming after dead people is fine. This is only a tradition in Ashkenazi Judiasm. Sephardic Jews don't have an issue with naming kids after living people.

cinderella105

Stephy129 said:

cinderella105 said:

Evan for a boy and possibly Adalynn for a girl. No middle names yet.

I love Adalynn. My concern is we will nickname her Addy (which is cute I don't hate it) but then we will have an Addy and an Abby. That's too cutsie for me.

Haha I can see how that would be confusing! Addy is just so cute for a NN. That's what we wanted to NN ours too if we have a girl. The whole name is just adorable.

almeyer2013

estamos_tomamos said:

almeyer2013 said:

Penelope Rose for a girl.
Charles Henry or Arthur Henry for a boy.
I also like the name Conan. So we decided if we found out we were having twin boys, we would have Arthur and Conan.

If you have male triplets will you please name the third one Doyle?

That's the plan!!!

jkeistler

Connor Michael (Michael is his dads name) Addison (Addie) Reese (Reese is my grandmothers maiden name)

MissyCee

We've barely even discussed names, it's still so early. With DD we went in to the hospital with a few favorites and picked after she was born and we had spent some time with her. It's a huge decision, one we don't take lightly, so we like to take our time because really, there is no rush.

thejucheidea

suzanned81 said:

We've chose Freya for a girl and either George or Archie for a boy

Freya is our dog's name. She's the cutest dog that's ever graced this earth, but all I can think about when I see this name is a attitude-filled Pembroke Welsh Corgi.

Jf15snl

How many weeks are you that you already know the sex?

FrecklesInside

ollieinca said:

FrecklesInside said:

thetoms said:

For a girl we chose Allyn I've forgotten the middle name, if it's a boy Langston Alfredo Corrington

Allyn is my sisters middle name, it's pronounced Ah-Lynn but it's after my dad who is Alan. So you're right in that it's the girl version of the name Alan

Right, that makes it historically official. Case closed.

Nope. It is still a boy's name.

FrecklesInside

052806 said:

janda426 said:

I don't see how butchering the spelling of a family members name to try and alter the sex it's associated with is doing anyone any favors. Fuck being a woman named Allen. Because yeah, her name is Allen as far as anyone is considered phonetically. Maybe if the name only existed on paper and was never said aloud it could work. Unfortunately that's not the case and your daughter will be mistaken as a man whenever her name is said out loud. Ugh. That really sucks for her.

This is so incredibly rude and uncalled for. This is not he Baby Name board where someone would be expecting criticitism or feedback for their name choice.

The manner in which you are expressing your disgust/ distaste for the name is really over the top. There are much nicer way to get your point across. I am sure you would be hurt/ upset if someone reacted to YOUR name choice with such vitriol.

My friend suggested girl names for me the other day including Masyn, and Landyn- her own daughter has a masculine name, NMS at all. If I reacted as rudely as you just did, I would have lost a friend.

Oops, nope, you can't dictate how people respond on the internet. Just because it isn't the BNB doesn't mean people won't give honest feedback and say what everyone else will say behind the kid's and parents' back their whole lives...maybe we can save poor Allyn the grief of having a ridiculously spelled boy's name for life.

Also, no, I wouldn't get bent out of shape by someone reacting like this to a name I chose. If enough people felt this way (look at the love tits on my and @janda426‌ 's posts) I'd seriously reconsider my choice. But since I choose properly spelled names, that aren't too trendy, made up, or yoonique, that have a history, and are for the sex they were intended for, if anyone dislikes the names I choose, it is a matter of personal preference, not because I made a stupid or uneducated decision.

janda426

Exactly what @FrecklesInside‌ said. Nothing I said was uncalled for. I said fuck being a woman named Allen. Because that's how I feel about that.

transplantedhawkeye

If it is a girl, we might bring out our girl's name from last time Rosalyn Clara (not sure if we would keep the same spelling, or how it was spelled last time)

For a boy we may bring out Thomas Dean, it was an alternate for last time.  

Not sure yet, but there is time.

Last name Sh*****************

thejucheidea

Jf15snl said:

How many weeks are you that you already know the sex?

Some people have had genetic testing and got the sex during that process.

CrazieMeh

No boys name yet. But for girl, Mya. Alternate spelling: Maya,

ngolimento

CrazieMeh said:

No boys name yet. But for girl, Mya. Alternate spelling: Maya,

I looove the name Maya, and it would be my #1 girl name choice, but I have a cat named Maya that is intensely stupid and high maintenance . Stupid cat ruined my favorite name choice.

ETA: for the record, I agree with Janda and Freckles. I always feel sorry for ladies who were saddled with men's names. Especially ones that are mispelled (throwing random ys in doesn't feminize it). I mean, Robyrt? Samsyn?

