October 2018 Moms

Baby names!

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Re: Baby names!

  • @ohmotherofboys my ILs are like that too! All DHs cousins (much younger) have nicknames. Olivia (Libby), Ella (Ellie bellie) etc. When our oldest was born we named him Declan. They literally all asked if we were plannning in calling him “Decky”. Um, no. We call him Declan. Because that’s his name. 
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  • mrsgrifbach loooove Nora. Its classy and sophisticated and it is definitely making a come back.  My DD is Eleanor and goes by Elle or Ellie but when choosing it I liked the option for Nora as a nickname. 

    @kiwi2628 Henry is a good choice and one of my front runners! Love the pairing of Arthur for a middle name. 
  • @ohmotherofboys my ILs are like that too! All DHs cousins (much younger) have nicknames. Olivia (Libby), Ella (Ellie bellie) etc. When our oldest was born we named him Declan. They literally all asked if we were plannning in calling him “Decky”. Um, no. We call him Declan. Because that’s his name. 
    Haha, exactly!! 
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    DHs family all have nn's that have NOTHING to do with their names.. 
    Leslie is Sissy, Brian is Nunie (pronounced new-nee) Tyler is Eddy, Christopher is Moepickle, and Samantha is Lulu... and our niece Kaydence is Bean lol I like those kind of nicknames way more because they usually have a story to them I don't like shortening names for nicknames that's so common lol
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    @mrsgrifbach Nora was our #1 also if it's a girl. it's pretty underused where we live (South Florida), idk how yours is. My family has already been making jokes about it (my sister keeps referring to the baby as Norma) but it hasn't deterred us lol. I say go for it, it's beautiful. 
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  • I'm so bad about shortening names. My siblings and I all have 3 syllable names. We all go by shortend names.
    Marianne (Mari or Mar)
    Rebecca (Becky or Becs)
    Alexander (Alex or Al)

    I call SS munchkin though. And this baby is Fox.
  • I don’t mind shortened names at all but the unnecessary ee sound at the end bothers me with certain names!
  • in the past 2 years my friends have named their various kids Ella, Ellie, Eloise & Elliot. I seriously can't keep track anymore haha I get them all mixed up!! I am going to do my very best to stay clear of any names that begin with 'EL'  :D
  • @chopchop25 I really like Ellery. I've never heard it before, its different but not too crazy out there. We are currently really liking Bellamy for a girl, which is also more commonly known as a boy's name. Especially now with the show 'The 100' where a male Bellamy is the main character.

    Love the pirate legend!
  • I was so surprised the first time I heard Ellery as a boy's name... it sounds so feminine to me. I love it, I say go for it! I don't think you'll get many strange looks for it at all.
  • @mrsgrifbach I think Nora is lovely.

    @kiwi2628 LOVE Henry Arthur ❤️
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  • @lotsico my mom did the same thing for the same reason! I am Alexandra (aka Alex). My sister is Blair.
  • @chopchop25 Agreed. What a cool story! I would love it.
  • I think that's such a fun story! It beats being named after a character on your mom's favorite TV show. ;)
  • Haha @sammierose464 that made me crack up.

    Thanks for the votes of confidence ladies (though if anyone hates it I hope they'll speak up!) 
  • I don’t mind shortened names at all but the unnecessary ee sound at the end bothers me with certain names!
    My mom does this and it drives me nuts. My cousin Josh she called Joshie and my cousin Bill she called Billy (when that’s not what they or their parents preferred), for my friends growing up she automatically added the ee sound to the end of their name. But my brother’s name is David and we call him Dave and she would flip a shit on anyone who called him davey. That woman is a trip hahaha

    Me: 33 DH: 31
    Location: Castle Rock, CO
    DD: 10.13.18
    baby #2 due: 7.14.20

  • I seem drawn to names that start with E and our last name starts with a D. Not having our kid with erectile disfunction as their initials so those are ALL out. 
  • @sarahzett Hearing Josh-ee would definitely drive me crazy!! I sometimes wonder if SO’s family struggle with the fact that they can’t baby-fy our kids names lol.
  • The ee sound bugs me too. 
  • Both of my boy names will have nicknames with "ee" at the end, but they are classically that way. #sorrynotsorry
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  • My given name ends in a “e” sound, and it totally doesn’t bother me.  

    What bothers me is people don’t outgrow their childhood nicknames.  Dude- you are 40yo, and you still go by “Danny”, or “Tommy”, or “Mikey”?  

    Ummm... also, my opinion in this is primarily against male names in this respect. Which is something I should probably think about.  Why doesn’t “Tammy” bother me the same way?
  • @knottieamusements I don’t like picturing a 40 yo Mikey lol
  • If your given name typically has the EE sound or is commonly nicknamed with an EE it's different for sure. My sister is Becky. Totally different than "Davey" or something.
  • DD's name is Hazel and I call her Hazy all the time because it drives my family crazy.
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  • @zbab31 I really like Hayden for a girl!!
  • I like Hayden for a girl!
  • @krzyriver my son's middle name is Echo! We decided to give him a more "normal" name as a first name, but wanted it in there so we could still call him by it, or he can go by it if he chooses. Everyone assumes I am the one that came up with it  (because real talk, I'm definitely a hippie child :joy: ) but it was actually my husband that came up with it. He got I from a movie (it goes beyond just his middle. DH was amused, and it's fitting). We are still trying for another L name, and failing as far as boys names. Everyone I like, he hates. Lol So I give up on names until we find out if it's a boy or girl.
  • @jomama1618 AH I feel like allll the boy names I liked originally start with L. Our last name starts with L though so H was immediately dead set against all of them  :'(
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  • I just looked at my short list of boy names and hate all but one of them.  

    At least I still like my list of girl names.  
  • @DunkinDecaf that sucks! Our Last name is an O, so Ds is literally L.O. :joy: (DH doesn't spend enough time online in forums or anything to know why that's funny to me.). He is set on having a sibset, so another L first name. I told him he better pray hard it's a girl (we both love and agree on a handful of L.girl names), because if it's a boy he's not going to have a freakin name! Ds's name was legitimately the only boy's name we could agree on. And that was around 20 weeks.
  • @SawyerRichardson Same here! We have a very long list that we can't discuss until we know the sex, which won't be until the 16 week or 20 week ultrasound! :(
    Me 33 DH 41
    TTC since 2016
    Due: October 12, 2018
    Location: Ontario, Canada

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