Just curious- Was your child's name on your original baby name list?

jordanandkelly

My husband and I are naming our daughter Amelia Pearl.  I have had a list of potential baby names for years, but "Amelia" isn't on any of my lists.  I honestly can't even remember who suggested it first.

How far from your "original list" is your child's name?

hmp1

I never had a list before TTC but we agreed on James right away. Leo (DS2) was not even considered for DS1.

Zimger

Nope. It just came out of the blue one day.

I thought I would add that it was slightly different than a few names we were seriously considering, We were considering Maverick, Tucker, and Duncan when this one just came along. It seemed to fit and DH loved it.

queenbone

DS1's was on my list since college. 

DS2's was never on my list until DH suggested it in the hospital for DS1.  We didn't use it for him, but it quickly shot up to the top of the list for DS2.

broomy

DS's name was one we both liked (we knew a Severin in our old city), but it was never on a list, never considered. When we decided against our original pick, we just decided on this one right away, out of the blue. Well, I decided it was the right name, and DH tried it on for a day, and then agreed.

DS2 will be Oscar, and that was never on a list. Felix was my #1, DH vetoed it, I got the Odd Couple theme song stuck in my head forever, then realized I loved the name Oscar, too. I told DH, he said, "Yeah, I think we have our boy name!" and that was that. 

austenreader85

For girls my short list has evolved over the years but I'd say I haven't really added anything that's a top contender.  Our boys have been set since we started dating 9 years ago.  

jburdet1

DH and I didn't really talk names before getting pregnant, but I always had DD's name in my mind, so when I got pregnant it just resurfaced.

After having DD, I have started a real list not just a mental list.

briannaj731

I loved my son's name ever since I was in high school and always wanted to name my future son that name! However the name we've chosen for our little girl is a name I've heard before but I never thought twice about until very recently, just a few weeks ago, and we love it  

anna7602

Amalia was on our list when we started TTC. It wasn't on my radar at all until DH and I discovered how much we both liked fado singer Amalia Rodrigues in 2001 or so. I found out after the fact that it was a fairly well-used name in my grandmother's generation (in her country), but don't remember knowing anyone at all with that name in our family or close circle growing up. The "old-ladyness" + credentials as a name from my parents' home country + my shared love of fado music with DH + the name sounding just as lovely in all the languages we speak= a natural choice for us to use this name.

magsugar13

I didnt have a list except ofr my daughter,,,,and hers was 1 out of the 2.

for the 2 boys i only had one name and stuck to it.

jlsimon56

We had our girls name before we were engaged (LO's name) but it wasn't on my lists from when I was a wistful teenager, haha.  Our boy name was decided on about halfway through my pregnancy (Team Green) and it was not on my teenager list either.  I still like it so we will probably use it if #2 is a boy.  I have no idea what to do if we have another girl.  The name DH loves (Penelope) is waning on me.

kcisthebombdotcom

I had names I liked here and there, but never had an official "original list" when ttc/in early pregnancy. I didn't actually draw up a list until I was out of the first trimester and didn't narrow down to just one name until I actually knew the sex of the child.

SummerMama12

DS#1 - his name was added to our list at about 8 months pregnant.  We were between 3 names until a week before his birth.

DS#s - his name was never on the list for DS#1.  We did not reconsider any of the names from DS#1's list.  It didn't feel right.  We made a new list and this name was added at about 6 months pregnant.  We decided on it pretty quickly and have not looked at any other names since. 

scoutkate

Yes, it was on our list from the get-go.

MrsTBird

I will never use any of the names from my high school list... They are all awful! (thank God I didn't get pregnant then!) I had never heard of DS' name, spelled this way, until DH suggested it. And I didn't decide on it until maybe 7 months pregnant. We had a very hard time with boy names, but we've had a girl name decided since we were engaged.

HannahO28

I don't remember when his name made it on to our list... it was definitely our top contender by the time I got pregnant. When I first suggested it (before getting pregnant) DH didn't like it...so it must have been on the list for awhile for him to warm up to it so much.

BabyLouWho

We never had a list.  We would both just be like "Do you like the name ____?" and we'd decide yes or no and if we liked it we'd take it further and do a middle name.  A name I really liked but we're not using is Amelie, though.

