December 2011 Moms

Your LO's name---are you still happy with it?

I've read articles about parents regretting (some even despising) their LO's name.  I know lots of parents go round after round trying to settle on a name sometimes leaving one parent to concede their favorite name.  So, are you still happy with the names you chose for your LO?  Does your LO's personality fit his/her name or do you wish you would have chosen another name from your list? 

LO's name is Benham.  It's MIL's maiden name and even though my relationship with her isn't what it used to be, I love it.  Had DD been a boy, we would have named her Benham so it was always on our list. 

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  • Yep! I love my LO's name! I can't imagine him with anything else.

    One of my friends was strong-armed into naming her kid Larry, because it was a family tradition on her H's side. She hated the name then and still does. It took her years to even call him that. She uses a nickname instead.  

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  • LOVE IT !!  His name is Owen Miles...

    Husband liked the name Wyatt and I liked Owen.... I won :) 

    The middle name was either Parker or Miles and I am glad we went with Miles.  

    We call him Baby O, O and Oey =) 

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  • I am still happy with it..but everyone does ask how to pronounce it, where we came up with it, etc.  Oh and someone said I am going to call her "Onion"..her name is Anya.
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  • We LOVE Lucas' name even more now than before!  We were deciding between Logan and Lucas even when he was in the NICU he had no name!  We will name our next boy or girl Logan.
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  • We love LO's name (Lucas). It fits him so well.

    However, after he was born I heard the name Lincoln and fell in love. I know if I would have suggested it to DH while I was PG, it would have been a contender.

    Oh well. No more kids for us so maybe I can name a future cat Lincoln! ;)

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  • We still love DS's name. It fits his personality.
  • Yes, I love the name Ethan.  We were deciding between Liam, Ethan and Colin.  Glad we went with Ethan. but Colin is still on our list for another DS.  The only thing I don't like is that our friends who had a boy the day after us also named their son Ethan (we didn't know anyone with the name), so that put a little damper on it, but I'm over it.  We only see them every few weeks, so it really isn't that big of a deal. 
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    We love LO's name (Lucas). It fits him so well.

    However, after he was born I heard the name Lincoln and fell in love. I know if I would have suggested it to DH while I was PG, it would have been a contender.

    Oh well. No more kids for us so maybe I can name a future cat Lincoln! ;)

    OMG how funny, I wanted the name Lincoln and DH wouldn't have it!  I was obsessed with Prison Break and LOVED Lincoln Burrows in the show!!!!
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  • We love DD's name as well. Camille. Although I wasn't too happy about it when DD suggested it, it grew on me and fits her perfectly:)
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  • My sister has an Owen too.  They also call him Oey and sometimes even O-zer. 
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    imageNessie82:

    We love LO's name (Lucas). It fits him so well.

    However, after he was born I heard the name Lincoln and fell in love. I know if I would have suggested it to DH while I was PG, it would have been a contender.

    Oh well. No more kids for us so maybe I can name a future cat Lincoln! ;)

    OMG how funny, I wanted the name Lincoln and DH wouldn't have it!  I was obsessed with Prison Break and LOVED Lincoln Burrows in the show!!!!

    That is too funny!

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    I love my little Emma and do not care how popular it is...but I wish I would have fought harder to have her middle name Judith after my mom...my sister is a lawyer and could change it for me, but DH is against it.

    Shhh don't tell the baby name board, but her middle name is Christine after me (my first name) and DH (Christopher is his middle name) DH really wanted Emma Christine and since I pushed DH for Emma, he got more say in the middle name... 

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  • imagewychets:
    We love DD's name as well. Camille. Although I wasn't too happy about it when DD suggested it, it grew on me and fits her perfectly:)

    I love the name Camille. I have always wanted to have a daughter by that name! 

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  • I LOVE my daughter's name.  It's one of two names my husband and I agreed on.  Now that she's here and we're starting to see her personality, we've both said we can't imagine her with any other name.  She does have two middle names, and while I don't think my husband cares for the first of the two as much, I love her whole name.  Her first name is so unusual (not crazy, just uncommon) and I really like that I don't know anyone else with the name.  Her middle names are family names.
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  • Omg I absolutely adore Charlotte's name. It fits her so well and couldn't imagine her with any other name. We originally thought she would be Sophie but that certainly wouldn't fit her at all.
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    LOVE IT !!  His name is Owen Miles...

    Husband liked the name Wyatt and I liked Owen.... I won :) 

    The middle name was either Parker or Miles and I am glad we went with Miles.  

    We call him Baby O, O and Oey =) 

    DH and I LOVE the name Owen, if we have another boy his name will be Owen. We also really like the name Miles...maybe I will steal the name from you and just do Owen Miles! Smile

    I still love DS's name. When we were trying to decide on names DH would always say "whatever you want" or basically agree with every name I suggested unless he really disliked it (he can make a decision he just always wants to please me). One day he came up to me and suggested the name Brady out of no where and I couldn't believe he made a decision on his own, I loved the name so we chose that.