I hate the trend, and cringe and how that kid will get torn up at school. Little girls are mean as fuck. Don't give them ammunition against your kid.

FrecklesInside

heyitsmamac said:

This thread reminds me how much of a name snob I am. My tongue hurts from biting it. ;-)

Me. Too.

Oh wait, I didn't bite it for some of the worst offenders. 

uneek1323

As a teacher, I see a lot of different names. I know other teachers can attest to this too. The worst ones are the popular names that are misspelled. Arron, Jerimiah, Mariyan (Maryanne). After writing those names over and over all year long I start to forget how to spell them correctly. It was making me stupid. I have to un-brainwash myself.  The biggest eye roll award went to Diamond Jewel. A very sweet, kind child, but unfortunately HE was stuck with this awful name. 

There's a lot to think about when naming a child, and some parents don't take the time to think about it, or don't care. 

mudbug84

uneek1323 said:

As a teacher, I see a lot of different names. I know other teachers can attest to this too. The worst ones are the popular names that are misspelled. Arron, Jerimiah, Mariyan (Maryanne). After writing those names over and over all year long I start to forget how to spell them correctly. It was making me stupid. I have to un-brainwash myself.  The biggest eye roll award went to Diamond Jewel. A very sweet, kind child, but unfortunately HE was stuck with this awful name. 

There's a lot to think about when naming a child, and some parents don't take the time to think about it, or don't care. 

Noooo!!! That sounds like a bad joke. Poor kid.

shootznladrz

Trendy or misspelled or wanna be unique names piss me off and make me want to punch things.

capulet

I love talking about names and hang out on the BNB, but I have a harder time naming my own kids because the whole having to make the decision with another person thing is tricky.  I have loved the name Lucy for years, but DH is only coming around to not hating it in comparison with my other suggestions, which he dislikes more.  The latest girl name we kind of agree on is Monica.  No idea on boys.  One thing that makes it hard is our last name starts with an sh- sound, which eliminates a surprising number of contenders.

We are agreed on names we really dislike:  no boy names for girls, no misspellings, no cutesy names.  And he is fine with using my grandmother's FN or maiden name as a MN, which is really important to me.

lisap0924

I have always liked Lilly for a girls name, but we haven't even thought about any of this yet

mangomimosa

We have not chosen names yet. My favorite girl name is becoming more popular...and is totally a boy name... so that's out. 

For a girl, our list disappeared but we've recently talked about Hazel, Adelaide, Sophia (MN only) ... none of these sit quite right with me & I'm sad our list was deleted!

Boy: Silas, Sawyer, Cole, Luke, Gray/son, Owen, Davis, Grant, Charles, James, Samuel, Henry, Ezra

DH keeps suggesting Winetavius for a boy. This has to be a joke. He keeps doing it to push my buttons.

 

052806

FrecklesInside said:

052806 said:

janda426 said:

I don't see how butchering the spelling of a family members name to try and alter the sex it's associated with is doing anyone any favors. Fuck being a woman named Allen. Because yeah, her name is Allen as far as anyone is considered phonetically. Maybe if the name only existed on paper and was never said aloud it could work. Unfortunately that's not the case and your daughter will be mistaken as a man whenever her name is said out loud. Ugh. That really sucks for her.

This is so incredibly rude and uncalled for. This is not he Baby Name board where someone would be expecting criticitism or feedback for their name choice.

The manner in which you are expressing your disgust/ distaste for the name is really over the top. There are much nicer way to get your point across. I am sure you would be hurt/ upset if someone reacted to YOUR name choice with such vitriol.

My friend suggested girl names for me the other day including Masyn, and Landyn- her own daughter has a masculine name, NMS at all. If I reacted as rudely as you just did, I would have lost a friend.

Oops, nope, you can't dictate how people respond on the internet. Just because it isn't the BNB doesn't mean people won't give honest feedback and say what everyone else will say behind the kid's and parents' back their whole lives...maybe we can save poor Allyn the grief of having a ridiculously spelled boy's name for life.

Also, no, I wouldn't get bent out of shape by someone reacting like this to a name I chose. If enough people felt this way (look at the love tits on my and @janda426‌ 's posts) I'd seriously reconsider my choice. But since I choose properly spelled names, that aren't too trendy, made up, or yoonique, that have a history, and are for the sex they were intended for, if anyone dislikes the names I choose, it is a matter of personal preference, not because I made a stupid or uneducated decision.

My kids have completely normally spelled, heard-of, gender appropriate names, so I have no horse in this race.

I just find the overly critical and opintionated responses to a post where someone was not asking for feedback to be extremely rude. I wouldn't bash a friend's name choice to her face, not would I do it here unless someone was specifically asking for my opinion.

You can defend your right to be snarky all you want, that's your prerogative- it's just not my thing and I don't think it's necessary to beat this girl up about her choice.

