Our daughter is Hannah. I feel like the combination of already having one child and trying to pick a name that “goes” with hers AND being a teacher is making naming this baby extra hard.
We are all set if the baby is a boy with Alexander Joseph
My DH and I already have a name if it is a girl. We love Rosalie, which is a combination of my two grandmothers names. We do not have a boy name yet. I am also a teacher and it is definitely hard not to think of students as DH suggests names. Just the other day my sister came up with a name that made me think of a past student. I found him eating glue in class. Needless to say we are not going with that name.
I just realized that my top boy name, which my SO loves too, probably won't work because it starts with the same letter as the last name. I'm afraid being Henry H. will make him sound like a Marvel super hero (Peter Parker, Bruce Banner, etc). So now I'm stuck. We love Sam, but that's a) my cousin's baby's name and b) my grandfather's dog.
Girl name is probably Charlotte Willow. The Willow part is a long story but it's to match her step sister's middle name (River).
We started a list for first names but we know for sure the middle name will be Jamie for a boy or girl. It's a family name for DH. His late fathers middle name (but he went by Jamie) and DH first name (but he goes by his middle name Chris) Our last name is hard to put names with so they have to be a strong two syllables name that doesn't have y's in it
Me 33 DH 41 TTC since 2016 Due: October 12, 2018 Location: Ontario, Canada
For the longest time we were set on a boy's name (John Michael) and now we aren't sure. John was my grandpa's first name and he was like my dad. So if it's not the first name, it'll be the middle. Michael is my husband's first name and also his son's middle name. (My husband's middle is his dad's first, and his dad's middle is his dad's first).
Now we are tossing around Killian, Maddox, Declan, and Griffin.
Hubby decided on a girl name and I love it, Charlotte Rose. Rose is my middle name. She'd be nicknamed Charlie.
Ugh, names... this was so hard last time. I had tons of girls names ready, but boys names were tough. We didn't finally pull the trigger on DS's name until an hour before we left the hospital with him... in fact, I was SURE his name was going to be something different going into labor.
I have ideas, but I'm getting stressed just thinking about it, haha.
Edit: I was also a teacher for 10 years, so yeah, the struggle finding untainted names is real.
I am too scared to even think of names yet. We thought we would get pregnant so fast, and then we didn't. Then we thought IUI would help us, and it didn't. Then we thought IVF would do it, and the first one go canceled so I am always waiting for the other shoe to drop. Currently scared that at my u/s next week they wont see a heartbeat soooo, yea, not even considering names yet. We probably wont even start thinking about names until we are solidly in the second tri.
Also a bit scared to think of names, but we couldn’t help ourselves!
i wanted Claire or Clara forever (Clara from the Nutcracker), but my SIL name is Claire so we left that one behind. We are now set on Dylan for a girl and I think for a boy we are between Logan and Wyatt. Middle names will be names for family members.
I am also a teacher which is making me think twice about our boy name. We have a boy middle name picked out (James-husbands middle name). I love Evelyn for a girl and call her Evie but I already have a livie and I think that would be too close. So basically we are no where close to having set names! : ) luckily we have a while!
DH is pretty sold on Dominic for a boy.. not sure about a middle name but possibly Austin (DH middle name) Wayne (DH’s Gpa) or Joseph (My dads name) If it’s a girl most likely Fiona Marie and we’d call her Fi. Both of my Gmas middle names are Marie and mine is too so I thought it would fit!
Ugh, yes, also a teacher here! My kids will never get to be Aiden, Kayden, Jayden, Hayden, Landon, Leland I have so many students with those names. Our first DS is Ryan Connor.
I’ve been dreaming up our kids names since we were dating hahah! DH and I both have all family names that is the tradition in our families, so we stick with it.
Our 8 yo DD is Stella Carter
if this LO is a girl, she will *hopefully* be Margaret Wolfe (nn Mae Mae)
a boy will be: Henry Randolph
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married 11.11.17 mama. epicurean. plant lover. wine enthusiast.
DF and I agree on Galen for a boy. It's the name I dreamed of before I found out I was pregnant and the name DF asked if we could use the same day I had that dream. For a girl we have a long list but our #1 is Eliza.
