Anyone name your kid something you were just "eh" on?

smiley2

I don't know what my problem is.  We don't know what we're having and we're struggling with names.

Girls- we have 2 names, one I like more (Hannah) and one DH likes more (Cameron).  I guess I'd be fine with either.  I have others I love, but DH isn't on board with them, so these are the only ones we can both deal with.

Boys- I have *nothing*.  Nothing I love.  Well, I love Jacob (Jake), but honestly, it's #1 in popularity and that's a huge drawback for me.  Besides that, I have nothing.  DH wants "Ryan" which is nice- but I don't love it, it's just kind of "eh" for me, "whatever".

I've gone through our entire baby naming book- I kind of feel like if I didn't see it in there, where else would I find it?  Am I doomed?

JOEBunny

It was hard for us.  We had 3 names in the delivery room and I let DH pick.  I kind of wished he had picked another one, but none of them I liked more than the other. 

emilykristene2006

I don't think you are doomed. We could not come up with any boy names that we really loved and we knew we were having a boy. On the way to L&D while I was in active labor we decided on a name.

When he was born the nurses asked what his name was and I told them the name me and DH agreed on. That night, DH went home to be with DD. I called him and told him the name just does not fit. He just doesn't look like a ____. We changed DS's name after 24 hours of having another name. It was fun calling everyone and telling them the new name, but Justin definitely fits him more. 

Maybe waiting is better for you, too?

Marce921

Maybe once you see your new baby, it'll be easier to come up with a name that you love and that fits him/her? I know several people who had one name up until birth and then changed it once they saw the baby. GL to you!

Angela814

I'm in the same boat.

For girls I'm loving Charlotte right now. DH doesn't like it. He says we can use it as a middle name. Our other choices are Elizabeth or Alison, both which I like well enough, but neither really feels like "it".

For boys the only name we ever agreed on is Alexander. Not that that helps much since we're having another girl. Boys names have just been harder for us in general though.

cbidt*sgirl

Fwiw - I have a top ten name for my kid and I don't know any other kids with his name. Popularity nationally might not translate directly to your particular area. I loved his name so I used it no matter what.

Mrs Manners

Me! I felt Sean was completely blah. I would NEVER have picked it if it were just up to me. However, dh has ALWAYS talked about having a son and naming him Sean. He even told me one day, "You know how little girls dream about their weddings? Well...I've always dreamed about having a son and naming him Sean". He won

Jodi&Joe

I'm not in love with Cam's name.  Well, I LOVE Cam as a nn....which is what I call her most often.  But Cameron...I'm still "eh" about.  But Joe LOVED it the second he heard it and nothing else compared for him.  That was it, once I said it, it stuck.  And since I couldn't come up with ANY name that I absolutely LOVED (except for Cecelia but you should hear my husband try to say it, never mind spell it! LOL!) ....so that one was out.

So Cameron it is.  And it fits her.  She's exactly how I pictured a Cameron to be ....pretty tomboyish with a bit of girly girl to her.  Just enough of each.

I think you should go to the delivery room with both names...Hannah and Cameron and decide then.  For boys, I LOVE the name Jacob Henry.  And if Cam was a boy, that would have been her name.  But I would use Coby as a nn for Jacob, not Jake.  And like a PP mentioned, I know Jacob is #1 (and has been for years) however I have yet to meet a little boy named that (and Joey has been in preschool for two years and there is not one single Jake/Jacob in his classes).  So I wouldn't let that ruin it for you.

Julia-Henry

I think this happens a lot. My dd is Elizabeth/Libby because dh really wanted to use a family name. I like it - a lot- but it wasn't my first or even my second choice. If it had been, she would be Julia or Caroline. That's ok. 2 months in, it really suits her, and dh is thrilled with the choice.

My goddaughter also has a name that her father loves and her mother thought was ok. I'm guessing that people compromise on names fairly often, and that the name usually grows on the parent who loves it less.

I'm sure that whatever name you choose will soon seem just right. good luck!

hikerbeth

It took us the full pregnancy with DD and the 4 years in between DD and DS to agree on a boy's name.

It has been DH's favorite all along, but I took a little longer to warm up to it. . . but now I love it.

lazysusan

DH wanted Caleb for our first DS.  I just wasn't feeling it then. We both agreed on Nathaniel.  When we found out our second was a boy Caleb had really grown on me, and I couldn't think of anything else. He was supposed to be a Caleb.  His middle name was tough for us and we settled on Ryan, which I really like!

wellfleet04

Me.  I don't love Kate's name.  It's ok, but it was not even on my list. Trouble was that DH vetoed everything except Kate and Addie and I hated Addie, so Kate was it.  Her middle name is a family name on my side. Ben's name we both love, so that one was easier.

Jen2124

First of all, I also love the name Jacob, but I actually DO hear it all the time....so I also would never use it. I know a ton of them and it is the name I hear most often (Ethan being a close second).

Secondly, we knew we were having twin boys so had a lot of time to pick names and they still didn't have names until we left the hospital. There are/were no boy names that I SUPER love(d).  I like the names we chose (Dillon and Ryan) fine, but I am not  overly in love with them. Now they are just their names and fit them and I can't imagine them any other names, but it was never like "Omg, I love these names SO much....".

 

annak23

Yeah, we just couldn't agree, so we both settled on something that we could "live with" calling her.  She didn't have a middle name until after she was born.  Now I couldn't imagine her being any other name. It's like she "grew into" her name.  Totally a "Lily"!