Names!

mamaraffe

So I'm already obsessing over what names I want to use. Anybody else? The names I like have become popular and I've been bouncing back and forth with them. Last time I just knew what to name my son but this time it's a little different. 

What names are yall y'all thinking about? Are you and your SO even discussing it yet? Are you planning on keeping the name a secret until delivery? 

We like
Girl : Elizabeth or Addison (middle name Carly after my sister) 
boy: Hudson or Elliot (middle name John after my grandfather)

flyingncmama

I had a hard time choosing my last son's name and this time around I have zero names on my list.  I'm hoping that once I know the sex I'll have an easier time choosing.  I probably won't keep the name a secret.

Assiram42

Names are my obsession, I keep a running list even when not TTC of names I come across that I love.  We have a two girl names pretty set, just kind of waiting to see which grows on us.  Boy names are a little harder, but we have a few we like.  

Our other DDs names don't really go well together.  We have Camrynn, Kinley and Ella. We like Southern names.

Top girl names:

Georgia

Veda

Darby

Nellie

Ruby

Piper

Sadie

Naomi

Poppy

Boy names: 

Reid

Jude

Rhett

Judd

Beau

Colin 

Deacon

Wyatt

Kellen

mamaraffe

@Assiram42 my son is wyatt I always have names in my head when not ttc as well! 

Im thinking of keeping it a secret because my family is very opinionated and will totally shoot down whatever you say. Or bring up people they dislike with that name. Ugh it's so annoying. 

keniialise

@Assiram42 we are the same way! Always have a list even when not TTC.
also we have a "kenleigh" as well, spelt that way to honor my dad after he passed. 

P.s I love piper, so so pretty! 

FSUNole31

We aren't really thinking about it yet until we get past the loss milestone.  We have a Kaiden and Cora so I am trying to decide if I want to stay with the K or C first letter sound.  My sisters and I (I have three) all start with S so I kind of like it, just not sure we can find another name to match.

momma2char

It's been quite a struggle to find names both my husband and I like! Our DD's name (Charlotte Adah) came so easy, we were both surprised when we found out I was pregnant again and he vetoed every name off of my (around 30+) girls list.

Boy: William Harrison
- He would go by Harrison- William is a generational name which I'm not big on doing but it's important to my husband

Girl: Ruby Jane or Ruby Eliza (nickname Ru)

ETA: were keeping the name a secret until after delivery- MIL has been suggesting "Stella" for a girl since I was pregnant with my Charlotte, and has suggested it so many times that I can't stand hearing it anymore, even though I've told her multiple times I wouldn't use it (hope not to offend anyone- it's a nice name but MIL has basically ruined it). If we're having another girl, we will have to put up with the Stella suggestions until baby Ruby/Harrison arrives! I think I'm stopping at two so once baby arrives hopefully she stops with the name suggestions lol.

Assiram42

momma2char said:

It's been quite a struggle to find names both my husband and I like! Our DD's name (Charlotte Adah) came so easy, we were both surprised when we found out I was pregnant again and he vetoed every name off of my (around 30+) girls list.

Boy: William Harrison
- He would go by Harrison- William is a generational name which I'm not big on doing but it's important to my husband

Girl: Ruby Jane or Ruby Eliza (nickname Ru)

ETA: were keeping the name a secret until after delivery- MIL has been suggesting "Stella" for a girl since I was pregnant with my Charlotte, and has suggested it so many times that I can't stand hearing it anymore, even though I've told her multiple times I wouldn't use it (hope not to offend anyone- it's a nice name but MIL has basically ruined it). If we're having another girl, we will have to put up with the Stella suggestions until baby Ruby/Harrison arrives! I think I'm stopping at two so once baby arrives hopefully she stops with the name suggestions lol.

Love both your names!

LLo3

I'm obsessed with names as well. I also have a running list in my phone. For some reason we can agree on boy names much easier than girls. Winston is my fave right. Is for a boy!

mirdamae03

Currently our names are Beau Isaac and Clara Jean. Big brothers are Rhett Andrew and Dean Lynwood.

kfry22

We are doing Toby for a boy. Middle name undecided. 
Tobi Grace for a girl. I'm pushing for Tobi Grace Elizabeth. I really like Teegan Elizabeth but hubby hates it

Big brother is Kade Matthew. My first name starts with k and my husbands starts with t so we have one of each for kids names. 

