@mangoandguava oh yea, it was overrun with ads a couple years ago. They totally rehauled it and it definitely works better now. Way less glitchy. I can spend hours on there, reading the blogs and checking out the forums.
@itsme215 that's frustrating, I'm sorry. I understand his point of view but still...hopefully once your appointment goes well he'll warm up to the fun parts of being pregnant, like talking names.
@itsme215 I am like your husband, I can’t even think about names right now. Until I hear that heartbeat I am guarding my heart, and names make it too real for me.
My partner and I have been discussing names for about decade. Marigold or Evelina, and Shepherd were our top choices for the last four years. Over the past two years we decided that our preference for a gender-neutral name trumps our love for any boy/girl name, however lovely.
Larkin is baby’s name, either sex.
Middle name will align with their sex and are virtues/qualities we encourage - Vera or Frank. Frank was my Papa’s name, and frankness is to be encouraged impo.
Family won’t know the name until birth because they’re historically judgmental. Joking around about telling them decoy names like Cletus/Darlene, or unisex Zen just to watch their heads spin. 🤪
@larkinsummerswilliams oh Larkin is a great name! Love the virtues/qualities for middle names, too. And I totally understand about judgmental family! We did tell them the names for our girls before they were born and luckily they were kind, my mom was happy, but my MIL was obviously not thrilled by "nova" or "cleo" (my daughter's names). But she was semi-polite, just said "oh, that's different. Definitely not something I'd think of." My sister said "I'm sure I'll get used to it." Uh, okay. We did not tell anyone else outside of immediate family the names, though. I hate seeing people's faces cover up their distaste. Frankly (see what I did there) I don't care what other people think about my kid's names. But I don't want someone sneering at them before they're even born.
@starkette I have an unusual name, like I have never met someone in the US with my name, and I love it! My grandmother was kind of freaked when she first heard it but then she was like “oh, it just fits now.” People’s personal views on names are so intense, and I kind of love shocking them!
My mom’s friend is adamant that this baby is a boy. Now I’ve been thinking about boy names and it is sooo hard. I’m crushing on Scout and Lincoln. Girls names I love unisex fn with feminine mn
@paytonpedro it’s a Z name and I was always sad to never, ever find it on a keychain or a magnet when I was little and shopping for souvenirs, but now I love how unique it is!
My son's name was SUPER easy for us. DH is Henry III so naturally DS was going to be Henry IV. With this one I have NO IDEA, boy or girl. I'm waiting to find out the sex so I can at least narrow down to the gender we are having.
I don't know how y'all have made so much progress on names already. I'm so uninspired right now! Every time I try to brainstorm, I got nothin. I was team green for DS and was convinced he was a girl. I had like 3 girl names ready to go and 75% of a boys name (first name set-ish, middle name variable) and when he came out a boy we were like "okay I guess that's his name!" Which I now LOVE but it was a funny journey there.
@buffythevampireslayer@paytonpedro mine is a SUPER common name, but I’ve never met anyone who spells it the same although they exist per Facebook search. Finding a keychain/pencil/license plate never happened for me either, but it also never happened for any of my siblings because we all have oddly spelled names (although my brother’s name isn’t particularly common with any spelling).
DH and I have added “Afton” to our mutual like-it list.
My 8 year old and I went to the library today and they have a wall with hand prints and kids names underneath from elementary school classes that have come to visit. I tend to get put off a name if I see another person has used it so I was happy to see none of the names on my current list were there! No Flynn, Willa, Juno, or Wren. They did have some interesting ones: Pemberly, Pricilla, Electa, Merick, Mykhie (Mickey), Kellen, Colt, 2 Elliots, 2 Haileys, 2 Arias, 2 Hazels, Eowyn, Evellyn and Evelyn, Bristol, Iris, Braddock, Amarah, Zane, Zander, Cora, Kingston, Waylon....
And those were just the ones I made note of...and yes, all of the spellings are how they were spelled on the wall.
MH brought up names tonight at dinner… we went back through the old list of girl options. We joked we’re just going to put them on slips of paper and let the 2 yo pick the name out of a hat.
I don’t have strong convictions like I did for our daughter, I 100% named her. MH is ambivalent about all of the options so far.
@starkette thanks for the feedback! I love your short list, and Wren is my vote for your third. Nova, Cleo and Wren sound simply lovely together. I’m partial to bird names though; Lark will be the nn. I did see what you did there noice. Our former favorite boy name, Shepherd, was rejected in a similar way by my sister; I feel you; not sharing names with family til after. My grandma desperately wanted my name to be Macushla, so it works both ways sometimes?
Love your library reconnaissance work 😅 definitely displays that we can be as daring as we wish!
In the spirit of uniqueness, I must share some of the names I encountered when I ran admissions/scholarship at the country’s largest yoga school/retreat/former ashram. While half of these were birth names, half were adults who re-named themselves.
Aquariana, Sachi, Sachit, Sudha, Waterfall (who is arguably the top realtor in our county & very professional), Bowie, Coby, Aruni, Brahmani, Jashoda, Jurian, Stryder (LOTR fans), Vandita, Vidya
Surprisingly no Bohdi, except for a former CEO’s dog.
I prefer non-traditional names but my husband is a major traditionalist, the primary names we have agreed on are traditional but the boy name has a special meaning and story to me, we are planning on Samuel after the Bible story of Hannah. For a girl my husband really loves Annabelle, I have nieces and nephews who I have helped name and he has never had the opportunity to be apart of something so important so I am willing to let him decide on the names. Even if this is our only baby I want him to know he was a big part of it and will be happy with the name.