Lmsq1611

heyitsmamac said:

capulet said:

I love talking about names and hang out on the BNB, but I have a harder time naming my own kids because the whole having to make the decision with another person thing is tricky.  I have loved the name Lucy for years, but DH is only coming around to not hating it in comparison with my other suggestions, which he dislikes more.  The latest girl name we kind of agree on is Monica.  No idea on boys.  One thing that makes it hard is our last name starts with an sh- sound, which eliminates a surprising number of contenders.

We are agreed on names we really dislike:  no boy names for girls, no misspellings, no cutesy names.  And he is fine with using my grandmother's FN or maiden name as a MN, which is really important to me.

We have similar naming criteria. An added rule for me is that it can't be indicative of any one generation. My own name was mildly popular in the late 80's and early 90's and that's it. I think it would be rare to find someone with my name that wasn't 25-35 years old. And it's misspelled to boot. Thanks, mom.

Quote fail on the app! My response starts now.

Yes! This is my name as well. Typical of early 80s and spelled with a "Y" in place of an "I". I do love the way it looks but as a child was always disappointed that people could never remember how to spell it and I was never able to buy those tourist trinkets with my name on them. Heartbreaking when you are 8 :-)

For a girl we love Cecilia (after my grandmother) or Sophia. Except Sophia is becoming so popular again. DH says that isn't a problem.

Doctor said on Friday they think it's a boy and those are the names we have struggled with. I love Jackson but wasted it on my 20 lb cat 12 years ago.... My first baby! So the real possibilities for a boy are Landon, Cooper, Connor, Mason.... I don't know we keep trying to come up with one that feels right.

janda426

052806 said:

FrecklesInside said:

052806 said:

janda426 said:

I don't see how butchering the spelling of a family members name to try and alter the sex it's associated with is doing anyone any favors. Fuck being a woman named Allen. Because yeah, her name is Allen as far as anyone is considered phonetically. Maybe if the name only existed on paper and was never said aloud it could work. Unfortunately that's not the case and your daughter will be mistaken as a man whenever her name is said out loud. Ugh. That really sucks for her.

This is so incredibly rude and uncalled for. This is not he Baby Name board where someone would be expecting criticitism or feedback for their name choice.

The manner in which you are expressing your disgust/ distaste for the name is really over the top. There are much nicer way to get your point across. I am sure you would be hurt/ upset if someone reacted to YOUR name choice with such vitriol.

My friend suggested girl names for me the other day including Masyn, and Landyn- her own daughter has a masculine name, NMS at all. If I reacted as rudely as you just did, I would have lost a friend.

Oops, nope, you can't dictate how people respond on the internet. Just because it isn't the BNB doesn't mean people won't give honest feedback and say what everyone else will say behind the kid's and parents' back their whole lives...maybe we can save poor Allyn the grief of having a ridiculously spelled boy's name for life.

Also, no, I wouldn't get bent out of shape by someone reacting like this to a name I chose. If enough people felt this way (look at the love tits on my and @janda426‌ 's posts) I'd seriously reconsider my choice. But since I choose properly spelled names, that aren't too trendy, made up, or yoonique, that have a history, and are for the sex they were intended for, if anyone dislikes the names I choose, it is a matter of personal preference, not because I made a stupid or uneducated decision.

My kids have completely normally spelled, heard-of, gender appropriate names, so I have no horse in this race.

I just find the overly critical and opintionated responses to a post where someone was not asking for feedback to be extremely rude. I wouldn't bash a friend's name choice to her face, not would I do it here unless someone was specifically asking for my opinion.

You can defend your right to be snarky all you want, that's your prerogative- it's just not my thing and I don't think it's necessary to beat this girl up about her choice.

---end quote---

Yeah well it's the internet so I don't have to wait for someone to ask my opinion before I can give it. Someone's gotta speak up for that poor girl.

And if you were a good friend, you'd try to talk a friend out of naming their daughter Allen. I also don't care what you would do.

melleasndrs

We have been playing around with a few names. For a girl we only have a few - Gemma Marie, Sydney Marie, Laura Marie. Obvious Marie is the middle name for girl. For a boy we have tons - Gem Payton/ Gem Patrick/ Gem Marshall, Owen George, and Sterling, and George. I really love the name Gem for some reason.

kellbell1982

I feel like even thinkin about my baby will jinx me now ugh wish they didn't use that phrase threatened miscarriage but after reading on here and googling bleeding at 14 weeks I feel loads better. If I get to have my baby, We like Mason for a boy or Luciano and for a girl we like Cassidy but I really like Maizie but it didn't fly.

RMama2012

Hudson or Olivia. We decided a name pretty last minute on my son that I'm not crazy about so it's such a relief to have a name right away this time.

