Baby Name Thread - Take Two

haycole

DH and I haven't settled on any names for sure but we are leaning towards Laura Elise for a girl and Landon (middle name TBD) for a boy. No family connetions, we just kind of like those names. They're not super common but still kind of traditional. 

oaklandava

@haycole LOVE Landon That's my DS1's name and it's my favorite (maybe biased...) LOL

LCRbelle

@haycole Laura is a pretty awesome name! (That’s my name. Lol)
I've always really liked my name!

cms39

I am expecting a girl for my second. I thought originally that I was having another boy and I was going to name him Charles after my grandfather. Now that we know it's a girl I would still like to honor my grandfather so I'm leaning towards Charlotte. My only concern is that Charlotte has been SO popular these last few years. I'm so conflicted!

Mandamay1414

@cms39 I love Charlotte! It's hard when the name you like is suddenly super popular, but if it's important to honor your grandfather, I think you should choose the name regardless of popularity. Or you could use it as her middle name and choose something more unique for a first name if you really don't want to use a popular first name. 

DLpanda08

@cms39 Charlotte is a beautiful name! But I agree that it is super popular right now and it would definitely make me second guess using it as a first name. What about using Charlotte as a middle name? 

Other feminine forms of Charles to consider: Charlene, Caroline, Charlize, Carol, Carla, Carolyn, Clara, or Carlie. I’ve also seen Chloe, but that seems like a bit of a stretch to me. 

We initially thought of using charlotte to honor to honor my dad, but it was just too popular for us. We ended up choosing a family name from his side of the family as her middle name.

ETA: another way would be to use your grandfather’s initials. Ex: Grandpa was Charles Scott, name baby something like Calliope Serena.

LCRbelle

@cms39 Charlotte is super popular but wanting to name her after your grandfather is so special! I would be super torn as well.  I like the idea of using it as a middle name! 

achays11

@cms39 DD2 is Charlotte after MH’s grandfather. (If we had a boy she would have been Charles.) We have not run into another Charlotte. We also call her Charlie since that’s what grandpa went by. 

ladystout08

We're pretty well set on Lorelei it appears. I can't convince DS on anything else so unless DH comes up with someone, that's what she'll be. MN is still TBD. Although I'm leaning toward using my MN (Jo) so then we have an LJ and a CJ. 

wkuandrea

@cms39 I have a friend named Charlsie after her dad, Charles. Just another option  

wkuandrea

@cait32 yes, LOL. Pronounced kind of like Charles C. but like leave off the extra "s" sound at the end of Charles. So Charl-sea. 

al_vy

We finally settled on names earlier this week: Elisheba (baby girl) & Jericho (baby boy). We're going to keep Zipporah and Issachar on the table, just in case they look more like that than the names we picked out. Middle names have been discussed jokingly, but nothing concrete yet. 

lakemomma2015

So my husband JUST told me that he no longer liked the names we chose 3 years ago... so if it’s a girl the name is now Amelia Zennia. (Zennia is a flower) and if we have twins (he swears he’s been having dreams and swears his dreams are “prophetic”) the second girls name is Evelyn Dahlia. If we have 2 boys the names are Leo Carlisle and Luca Paul. 

PolarBear517

We are settled on our boy name:
Owen

girl name Morgan

Less sure on middle names (Owen Arthur/Morgan Taylor currently front runners)

galactickates

lakemomma2015 said:

So my husband JUST told me that he no longer liked the names we chose 3 years ago... so if it’s a girl loopthe name is now Amelia Zennia. (Zennia is a flower) and if we have twins (he swears he’s been having dreams and swears his dreams are “prophetic”) the second girls name is Evelyn Dahlia. If we have 2 boys the names are Leo Carlisle and Luca Paul. 

How do you not know how many babies you're having yet? You have to be in your second tri by now.  You haven't had a dating scan yet?

UnbreakableKimmySchmidt

Yep, @galactickates mine is the same as @cait32 no ultrasound until 20 weeks unless complications. 

@lakemomma2015 my doctor said you would probably be measuring ahead if it was twins or they would hear both heartbeats at an appointment (although they can sync). So there’s a good chance you would already know. 

galactickates

Huh.. TIL 

skilouise

That seems so odd.  If someone has irregular cycles, how do they date the pregnancy without an early u/s? How do they identify (*tw*) an MMC the first few months, before a Doppler could pick up a heartbeat?  If the Doppler can't pick up a heartbeat, how do they tell the difference between a MMC vs anterior placenta or a stubborn/ hiding baby? Do they do NIPT only instead of FTS, or neither?

