If you already picked a name for your LO....

eyunger1 · October 2009

Are you keeping it secret from your friends and/or family? I'm almost a little superstitious about telling people, even though we love the name we picked.

MrsRebecca · October 2009

Nope.

Armynancy · October 2009

Yep! We're keeping the name in until she's born...it's posted in my ticker, but other than that no one knows!

lionessdiane · October 2009

We are keeping it to ourselves as we don't want other people's opinions. I did slip and tell my best friend who fortunately, loved his name. Wink

IrishBrideND · October 2009

We aren't telling, but not because we are superstitious or because we want it to be a surprise. We just don't want to deal with comments.

aocain02@yahoo.com · October 2009

We tell people, but we also tell them the name my change. As of now he's Collin Joseph.

mrsmegs06 · October 2009

We told everyone when we found out the gender. We were going to keep it a surprise, but it's hard to keep it a secret. I think because we knew we were definitely using that name..which made it tougher especially for my husband.

rebecca_cross · October 2009

We are telling people. We love the name we picked and I love using it already :-)

Novem06 · October 2009

We have not told anyone IRL...just don't want to hear the negative comments if they hate it! We love our name choices and it took forever to make a final decision. so whether this is a girl or boy, we will keep our opposite name choice a secret too to use for the possible next baby.

Excited_Mommy2be · October 2009

We're telling people. I'm already calling her Lexi instead of her previous nickname, "Bean".

knedell · October 2009

I don't know what we will do when we decide on a name. PArt of me wants to tell and part of me wants to keep it to ourselves to save us the comments.

dstceo41 · October 2009

We told everyone and now everyone calls him by his name. They always ask "How is Miles?" I love it.

k.martell · October 2009

Our name is a secret. It's not a traditional name and I can already tell you the comments some of my ILs would say.

RJBWife · October 2009

We told anyone who wanted to know. We call him Nathan, so we figured everyone else might was well if they want to.

Shell24 · October 2009

People haven't really asked about names, so we don't necessarily bring it up. We have told our moms, and my SIL, etc. We don't know what we're having, so it's not like we know which name will be used

PurpleK26 · October 2009

No, everyone who asks knows!

prazenjc · October 2009

we don't know which one we are having yet, but the boy's name and girl's name we have picked out for each are known by our family members.

MLE82 · October 2009

We find out if we're having a boy or girl on Oct. 29. Until then we do have some name ideas... but I've been VERY hesitant to share those with people, unless they're very close family or friends. Even though I think we've thought of very nice, traditional names that we love, I'm still nervous to hear people's comments. It's just such a personal thing and always makes me uncomfortable to discuss. ...I guess I'll have to get over that soon!!!

mrssmith717 · October 2009

We aren't, but I have friends who are, and I considered it.

Main reason to not tell before hand: People are more likely to give their honest, unsolicited opinion if the name isn't "set in stone".

"Oh, really? You like Isabella? There was a girl I knew named Isabella who was really mean to me. I don't like that name."

Oh, the drama!

beedale862003 · October 2009

dstceo41:

We told everyone and now everyone calls him by his name. They always ask "How is Miles?" I love it.

Lisa10e · October 2009

No, we're not telling. We want to leave something to surprise the day he/she is born since theres no way we'll beable to keep the gender a secret. I love it, it drives everyone crazy. But its kinda nice just having something secret just between dh and I.

jordans_wife · October 2009

we are keeping the gender and names a secret. i did however crack and tell the girls at work what names we picked. we won't find out the gender so we don't know what we are having but yeah, the only ones who know our name choices are the girls i work with. drives family and friends nuts! but not as much as not finding out the gender.

Emmybean · October 2009

We've shared with family. It's not a big deal for us. If they don't like the name, they can have their own kid and name it whatever they want.

mbgreenwalt · October 2009

We told everyone right away. There is no keeping secrets in my family. Also we really didn't care if some people didn't like the name we picked, we like it.

AB&TB · October 2009

Nope, it's not a secret. Just be prepared for helpful suggestions and advice on your name choice.

eyunger1 · October 2009

mbgreenwalt:
We told everyone right away. There is no keeping secrets in my family. Also we really didn't care if some people didn't like the name we picked, we like it.

Yeah, it's had to keep anything to yourself in our family, too. I also don't care what people think about the name -- it is, after all, not their kid.... However, it's a nice name, and I think both sides of the family will be pleased.

gingerfamily · October 2009

Yes. We don't want to hear any opinions on our names.

tkdtara84 · October 2009

We agreed to keep it a secret so we don't have to hear everyone's opinion. I really would like to share with my mom, though, but not until we find out the gender anyway.

I do run names past my students, though. They're mostly freshmen in college, so I think they provide a good unbiased sounding board for opinions. I'm not so emotionally attached to them that I would be devastated if they didn't like it, but they are kind of a good polling sample for whether or not the kid would be teased, lol.

shopgirl78 · October 2009

we haven't announced yet but will in the near future

naflmj · October 2009

We planned to but DH has a big mouth so we have told family and a few friends. We got mixed reviews and I still love it so I am kind of happy I told.

LittleMamaB · October 2009

No. Everyone already knows his name.

LittleMamaB · October 2009

dstceo41:
We told everyone and now everyone calls him by his name. They always ask "How is Miles?" I love it.

Good choice! ::wink wink::

nicolekleemann1 · October 2009

We have picked one and we have not kept it a secret. However the trade off is that now we are getting everyone's two-cents. Oh well.

mrst820 · October 2009

we had decided not to, but then DH wrote the names on the sonogram (for baby's first picture) so there goes that. however, we are keeping middle names secret from everyone until they are born. they will be family names and we want SOMETHING to be a surprise!

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