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    Omg I absolutely adore Charlotte's name. It fits her so well and couldn't imagine her with any other name. We originally thought she would be Sophie but that certainly wouldn't fit her at all.

    I love Charlotte, if we have a girl we will name her this. December '11 moms pick some good names!

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  • I LOVE DD's name. It just seems to fit her perfectly.  Some people (FIL) have told us it was "weird" but he also said he'd "never heard of that guy" when we told him Tennyson was a famous poet/author. Most people have told us they think it's different but beautiful...and I don't care if they're just being polite, I love her name! Smile

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    I LOVE DD's name. It just seems to fit her perfectly.  Some people (FIL) have told us it was "weird" but he also said he'd "never heard of that guy" when we told him Tennyson was a famous poet/author. Most people have told us they think it's different but beautiful...and I don't care if they're just being polite, I love her name! Smile

    My DS is named Atticus and we get very positive responses from people who have read To Kill a Mockingbird. Those who haven't think it is a weird name. I love the name Tennyson, btw! 

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  • With both of my kids they were 2 days old before they had a name.  Both times it was the hospital people going "ok we want to send in the birth certificate stuff, have you decided yet?"  I was so indecisive because its something they'll have forever!  And I'm not a huge fan of my name (Kelly) so it was important to me to pick the right name.

    DD is Lily Ann - Lily is a family name on DH's side and Ann is my middle name, my MIL's middle name and my SD is Anna so it was something that hit everyone.  If it were up to me she would have been Chloe.  If it were up to DH she would have been Ella.  We decided on Lily since our #1 one names, the other wouldn't go for.  Now that she's here, she's such a spitfire.  She's fun and yet stubborn and so I do feel that her name fits her.

    DS is Colin - I wanted Lucas or Landon, DH wanted Nolan.  However, Colin was the name that we talked about years ago when we were just dating as our boy name.  if DD would have been a boy she would have easily been a Colin but for some reason we just couldn't decide.  We thought about doing the L&L names & I decided it was too cutesy.  So Colin in the end won out.  So far he's a pretty happy, easy going baby and so I feel like it fits him.  It's not super popular either which I like.

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    imagewychets:
    We love DD's name as well. Camille. Although I wasn't too happy about it when DD suggested it, it grew on me and fits her perfectly:)

    I love the name Camille. I have always wanted to have a daughter by that name! 

    Lol thanks! I have to admit I have fell in love with the name as well. DH came up with it go figure Hmm

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    I LOVE DD's name. It just seems to fit her perfectly.  Some people (FIL) have told us it was "weird" but he also said he'd "never heard of that guy" when we told him Tennyson was a famous poet/author. Most people have told us they think it's different but beautiful...and I don't care if they're just being polite, I love her name! Smile

    My DS is named Atticus and we get very positive responses from people who have read To Kill a Mockingbird. Those who haven't think it is a weird name. I love the name Tennyson, btw! 

    Thanks! I love Atticus as well! It was on my boy name list for years. Yes, people who've heard of Tennyson tend to have a positive reaction. Those who haven't are typically a little more hesitant with it. My favorite college lit professor was tickled pink when she heard it though! 

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  • ever since my A/S at 20 weeks pregnant when i first saw her face I knew she was a Harper and she still is. I only wish i hadnt given her my mothers maiden name for a middle name sometimes bc she acts too much like her LOL
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  • I am ok with Audrey's name though I feel like I've said it so much it's almost nonsensical.  On the other hand, now I hate Isaac.  It's the name we had selected for a boy.  My husband loves it, but I'm hoping (planning) to dissuade him if we get a boy next time.
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    imageNessie82:

    We love LO's name (Lucas). It fits him so well.

    However, after he was born I heard the name Lincoln and fell in love. I know if I would have suggested it to DH while I was PG, it would have been a contender.

    Oh well. No more kids for us so maybe I can name a future cat Lincoln! ;)

    OMG how funny, I wanted the name Lincoln and DH wouldn't have it!  I was obsessed with Prison Break and LOVED Lincoln Burrows in the show!!!!
    DS is Lincoln and it was DH's top choice. I put it on a long, long list of names I'd consider and DH glommed onto it. I do really like it now. His MN is my maiden name, and I do sort of wish we had used my dad's first name instead, especially because DS's full name sounds like a law firm. But no real regrets.
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  • LO's name is Anderson and I still love it! I don't care if it's a popular last name, it fits him perfectly. Plus,mwe have a very distinct last name, so his name doesn't sound backwards. We call him Andy for short sometimes, or A, or Little A. I think it's a name that will grow with him well. 

    My only regret was not fighting harder for James as his middle name. It's my dads MN. We went with Michael, which is DHs MN. But I got Anderson, so he got Michael. DH didn't want people to call him AJ. 

