March 2011 Moms

Starting to really think hard about names..

As I approach the second trimester, and think about feeling the baby move I realize more and more I'm tired of saying 'it' and 'he or she'. Breakin out the baby names book!

It's so hard to get FI to participate in the baby name game. I have to compile a list of the names I like and ask him which ones he thinks are nice. So far, we have agreed pretty well on everything.

Have any of you other ladies been thinking about names/have you and DH decided on names?

Re: Starting to really think hard about names..

  • We have decided on a girl name - Zoey Alexandra. It took us a lot of back and forth and questions and whatever, but I chose Zoey and DH chose Alexandra (even though the MN is not my first choice, I love that he came up with it all by himself).

    Let's just say I hope this baby is a girl, because we can NOT agree on a boy name. I love Eli Aaron, but he thinks the FN needs more syllables....ugghh!

    Jimmie, mama to Zoey (March 2011)
    Losses 5/13, 8/13, and 3/14. 
    Expecting another GIRL! Carter Grace due on 12/25.

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  • We just decided on names... now its one or the other... I can't wait to find out, so I can call it by name... As soon as I got an BFP, I started thinking about names though...
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  • We've had our boy name picked out since before we even started trying to conceive.  Girl names are impossible for us.  Our taste in girl names are at the complete opposite end of the spectrum...
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  • Me and my boyfriend have made a list of names we agree on, we have about 5 boy names and 5 girl names that we have talked about.  I am really big with keeping some family names, and he is all about originality.  He was just naming off random objects for name one day and somehow got stuck on "light bulb".  He is a big dork!  
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  • we've been keeping a list of names we like and trying different combos to see which first name and middle name sound good together. i really want to have 2 names for each sex picked out by week 20 because my BF wants to find out the sex and i don't. i think if he knows its a boy he will let me pick outlandish girl names because they wont be for our baby and vice versa. i hate girl names and insist on using a boy name if we have a girl and he hates the idea. like i saw Gavin James on somebodys siggy for their boy and i think that is an awesome name..but for a girl.

    anyway, we have two first names and keep coming up with different middle names. but i still want two for each sex and then not settle on a name until the baby is out. i just worry we'll settle on one name and take one look at our kid and realize it doesn't fit. i need an alternative. we got 8 weeks to go, i hope we can figure something out.

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  • We've had names picked out for awhile.  We've been trying for baby #2 for a year, so it's no surprise we've talked about it....well I talk about it and make DH listen.  But right now for a boy we're going with Levi Alexander or Avery Kate.
  • What I did was I went on-line and found a list of the 100 most popular names and I highlighted each name in different colors. One color for the names I liked and one color for the names I didn't like. Then I wrote down a reason why I didn't like it. Most of the reasons were because I already have a family member with that name. (I have a big family). It really helped me and the reason why I picked the most popular names is because sometimes you wind up with some really weird names like Doctor. Lol.

    I went through a time when I was obsessed with baby names. Like that's all I wanted to look at on-line and we bought a baby name book when we weren't pregnant yet.

    We've pretty much decided on 2 names but I'm still leaving my options open. We are NOT telling anyone the names. I just don't want to hear anyone's opinions because it's so hard to finally decided on a name that both of us like and then hear someone say something bad about it.

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  • Since we are waiting to buy actual baby items, name shopping is how I occupy myself.  Since before we even started trying to have a baby, we had a boy name picked out.  Hunter James.  Girl names...not so easy.  Everytime I bring up a girl name, he wrinkles his nose.  Finally I found out he doesn't want to pick a girl name because he wants a boy SO bad! (I have a 5 yr old stepdaughter named Ashley).  Last night, I brought up the name Rachel Lee and he likes it!  I'm not sure I love it yet, but I'm happy to see he's beginning to consider girl names.  I warned him of the old wives tale about the faster the hb, the more likely it's a girl.  At our u/s yesterday the hb was 167.  Guess that has made him consider this baby JUST might be a girl! I also like Savannah Lee but he hates it.
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  • We have had our girl name picked out for a couple weeks now. Mia Ann, Ann for his mom's middle name since our DD already has my mom's middle name. Ever since he found out his family LOVES the name he refuses to consider any other names so I'm completely ok with that. We are having serious issues with boy names. We were talking about using the boy name we had picked while I was pregnant with my DD (Benjamin Hunter) but ever since he found out the meaning of Benjamin he doesn't like it that much anymore. He is trying really hard to find a way to use his great grandfather's first name somehow but I just can't seem to wrap my head around the name (Gaspare- Gas-par-ay). I would love to have a boy but with the naming issues we are having seems easier to just hope for a girl lol.
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  • We had our boy name picked out when I was pg with E.  My dad died and we decided to name the next one (H wanted to change Eli's name, but we had told my dad before he died that his name was Elijah and I didn't want to change it) to be a variation of my dad's name (Willie) and my FIL's name as the MN.  So a boy will be William David, but will be called either Will or Liam (I like Liam, but DH isn't so sure).

    A girl is unlikely given they are mostly boys (like 95% or more) in H's family, so we haven't really discussed.

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    Elijah Matthew - 5/3/07 ~ Adalyn Rosemary - 3/23/11
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    Let's just say I hope this baby is a girl, because we can NOT agree on a boy name. I love Eli Aaron, but he thinks the FN needs more syllables....ugghh!

    We did Elijah and call him Eli.  Might be something to think about.  :)  BTW love the name!

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    Elijah Matthew - 5/3/07 ~ Adalyn Rosemary - 3/23/11
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  • We have agreed on Harlan for a boy or girl,  it was my grandfather's name and he just passed away this past april.  I'm kinda hoping I'll be late and as a memory to him the baby will be born on the day he passed away.  Middle names will be after DH's parents as they have both passed as well. 
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    If we have a boy, he will be Jack, no question. We've had this picked for, oh, 6 years or so. lol. It's after DH's grandfather, who he's very close with. We just have to pick a MN.

    Girl will be either Elodie or Zoe. MN is Anne. We can't decide and might not decide until she comes out...

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  • We pretty much have our girls name picked out.  For boys though we have the problem where I will suggest a name and he wont like it, or he will suggest one and I dont like it.
  • I'm so glad DH and I agree on names.  We've had them picked before we were even engaged.  We both like classic, older names.  So far we have 2 girls names and 1 boy name picked out, but we're going with the first girl name that we like.  The other one will be for the next daughter.
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