AngelaPlus3

A boy will be Charles (Charlie) Ryan. 
A girl will be Charlie Mae. 

So either way we will be having a Charlie, and that's what we have been calling baby when we talk to/about it. 

mamaraffe

@LLo3 such a strong name. 

@AngelaPlus3 @kassyfry I like yalls unisex names!

flyingncmama

AngelaPlus3 said:

A boy will be Charles (Charlie) Ryan. 
A girl will be Charlie Mae. 

So either way we will be having a Charlie, and that's what we have been calling baby when we talk to/about it. 

My youngest son is named Charles and we call him Charlie usually.  There's nothing sweeter than hearing his older brother say "ohhhhh, Charles".  

babytuck15

The never-ending convo in our house! When we had our first we had a girl and boy name picked out that we both love. So we're set if this is a boy! We can't seem to find a name we love as much as DD's....luckily we still have plenty of time to figure it out!

sejica

DH has wanted to name a boy James Arthur (after his dad) for as long as I've known him. I love Arthur, I'm just not sold on James, so I'm trying to see of I can convince him to go with Arthur James instead.

For a girl we both like Juniper, and are leaning toward something like Harriet for the middle name to honor both of our grandfather Harolds.

wifeinraleigh28

I love all your names!!!

We're limited on names because we want to follow Jewish tradition and choose names (or at least the first letter of first/middle names) after deceased relatives. We already know we're having a girl so that's where our focus has been but we also have a boy's name picked out. Our letters are A, N, G, and J.

I love the name Arielle and we've grown pretty attached to it now at this point. Middle name will likely be Nicole. Also love the name Juliet if we ever have another girl! And so far the only boy's name we both love is Aidan.

mombod

Love name choosing. With my son it came very easily. He is Everett Matthew.
Right now the top of the list for girls is Paige or Claire. We have a real hard time with girl names. For boys we've been talking about August since my son was born. NN: Auggie.
I love my sons name so much that I am worried any new name I will not be as crazy about.

MotherofDragons

We have a Rory Alexander. 

Before becoming pregnant we liked Caroline and Jack. But haven't really discussed it much since. Probably won't until we determine the sex. 

Edit: spelling 

bornmommy

Wow you guys are on the ball with these names!  Its a scorch of severe contention in my marriage when names come up so we are waiting it out.  Piper was our girl name for the longest time but I've decided I don't like it anymore for our family - and it doesn't really go with our sons' names as a sibling set.  Considering we might be team green again this time - I'm ready for  show down. If Baby is a girl - my husband wants a "P" name but has already vetoed Persephone and Penelope - the only two I really like.  If Baby is a boy, we might be even more up the creek without a paddle!   

silliegirlie143

We have super opinionated families so we kept DDs name a secret. We called her "Jebidiah" aka "JebJeb" when anyone asked us if we had thought of a name. It kept all the suggestions at bay. Once the baby was born we told everyone her real name and since it wasn't JebJeb, nobody gave a negative opinion on what we chose.

The Mr's family has a tradition that all the girl names start with E and all the boy names start with D. We followed it for DD, in addition to making her name a tribute to my Mom and Grandma. Both sides were happy. 

I LOVE sticking with the traditions. I feel like it gives the children an automatic connection to their cousins. I also like picking names that are reminiscent of family member names without being exactly named for someone. Since DD was named for my side, I will probably try to name Baby #2 for his side. Just have to find someone whose name I want!

LMMama

If it's a boy we like Ryder or Cameron (both middle name James) and they go well with my DD's name (Lucy Claire)

I actually like Cameron for a girl too. And Georgia. But my BF has said no to both of those. So we are kind of stuck for a girl right now. 

