Baby names?

pensparade

I feel like with my 1st pregnancy I just HAD to come up with names ASAP. There was something about it that felt so urgent. This time around, not so much.  Once in a while I go on the Baby Names board for inspiration but I don't like most of what I see there. 

Anyone else kind of clueless at this point or do you already know what you want?

Tambcat

We know what we want for a girl - Joanna Scott.

We still have to come up with a first name for a boy. We already know his middle names (I didn't want two, but it's the only way to make me and H both happy) - James and my maiden name.

eta: We are tossing around Elliot but haven't committed. My top picks are Julian and Cameron, but H doesn't like either of those. He liked Cameron at one point (in fact, he was the one who suggested it), so there's a chance he'll come around to that again if the baby turns out to be a boy.

DragonflyBelle

We chose ours the first day, but we had a very hard time with Cailin. Everyone in my fam has "J" names and we had to get my Granny's blessing to name her with a C. Granny consented and though she passed in August, I kind of want to carry on the "J" tradition again.

gisa886

I feel like it is this urgent thing right now, but we cannot think of names and DH won't do it until we find out what we are having. Long ago we agreed that if we had a boy he would be Ian Christopher and a second girl would be Aubrey Janean, but my cousins recently had a boy and named him Ian and we are close like sisters so we can't name our boy Ian and in December my best friend passed away and I want to use her name as the middle name and I don't like the way Aubrey Allison sounds. I am just really torn right now.

JFH2010

We're not even remotely thinking about this right now. We'll probably start once we know the sex.

JSweetieXO

We only know what we want if it's a boy. He will be named after DH.

PooDanga

We're totally clueless!  I can't even think of a name I like and every name DH suggests has a connection to hunting or fishing (Drake, Suzi, Gunner, Hunter, Shad, etc).  Naming the baby will be difficult for us.

Tambcat

PooDanga:

We're totally clueless!  I can't even think of a name I like and every name DH suggests has a connection to hunting or fishing (Drake, Suzi, Gunner, Hunter, Shad, etc).  Naming the baby will be difficult for us.

The only two my H has suggested during this pregnancy other than James (which is his middle name and was his grandfather's name) have had to do with whiskey!  Jameson and Arron. He was like "what about Aaron.. but spelled Arron?" Me: Isn't that the name of a scotch? Him: yes, but I don't like it BECAUSE of the scotch. Yeah, right!

We already have a dog named Bailey. lol

shouldbworkin

I think we already figured it out.  But, it did take 32 weeks to name DD.  The boy name was easy the 2nd time around, but I had a really hard time with a girl name. 

tmattson2005

we already have the boy name picked out "Michael Weldon" Michael after my dad and Weldon after his grandpa. But since im trying to convince myself this is a boy im not even thinking of girl names. I know i should maybe I will if the U/S comes back saying im having a girl.

MsCat19

We have a first for a girl - Lily, just because it's pretty!  And we have a middle for a boy - Walter after my father who passed a few years ago... but we don't have much else right now... I kind of like Harry and Simon for a boy, but who knows...

mkwt

Girl name is set:  Mallory Lou (Lou was both of my grandmothers middle name)

Boy names:  I really like Derrick and Caleb, and would want to use Harris as the middle name, that is my dad and papaw middle name.

DH will not even discuss names until after we know what the sex, he is no fun at all!

countdowntolockdown

We've had our girl name for about 7-8 years sooooo, we're set on that.  We are clueless when it comes to a boy. I want James in there somewhere after my Father who passed away in May. Two weeks ago we had decided on 'Jameson' now we're both unsure about it.  

Good thing that time is on our side.

Side note: My good friend in high school actually left the hospital with the name 'Baby Girl Johnson' because her parents couldn't agree on a name! LOL! We knew her as 'Brandy' but when we were all getting our driver's licenses, and she wasn't, her secret was revealed. Hysterical. 