  • DD is Elizabeth and I love it. She was supposed to be Brynn throughout 3/4 of my pregnancy and we changed it at the last minute to a family name. I'm soooo glad we did. I can't picture her with any other name now. We also get really positive reactions when people ask what her name is, a lot of people compliment us on picking a traditional name. 
  • We still love LOs name: Will Stephenson

    Some people told us we would regret not naming him William, but as a pedi nurse who would deal with about 29 kids a day who were called by anything but their first name, I wanted my son's name to be what we wanted him to be called. I was worried a lot of people would assume William anyway, but it hasn't happened yet. 


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  • Yes! Alayna Kate fits her perfectly! And we love to call her Laney as well. Her middle name is after me (Katie) and my MIL (Kathy). Her named was picked out before our 20 week u/s.
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    imageNessie82:

    We love LO's name (Lucas). It fits him so well.

    However, after he was born I heard the name Lincoln and fell in love. I know if I would have suggested it to DH while I was PG, it would have been a contender.

    Oh well. No more kids for us so maybe I can name a future cat Lincoln! ;)

    OMG how funny, I wanted the name Lincoln and DH wouldn't have it!  I was obsessed with Prison Break and LOVED Lincoln Burrows in the show!!!!

     LOL...I have a friend whose son was born in November of 2010 and his name is Lincoln Michael after the main characters on Prison Break. I still love Easton's name. It fits him really well. It was between Rhyder, Ethan and Easton. I think I would have loved Ethan but can't imagine him being a Rhyder. We couldn't decide on a middle name so we went with Glenn after my dad.

     



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  • DH and I are both still happy with LO's name.  I wanted him to have his dad's initials but his own unique name (also I'm not too crazy about DH's middle name). We didn't spell it the most popular way, but hopefully it won't be a problem for him later on.
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  • Still love her name. I didn't know anyone with her name before and now there are a few people that have it. Bummed about that but oh well. 
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  • Should have added this in my original post:  DD is Bronwyn Harper and DS is Benham Sawyer.  We love both kids names and cannot imagine them being called by any other name.  People always ask how to pronounce them and how we chose their names.  I love their unique names (DH and I are John and Emily). 
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  • My husband chose her name- Isabella. I really wanted to name her Taylor or Cameron but she is definitely an Isabella. I didn't want it because it was the #1 name the year before but I haven't met any other Isabella's so I think it's on the decline, at least in my area. 
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    LO's name is Anderson and I still love it! I don't care if it's a popular last name, it fits him perfectly. Plus,mwe have a very distinct last name, so his name doesn't sound backwards. We call him Andy for short sometimes, or A, or Little A. I think it's a name that will grow with him well. 

    My only regret was not fighting harder for James as his middle name. It's my dads MN. We went with Michael, which is DHs MN. But I got Anderson, so he got Michael. DH didn't want people to call him AJ. 

     

    My Anderson's name is Anderson James! Anderson is my husbands middle name and his Great Grandfathers first name. James is my DH and my father's first name.  We call him Anderson no nickname besides our cutsie one that has nothing to do with his name.  We could have had name twins!

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  • I like Nathaniel more now than I did when he was a newborn.  It was hard for me to see how it fit when he hadn't developed as much personality as he has now.  I see it now - and we're starting to call him "Nate" more, which fits better.  I still feel like he will grow into Nathaniel, and in the meantime I can still call him "Nater Tater." :)

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    ever since my A/S at 20 weeks pregnant when i first saw her face I knew she was a Harper and she still is. I only wish i hadnt given her my mothers maiden name for a middle name sometimes bc she acts too much like her LOL

    I love Harper!  It was my favorite girl name and my DH liked it too.  Definitely on my list if we ever have a DD. 

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    LO's name is Anderson and I still love it! I don't care if it's a popular last name, it fits him perfectly. Plus,mwe have a very distinct last name, so his name doesn't sound backwards. We call him Andy for short sometimes, or A, or Little A. I think it's a name that will grow with him well. 

    My only regret was not fighting harder for James as his middle name. It's my dads MN. We went with Michael, which is DHs MN. But I got Anderson, so he got Michael. DH didn't want people to call him AJ. 

     

    My Anderson's name is Anderson James! Anderson is my husbands middle name and his Great Grandfathers first name. James is my DH and my father's first name.  We call him Anderson no nickname besides our cutsie one that has nothing to do with his name.  We could have had name twins!

    LOL, too funny!

  • I LOVE Alexa's name still! I thought we would wind up calling her Lexie but we haven't and I can't imagine her with any other name!
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  • My DH and I love our DS's name.  He is Jackson Andrew but we rarely ever call him anything but "Jack".  Sometimes when I hear someone call him Jackson (DC or MIL usually) I forget for a second who they are talking to!  His middle name is after my stepdad that raised me.  His name definitely fits him and we get a lot of compliments on it.  (BTW... I wanted him to be Eli and my DH wanted Charlie, neither of those names fit him now, I am so glad we agreed on Jack)
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