I want to try to utilize some family names (my DD has my mom's middle name as hers) but I'm really not a fan of the names on my BF's side. James as a middle name would be for my dad. I thought my BF would LOVE the idea of Georgia because his grandfather who has passed and he was really close with is George. But he hates the idea. 

hjphillips

With DD, H told me to just pick a bunch of names I liked and he'd pick his favorites, and that's how Amelia Grace got her name. If this baby is a girl I'm probably gonna push for Charlotte, because I know he hates my favorite girl name (Genesis).

for a boy, we really want Griffin as the middle name. We decided that while I was pregnant with DD, but choosing a first name is something else entirely. Maybe we'll go with Griffin as a first name. 

meg2704

I have two names but I'm starting to change my mind on the boy name. Middle names will be our mothers maiden names. For a boy, we are thinking Henry. For a girl, Caroline. 

halfthetree

I love all of these names! 

Its been nearly 3 years since we had our second child, so we have kept a running list or told each other when we find one we like. So far my husbands contributions are Ryder (I vetoed) and River (also vetoed). 

My favorite boy is Arlo. I also like that the name Duncan is coming back (my late father).

Girl: Olivia, Charlotte, Elisabeth, Freya 

We love old names.

MotherofDragons

Before we found out Rory was a boy, we had a girl name set. It was Sloane Amelia. Now, neither one of those names seems right to me. 

michaela0704

I used to love the name Kent and DH hated it... oddly enough we named one of our DS a name that ends in -ent...

This time around DH is loving Kent and I refuse to have their names rhyme...

Moneypenny424

Like some of you mentioned, I've constantly thought about names since before I was pregnant .  We have not talked about names yet--very early; however, my husband is the hardest person on Earth with names.  He hates all names. 

We have agreed that baby's middle name will be Julia or Julian after my mom, who passed away unexpectedly 2 years ago.  Her loss is a big part of the reason that I couldn't even think of having another baby until now.  Still hard for me to think that I'll have a child who she doesn't know.

berg

We've discussed names endlessly.  I like family names and nn.  My brother has initials, my nephew has initials, half my males cousins are called their middle names instead of first names.  Unfortunately I married a man who is named James and god help you if you call him Jim.  We have a less than beautiful last name so finding a name that works with it is hard.  Boy wise: Benjamin James is the front runner.  Ben is my paternal grandfather's middle name and somehow has not been used by any of my 16 cousins.  James is DH's name, my maternal grandfather's, and my godfather's name.  I love Benny.  But its the initials of BJ that is throwing us off.  We also like Donovan nn Van and Nolan (I'll figure out a way to nn it don't y'all worry) all with James as a middle.
Girl wise: Elizabeth Ann, nn Eli is my fave.  It's a huge name on my Dad's side and it just goes so beautifully with our last name.  I also like Logan for a girl, but DH HATES it. 
Just to emphasize what I'm dealing with, I mentioned that Weston is my maternal G-mas maiden name.  Then mentioned Easton.  DH tried to get me to shake on naming twins (if that were to happen) Easton and Weston.  He also keeps suggesting we wait until the baby comes and pick the name out of a hat.  I may hurt him before this baby even shows up.

@wifeinraleigh28 MIL passed away suddenly in July.  MIL's side is Jewish and DH's name is after his maternal Gpa Julian.  DH isn't Jewish and neither am I.  But we have talked about going with an S name for a girl to honor her but cannot agree.  I love Sidney, he does not.  He loves Sophie, it's not my favorite.  Before July we had decided that the middle name will be Ann as it is both our mother's middle names.  But I get what you are saying, it's limiting.

@Mother0fDragons I love Rory!  I love Lorelei for a girl (GG fan ovah here), but I really like Rory for a boy too.

Assiram42

@berg, are you a nickname lover? My names must have a nickname option. I never call anyone by their actual name, it's always a nickname. 

@silliegirlie143, I'm a fan of tradition as well. Our 'tradition' is just paying homage to our families with middle names. DD1's middle names is after my mom and DH's sister who was murdered.  DD2's middle name is after my deceased MIL. DD3's middle name is for DH's grandmother.  This LO will be after my grandfather and my deceased FIL or after my middle name or my grandmother.

marybpoppins

I'm obsessed with names!  I've always had a girls name picked out, Lilian Rose (Lilian is my grandmother's middle name).  I also like Jane Eleanor.  For boys we've had a hard time agreeing.  So for it's Kyle Walter or Harrison Nolan.

mrlight

@berg Could you swap your potential boy's name to James Benjamin and still call him Benny?  Also, I really like Logan for a girl, too!  But, I'm kind of in the minority on this site in that I really like a lot of traditionally male names for girls.