DLpanda08

@lakemomma2015 just out of curiosity, by Zennia do you mean the Zinnia flower? Like this: 

I’m only asking because I’ve never seen it spelled with an “e”. Is that a non US spelling? 

PolarBear517

@AshVA Many OBs around me have this same practice, 20 week ultrasound unless circumstances warrant another. My practice does one at your first appointment when LMP would imply you’re between 8-10 weeks & adjusts from there. My cycles are usually longer so with DD my due date was adjusted a week out (on par with my tracking). This time I wasn’t tracking but I got several negative tests before finally getting a + on CD 39. My due date was pushed out 12 days from when LMP would place it! My practice has a 10% induction rate which is fairly low for my area and they credit these early scans for keeping that rate low. 

nononorman

Wow I hadn’t ever heard of that... seems wild to think you’d be at 20 weeks before you find out you’re having twins in 16-18 weeks   

for names im still pushing hard for Ellis Cash (cash is my dads middle name and my husband hates it). But my husband is one of those that won’t come in w a real opinion or suggestion until my belly is metaphorically slapping him in the face. He keeps saying annoying shit like “we’ll figure it out”. Nope, I will and then you’ll just tag along. 

jandd2014

@Potterphile
that worked for me! lol. My DH also would not bring any suggestions to the table, so I just kept telling him, "I like this name" and finally with two months left, he just said yes to the name I wanted all along
Good luck!

greenhillgirl

Wow, it's crazy how much variation there is! Because of IVF, I had weekly ultrasounds done from week 2 to week 8, then I transfered to OBGYN. Everything she has done with me she does standard with all patients. I've had 2 ultrasounds with her at 10 weeks and 14 weeks then a fetal monitor for heartbeat at 18 weeks. I've also been to a center for specialty ultrasounds 2x- one for scan and NT and another for first anatomy. I go back between 20 and 22 for full anatomy scan.  Everything since week 10 has been standard practice here. No risks, everything looks healthy. I also can't imagine no scan until week 20!

hlb8179

My husband is Turkish so we will use a “simple” Turkish first name. Our 3yo daughter is Ayla Jordan. Ay means moon in Turkish so her name means moonlight. Jordan we just liked with that and is inspired by Michael Jordan, the GOAT. She was born 6 weeks early and we hadn’t settled on middle name but Jordan just seemed right. She’s our little fighter. We thought we’d call her AJ but that just doesn’t suit her. Ayla is pronounced like eye-luh but she often gets aye-la with a long a first sound. We are thinking about incorporating “ay” in the name for this LO as well. For a girl, we are thinking Miray (muh-rye) and for a boy we are thinking Akay (uh-kye). I want Glen for a middle name regardless of sex because that’s my father’s name and this will be his last grandchild. So far he has five granddaughters. My husband isn’t sold on Glen as a girl’s middle name, but I’m going to try to convince him. 

VallieS86

For the topic of ultrasounds and such. When I had my dd my doctor didn't do any ultra sounds until 20 weeks. The only reason I had one at 12 is because I did genetic counseling and they don't tell you what sex you're having because a baby's sex isn't a genetic defect. But when I had my 20 week my daughter had her legs closed the whole time so they couldn't tell me whether it was a boy or girl. And since everything else looked good, they didn't do another ultrasound. The only reason I found out I was having a girl is because I signed up to go to a school in the area where they have ultrasound techs train. The instructor told me what I was having. My doctor for this pregnancy, ( my daughters doctor no longer does obstetrics) does dating ultrasounds so I had one right around 8 weeks. I guess my point is every doctor is different. Some do dating even when you're tracking your period and some just take your word for it.

AliKay20

We are lost w boy name. Had a girl name picked out. Coincidentally, DH, DD, and I all have names that start w A.

We really didn’t intend on being the “triple A’s” but here we are and I feel like everyone expects us to name baby boy w an A name.

I am inclined to name him something else than yet another A name. I haven’t come across any A names I really like. I do like August but DH isn’t feeling it. 

In sum, we have no idea. 

al_vy

It's official, we found a baby girl name that we both 100% love: Athaliah Mairead. (Athaliah was queen of Judah, Mairead is to honor SO's auntie). 

...now if only we could find a boy name that we love this much