May 2020 Moms

Hello! Drop your top baby name choices here!

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Re: Hello! Drop your top baby name choices here!

  • We didn't share DS's name until he was born. People are judgy and opinionated and I'm not interested. We're doing the same this time.

    We've had a middle name for a girl since way before she was conceived, Hope. Now to find her a first name. I have a super uncommon name that really isn't difficult to pronounce, but when people see it written down, they have no idea how to say it. Sometimes it's nice, but more often it's a hassle, so I'd rather her first name be a smidge more common.

    H doesn't like nicknames. His name is Michael and people always assume he goes by Mike. He doesn't complain to others, but to me he says "if my parents wanted me to be a Mike, they would have named me Mike"  but his mom calls him Mike all the time and it cracks me up.
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  • @soprano19 I like all of those name choices and think any one of them goes with Clara. I wouldn’t worry about a movie association if you like the name. Also, for those of us who never saw it, I don’t associate it haha. 

    @catem07 Anne and Claire both go well with Margaret. I would be preferential to Claire just because it’s my sister’s name 😂
    I also completely disagree that Anne doesn’t go with Margaret though. I think those two names compliment each other every well while also being different. 
  • @bananapanda DS has a name with the unusual spelling version too, it hasn't cause any issues here, I just got really used to saying "with a K"
  • I never experienced any negative remarks about telling someone our name picks last time, so once we are decided we will definitely share if asked. I think confidence is key - instead of "I think we are going to name him..." just "his name is" - if it's clear that you are 100% and not asking for opinions I think people are a lot less likely to give them. 

    Right now we have no idea though! DS's name is Ezra and we were set on it the minute we found out he was a boy and it just felt so right - no second guessing. We stick to family names for middle names, so his middle name is Cruz after MHs grandmother. This baby will have a middle name from my side of the family so our options are Anthony, Louis, Rosario, or Paul but I feel like we like a lot of first names, but don't both LOVE any. 

    Our short list so far: 
    Isaiah 
    Isaac
    Diego 
    Desmond 
    Elliott 
    Owen 
    Ivan 

    Ideally we want something that sounds good in English and Spanish since MHs family only speaks Spanish. Very open to suggestions! 
  • @soprano19 I like all of your names but I think Matilda is the most "now" of all of them -- spunky and offbeat without being weird. But any of them would be lovely.

    @catem07 I wonder if the other BMB is thinking of the 60's actress Ann-Margret? Because I think Margaret and Anne both have that classic British Queen vibe.

    @chewie5990 Ezra is so cute! My brother just had to come up with a name that worked in English and Swedish and those bilingual names are so hard. I wonder if Diego would suffer from Dora the Explorer association. Would Oscar work? 
  • @allie456 yeah the Dora the Explorer reference is the main thing holding us back from Diego - but I feel like the show isn't really popular anymore so idk if it would effect him so much as people our age making references. I like Oscar but there's just way too many Oscars on MHs side of the family already! 
  • @chewie5990 I think my fav. Combo there is Isaiah Rosario
  • None of my kids names go together. I’ve never even considered how they sound together, honestly. I feel like both boys have names that suit them in different ways. My sisters and I all have names that range from average everyday names to names you’ve probably heard in a song but nowhere else. 🤷🏻‍♀️

    We have a girl name. We’ve been telling people her nickname and love hearing everyone’s guess for what it’s short for. No one has guessed yet. Nickname is Sisi, but most people assume Cece because we don’t clarify spelling. 
  • @chewie5990 Elliott is one of my fave boys names. I don’t know how it is for Spanish speakers though. 