MrsW524

I love all the traditions on here! My husband and I have a name for a girl.  I casually mentioned a name that incorporated his grandmother as a first name (played a huge part in raising him and recently passed away) and a name that runs through both our families as the middle name and he loved it.  We're a little more stuck on boys. We want it to be meaningful, classic, and strong, but we have nothing concrete.

It's interesting to me how many people on here want nicknames for their kids.  I get it, but I think it's funny because my parents went to great lengths to make sure that people didn't use nicknames for me or my brother (outside of the pet names they had for us at home that had nothing to do with our names).  My husband is also vehemently opposed to people calling him by the common nickname associated with his name.  Truthfully I don't know that I have feelings about it one way or another for our kids.

delujm0

We won't open negotiations until we know the sex, which is what we did with DD.  Because we're probably going to argue about it, so why bother arguing over names for the sex that you don't even need.

 

We also like to just have a solid 3-4 choices and bring them to the hospital before choosing a name.  DD was born at 11:55pm so we didn't even finalize until the next morning.  We had a close second name that would probably be the front runner if this is another girl (I think it is but who knows).  We've never discussed boy names, so I bet it will be a mess if it comes to that.

jackiemarie1989-2

We have a Leo Fitzpatrick (middle name is a family name)

For this one we are probably going towards Samuel Gardner (my maiden name) for a boy, but girls we are undecided. I loved Matilda Jane or Matilda Joy but DH nixed those. So now we are leaning towards Lucy, Chloe, or Delia (family name again)

keniialise

@berg that's so funny you said the name Logan as a girl name! - I just told my husband last night that he's lucky we already named our son Logan, because recently I've been hearing it for little girls and I'm obsessed with it! I joked that we could give our three year old a identity crisis and change his name so that if we have a girl I could recycle his name 

alm52386

We have had a girls name picked out for a long time. Chloe Elizabeth. Elizabeth is DH's mother's given first name. She now goes by her middle name though. DH likes Brock for a boy. I'm not sure about that one. We also have Charles Robert or Robert Charles. Charles being DH's middle name and his maternal grandfather's name. Robert is the name of both of our paternal grandfathers! We have other family names to consider as first or middle names as well! I really like Owen for a little boy but DH does not. 

meg2704

As far as nicknames go, I'm kind of in the middle. I went by a nickname from birth to the third grade when I decided I would rather go by my real name (which seems like such a grown up decision for an 8 year old!). 

If we have a boy and name him Henry, I am positive my husband will be calling him Hank, but I will still call him Henry. 

jackiemarie1989-2

meg2704 said:

As far as nicknames go, I'm kind of in the middle. I went by a nickname from birth to the third grade when I decided I would rather go by my real name (which seems like such a grown up decision for an 8 year old!). 

If we have a boy and name him Henry, I am positive my husband will be calling him Hank, but I will still call him Henry. 

I love the name Henry. Unfortunately DH isn't a fan. I didn't even know Hank was a nickname for Henry. 

berg

@Assiram42 Nn lover for sure!  DH gives me a name and I immediately shorten it. I can't help it.

@mrlight I would love name a little boy James after DH as that is how my whole family does it for the most part. Plus I love the name James.  But DH is adamantly against it.  Long story short DH's dad named his second born son from his second marriage after himself.  Even though I'm sure name DH had more to do with MIL not wanting to do that than anything, DH doesn't like the association of naming a boy after him (little to no contact with FIL since age 4).  He also won't use his middle name because his father picked it out.  It's one of those things that I just have to go with.  Oh and I love unisex names for girls.  I have ever since I was little.  DH, not so much.

erkie

After the first one, we decided to never ever discuss until we know the sex! It causes a lot of arguments for us.