Anyone keeping baby's name a secret?

queenofkings76 · December 2009

We plan to tell our families the sex of the baby...but we're keeping the name a secret.

We aren't even sharing our ideas. We don't want our families opinions. I would never even talk about my names on the bump because of all my friends and family that lurk here (or google).

None of my siblings or IL's shared their names either.

Are you keeping your name a secret?

robinsokj · December 2009

Everyone knows the middle names but we're not telling anyone the first ones

Alyssa102 · December 2009

We told everyone . They can think what they want, it is our baby and we are happy.

Name is Olivia Taylor

laurasue · December 2009

Sure are! It'll be fun to have one surprise for the families and nice not to get all that unwanted input.

shanmoyer · December 2009

We are keeping the names secret IRL, but I've shared them on the Bump (happily! it's a nice outlet and none of my family members or friends come here so we're good!)

Even if we find out the gender, we won't share the name

ChicagoKari · December 2009

Yes! We're definitely keeping our a secret...mainly because I have quite the opinionated mother and would prefer to let this decision be mine and DH's alone. ...even though my mother feels the need to tell me what names she likes -- WAY too much.

I'm actually starting to get a little annoyed (maybe just the hormones making me too sensitive) with all the family and friends constantly asking me what names we're considering.... I get this feeling like they expect us to ask for their blessings.

samk213 · December 2009

We're not telling our name. We also won't even tell the ones that are on our list and won't tell which were on the list after birth either in case we want to use them for next time.

WGsMommyAdventure · December 2009

we are team green and we aren't telling anyone our names because we figured we don't need anyones opinions.

It's our decision for our baby, no one else needs to know Big Smile

jifer · December 2009

It is our intention to keep baby's name a secret. We really what something to be a surprise and possibly the name will be a surprise to us after we see him we might change the name we are thinking of.

cutie420311 · December 2009

I'm not telling anyone. I don't want to hear it from my mother about what i "should" be naming him.

*Amy15* · December 2009

Yup.. we are keeping names a secret.. and we are not finding out the gender either.. I love to surprise people

broomy · December 2009

Yep. My mom threw giant tantrums when we told her what girl names we were considering, so we stopped all discussions on names immediately. We know that most everyone will hate our baby name when it's not attached to the actual baby, so we're not gonna bother arguing about it for 4 months. The only people who know are DH's cousin (due 3 days before us) and my sister, and they have sworn to secrecy!

sarah26wood · December 2009

We also told the sex and do not plan to tell the name either. DH and I are the only ones who know! We will likely tell middle name as it is Joseph after our grandfathers.

AbJams · December 2009

DH really wants to keep them secret, and though I wasn't hugely into the idea at first, I am now. I don't want to like, discuss it with anyone IRL but DH. I'll talk about it here though. I'm not THAT worried.

Ana35 · December 2009

We're keeping our choices to ourselves

kufishy · December 2009

We have been. Actually we haven't completely decided on her name yet, but I haven't shared the possibles with anyone either.

Mrs. Reckling · December 2009

No when we decide we will tell people.

MrsBraun · December 2009

We're also team green, and no, we're not telling names although we have them picked out...

Two reasons - I don't need anyone's opinions, AND we might always change things last minute and I don't want people commenting on if they like the first one better, blah blah. Some things are just better left unsaid

Lambie. · December 2009

I don't know that we will decide for sure before the baby is born. Luckily though my family keeps their opinion to themselves or are generally positive about things and I don't really give a crap what other random people think.

cdc1982 · December 2009

We didn't find out the sex so that's a secret from even us ^_^

With names, we're not sharing any info with anyone. Not our lists of ones we like, not possible ones we both agree on & not the final name once we pick it. We'll share with everyone once it's on the birth certificate!

bakedlaurabean · December 2009

Nope, we told everyone. It's fun having everyone call him Reece instead of "the baby." We only told the names after they were set in stone b/c at that point it didn't matter what anyone said. Plus, we love the name, so it doesn't really matter what anyone thinks anyway.

*LrCg* · December 2009

We don't find out the sex of the baby and we dont' annouce names either- first or middle. It was really cool when DS was born because everyone was very anxious to find out not only boy/girl but also the name. If people did ask us when I was pregnant we just said yes we've picked out names but we're not annoucing them. Then when we announced our son's name most people said I understand why you didn't want to annouce it- that's a vey good and unique name.

megdrew1218 · December 2009

I'm not telling! But I will reveal gender after the big u/s.

danandkelly · December 2009

We haven't actually decided yet, but if we do before she's born we will keep it a secret.

GAGirlyGirl · December 2009

Nope. Not telling a single soul! When trying to name my first I was shocked by how rude people were with their oppinions. So this time, they can wait.

tdenen · December 2009

We are keeping the names a secret, but we'll tell the sex when we find out (JANUARY 6!!!!!). I just know there is going to be at least one person who lets out an unconvincing "Oh.... that's interesting," or something to make me second guess myself. Well, I say that, but my husband is so proud of our names so he's trying to get me to tell the name once we know the sex. We'll see. It would be nice to be able to call the baby by name rather than it, but at the same time I don't know that I want all of the opinions!!

georgia_peachy · December 2009

We aren't telling our names. We have THE most common last name (just go ahead, guess, you're probably right) so pretty much any name on the top 100 list is out. And I don't want people to comment on whether or not they like the name. I don't care what they think. The names we have chosen are traditional yet unique and we love them both. Both boy and girl names have the same intials (totally not planned) so if people ask for purposes of monogram etc, we're happy to oblige.

Alicebean · December 2009

we tried... failed miserably

Emmybean · December 2009

We aren't ever going to tell anyone our baby's name. Or sex, even after s/he is born. Whether we are having a boy or a girl and what we name it is between us and the baby. I mean really, what business is it of theirs anyhow?!!

MrsWindyCity · December 2009

Yep, we're keeping them secret. Of course, we are not even 100% set on them yet so it's been pretty easy not to tell, anyway (especially since we're Team Green).

Mrs.Alanna · December 2009

We are keeping it secret. I always loved how back when my siblings were born, it was always so exciting to announce to everyone whether it was a boy or a girl. Since we've already given away that surprise (everyone knows we are having a girl), I want to keep SOMETHING secret to announce to everyone once she's born!

I let my MIL suggest names (she's the only one who seems to really care about such things) but I just politely say thank you and then forget about her ideas. LOL I'm not even sharing my names on here - TOTAL SECRECY, just between DH and I!

FemmeNat01 · December 2009

Everyone knows that Lucas and Elena are our top 2 names but that's it.

teelaman · December 2009

We told everyone. I think you get unwanted opinions regardless. If you don't tell, then people think that it's not official so they tell you what they think you should name the kid, because they haven't heard an official name. Or, you tell them the name and, if they have no class, they actually tell you that they don't like it or they have a better name (twice DH's gma told us she had a better name). We told everyone what the name was, and also told them that it was decided and we both love it and that's what her name would be. I also made a wall hanging with her name on it to show everyone that there's no need to offer suggestions because the name's already been decided on.