Other people trying to name your baby?

sayjay23

I love the idea of family names... But none of ours ended up working! My husband was dead set on "Chester" his grandfathers name... Yuck. I told him "kids can be very mean! Chester turns into Chester the molester or Chester Cheeto and it's all down hill from there! We agreed on Hayes for a boy and Hadley Kate for a girl (I'm southern and wanted a double name bc I also have a double name...)

sayjay23

sbride68 said:

DH wants to name the baby after him if it is a boy. Keep I. Mind his name is James a common name and his father grandfather great and great great grandfathers are/were all James. He has a cousin James that goes by initials and an uncle Jim. I also have a cousin James and an uncle Jim. I call his dad Jim and his grandpa goes by Fred since their middle name is Fredrick. DH is jimmy to me. Our son would be James Fredrick the fourth. I just can't do it! I know my FIL is gunning for it as well and I won't do it. That is just way way way too many and things have to change at some point in time. I had to laugh though because when we told his grandparents we were expecting the first thing his grandpa said was if you have a boy please please if you have a boy whatever you do please don't name him James. Score one on my side! Haha I got a good chuckle out of that.

If he is set on James could you do Trent, trey, or some form of nickname for the fourth?

sbride68

sayjay23 said:

sbride68 said:

DH wants to name the baby after him if it is a boy. Keep I. Mind his name is James a common name and his father grandfather great and great great grandfathers are/were all James. He has a cousin James that goes by initials and an uncle Jim. I also have a cousin James and an uncle Jim. I call his dad Jim and his grandpa goes by Fred since their middle name is Fredrick. DH is jimmy to me. Our son would be James Fredrick the fourth. I just can't do it! I know my FIL is gunning for it as well and I won't do it. That is just way way way too many and things have to change at some point in time. I had to laugh though because when we told his grandparents we were expecting the first thing his grandpa said was if you have a boy please please if you have a boy whatever you do please don't name him James. Score one on my side! Haha I got a good chuckle out of that.

If he is set on James could you do Trent, trey, or some form of nickname for the fourth?

I just can't. I'm not completely sure why besides the fact that we already have way too many Jameses on each side especially his and people always get his dad grandpa and him confused with mail and legal stuff. We went I. Once to pay a traffic ticket and the courthouse who knew him growing up still tried to make him pay his dads back child support because the name was the same and they didn't pay attention to jr or the third. It's just frustrating to me. I want our child to have their own name to make their own identity. And I wouldn't know what to call them for first name to be honest. We are close to my cousin James and then he is jimmy his dad Jim and grandpa Fred. It doesn't leave much for us to call our LO if it is a boy.

kayledbury

I really like the name lulu if I have a girl after my Gma who has be such a insparation to me (find out in 6 days) but my sister is saying she called dibs in that name first and I can't use it and my dad is backing her up Bc Appearantly 22 years ago when they were naming me the name they wanted a friend used who had their baby first so they "couldn't use it" nvm the fact they haven't talked to that person since so now they r both stating I cannot use that name here's the kicker my sister is 16 and dosent want to get married or have kids till after she is 30 at this point so I'm going it shouldn't matter yet what names u like Bc it's gona change once u grow up and have ur husbands input to contend with as well

nightdreamer98

I think people should leave naming up to the parents and only give input when asked. My SO has a family member who threw a fit until we agreed to name one of the babies after them. I don't mind the name but I still resent the way it happened. This is your baby and your decision.

lbleacher

My husband is also pulling for Danger as the middle name. He thinks it will impress girls. MIL is also using a serious guilt trip to influence girl names. We've thanked her for her suggestions and informed her we aren't sharing the name until after the birth.