Babies: 3 - 6 Months

How did LO get his/her name?

I'm bored...so tell me how you came to name your LO his/her name!

Here's our story:
DH and I didn't agree on names at all. He likes very traditional names while I like things that are more unique. We each had a list of names that we liked, but none that both of us loved. I really wanted something Italian since DD is 75% Italian and was already getting DH's very Irish last name. One night we were talking and D suggested Gina, which I don't particularly care for. So I said, what about Gia? And he goes, "I like that!". 

We never found another name we both loved as much, so...Gia she is!

We are screwed if we ever have another and it's a girl! Gia's middle name is Danielle and that's the only other girl name that we both really like.

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  • We had 2 girl names that we've liked for years, Jane and Mara, and we couldn't decide. So when she was born (via c-section) my husband held her up so I could see her and I said, "She's a Jane, isn't she?" and he said, "Yep!"
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  • We were team green but we were 200% we were having a boy .... and it turned into a girl go figure!!! So we had no names and then my brother-in-law said ellie and we were like we love it!

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  • we wanted an Irish name to honor DH's Grandmother...originally we were going to use Riley weather we had a boy or a girl...but one night I was looking at baby names online and came across Kinley which had the meaning (on this site) "fair haired Viking"

    well...i'm a huge Minnesota Vikings fan & DH & I both had white blonde hair growing up...so i suggested it as a joke...but then it started really growing on us & it stuck! :)

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  • It took us forever to pick a name. I was actually giving up until after she was born ( I was 36 wks at that point) because I just couldn't stop stressing over it. Then H and I were on the phone and he nonchalantly said, "What about Indie?". I instantly told him I loved it, and that pretty much decided her name. Her middle name was a bit harder because we couldn't pair it with something else that was odd. So we finally decided on Amelia, but I don't remember how long it took us. 

    I remember feeling so relieved as soon as he said it, because I knew it was THE name. I didn't even second/triple/quadruple guess it like I did all the runner-ups.  

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  • DH turned down all of my other ideas... lol. I talked to his ex wife about it and we both were laughing at how picky he is with names. Its ridiculous. But at least we have a common ground now haha.

     


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  • We actually picked her name long before she was born on a date... it was a sort of a test to see if we were compatible and we both chose the exact same boy and girl name. It never changed.... it was always Isabella for us.

    Though now she's just Isy for now Wink

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  • LO's first name was chosen from a baby-names book. We wanted something not too common yet not too "out there."

    LO's middle name, Parker, is a last name on my side of the family. The Parkers were very involved in many goings-on in Texas history. 

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  • We had a tough time picking also, DH pretty much vetoe'd every name I like which was really pissing me off. I was really pushing for Lorelai and he threw a fit, I then went through a few names, Luna, Claire and we weren't in love. Then one night after we started listen to Harry Potter on CD he asked me what I thought about Lily and we both loved it. Her full name is Lily Giselle. :-)
  • imageegad76:
    We had 2 girl names that we've liked for years, Jane and Mara, and we couldn't decide. So when she was born (via c-section) my husband held her up so I could see her and I said, "She's a Jane, isn't she?" and he said, "Yep!"

    This just made me tear up a little!

    Our son is Walker Harold. Walker is my Mom's maiden name and Harold is my DH, FIL, and GFILs names/middle names. We are big on namesakes and have a girls name ready and another boys name ready to go once we decide we are ready for #2. (That's gonna be awhile though.)

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    imageegad76:
    We had 2 girl names that we've liked for years, Jane and Mara, and we couldn't decide. So when she was born (via c-section) my husband held her up so I could see her and I said, "She's a Jane, isn't she?" and he said, "Yep!"

    This just made me tear up a little!

    Our son is Walker Harold. Walker is my Mom's maiden name and Harold is my DH, FIL, and GFILs names/middle names. We are big on namesakes and have a girls name ready and another boys name ready to go once we decide we are ready for #2. (That's gonna be awhile though.)

    Aww, thanks. Walker is a cutie. We should set up Jane and Walker.

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  • We went through EVERY name in the baby name book and could only agree on three - Megan, Lindsey and Olivia.  I loved Lindsey, he loved Megan, so we compromised and named her Megan Lindsey (she'll go by Megan).  Lindsey is a family name and I read that Megan is Welsh for Pearl (which was my grandmother's name) so that made them extra special!  We usually call her "Goose" though.  LOL
  • Our daughter is named after a county in our state. My DHs sister also named her two boys county names. So to keep up with the "theme" we had unintentionally created, we named our son a county name as well. Silly to some I know...but we love all the kids names!
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  • My husband picked it out. Her first and middle name = Violet Henson. Violet is an old, unique (but not too unique) name we both like and Henson for the man of Muppet fame. :)
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  • Mikylah is named after her Dad, just like I am - First names sound alike and start with the same letter, Middle names start with the same letter and of course, last names.
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  • I wanted Jacob. H wanted Preston. We just couldn't agree. So we started over and both really liked Tyler.
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  • DH wanted to name DS Hunter, but for some reason, I just couldn't buy into it. I loved the name Ethan but that's BIL's middle name.

    DS then suggested Logan; I liked it, he liked it (mostly because it's Wolverine from the X-Men's real name), so Logan it was.

    Robert is a family middle name, and since Logan is the first grandchild, tradition had to be used, and Hamilton is my maiden name, and i wanted something of me in there.

