Names?

ErikandAfton

We had dinner with friends last night and we were talking about baby and what we will name him or her. Friend lobed baby girl name which is Evelyn Karen after my grandmother and my Mom. But she said our boy name will have to grow on her, it's Leif Gregory. 

Have you shared your names with family and friends yet? Have you had reactions you weren't expecting?

fauxpa-2

Nope! We aren't telling anyone what the name options are until the baby is here and it is named.  Basically for that exact reason, I don't want anyone's input because it took us FOREVER to find two options for either sex and I will not let anyone else taint that. 

We did tell my parents the options but only because I knew 100% that they would keep any opinions to themselves

Edited to add: That we aren't officially naming the baby until it is here and we can hold him/her.  We have two options for either and will choose then.

bailando.bebe

We'll name the baby before hand (we are pretty much decided on boy/girl names) but we like to keep it a complete surprise until baby is born!

I like the name Lief, and have known a baby or two to have that name. Very Viking! Is it part of your heritage? 

ETA: I am certain that people will raise their eyebrows at our girl name and have very strong opinions either way, but names are personal for a reason. It only matters what you think/feel about the name you choose. Also, IMO babies so quickly grow Into their name and become that name that any initial uncertainties that other have are quickly dissapeared.  

cjt121413

We haven't picked any names but probably won't tell anyone the name until LO is born. Like PPs, I don't want anyone else's opinion to taint our choices. Once LO is born, I figure people will be more hesitant to say negative things about the name once it belongs to a hold - able human.

ErikandAfton

bailando.bebe said:

We'll name the baby before hand (we are pretty much decided on boy/girl names) but we like to keep it a complete surprise until baby is born!

I like the name Lief, and have known a baby or two to have that name. Very Viking! Is it part of your heritage? 

ETA: I am certain that people will raise their eyebrows at our girl name and have very strong opinions either way, but names are personal for a reason. It only matters what you think/feel about the name you choose. Also, IMO babies so quickly grow Into their name and become that name that any initial uncertainties that other have are quickly dissapeared.  

It is part of our heritage! Both of our grandfather's were Norwegian. 

FitTris

I'm fairly certain my mom will hate our girl choice, and we have zero clue about our boy choice (we have two boys already) so, we're just not talking about it until we know the gender and then, I'm sure people will tell us their ideas, but whatever. My mom is the one with the strong opinions! 

doodleoodle

I won't be telling anyone what we choose. We had a name picked out for DD that we love and my mom ruined it for me. I'm sorry your friend was rude, but once your baby arrives no one will question the name (to your face) anyway lol

cayaylonglegs

We had multiple people ask (and give their opinions) at a bbq today. It got to the point where I just started making up names I have no intentions of using to check people's reactions..

That being said, H mentioned the name Bastian today and now I can't get it out of my head. I think I like it. Thoughts?

penelope4612

Yeah I don't think we'll tell anyone until baby is here.  My mom was actually being super annoying today, saying she's going to call the baby Noah or Luke.  WTF?  They are both nice names but neither is on our list AND the baby could be a GIRL.  Then my brother mentioned that he remembered I had liked Henry in the past and my mom was like "well I don't like Henry.  I guess I'll just call him HANK".  

I have no no idea why she is being insane.  She didn't do this with my brothers two kids.  She brought up Luke and Noah more than once and I said "well it's going to be pretty weird if you call the baby that and it's not its name".  

aevan011

I don't think we will discuss names with anyone else or even tell people our thoughts until baby arrives. Especially with my mother. I haven't even told her about the pregnancy yet and totally would hide it until December if I could due to this kind of stuff. 

@penelope4612 - My mother was like this with both of my DOGS. She seriously still calls them nicknames or wrong names. It drives me insane. I'm already dreading this with my future kids. 

iluvmybutterfly

We decided on anna or Adyn. And I've already told people the name choices. They ask and I can't keep a secret. But if they have a problem with the nam

SaraRose83

cayaylonglegs said:

We had multiple people ask (and give their opinions) at a bbq today. It got to the point where I just started making up names I have no intentions of using to check people's reactions..

That being said, H mentioned the name Bastian today and now I can't get it out of my head. I think I like it. Thoughts?