Hey @knottiebc32492f3b7bf6d8 I love your name choices and you’re reasoning behind your boy name! If you haven’t already, make sure you intro in the introductions thread so we can get to know you. Also, consider changing your username to something more unique so it’s easier for us to tag you and get to know you! Welcome! I look forward to sharing these next special months with you here!
I love seeing everyone else’s names. We’ve had a girl name since we got married, so I’m sure this will be baby boy #4 because it’s hard to decide on a boy name. We usually lean traditional and family names. I have no idea what we will do this time. We are running out of family names
So DH and I decided to wait until after we were further along in the pregnancy before thinking about baby names. I was just looking at this thread and realized it may be time to start thinking about those names lol. I suspect like last time, we won't share the name until baby is born, but I can also find that more challenging with a parrot like 4 year old.
My wife's dad and siblings all have J names, so we decided to stick with that. If the baby is a boy we are naming him Jasper David and if it is a girl we are naming her Juniper Marie. The middle names are from family members. We really wanted uncommon names.
@mdfarmchick thank you! It was further down the list and just wasn't jumping out at me, and what's extra dumb is that I'm pretty sure I've clicked on it before...
Anyway, we went from not even discussing names yet to having potential boy and girl front runners within a couple days! I knew we would both be picky, so I thought it would take longer. We both had several rules that was eliminating most names. No offense to anyone doing this, but we did not want to pick out a formal first name and then have a separate nickname that we intended to use instead. And from my own experience as a Caitlyn, I did not want a name that could be spelled 20 different ways. We started by using one of those Tinder like baby name apps. I would have like 30 names in my list, and my husband would have like 5. We will likely keep these to ourselves, but figured I could share with you all.
We finally connected on a girl name, McKenna! We got into collecting and tasting bourbon last year, and while this isn't how we picked it, it's actually kind of fitting now. I was drinking Penelope the night before I tested positive, so my dad thought that was a sign, but it would get shortened to Penny, and then I think Big Bang Theory and Sheldon knocking on her door and just no. And he found the name Wayne for a boy. While initially I didn't love it on its own, he explained his reasoning last night, and now I'm hooked. He and his brother are named for John Wayne characters, Ethan and Sean, so Wayne is sort of a nod to his parents and keeping that tradition.
@cas060 I have a friend who has 2 sons, and her first who is now almost 3, also would have named the second one Tiger if it were up to him. Oddly enough, Tiger was a name that came across one of the name apps I tried and I screenshot it to her.
@fromfurmomtobabymom8-2 we have similar name parameters. No nicknames for us either, not a personal fan of them. We wanted short, easy to spell, no real nickname possibilities, and recognizable without being overused. But just so you're away, McKenna can definitely be spelled multiple ways and isn't necessarily easy for people to figure out (I live in a place where even classic names like Olivia and Eva are spelled creatively so Mckenna could also be creatively spelled). Super cute names, though!
Re: Let's talk..baby names
@itsme215 that's frustrating, I'm sorry. I understand his point of view but still...hopefully once your appointment goes well he'll warm up to the fun parts of being pregnant, like talking names.
Family won’t know the name until birth because they’re historically judgmental. Joking around about telling them decoy names like Cletus/Darlene, or unisex Zen just to watch their heads spin. 🤪
Currently crushing on:
Willa
Juno
Wren
I also have an uncommon name - Only ever met one other person spelling it this way.
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I was team green for DS and was convinced he was a girl. I had like 3 girl names ready to go and 75% of a boys name (first name set-ish, middle name variable) and when he came out a boy we were like "okay I guess that's his name!" Which I now LOVE but it was a funny journey there.
And those were just the ones I made note of...and yes, all of the spellings are how they were spelled on the wall.
Surprisingly no Bohdi, except for a former CEO’s dog.
@bridgiebee82 I like Maira - i have not heard that one before, its beautiful!
Rocco Gianni
Maximus Matteo
Maverick Lucca
and now what!?
we are Italian and into name meanings…
we like Nico which means victorious I don’t know a middle name yet
Help!!
Nico fits great. I've always liked Enzo, too, which means winner or ruler of the home.
Not sure on middles, what about Salvatore? It means savior. Nico Salvatore sounds pretty fantastic.
5.5.16 | 8.14.17 | 1.30.19
Anyway, we went from not even discussing names yet to having potential boy and girl front runners within a couple days! I knew we would both be picky, so I thought it would take longer. We both had several rules that was eliminating most names. No offense to anyone doing this, but we did not want to pick out a formal first name and then have a separate nickname that we intended to use instead. And from my own experience as a Caitlyn, I did not want a name that could be spelled 20 different ways. We started by using one of those Tinder like baby name apps. I would have like 30 names in my list, and my husband would have like 5. We will likely keep these to ourselves, but figured I could share with you all.
We finally connected on a girl name, McKenna! We got into collecting and tasting bourbon last year, and while this isn't how we picked it, it's actually kind of fitting now. I was drinking Penelope the night before I tested positive, so my dad thought that was a sign, but it would get shortened to Penny, and then I think Big Bang Theory and Sheldon knocking on her door and just no.
And he found the name Wayne for a boy. While initially I didn't love it on its own, he explained his reasoning last night, and now I'm hooked. He and his brother are named for John Wayne characters, Ethan and Sean, so Wayne is sort of a nod to his parents and keeping that tradition.