I have a niece name Caleigh, though, that is pronounced Callie. With the trends towards weird spellings or pronounciations, I guess that is where the confusion comes from? Some people use a typical spelling and change the pronounciation to not match.
See. I’ve only ever heard it pronounced hay-lee. Apparently the two people we’ve told (via text) the name are confused if we are going with Halle. But there’s not two Ls.
I think you'd be totally safe with the spelling Haley if you want it pronounced hay-lee. You're right, it wouldn't be ha-lee without the two Ls. We know both Haley's and Halle's and they are all pronounced the ways you're thinking (ie: not the same).
Thanks, ladies. I don’t know why I’m panicked all the sudden. We love the name. MIL mispronounces the state she has lived in her whole life, so I wouldn’t put it passed her but also refuse to base my child’s name on that.
Thanks, ladies. I don’t know why I’m panicked all the sudden. We love the name. MIL mispronounces the state she has lived in her whole life, so I wouldn’t put it passed her but also refuse to base my child’s name on that.
Advice my DH often says you can spell it rwyz and call it Sam. It's your baby, your spelling/ pronunciation.
Thanks, ladies. I don’t know why I’m panicked all the sudden. We love the name. MIL mispronounces the state she has lived in her whole life, so I wouldn’t put it passed her but also refuse to base my child’s name on that.
Advice my DH often says you can spell it rwyz and call it Sam. It's your baby, your spelling/ pronunciation.
There is a sticky in the baby name board about why spelling matters.... I would read that...
Thanks, ladies. I don’t know why I’m panicked all the sudden. We love the name. MIL mispronounces the state she has lived in her whole life, so I wouldn’t put it passed her but also refuse to base my child’s name on that.
Advice my DH often says you can spell it rwyz and call it Sam. It's your baby, your spelling/ pronunciation.
There is a sticky in the baby name board about why spelling matters.... I would read that...
Thanks, ladies. I don’t know why I’m panicked all the sudden. We love the name. MIL mispronounces the state she has lived in her whole life, so I wouldn’t put it passed her but also refuse to base my child’s name on that.
My mother can't pronounce 1/2 my kids names. She also couldn't pronounce my last name for 16 years (which is all the older grandkids last names) or my hs bf name which was kyla. Or water. She's from the south and uses it as an excuse, but really i think she just doesn't care. She adds extra consenents to everything. I wouldn't worry if your mil mispronounced your name, she's the one that will look like an idiot, Haley is a fairly common name.
We picked Aubrey and my mom mentioned that my grandma wouldn’t be able to pronounce it right. No idea why it would be hard but I don’t care, if she can’t pronounce it it doesn’t really make a difference to me!
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Along the same lines, my MIL has been driving me nuts with the name we've picked for this baby. She says his full name every time she talks about him. She writes his full name out on the bazillion packages she sends him. She sometimes just texts me his full name. I don't know how she can take a name I've loved for YEARS and make me start to hate it.
We were contemplating the name Lillian and DS name is Liam. MIL speaks English as a second language and said it would be too hard to say Lillian and would struggle with Liam vs Lillian so we ditched the name. I wasn’t dead set on the name but didn’t really wanna pick a name where I would get that comment all the time that it was hard to say. We are going with Abigail which I like better anyways.
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Along the same lines, my MIL has been driving me nuts with the name we've picked for this baby. She says his full name every time she talks about him. She writes his full name out on the bazillion packages she sends him. She sometimes just texts me his full name. I don't know how she can take a name I've loved for YEARS and make me start to hate it.
What is the name?
My dad keeps trying to convince me to change the baby’s name because he loves my H and really wants me to name the baby after him because he thinks DH deserves a junior. It’s not that I don’t think he deserves a junior but we both genuinely love The name we chose and are fine with the baby getting H’s name as a middle name but now I’m second guessing it but I’ve already told everyone his name and everyone calls the baby Abel. Maybe I’m getting crunch time jitters but damn my dad for giving my doubts!
We're naming the baby Lincoln Dale. Dale is Dh's middle name and the name of his father who passed away years and years ago. I still love the name, but I wish MIL would lay off it a little.