That's awesome! Fake names is the way to go. I always thought I would tell people and after getting all the unsolicited advice in the world from just a few friends after telling them I'm pregnant, I'm like hell no. People are rude and DH and I've had our girl name in our heads and hearts for about a year. Made the mistake of letting the name slip to my sisters fiance and he was like oh yeah, my male friend in highschool had that name. Not what I wanted to hear, so going to pretend that didn't happen. 

phoenix870509

We've had names picked out forever. For DH and me, family is important so we want to name our kids after family (also important as I'm Jewish so babies have to be named for a deceased relative). A girl will be Sarah Elizabeth, for my grandmother and great-grandmother, and a boy will be Benjamin Edward, after DH and my grandfathers. We have 2 more boy names and 2 more girl names picked out, but we agree our first boy and girl will have these names. We've been telling everyone for years, so it's no surprise.

ashleaf2018

Family and close friends know our name choices, Maddox James for a girl and Rhett Wilder for a boy. We're very set on those names, we definitely couldn't be talked out of them. However we don't want to share them with anyone else (coworkers, super extended family, Facebook friends) until after baby is born. 

bailando.bebe

cayaylonglegs said:.

That being said, H mentioned the name Bastian today and now I can't get it out of my head. I think I like it. Thoughts?

Great minds think alike I mentioned the name Sebastian today to my DH. Seb or Bash for short.

Lisa3379

cayaylonglegs said:

That being said, H mentioned the name Bastian today and now I can't get it out of my head. I think I like it. Thoughts?

I like that name! I've been trying to come up with good German names (our last name is very German). One of my favorite soccer players is Bastian Schweinsteiger, that's how I came upon the name.  

trackgirl08

We like Max for a boy and Savannah for a girl, it's the only ones we can agree on. My mom keeps Facebook messaging me names that she likes.. but it's the same ones over and over again!

SusieG85

@trackgirl08 I love the name Max too! We are still considering lots of options tho so I won't be sharing any names until LO is here. Although we did ask close family for names that people 100% need to veto - example a siblings ex.

BabyRobbinsAdventure

DH was joking around and suggested Steggy for a girl... After his favorite stegosaurus stuffed animal and partner in crime his early years. We laughed.

And now he is serious. He even ran through the "resume test" saying it's similar to Peggy and not that out of place.

Not sure if my pregnancy brain is going along because I don't know better and am making a lot of weird decisions, or if my real brain is entertaining the idea for real.

dmontgo

We're not telling anyone any names we've picked out or will pick out, and saying absurd names instead like Booblay Schwinzlow or Donnington Doomsday III. 

But in all honesty, we've only been able to decide on one girls name, and that kind of depends if she will have dark brown hair like DH. If she has red hair like me, we will probably use the middle name as the first name and find a new middle name. So what we have so far is:

Lu.na Ma.vis for dark hair and

Ma.vis ? For red hair girl. Not sure what the middle name would be yet.

ashcakes921

We told people last time after the anatomy scan when we found out baby was a girl. We'll probably do the same this time. No one made any stupid comments last time but we use pretty classic but not out of date names so I honestly don't know what people would say...

ashcakes921

Also good luck winning the dark vs red hair battle @dmontgo. I'm a red head and was hoping DD would be too. Right now she's a blondey which is how DH started but since he has dark hair I'm thinking she'll take after him

RatsPJ

We've taken to ridiculous (for us) names like @dmontgo to sidestep these questions. Everyone has an opinion and we're already over it. DH's canned responses have been LeBron, Jafar, Adolf, Optimus Prime, etc

aevan011

@cayaylonglegs Have you ever watched the tv series Reign? I've been watching it on Netflix and one of the main characters is Bash (Sebastian). I really like the name it just would not go well with our last name. Now that I think of it....I should stop watching that show for a bit because all the names are appealing to me....

bailando.bebe

aevan011 said:

@cayaylonglegs Have you ever watched the tv series Reign? I've been watching it on Netflix and one of the main characters is Bash (Sebastian). 

This is my current binge-watching series! I love it. It is as classic as the Tudors (okay, less historically accurate maybe) but as modern and dramatic as Gossip Girl or Pretty Little Liars. It is also how I got the name Bash stuck in my brain...

juliehollz13

Our boy name is 100% decided...in fact, we have 3 picked out in case we have all boys: Maxwell Benson, Dorian Bennett and William Benedict (DH's name is Benjamin FYI hence the "Ben" middle names).