Ladybug - April 2013 Dandelion - October 2018 Angel "Aurora" - July 2020 Angel "Sawyer" - May 2021 Angel "Maxine" - January 2022 Angel "Violet" - March 2022 Baby Dove due March 2023
DH won't even talk names yet. He probably won't discuss them until we know if it's a boy or girl. With DD we had boy and girl names picked before I was even pregnant. I have a few top names now, but DH is in no hurry to hear them.
So if it’s a boy it will be Eli Michael. If it’s a girl it will by Skyler Jean, Skye for short.
I don’t know the reason behind Ethan’s name, his mom named him without consulting my DH. But every name we chose was for a reason.... except Eli. Eli was just chosen so we could have three Es.
Ugh, yes, also a teacher here! My kids will never get to be Aiden, Kayden, Jayden, Hayden, Landon, Leland I have so many students with those names. Our first DS is Ryan Connor.
Last year between my middle two kids they had at least one Taden, Hayden, Caden, Jaden, Braden, Blayden, and Aiden in their classes (a few Aidens with various spellings). Then again, our oldest is Jack (Jackson) so I am not totally against popular names either.
With our first we were team green. Had lots of boy names and none for a girl! Luckily it was a boy. We named him Lincoln. We've been tossing a few ideas around for #2. I love River for a boy and DH loves Quinton (which I don't love but don't hate either.) We seriously struggle with girl names...I like Eden & Bellamy
We have a Luka Robert and Scarlett Celeste. It took us everything we had to agree on those - we actually went into the hospital thinking DD would be Layla, and then changed our mind.
So we have absolutely nothing. I have suggested a few things and he vetoes them. He keeps mentioning Thor for a boy or Ripley for a girl (after Sigourney Weaver's character in Alien). Quite a sense of humor my husband has.
I have always had Annabelle picked out for a girl, since I was like 12. It was my great grandmother's name and she was the sweetest lady. My husband always seemed to like it until last week when he said it sounded like a demon doll's name. Soooo we'll see how this goes....
Otherwise we have Emilia or Evie picked for girl, and Archer for a boy. Not sure on middle names yet. I won't stress too much until we know the gender. But it's going to be so hard!
How do you all feel about "made up" names? I usually hate them, but our top girl name is technically not real. I've looked it up online and everyone who has asked for feedback on this name has gotten pretty negative feedback. I think it's a beautiful name, but maybe a little too trendy for my taste.
@acciocoffee I also think it depends on the individual name. I’m definitely more a fan of traditional names, but every now and then I’ll hear a new name and really like it.
For us, we’ve had a girl name picked out since before I was pregnant with DS, but since he was a boy we didn’t get to use it. If it’s a boy, we’re screwed though. We used our one and only boy name that we both liked on DS, so now we’ve got nothing!
So we have absolutely nothing. I have suggested a few things and he vetoes them. He keeps mentioning Thor for a boy or Ripley for a girl (after Sigourney Weaver's character in Alien). Quite a sense of humor my husband has.
My DH wants Oden for a name. Our dog's name is Loki, I told him that would look silly. If we get another dog he can have an Oden.
We had a really hard time last time. My husband vetoed hundreds of names lol. Last time we did not decide on DD name until I started pushing. Her name is Eleanor Rae (Rae is my middle name and a family name).
Some girl names I like are:
Charlotte (family name) Theresa (family name) Josephine Evelyn Emma Amelia
Boys names my husband always loved William Christopher. I don't really like the middle name but its his middle name and his dads and his uncles so he is standing his ground on that one.
@acciocoffee I personally hate made up names, and TBH, I judge. Most people I know with made up names really hate them or like them ok as adults, but still wished their parents had named them something more traditional as it has generally made their lives a bit more difficult.
@estellegetty preach. Sibsets are SO much harder than coming up with one name in a vacuum. Our first is Elsa (long story, but it was a perfect fit for our family) and she was born right when that fucking frozen movie came out. I tried to talk H out of it but he looked so heartbroken every time I brought it up. Anyway, when DD2 was born EVERY name we liked had some kind of Disney association, or contained the sound “ana” (Johanna, Mariana, etc). We went with Marie, and thought we were in the clear. Turns out one of the cats from the Aristocats is Marie. FML. I can’t win.
Re: Baby names!