    @allie456 No one mentioned Ann-Margaret but I’ve actually thought about that. It doesn’t bother me though. We really like regal-ish sounding names (one of our girls would have been Charlotte before the Cambridges sent it skyrocketing to the top of the popularity charts). Also this baby’s middle name will probably be Elizabeth (which is my mother’s name). And Ann (no e) is my MILs middle name. So it’s kind of a nice tribute to them both, even though I’m not actually passionate about family names. 
    DD #1: April 2017
    DD #2: May 2020
    Baby #3: EDD May 2023; MC October 2022

  • @rox7777 Oooh I love guessing games! The first name that popped into my mind was Narcissa. 
  • I like everyone’s name choices. Not very helpful, but they all sound good! 
    I keep going back and forth on names. I don’t particularly want a popular name, but it seems like all the names I do like also happen to be popular. I don’t think many names “go with” our last name but I guess it just ends up working out. I didn’t think my name fit well with my married name at first, but now it sounds natural to me.

    As for names and name associations, you also cannot predict future name associations. My sister and I both have names which are names of members of a major political family, but said family was unknown to the masses when my sister and I were named. 

    Current name options:
    Jack
    Sawyer
    Finnian
    Declan
    Wyatt
  • @sunshinesea22 I like the name Wyatt! 
  • @mamaj1220 and @heyybritt ok, that's helpful to hear thank you! I feel like my older daughter, Hadley, is unique enough that we almost never find anything personalized for her either so I'm not too concerned.  Plus with Etsy everyone can get personalized things now :smile:

  • @bananapanda Hadley is on my short list of girls names...  I have lots of names with A and D...

    Lydia
    Hadley
    Cassidy
    Addison
    Madison
    Madeline
    Adeline
    Aldyn
    Landyn

    I clearly like a certain sound...  as it goes my husband and I have agreed on a boy's name for months, but we're having a girl and do not quite see eye to eye on that name yet!

  • @pirateduck I'm partial to Madelyn as that's my daughter's name. My cousin named her daughter born 5 months later Adeline so we have Addie and Maddie running around together now.

    @sunshinesea22 Finnian is on our short list for boys. It was going to be dds name it she were a boy and I think we didn't decide on the boy name until we were driving to the hospital. Her name we picked out years ago, but the boy name we liked my cousin named her son 5 months prior. 
  • JStill0603JStill0603 member
    edited December 2019
    My first choice for this one is Griffin George (George is my grandpas name). Other names on my list are Colton and Oakley. Brothers name is Quinten. I like how Quinten and Colton sound together but I think Colton is maybe too popular for my liking. 

    Last time DH and I had a really hard time naming DS and DH turned down soooooo many names that I liked so I was afraid to ask him about Griffin. He didn’t immediately tell me no, or he hated it or ask if I was
    crazy. But then he thought for a minute and said he has a friend with a boy named Griffin. Then he thought a minute more and he was like “ohhhhhh my! My friend with the kid named griffin also has a son named Quinten!” I laughed and then DH said that he can’t name his kids the same as what his high school friends brothers kids are named. I have been with DH for 7.5 years. I’ve never met these people. This “friend” was supposed to be a groomsman in our wedding and backed out less than a week prior. I said when do you see friends brothers kids?! He said never but I still can’t name them that. I think he’s being irrational and I told him to think about it. Now I just need to figure out how firm I want to stand. (I honestly think the kid would be named today if it weren’t for his “friends” brother whose children’s names he probably only knows because of social media). 
  • @sunshinesea22 I love Finnian I threw Finn out as an option if this baby is a boy and then was reminded by amazing best friend his initials would be FU  :D so that was a no go.
  • @JStill0603 DS was supposed to be Colton, but one of my close friends had a baby and found out he was a boy and that was the name they used then my cousin did the same. I was slightly salty but now I am glad because DS is the only one with his name in his grade level and there are a few Colton's. 
  • @JStill0603 I wouldn’t worry too much and also wouldnt be too firm.  There are lots of names out there and you have 6 more months to explore options.  Husband may come around to it or you may come up with something else you love.  
  • @mamaj1220 😂🤣😂 Good thing that was realized before naming. I guess all F names are out for you then 😢
  • One of my holdups with Finnian and Sawyer are that they sound cute for little boys but do they work for grown men? Also DH would be real peeved if Finnian decides he wants to be called “Ian” I guess DH knows an Ian who is an ass.
  • LOL @shamrocandroll MH’s middle name starts with a J. His first name starts with a B. 😂 DS2 has his middle name but a T first name. He could go by TJ when he gets older if he wants but MH was like I’d NEVER go by BJ. 
  • @rox7777 That's one of the reasons MH doesn't ever want to name a kid after himself.  Then he'd be B Junior, and MH doesn't want him to be called BJ.  :lol:  That would be a terrible combination, since he could then be called either BJ or BM.  :lol:
    **TW**
    Me: 35 | H: 40
    Married Sept. 2013
    DS1: Nov 11, 2016 <3
    MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d)
    CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d)
    BFP!  8/24/19
    DS2: May 10, 2020 <3