My dad hated the name we picked for a girl. Luckily, baby was a boy so it never came up, but I wasn't going to change it.
My grandfather couldn't pronounce my name correctly, I didn't even notice until my brother pointed it out when he was a teenager. Come to think of it, my grandma on the other side also pronounced it "wrong," just put too much emphasis on the second syllable (probably an accent thing). But I still knew what they were saying and no skin off my butt to have it be wrong.
We told my parents we're picking an Italian first name because our last name is super Irish and I want the baby's Italian-ness to be clear (his middle name will be my maiden Italian name but no one ever hears that). My dad said he hated that idea because he's Joseph, and he'd hate it if his parents had picked Giuseppe instead. But he also comes from the old school, 1940s train of thought that immigrants should assimilate, and I had to point out that in today's society ethnic names are quite common and no one bats an eye. Hell, people use ethnic names when they're not even that ethnicity! But lately I've been leaning toward an Irish, common-in-America name, and now I'm afraid if I go with it my parents will think they "won" the argument and that their antiquated view is right. Is it wrong to name a child out of spite?
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@eggplantface nah, they'll forget it eventually. As someone who grew up with a very all around Irish name but who looks far more like the Italian side of the family, I like the idea of pulling both in.
We are apparently really annoying some family by keeping the name under wraps, but all of this is just reinforcing why. Now we just have to not slip (which DH has already done once but fortunately those friends aren't big listeners and didn't notice).
We haven't told anyone his name yet either, so my family has resorted to calling him their own names plus a Jr - like Jack Jr, Jeff Jr, Joseph Jr. BTW my husband's name is Adam so I think the got the Jr concept wrong lmao.
It occurred to me this past weekend my mom may not like the name we picked because it's 1 letter off from her husband's grandkid's name. But dude we only see them like once every 4 years so she can deal.
@eggplantface my husband wants an Italian name and i prefer Irish. We are going with an Italian name but it's something we both like and agree on and to me that's what is important
We are apparently really annoying some family by keeping the name under wraps, but all of this is just reinforcing why. Now we just have to not slip (which DH has already done once but fortunately those friends aren't big listeners and didn't notice).
I think we're also annoying the parents by doing this. We told them we're not announcing until he's born, but they keep asking if we've picked one and every time I say no they get all glum. But my dad's pronouncement about making a mistake using an Italian name is also exactly why we're keeping it a secret. I don't want any opinions on it and the way to avoid that is to have it on the birth certificate before telling anyone!
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We also were planning to keep the baby’s sex and name a secret until birth or at least until the baby shower mid-January. But after our ultrasound in October we chose a name the same day and we were way too excited about both sex and baby name so the secret was out within probably 2 weeks!
We haven’t had much pushback, but I personally strongly believe no one’s opinion matters except the parents’ when naming a baby. Try not to try to please your family. It’s not their kid. If you happen to like the same name as them, cool, but this isn’t their baby to name. I don’t want to sound bossy, I just don’t think their opinions matter in the big picture and imagine if you didn’t love your kid’s name because you were trying to please everyone?
Our only pushback was just that our name doesn’t honor any relatives either deceased or living. Well, with a last name as common as Smith, our priority in choosing was on finding something we liked that was not made up, but was as uncommon as we could think of (while still liking it of course). No one in either of our families has a name we particularly like and is uncommon. We just stuck with our own priorities on the decision and are super happy with our choice.
We’re keeping the name a secret and we’ve had to try and stop ‘name discussions’ when we’re with parents because they’ve taken to talking about ‘silly suggestions’ or names that they don’t like and I’m terrified that someone is going to bring up the name we chose and everyone is going to talk about it being a terrible name or something. Someone has already mentioned one of the names we had as a back up as a name that they really don’t like. So I’m just like. Ahhhhh. Stop talking about names!!!!
We're naming the baby Lincoln Dale. Dale is Dh's middle name and the name of his father who passed away years and years ago. I still love the name, but I wish MIL would lay off it a little.