I have an impossible name. It's not English or any other common US ethnicity so no one can say it or when they read it, it gets mistaken for male. It would be fine if my parents never immigrated to the US but once they did, I wish they chose easier names. I like my name for what it means and in the native language but seriously, I wish for an easier name atleast once a week. Don't do that to your kids.

cakergirl

We haven't discussed it in much detail since this pregnancy, but have had several discussions in the past. He likes: Lily/Lillian (his dad's deceased cat's name!), Nora, Lucy (random), Walter/Walt (his grandfather). I like Josephine/Josie (my grandmother), Wesley, Samuel, Benjamin (random). I also like Olivia and Henry but they are becoming too rapidly popular for my preference. We loved the name Anne Marie (Ann-his deceased grandmother, Marie- my mom's MN) maybe as one word or possibly with a hyphen?) but it is now my niece's middle name, and they usually call her by her full name. The problem is neither of us is crazy about each other's names, although they aren't really all that different in style, There are many many others we have each come up with but the other had completely shot down. After my 12 week appt we may start discussing it in more detail, but so far can't agree!

LesliW

Since we are team pink, we are able to concentrate on girls' names.
Avery Marie (my fave)
Audrey Marie (DH's pick)
Gabriella Marie (DD's choice)
Laquisha or Lafawnda (my 13 yo DS choice...sigh)

copperrose

We are constantly changing our mines but current favorites are Alice or Paige.

JennyP0222

We have a million boy names in a toss up right now, we are going to struggle with this if it is a boy. For girls, we have a few top contenders but my favorite at this very moment is Nora Rose. Rose is a family name I have always sworn I would give my first daughter as a middle name. MN will be Rose no matter what the first is. 

honkytonk_kid

TikTak said:

Well now I want to know what people think of my names, haha. I love them so much that it never occurred to me that they might be stupid. ;-) But I'm not sure I'm willing to brave the BNB.

My criteria: no unisex names, nothing too common/popular, no misspellings or arbitrary Ys, has to be easy to pronounce in English and Spanish, and has to look good on a resume (someday). We also have a very Hispanic last name, so it has to go with that. My H only seems to like really popular names, but we were finally able to settle on Leo Thomas or Leo Andres for a boy and Lisette Amelia for a girl (I'll accept popular names for middle names).

Opinions?

I like them! I would pick Leo Thomas over Andres but both are very nice. Lisette is gorgeous!

marg81

mamatotwoo said:

I have been set on the name Ezekiel for about six months now. I've even practiced numerous times yelling out the nn I would call him to see if it's "works." I love it. My MIL loves Isaac. It's growing on me. So Isaac Ezekiel for a boy would be a contender. I just don't know if I would spell Isaac with a K instead of a c just because Ezekiel has a K, and I like the idea of it having the same letter for some reason?! For a girl I was immediately in love with Natalia but I'm not feeling it so much anymore. I don't like any girl names that begin with E and I would feel bad if I didn't find a girls middle name that I could like with an E. My DH and I decided with my dd and any other possible subsequent kids would have an E for a middle name. My initials are AEG, DH is DEG, DD is REG. So you see my predicament?! Lol. Feel free to throw out some E girl names for me.

We needed E names in memory of Hubby's grandfather. If baby was a girl the E name we had was Eliana. I think it's a beautiful name. It is hebrew and means - G-D has answered.  I'm having a baby boy so the name will be Ezra.

Krista528

I am always drawn to old fashioned names but I don't want him/her to get made fun of for having an old man or old woman name. Right now we like Ruby and Eleanor (nn ellie) for a girl and walter or calvin for a boy.
Are these too old fashioned?! Opinions welcome!
ETA we are using my maiden name for a middle name

Krista528

TikTak said:

Well now I want to know what people think of my names, haha. I love them so much that it never occurred to me that they might be stupid. ;-) But I'm not sure I'm willing to brave the BNB.

My criteria: no unisex names, nothing too common/popular, no misspellings or arbitrary Ys, has to be easy to pronounce in English and Spanish, and has to look good on a resume (someday). We also have a very Hispanic last name, so it has to go with that. My H only seems to like really popular names, but we were finally able to settle on Leo Thomas or Leo Andres for a boy and Lisette Amelia for a girl (I'll accept popular names for middle names).

Opinions?

I love Leo. It is on my list but dh isn't crazy about it. I've never heard Lisette, but it's really pretty.

Lmsq1611

@mamatotwoo‌ Girls names that start with an E... Emily, Emilia, Emiline, Emma, Ella, Emory. How is Natalia pronounced? If it is how I think then the E names I have you that end in A probably don't work.

@TikTak‌ I like Leo Andres... But I've always loved the Hispanic pronunciation of Andres. Lisette Amelia is very pretty too. I have a Hispanic friend who married an English man and they compromised on Amelia because it was a beautiful name in both of their cultures.