For a girl I am completely undecided. My 1st pick is Alexandra (*nn "Sasha") Juliette, but i'm not sure. I also like Sophia Noelle but Sophia is soooo common. I like Anastasia but i don't want her to go by "Anna", I like Scarlett too but Juliette has been growing on me as a first name too. 

temmetime

We have both names picked out and even a couple of back up options. We love Maximus John for a boy and Madeline Ann for a girl (Call her Maddie). The middle names are after our families. We decided to go ahead and tell family because they've always known my husband is obsessed with Max for a boy (Probably related to his obsession with Gladiator;)) and we figure with how huge his family is - telling our names helps prevent duplicate situations.

l9i

DH and I have had names picked out for awhile, 2 boy and 2 girl names.  We for sure won't be sharing names until the baby is born and officially named.  This may be slightly easier for us since we don't plan to find out the sex either.  We love the names and I don't care to hear peoples' opinions.  I guarantee my mom will have something to say about any name we pick so it's best just to wait!

bakerstreetboys

I have done it both ways; shared the name before and after baby is born.  Not sure what we'll do this time!

KatieJo1205

cayaylonglegs said:

That being said, H mentioned the name Bastian today and now I can't get it out of my head. I think I like it. Thoughts?

That is my FAVORITE boy name but my BF has vetoed it (which is fine since we are having a girl this time).

My UO is to tell everyone the name and encourage real honest thoughts and opinions no matter how negative.  If I hear all the negative things people can up with for a name and I STILL love it then it is the right name for my kid!

cgss11

We had both name picked out. Scarlett Grace or Charlie Michael, but we didn't share any name or what we were considering. Once we knew the sex, we did share the name but I felt pretty confident that they were classic enough names that we wouldn't hear any grief. So far everyone has loved Scarlett, although most people say Charlotte at first. We're still keeping the boy name private though. 

sammyl1221

People love giving their input when you could care less what they think. We already told everyone the baby's name - Gabriella Rose- long story short DHs sister claimed she wanted to name her daughter that but then his sister and my husband both told her she was crazy and never said that name to anyone. Anyway. Name your baby whatever you want. Screw everyone else! 

fauxpa-2

I love the name Bastian but I'm a total nerd because it reminds me of Neverending Story.

kbduke

We told my family the names yesterday at a cookout. Our girl name is a variation of my late mom's name + my grandmother's name. My middle name is also my grandmother's name. We thought she would be happy and appreciate the sentiment. Nope. She just said "why are you naming her that? you already have my name."

So that was nice

millerclanx5

Names! Ah..when I was pregnant with my ds it changed 24 times. I kept finding another one I thought I loved. It was never ending. This time around there are 2 of us having to come to a decision so it's much worse. I told him I'm not even going to discuss it until we find out what we are having. I have a few names I am in love with though that I'm hoping to get my way. August William for a boy or Agatha Fern for a girl. 

cayaylonglegs

Well ladies you have me convinced. And now I must watch Reign! I also have never watched Neverending Story.. Is that the one with the big 'dog'? I always found it creepy.

ErikandAfton

juliehollz13 said:

Our boy name is 100% decided...in fact, we have 3 picked out in case we have all boys: Maxwell Benson, Dorian Bennett and William Benedict (DH's name is Benjamin FYI hence the "Ben" middle names).

For a girl I am completely undecided. My 1st pick is Alexandra (*nn "Sasha") Juliette, but i'm not sure. I also like Sophia Noelle but Sophia is soooo common. I like Anastasia but i don't want her to go by "Anna", I like Scarlett too but Juliette has been growing on me as a first name too. 

I have several students named Anastasia. One goes by Anna, one by Stacy, and one goes by Nastia. The last one I'm not a huge fan of because I feel like there could be some not nice nn from kids.

ErikandAfton

kbduke said:

We told my family the names yesterday at a cookout. Our girl name is a variation of my late mom's name + my grandmother's name. My middle name is also my grandmother's name. We thought she would be happy and appreciate the sentiment. Nope. She just said "why are you naming her that? you already have my name."

So that was nice

My Dad said it was a good thing that I never told my Nanny that we were going to us her name because she would have said almost the same thing as yours! "Why would you name a baby after me!"

cayaylonglegs

@juliehollz13 I love love love the name Anastasia it was my top name for a long time. I went to school with a girl named Astasia so that could be a good nn. I'm not a fan of Anna, but would be okay with Anya. I'm so weird.

aframe77

@dmongo love your names! Just a warning from my experience with infant hair, my little boy was born with red hair and after a couple months it all fell out and now he's a blond. Neither my husband or I have red hair though, so perhaps your odds are better for keepIng the ginger locks:) I was sad to see them go! 

tinattt23

We're not even discussing names until we find out the gender. It took us months to agree on the dog's name! I can only imagine how long baby's name will take. 

We also have a middle name battle going on. My family all has middle names that start with A's. His family has a history or 3 boys per generation. They use the first names of older generation as the middle names of the next. I'm hoping it's a girl so his tradition become irrelevant and we'll stick with mine

Anyone else have conflicting traditions?