  • rox7777 said:
    LOL @shamrocandroll MH’s middle name starts with a J. His first name starts with a B. 😂 DS2 has his middle name but a T first name. He could go by TJ when he gets older if he wants but MH was like I’d NEVER go by BJ. 

    Soooo we have been joking (since names aren't decided) that if it's a boy, it's CJ (as in my husband's first initial and then junior) and if it's a girl (which it is) it's BJ (my first initial and then junior), and now we just refer to the baby as BJ and laugh and know we have to come up with her real name soon before the nickname in the womb sticks for life!

    As long as the middle initial isn't a vowel you are less likely to accidentally spell something!
  • @mokay19 Bah-hahaha nice double entendre
    **TW**
    Me: 35 | H: 40
    Married Sept. 2013
    DS1: Nov 11, 2016 <3
    MMC: 11/16/18 (9w6d)
    CP: 2/3/19 (5w3d)
    BFP!  8/24/19
    DS2: May 10, 2020 <3


  • Leaning towards Jemma/Gemma but not sure which spelling to go with but have hesitations since Emma is the most popular baby name right now. Also our family would then be Jer, Em, Ben and Jem and that sounds like confusion waiting to happen
  • soprano19soprano19 member
    edited December 2019
    @emlettuce I like Gemma!
  • DH and I really love the name Serenity for a girl, but after finding out yesterday baby is definitely a BOY!!!, we are going to have to start looking. I like the name Allister, it's a Greek, warrior name that means protector/defender of mankind.
  • @emlettuce I think I prefer it spelled with a G, unless there is some tie to your ethnicity or something with the other spelling ;)
  • @emlettuce I personally like the Gemma spelling but I can see some people trying to pronounce it with a Hard-G instead of “gem”. 

    Word of caution from someone with a name that looks intimidating but is actually phonetic. I have people butcher my name all the time just because they’re not used to the letter combination.
    Me: 28  DH: 29
    FTM
    BFP 08/25/19, EDD 05/04/20
  • @drkoyya my whole life people struggled with my last name, it is pronounced exactly as it’s spelled.  Makes me wonder if people were ever taught how to sound out words they don’t know in grade school.
  • I have one of the simplest names to pronounce. On top of that it’s a very popular song name. You would be amazed at how many people can butcher pronunciation AND spelling. 🤦🏻‍♀️
  • @pirateduck I've gotten to a point when I notice people call me "Ms. Last name" instead of trying my first name, I force them to try and pronounce my first name. 9 times out of 10 they get it right if they take the time to sound it out. It's the people who say my name and add letters/sounds that aren't anywhere in my name 
    Me: 28  DH: 29
    FTM
    BFP 08/25/19, EDD 05/04/20
  • @drkoyya I want to know your name so badly now just to see if I can get it lol. Also made the mistake of sharing our name choices at Christmas, I should have known better but I basically said them and I think it was clear that it was not up for debate but I could tell by some of the looks that family isn't sold. Oh well. 
  • @mamaj1220 they are your kids and your names, try not to let it bother you.  
  • @pirateduck they weren’t crazy about DS name either sooo whatever we pick what we like
  • MH and I both think our favorite name right now is Jack Francis. I feel like I can’t commit to anything just yet. It seems so premature to decide that’s the best name for our baby 5 months before we even meet him. I’m also not 1000% in love with it. I think I’m having a hard time totally embracing it because it’s a fairly common name and part of me wants something different but not too different.
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