WoodsSeltzer09

We haven?t committed to anything yet but we are leaning towards William if it?s a boy. After my DH grandfather and the priest who married us and has been a close family friend for over 40 years . Besides for that we haven?t really talked about it. But we both agree the baby no matter the sex will have a ?formal? name of some sort.

gisa886

countdowntolockdown:

We've had our girl name for about 7-8 years sooooo, we're set on that.  We are clueless when it comes to a boy. I want James in there somewhere after my Father who passed away in May. Two weeks ago we had decided on 'Jameson' now we're both unsure about it.  

Good thing that time is on our side.

Side note: My good friend in high school actually left the hospital with the name 'Baby Girl Johnson' because her parents couldn't agree on a name! LOL! We knew her as 'Brandy' but when we were all getting our driver's licenses, and she wasn't, her secret was revealed. Hysterical. 

Seriously? That is funny and really sad, but mostly funny.

loupac

We know...

Girl-- Selah Grace

Boy-- Asher Noam

ScarlettDahlia

DH won't even discuss names with me at this point.

I told him that I really like the name Ethan one night and he shot it down. But he was in a bad mood then. So, I'm hoping once the time comes for us to discuss them, he'll like it. It's my favorite boy name so far, Ethan Charles (Charles is my dad's name).

My sister has been giving me name ideas as well. For a girl, she mentioned the name Shiloh. I kind of like that one. But we'll see.

I have a feeling we're having a boy, but we'll see in November for sure!

BigAppleBiggerBelly

So clueless here, but I'm not stressed about it.  I downloaded a name app for my phone and play with it on the subway sometimes.  I made it through the top 1000 girl names and only found a dozen to put in the "don't hate it" category.  The problem is that every single name brings up some association in my mind, and none is good enough for my kid!

My only steadfast rule is that the name cannot be in the top 50 for any of the past five years.  My name had a short-lived trendy run, and I hate that (a) I know so many other girls my age with the same name (five on my high school field hockey team alone), and (b) that people can easily approximate my age sight unseen by my name.  Ditto to all of the Jessicas, Jennifers, Megans, Tiffanys, Sarahs, Kellys, Heathers, Angelas, Melissas, Amys, and Stephanies likely born in the late 70s-early 80s.  

BabyMakes6

DH was the one who brought it up very early but I didn't want to start talking about it because we hardly ever agreed with our other kids.  I finally showed him my list of about 10 names for each and there was only 1 the he wasn't sure about.  I was shocked.

photonbug

We kind of discussed it some but we decided that it is easier to wait till we find out the sex.

kissyfitt

We know.

Juliet Elizabeth for a girl

Jack Elliott for a boy

And we don't have any J names or anything, it just worked out that those are the names we like because they both flow well with our last name.

Johlise

We have a pretty good idea of what we want. That being said we didn't even discuss names after we got pregnant. We had already found a few we like several months prior to getting our BFP.. still like them so we will see.

PinkPeony6210

JSweetieXO:

We only know what we want if it's a boy. He will be named after DH.

This. We are clueless on names for a girl.

ImThisBabysMom

I have my favorites for a boy or a girl, but DH is on the fence. So we have just been making a list of boy names and girl names. Once we find out the sex, we will start narrowing it down. I'd be ok with the 2 names that I like already haha.

raynes

BigApple, which app?

 

We're so very stuck with names.  We both sort of like Laurel for a girl, but aren't dead set on it.  I also like Isobel, or I guess Isabel, but H is wishy-washy on that.

H wants to name a son after one of several characters from the fantasy novels we both have read.  His list currently includes Brogan and Khendon.  I'm very much against Khendon.  I may be able to warm up to Brogan, but I'm not sure.

It took us forever to name our cats, and both of their names changed within a few days.  We're doomed.

gisa886

ImThisBabysMom:

I have my favorites for a boy or a girl, but DH is on the fence. So we have just been making a list of boy names and girl names. Once we find out the sex, we will start narrowing it down. I'd be ok with the 2 names that I like already haha.

I have the perfect names for you. For a girl Phoebe and for a boy Phoebo!

shouldbworkin

loupac:

We know...

