anyone else keeping the name a secret?

SoOn2bEbLaNk

We had a name picked out and EVERYONE had their opinion on it causing DH and I to think twice.  We now have a name but are not telling and it is driving everyone CRAZY.  People want to have things monogrammed and such and I just want to say well then you should have kept your opinion to yourself the first time.  I like the name we have now much better.

I imagine I can tell you all...her name will be Makayla Evelyn.  I do not think the two names go together, but Evelyn was my grandmothers name and is my Mom's middle name.

Mary0913

We are not telling ANYone.  I know far too many opinionated people to handle all of that!

Kris721

We only told the Grandmoms  the name and they promised to keep it quiet.  We just tell people we have a few names in the running and want to look at the baby first.

DesignsOnYou

We have both a girl and boy name picked out but haven't told anyone and won't until the baby is born.

It gives people way too much time to share things like, "oh, my mortal enemy in high school had that name" or "my first dog was named that" or "I always wanted to use that name."

No thank you

Btw, I like the name. Doesn't sound bad together either.

nuttybunch

We talked about names even before I got pregnant, so people already knew what we liked. However, DH and I have since come up with a better girl name and won't share it because of people's comments last time. We haven't come up with anything we like better for a boy, so they still know that one unless we change it last minute.

People wonder why we're not sharing, and we tell them the truth, but they're not upset that we're not telling.

cmd78

We decided to keep it a secret after my sister told me the name I picked out was a dog's name. 

superisa00

After 2 times with me giving the name we were leaning towards and family/friends putting in their 2 cents we finally agreed on a name and we are not telling anyone until he's here. I am over it.

APrice4UT

We have not told anyone, not even you e-friends!  Everyone will find out when we send his birth announcement with his monogrammed hat on. 

I told my girlfriends his wall letters cost $40 total from PBK so they did the research and learned it was 4 letters.  I have gotten about 200 guesses by now.  One girlfriend guessed it, but she has no idea. 

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We told a quite a few people that we were calling her Olivia Grace.  I got put off by how many people had an opinion on how popular it is - I wanted it as my Grandmother was called Olive.  We've since decided to use Olivia as a MN and go with our other fave choice of Jennah. 

Nobody knows what the change of name is except my family & SIL so I guess they're all getting a bit of a surprise.

bbin09

We aren't telling either and it is driving our family crazy. We have had people tell us they wanted to get us something monogrammed, as if that will make me tell them the name. I'm not even in to monogrammed clothing/blankets and if it's that important to them they can wait until after she is born. It's been nice for DH and I to have our own little secret about her name- and to not hear a million opinions about it.

vilicious

We are getting so much grief over this! Everyone's like, "It's bad enough you aren't finding out what you're having, do you HAVE to keep the names a secret, too???"

 

Um, yes. Because I don't give a tiny rat's a$$ about your opinions on them. kthxbai.

Robyn2121

We told people and told them we weren't 100% sure. I wish we never would have told anyone because now thats all people will call her. we might still change the name but don't know until she is here

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APrice4UT:

I told my girlfriends his wall letters cost $40 total from PBK so they did the research and learned it was 4 letters.  I have gotten about 200 guesses by now.  One girlfriend guessed it, but she has no idea. 

Oooh, thats sneaky!

cnchavez69

Nope we are keeping them secret.  Its driving everyone crazy.  But we have to meet the little person first before we can name him or her.  Besides, we don't want the opinions either!

IU_baby

We have it narrowed to 2 first names, but we're not even sharing the options.

Mrs.Leah.Maria

Yup, we also are choosing to withhold!

meghanchrisaz

We haven't exactly agreed on a name, but I'm kind of holding off because I want it to be a surprise. ?People keep asking if we have a name and I say we have no clue. ?We have 2 possible names!

2bejunebride06

We are not telling anyone the name and it is driving people crazy.  We have told people the middle name and first initial, but the full first name is staying underwraps.  All sorts of random people want to know the name and get upset when we won't tell them - the lady at the check out counter at CVS tried to get me to tell her the other day and got pissed I wouldn't tell her!

beth thacker

I think the name goes perfectly together! Very cute. As soon as we told my mom the name she started blurting it out to everyone. She is annoying like that. Even if I wanted to keep it a secret I wouldn't be able to!

luckibrat

We aren't telling either for all the reasons posted above. We already shared the sex with everyone and I think that is enough. I like having our own little secret and my family/friends don't always filter inappropriate opinions. at one point I wanted some opinions and that is what the nest is for

 

chickiesha

first we chose not to find out the sex and heard lots of noise about it ... now everyone is asking about names and we're not telling ... I think there are very annoyed at us but so be it

Luv4Minnesota

cmd78:

We decided to keep it a secret after my sister told me the name I picked out was a dog's name. 

 This exactly.  DH's brother said the same thing about a name we picked out.  Now no one gets to know until Baby D arrives, so there. 

lovebook

We haven't told a soul what our girl name choices are (we have it down to 2 and might wait to meet her before we decide, officially).  However, everyone who knows us and knows DH is well aware that if it's a boy he will be named DH III.  So, I guess we're only keeping 1/2 our name choices secret.  LOL

littlewifey

I think those names go together great!

We are not telling ANYONE until he arrives, and I am happy that we chose to do that. Yes, it bugged people at first because they're nosy. We decided on the name around Christmas though, so they've had time to get used to it. Now, it's actually sort of fun- they're always coming up with new alternatives... and the favorite game is "What ISN'T his name?!"

We just sit and laugh... never saying a word ?

smalpotato

We didn't tell for a long time then DH told his mom the middle name and the following week she was suggesting other names to me.  She has obviously lost all knowing the name privledges for this childs first name and for any future children.

angel555

We're keeping the name a secret from EVERYONE; I just didn't want to have to hear a million and one opinions on the name prior to her birth.  Plus, since we've told everyone we're having a girl, I thought it would be nice to keep SOMETHING a surprise. 

HaveFaith08

DesignsOnYou:

We have both a girl and boy name picked out but haven't told anyone and won't until the baby is born.

It gives people way too much time to share things like, "oh, my mortal enemy in high school had that name" or "my first dog was named that" or "I always wanted to use that name."

No thank you

Btw, I like the name. Doesn't sound bad together either.

 

We are not telling ANYONE - for the exact reason above...I am not interested in listening to people ramble on about why they don't like the name so we just won't tell them! And it's definitely killing people that we are keeping it a secret...oh well for them!

Ramsey

We don't share names. (well, I tell my Mom but that's it)

Did last time, aren't this time. Everyone will find out the name once the baby is here.

cathy_and_matt

My mom knows, but that's it. We'd tell MIL, but she can't keep a secret to save her life, so that's a no-go.

I try and put a positive spin on it by telling people it's a "surprise"; that sounds better than secret to me.

We've definitely gotten slack about it; people have tried to guess, and one of DH's aunts grilled us asking why we wouldn't share. I just told her because we didn't want to. Not much she could say to that!

Glisse

I've told only 1 person who I know will not tell anyone else.

Other than that we are keeping the name a secret.  It's fun torturing everyone

KSimone619

We're not and our families are SOOO annoying about it!  Geez, you already know it's a girl, you can wait to know the name!

MattresMuffin69

Not only does no one else know the babies names, we don't even know their names!

belladee08

Were keeping are name a secert also... I love the name you picked..

imtwo_feet

We are also choosing to keep the name under wraps and it's driving family/friends batty! We've already told them it's a boy and we just refer to him as Josh Jr or Zoro.....

kimsy

Our families know the middle name (after my grandma who died yesterday. We decided to use her name as the middle name a couple of months ago).

We're not telling anyone the first name.