which is harder for you - boy or girl name?

BostonGayGal

I KNOW what I want for a boy, but have no idea what I would name a baby girl (not a big deal since I am not even pregnant yet).?

teacherjess

Boy was harder. Although next time around, girl will be harder since we've still got our boy name to use and we have NOTHING for a girl! We couldn't disagree more on names for the next baby if we tried.

I always liked the name Leah, so that was always going to be her name (I only let DH think it was a choice, hah!).

SunshineKira

I think boy names are way harder unless you already have found a name that you've loved from the start. Girl's names are adapted and morphed into new names all the time and it's perfectly acceptable to use them. Seems like you can use more exotic and unusual names and get away with it more easily but with boys, you can't be as creative or else they'll get beat up on the playground. The traditional boy names are the more masculine sounding (but can be boring), and the trendy names like Caiden, Aiden, and Hayden are way too popular and usually just nms.

jensahokie

Boy name is definitely harder for us.  It will be easy if big u/s shows a girl, but there will be some debating and soul-searching if we are having a boy.

Sept17.05Bride

Boy names were way harder for us.

LMS05

Boy names are away harder. I have dozens of girl names that I like and only a few boy names.?

MandC17

We had a ton of girl names but no boy names.

laur2534

Boy's names are waaay harder!  I'm not pregnant either, but if we had a boy, I think there would be MANY name disagreements!  We agree on so many girl names, and one for SURE!!

BostonGayGal

Wow. ?I am the only one who finds girl's names impossible, at least somewhat because of my last name. I have had a favorite boy's name for years(Maxwell). Yet again, I find myself in the super-minority.

MelD16

BostonGayGal:

Wow.  I am the only one who finds girl's names impossible, at least somewhat because of my last name. I have had a favorite boy's name for years(Maxwell). Yet again, I find myself in the super-minority.

You're not the only one.  We have enough names we like if we have 3 boys.  We're still having trouble with the girl's name.  I have an idea for a first name, but finding a middle name for it is so hard.

lo45fd98wq32

We have a ton of boy names that we agree on. Virtually no girl names that we agree on. So girls.

Erica_H

Boys names are much more difficult for me.  I want something strong with a great nickname and both must be masculine.  I don't mind some unisex names for girls, but won't use them for a boy even if I really like them (like Reagen, Avery, etc.) which further limits my choices.  Plus, I would really like to use an Italian name and haven't found an Italian boy's name I like.  My list of possible girl's names is super long by comparison!

Mrs.Carlybella

boy names are much harder for sure for us!

newportbride715

SunshineKira:

I think boy names are way harder unless you already have found a name that you've loved from the start. Girl's names are adapted and morphed into new names all the time and it's perfectly acceptable to use them. Seems like you can use more exotic and unusual names and get away with it more easily but with boys, you can't be as creative or else they'll get beat up on the playground. The traditional boy names are the more masculine sounding (but can be boring), and the trendy names like Caiden, Aiden, and Hayden are way too popular and usually just nms.

agree

calex33

Girl names are definitely harder for us. ?We are on opposite ends of the spectrum with what we like. ?The boy name was easy because we are following Greek tradition and will use DH's father's name, if we have a boy. ?We have our big u/s on Thursday, so we'll know if we are set with a name or if we have a long road ahead of us!

ajkg

Girl names are WAY harder for us.  We have 3 boy names I would use for sure.  Girl names - it took us until having DD in the hospital before we named her.  If we ever have another girl, have NO clue what we'll name her!

jennings235

girl names are a ton harder for us than boys names.

MrsTeague

Girl was harder in a way. DH only likes one girl name and I could only come up with a few so I guess it made for an easy choice. I could come up with boys names for days.

We have Penelope Jane (this baby)

Josephine Lily

Adelina Felicity

Cecilia Louise

and for boys

Abram Lucas

Oliver Noah

Colin Gabriel

Judah Benjamin

Simon Felix

and many more I like.

EricaD07

when i was young all i thought about were girls names and i never had boys names, but since we got married i've changed my mind on many girls names and had a hard time agreeing with dh about girls names, so boys names were easier fror us surprisingly

JnJHud

Boy names are harder for us, and I completely agree with the pp about girls' names adapting over time and having a little bit more "creative freedom."

stcroixbride

Boy.  The ONLY reason we found out what we were having at the big U/S was because we had NO names for boys.  I wanted to take a couple names with us to the hospital so that we could choose which one we felt fit the baby, and if it was going to be a boy, I really needed the entire 20 weeks to search high and low.

We had our top 2 girls names already at 20 weeks, even though I continued to search just in case there were better names out there, ya know?

We are planning to get started on #2 soon...we STILL have no boy names

Melinz

Boy is soo hard for us to agree on. I think we've been through every single name in the book 100,000 Baby names and hes only liked 2 that i did haha. Girls is still difficult but i get a lot more Yes's or I like's than boys names

nybor1975

Girl names.

Kelly Madonna

I could name 10 boys if I had them. I struggled my whole pg finding anything for a girl.

kristen230

Boys seem to be harder for us.

wheelber

Boys are way harder! We're not even pregnant yet.. but we have our girls name for sure (Addison Faith) and several possibilities for boys... but we can't decide!