My dad hated the name we picked for a girl. Luckily, baby was a boy so it never came up, but I wasn't going to change it.
Now I remember I think you told us already. Sorry pregnancy brain lol I love Lincoln btw. She will calm down with the name after he’s born. It’s like the only thing she has right now is a name so she’s draining the life out of it. Well hopefully she will calm down.
Yes so glad we are keeping the name a secret! I honestly don't think it would be a big deal except we are having the first grandchild on both sides. So our families are all up in our business every step of the way and voicing unwanted opinions, asking us questions about all our choices. Poor next child will not be getting the same attention! Hah
Re: The Baby Name Thread
I have a niece name Caleigh, though, that is pronounced Callie. With the trends towards weird spellings or pronounciations, I guess that is where the confusion comes from? Some people use a typical spelling and change the pronounciation to not match.
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older siblings: ds 16 dd 14 ds 13 dd 11 dd 7
Along the same lines, my MIL has been driving me nuts with the name we've picked for this baby. She says his full name every time she talks about him. She writes his full name out on the bazillion packages she sends him. She sometimes just texts me his full name. I don't know how she can take a name I've loved for YEARS and make me start to hate it.
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August 2016: 50 mg Clomid + IUI = BFN
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November 2016: FET#1 = chemical
January 2017: FET#2 = chemical
March 2017: IVF#2 - 18 retrieved / 18 mature / 16 fertilized / 5 blasts
May 24, 2017: FET#4 - BFP! - Beta #1 151 - Beta #2 503 - Due date 2/9/18
My dad keeps trying to convince me to change the baby’s name because he loves my H and really wants me to name the baby after him because he thinks DH deserves a junior. It’s not that I don’t think he deserves a junior but we both genuinely love The name we chose and are fine with the baby getting H’s name as a middle name but now I’m second guessing it but I’ve already told everyone his name and everyone calls the baby Abel. Maybe I’m getting crunch time jitters but damn my dad for giving my doubts!
My dad hated the name we picked for a girl. Luckily, baby was a boy so it never came up, but I wasn't going to change it.
We told my parents we're picking an Italian first name because our last name is super Irish and I want the baby's Italian-ness to be clear (his middle name will be my maiden Italian name but no one ever hears that). My dad said he hated that idea because he's Joseph, and he'd hate it if his parents had picked Giuseppe instead. But he also comes from the old school, 1940s train of thought that immigrants should assimilate, and I had to point out that in today's society ethnic names are quite common and no one bats an eye. Hell, people use ethnic names when they're not even that ethnicity! But lately I've been leaning toward an Irish, common-in-America name, and now I'm afraid if I go with it my parents will think they "won" the argument and that their antiquated view is right. Is it wrong to name a child out of spite?
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Baby boy born 2/2/18
We are apparently really annoying some family by keeping the name under wraps, but all of this is just reinforcing why. Now we just have to not slip (which DH has already done once but fortunately those friends aren't big listeners and didn't notice).
It occurred to me this past weekend my mom may not like the name we picked because it's 1 letter off from her husband's grandkid's name. But dude we only see them like once every 4 years so she can deal.
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RE Dx: Fibroids, surgery Jan 2016
IUI #1 and #2, Nov/Dec 2016, BFN
IVF March 2017: ER - 5R/3M/3F, 1 PGS normal
Polyp removed May 2017
FET May 2017 - BFP!
Baby boy born 2/2/18
We haven’t had much pushback, but I personally strongly believe no one’s opinion matters except the parents’ when naming a baby. Try not to try to please your family. It’s not their kid. If you happen to like the same name as them, cool, but this isn’t their baby to name. I don’t want to sound bossy, I just don’t think their opinions matter in the big picture and imagine if you didn’t love your kid’s name because you were trying to please everyone?
Our only pushback was just that our name doesn’t honor any relatives either deceased or living. Well, with a last name as common as Smith, our priority in choosing was on finding something we liked that was not made up, but was as uncommon as we could think of (while still liking it of course). No one in either of our families has a name we particularly like and is uncommon. We just stuck with our own priorities on the decision and are super happy with our choice.