Girl-- Selah Grace

Boy-- Asher Noam

Pretty names!  If we have a boy he'll be Asher Lowell. 

ImThisBabysMom

gisa886:

ImThisBabysMom:

I have my favorites for a boy or a girl, but DH is on the fence. So we have just been making a list of boy names and girl names. Once we find out the sex, we will start narrowing it down. I'd be ok with the 2 names that I like already haha.

I have the perfect names for you. For a girl Phoebe and for a boy Phoebo!

 

LOL!!! I thought I was going with Kevin or Britney???

gisa886

ImThisBabysMom:

gisa886:

ImThisBabysMom:

I have my favorites for a boy or a girl, but DH is on the fence. So we have just been making a list of boy names and girl names. Once we find out the sex, we will start narrowing it down. I'd be ok with the 2 names that I like already haha.

I have the perfect names for you. For a girl Phoebe and for a boy Phoebo!

 

LOL!!! I thought I was going with Kevin or Britney???

Should've been, but I was watching Friends and it was that episode.

ImThisBabysMom

Ok I'll add them to the list and see what DH thinks. If I can't sell him on Elliot....I'm not sure I can sell him on Phoebo. LOL. But I'll try for you gisa.

gisa886

I appreciate you trying.

Judesmom09

We had ours picked out before we conceived. And we have already asked the people we are honoring with the middle names if we could use their names. Our 1st child took longer to name.

KFCupcake

We've been rattling off a lot of names...

For a girl, names in the running are Harper, Olivia, Natalie, Avery.

For a boy, he LOVES Rocco (a family name), Andrew, Joshua, Sawyer, Bennett.

I'm not sold on Rocco, and I've suggested using it as a MN, but he isn't loving it.  I told him he's gotta really sell me on it! 

ImThisBabysMom

Gisa,

He said NO and that I was "crazy"

Babbybaby

Last time I wanted to pick a name like right away. This time, I am not so antsy to get it picked out. I look at names around at different sites but I am in no rush this time. If it is a boy, heaven help us because choosing one boy name was difficult (Maxwell has the name he has because one day I got tired of my DH wobbling back and fourth on the name and I went to Michaels and bought all the paint and the wood parts and everything and made a name sign and hung it on the door of the nursery, then he couldn't argue anymore )

 

We do still have our girl name from last time: Anabelle Rose (NN Annie) but I am not 100% sure on that right now. 

I will probably just wait until we know if we are having a boy or a girl and then worry about it. :-) 

lenfant1201

I know the boy name, but have no clue for a girl and am totally unmotivated to think about it right now. We're Team Green, so maybe I'll decide at the hospital...

westrose

If it is a girl- Mabel Jean. I know people love it or hate it but we love it. It is a family name. 

Boy- who knows??

We are not telling family or friends are names, but I am happy to share on the bump.  

Ruby412

We've picked Sophie Rose for a girl. (Sophie after my grandmother who's first initial was also S and Rose for his mom.

For a boy, Owen George. (Owen because we like it and George for both of our grandfathers.)

NayNaysPlayPen

My husband and I have had a boys name picked out since we were dating, but just recently came up with a girls name. Like you said, it might be different for a first time mom since weve had somewhere around 20+ years to come up with a name we love. I certainly havent put any thought into a second boy or girl name yet

MrWhiskers

We have a boy name that we picked out a couple years ago. We cannot find a girls name that we like and that goes with our (long, polish) last name

twirlerbride

I think we finally agreed on some names last night.  Benjamin for a boy and Victoria for a girl.

 Up until this point, the only thing I really knew was that I wanted Benjamin as a boy name.  I have been bringing it up to DH every once and a while just saying that I really liked that name.  I had absolutely no ideas on what I wanted for a girls name.  He told me last night that we can use Benjamin for a boy if we can use Victoria for a girl.  I actually really like Victoria so I was fine with that.

Last time I was opposite, I knew what I wanted for a girl, but had no ideas for a boy.  hmmm, I wonder if that is my mothers intuition telling me what I am having