NJMom050911

Nope, Logan wasn't even on the radar when I was in high school day dreaming about my childrens names. At the time I loved Jonathan. Now I don't really like it because I don't like the nn Jon, it's too plain. We had a list while we were TTC and Logan and Kyle were the only names that we liked. I wanted Logan Riley but DH didn't like Riley for a boy so he suggested Alexander. I really liked it so we just went with it. It was really easy, we had both girl and boy names picked by the time I was 10 weeks pregnant. Right now we are struggling with a boy name for this LO, but I'm only 6 weeks so we might have something by 10 weeks again LOL.

gracefulruby33

Elowyn was decided when I was pregnant as is far from what I thought I would name my daughter. ;-)

TheWop

It was on our "original" list because it is a family name.

sweetpea2003

With DD, her name pretty much was the whole list. For some odd reason I had always wanted my daughter to be named Kate (Katherine). It was just what felt perfect. No other first names were considered for her. With Connor, I think his name was probably on some of my longer lists early on. It isn't my top 5, but my husband adores it and really wanted to use it. I like it, and seeing how much DH loved it made me like it more. Now I love it and feel it fits my son perfectly .

zaramarie81

I've had so many lists starting from childhood, it's hard to say.

But our top 2 boy names were not on any list I can remember, that is for sure. And when Dh and I were dating/engaged, we made a list of of several names for each sex that we loved. Our two boy names were not on that list either! When it came time to name a real LO, for various reasons we vetoed the boy options on our dating/engaged list.

Now one girl name - Claire/Clara - has been on my list since a little girl and has also been on my Dh's list for a long time. Since we don't seem to agree much on girl's names, we may end up using this one if we ever have a girl!

AshNish

Neither of our names were on our original lists. I have always loved old traditional names and DH dislikes them all.  Both DS and I are "nature lovers" (for lack of a better term) and are as eco-friendly as possible so we have chosen nature inspired names for our children. DS is named after a type of bird and DD (due in October) will be named after a tree.  Actually, my DH has suggested both names (of which I love) and we find it makes more sense for us to name our children after something meaningful (to us) rather than a using a traditional name.  Our DS's middle name is DHs first name ( which is a traditional name) and DD will have a regular/traditional MN as well - probably named after a family member.    

irish city girl

I never considered using the name Stephen before I was pregnant with DS.  I think what cinched it for us was that people in both my family and DH's would be honored by the name.  I never considered Charles (MN) either.

I had considered using Ryan as a middle name before getting pregnant, but we agreed to use DH's grandfather or Grandmother's name for the middle name. 

JuliaBug

We knew from the start that we wanted to give our son DH's middle name William. Unfortunately we could never agree on a first name, so we named him William and call him Liam for short. 

TofuMama7

When I was pregnant with DS we didn't even have a boy names list. There wasn't a single name we agreed on. We had our girl name picked out before I got pregnant but have very different styles on boy names. We knew the middle name would be Richard (after DH's dad) but couldn't for the life of us agree on a first name. We ended up naming him John (Jack) after my grandpa.

If this baby is a boy too, we're screwed!

If this baby is a girl though, we won't be naming her our pick from last time (Natalie) because it's too common in my circle of friends now and I don't like the nickname Nat. Though we have similar taste in girl names and already have about 8 on a list.

Fianschneid

I'm exactly the same as OP. It was never a name I thought about. We tossed it out during a naming conversation because we were both "eh" about it. A few months later, one of us (can't remember who) brought it up again and we both loved it. Something just clicked. Now, I can't picture her with any other name.

PrincessFiona9

Well, with DD I had always wanted to name her Sophia. I was just set on it, and never even researched it so I had no idea it was so popular since I never heard the name in my community. EX rejected it but he wasn't there when she was born and I gave her the name I wanted.

With SO, we're planning on TTC next year so we've discussed baby named a few times. We immediately agreed on a girl name--Rosalie, but our taste on boy names is just too different. We cannot agree on anything!

austenfan919

If by original, you mean the one I had in high school, then no. I am a bit appalled by the girl choices I made then. But DD's name has been on my mental "list" since college. And DS' name has been on our mutual list since before we got married.

But that's just FN. We didn't pick DD's MN until I was pregnant and I don't feel as attached to the MNs on our list for future LOs.

swimiz500

Actually, no. I stumbled upon it somewhere and suggested it to DH, and we both just kind of fell in love and it was settled! 

krissyj75

My son's names were both "on my list" from the beginning of my pregnancies.  I didn't have a list for this baby - just one girl name that I loved for years.  Since that name has been used by someone else, now, I don't know.  This baby MAY end up with a name that was never on my list.  I don't think I'll know her name until she is here, honestly.  I think then, and only then, will we decide to go ahead and use the much loved name OR pick another one from the list which there are possibilities for, but has yet to really be created.  Who knows?  Maybe some other name, entirely, will jump out at us.  This baby girl has proven to be the hardest child to name, yet, but only because my plan was thrown off.  I wish I had never gotten my heart so set on just one name.

mrebecca

Abigail was our first pick for a girl.

RubyLou11

DDs name wasn't on our list at all.  Our boy name was decided before we were married but we could never agree on any girl names.