We are all set if the baby is a boy with Alexander Joseph
Girl names we like:
Josephine
Caroline
Clara
hmmmm
I am also a teacher and it is definitely hard not to think of students as DH suggests names. Just the other day my sister came up with a name that made me think of a past student. I found him eating glue in class. Needless to say we are not going with that name.
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DX: PCOS
IUI #1, Nov 2016 - BFN
IUI #2, Jan 2017 - BFN
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FET #1, Feb 2018 -
As for us, we've started throwing around ideas, but we have a long way to go.
DSS born 01/2016
TTC since 01/2017
Letrozole + TI = BFP 01/30/2018 | EDD 10/11/2018
Girl name is probably Charlotte Willow. The Willow part is a long story but it's to match her step sister's middle name (River).
Our last name is hard to put names with so they have to be a strong two syllables name that doesn't have y's in it
TTC since 2016
Due: October 12, 2018
Location: Ontario, Canada
For the longest time we were set on a boy's name (John Michael) and now we aren't sure. John was my grandpa's first name and he was like my dad. So if it's not the first name, it'll be the middle. Michael is my husband's first name and also his son's middle name. (My husband's middle is his dad's first, and his dad's middle is his dad's first).
Now we are tossing around Killian, Maddox, Declan, and Griffin.
Hubby decided on a girl name and I love it, Charlotte Rose. Rose is my middle name. She'd be nicknamed Charlie.
Edit: I was also a teacher for 10 years, so yeah, the struggle finding untainted names is real.
i wanted Claire or Clara forever (Clara from the Nutcracker), but my SIL name is Claire so we left that one behind. We are now set on Dylan for a girl and I think for a boy we are between Logan and Wyatt. Middle names will be names for family members.
We have three top contenders for girls names, but zero boys names. Watch it be a boy haha.
Girls:
Alexia (nn Xia)
Eliana
Gianna
Boys:
TBD.
There are a few I love, but DH has vetoed all of them so far.
Our 8 yo DD is Stella Carter
if this LO is a girl, she will *hopefully* be
Margaret Wolfe (nn Mae Mae)
a boy will be:
Henry Randolph
mama. epicurean. plant lover. wine enthusiast.
Dandelion - October 2018
Angel "Aurora" - July 2020
Angel "Sawyer" - May 2021
Angel "Maxine" - January 2022
Angel "Violet" - March 2022
Baby Dove due March 2023
Elise
Cassandra
Clarice (nn would be Clara or Claire)
Melinda (nn Mindy)
Boy names have been tricky for us since DH hates most of mine and vice versa. My top names are:
Colin
Elliot
Emmett
Trent
Nicholas
Theo
SS is Ethan Arthur Lee
DS is Enzo James
So if it’s a boy it will be Eli Michael. If it’s a girl it will by Skyler Jean, Skye for short.
I don’t know the reason behind Ethan’s name, his mom named him without consulting my DH. But every name we chose was for a reason.... except Eli. Eli was just chosen so we could have three Es.
We have a Luka Robert and Scarlett Celeste. It took us everything we had to agree on those - we actually went into the hospital thinking DD would be Layla, and then changed our mind.
So we have absolutely nothing. I have suggested a few things and he vetoes them. He keeps mentioning Thor for a boy or Ripley for a girl (after Sigourney Weaver's character in Alien). Quite a sense of humor my husband has.
Otherwise we have Emilia or Evie picked for girl, and Archer for a boy. Not sure on middle names yet. I won't stress too much until we know the gender. But it's going to be so hard!
DSS born 01/2016
TTC since 01/2017
Letrozole + TI = BFP 01/30/2018 | EDD 10/11/2018
For us, we’ve had a girl name picked out since before I was pregnant with DS, but since he was a boy we didn’t get to use it. If it’s a boy, we’re screwed though. We used our one and only boy name that we both liked on DS, so now we’ve got nothing!
Some girl names I like are:
Charlotte (family name)
Theresa (family name)
Josephine
Evelyn
Emma
Amelia
Boys names my husband always loved William Christopher. I don't really like the middle name but its his middle name and his dads and his uncles so he is standing his ground on that one.
Boy names I like:
Benjamin
Jack/Jackson
Anyway our lists for this nugget are:
Issac
Isaiah
Grace
April
Remy