If you didn't have a middle name for baby, would you

nikilr

announce the first name anyways?  If this LO is a boy, we do not have a middle name.  I think it will take some time after baby is born to agree on one.  We know 99% sure that the first name will be Linus.  Would you tell people the first name or hold off until you had the complete name?  Or would you just tell family and friends that it's a boy and name will be decided later? 

 

ETA:  I'm being induced next Tuesday, but I just don't think DH and I will decide before then.  We just can't agree to anything.

PSlove

We have a girl first name, but not middle name. We have no definite boy names of any kind!

When people ask I tell them "If it's a girl, she'll be Emma." They usually don't even ask about MN. At this point we are waiting to meet our LO to decide on anything else. He or she will be here soon enough!!

brichie

I think its up to you. What type of middle name are you looking for? For me I wanted my kids to have a middle name that had a meaning. So DD MN is Raye after a good friend who died when we were 12, and this LO will have his middle name after DH's dad. Out of my cousins and my sister I was the only one that didn't have a part of their name after someone and it kinda bothered me that everyone else's name had a significant meaning but mine. Maybe you both have someone special the middle name could be after or make it something different like your favorite singer, artist, tv character.

BTW I love the name Linus! I wish I would have picked that.  Delaney was on our list for DD's name too.

vilaro

I know I'm in the minority, but I just don't think middle names are a very big deal. I would announce the first name if I were you.

There's plenty of people out there who don't even have a middle name, and honestly unless it's a family name or has special meaning to you personally, middle names are rarely used in real life anyway.

anniegirl1

I have no middle name.  I would just tell the name and say the middle name is undecided at this point.

biblionerd

It never crossed my mind not to tell when we were undecided about a m/n. Then again, we didn't have some big reveal or make it a big deal... just "yeah, his name will be Linus". I don't even mention the m/n unless someone asks, and nobody's asked yet.

Surreal123

We have middle names picked out and we don't really include them when we discuss our name choices with people. We just discuss the first name since we don't really plan to use the middle name much and our middles names are after ancestors.  

nikilr

Thanks, ladies!  I just didn't know if it would be ackward for DH to go to the waiting room and say, "It's a boy" and not to have a name.  I think its different for DC #2 since we are Team Green and we haven't shared any names with family.  I know the family will be waiting in the waiting room to hear what little one is.  (maybe this one will just be a girl and I won't even have to worry about this 

Helix07

We decided on a first name at about 28wks and told everyone.  We just decided on th MN this past weekend.

nugget0411

what about DH's middle name? could you use that or else his dad's name or his dad's mn?

are you wanting to honor a family member or carry down a tradition or else just pick one to have one? if you cant' think of one or even agree then maybe LO doesn't even need one...

Nanna

I wouldn't tell until the name is fully decided, but that's just how we roll - we don't share the name until after the baby is born and we fully decide if it fits them.

ETA: #1 was nameless for 2 days after the birth so obviously I see no rush in making that announcement.  :-)  

nikilr

nugget0411:

what about DH's middle name? could you use that or else his dad's name or his dad's mn?

are you wanting to honor a family member or carry down a tradition or else just pick one to have one? if you cant' think of one or even agree then maybe LO doesn't even need one...

DS (Landon Rollins H_____) is not named after anyone, so if we have another DS I don't want to do a family name.  DH's name is Paul Michael, but he doesn't want to use either name and I really don't want to either.  Our girl name is Disney related (we love all things Disney, especially Disney World in FL) and the middle name Theresa is after my amazing aunt.  I would love to have a Disney influence in the middle name or somehow incorporate my aunt's name, but I just can't think of anything.  We aren't big fans of "traditional" names (Michael, Thomas, Andrew, etc.) for middle names, since it's not something that you really ever hear.