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  • We chose our names with movie credit (our daughter's name) and if a boy he was going to be named after a Bachelor contestant

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  • imageRunningWife:

    DH wanted to name DS Hunter, but for some reason, I just couldn't buy into it. I loved the name Ethan but that's BIL's middle name.

    DS then suggested Logan; I liked it, he liked it (mostly because it's Wolverine from the X-Men's real name), so Logan it was.

    Robert is a family middle name, and since Logan is the first grandchild, tradition had to be used, and Hamilton is my maiden name, and i wanted something of me in there.

    When I saw your sons name I almost died because we were gonna name DS Logan (just cuz it was all we agreed on,but H said it'll be too popular) Robert (for both of our fathers names), so we almost had sons with exact same name.

     But we switched gears, sometime before we found out sex of baby I guess I told H he could name LO if it was a boy,& it was a boy! He looked online starting with "A" & came across Acelin that he liked cuz it was German & H is 1/2 german. We got middle name Hawk for the Chicago Blackhawks(Stanley Cup winners! sealed the deal for that name) I'm still trying to get used to DSs name,I hate the "LIN" makes it sound girly. Sad  But we call him Ace for short.

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    DH wanted to name DS Hunter, but for some reason, I just couldn't buy into it. I loved the name Ethan but that's BIL's middle name.

    DS then suggested Logan; I liked it, he liked it (mostly because it's Wolverine from the X-Men's real name), so Logan it was.

    Robert is a family middle name, and since Logan is the first grandchild, tradition had to be used, and Hamilton is my maiden name, and i wanted something of me in there.

    When I saw your sons name I almost died because we were gonna name DS Logan (just cuz it was all we agreed on,but H said it'll be too popular) Robert (for both of our fathers names), so we almost had sons with exact same name.

     But we switched gears, sometime before we found out sex of baby I guess I told H he could name LO if it was a boy,& it was a boy! He looked online starting with "A" & came across Acelin that he liked cuz it was German & H is 1/2 german. We got middle name Hawk for the Chicago Blackhawks(Stanley Cup winners! sealed the deal for that name) I'm still trying to get used to DSs name,I hate the "LIN" makes it sound girly. Sad  But we call him Ace for short.

    HA! That's funny; would have been a total small world moment, hey?

    FWIW, I love your DS's name; SO original and I Just love the sound of it.

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  • I was really close to my grandparents so I was set on the name Victoria since I was a teenager.  We were told at our 18 week u/s that we were having a girl and since I picked the first name hubby got to pick the middle name, he chose Anne after his favorite aunt.  I was SO in love with that name.  Come 36 weeks we find out we are actually having a boy.  I'm from eastern Europe so all the male names in my family are extreemely hard to pronounce. We agreed to name our son after DHs dad.  His nickname was big Lou and I still wanted to honor my grandmother so Louis Victor was the name.  Now I'm pregnant again and hoping I get to use Victoria Anne.  I don't have a clue as to picking another boy name.
  • It was our compromise name. I loved the name Cooper and he loved the name Tucker and our LO became Max.
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    imageBLONDRAVYN124:
    imageRunningWife:

    DH wanted to name DS Hunter, but for some reason, I just couldn't buy into it. I loved the name Ethan but that's BIL's middle name.

    DS then suggested Logan; I liked it, he liked it (mostly because it's Wolverine from the X-Men's real name), so Logan it was.

    Robert is a family middle name, and since Logan is the first grandchild, tradition had to be used, and Hamilton is my maiden name, and i wanted something of me in there.

    When I saw your sons name I almost died because we were gonna name DS Logan (just cuz it was all we agreed on,but H said it'll be too popular) Robert (for both of our fathers names), so we almost had sons with exact same name.

     But we switched gears, sometime before we found out sex of baby I guess I told H he could name LO if it was a boy,& it was a boy! He looked online starting with "A" & came across Acelin that he liked cuz it was German & H is 1/2 german. We got middle name Hawk for the Chicago Blackhawks(Stanley Cup winners! sealed the deal for that name) I'm still trying to get used to DSs name,I hate the "LIN" makes it sound girly. Sad  But we call him Ace for short.

    HA! That's funny; would have been a total small world moment, hey?

    FWIW, I love your DS's name; SO original and I Just love the sound of it.

    Thank-You!

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  • He is named after my FIL. We decided this pretty early in my pregnancy and then funnily enough when he was born he looked just like FIL! Nowadays he looks more like DH but every once in awhile he will give us a look like his grandpa Smile
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  • We went through a book of names and each wrote down names we liked. In the end we didn't end up using any of the names. DH one day said I really like the name Aubrey. So we went with it. Her middle name is my paternal grandmothers middle name Jean.

  • when we first found out I was pg I had a feeling it was going to be a boy so I told DH I was going to name it after him, but he said no at first.  Then once we actually found it was a boy he said he wanted DS to be named after him so theres no big story to it, Other than DS was the first grandchild for both DHs parents bc MIL has 2 GS and FIL has a GD.  Then afterwards I realized that on MIL side, UIL was named after Papal (MILs dad) and UILs son was named the 3rd and my MIL named her first son after her XH.  So I guess its kind of a tradition now.
  • Naba [pronounced Nuh-ba] is the title of one of the chapters in the Quran. It means "great news". DH and I both loved it when we first learned its meaning. So it was picked before we even found out the gender.
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  • Actually, I was on the baby names board and someone had asked what are natural /Earth names and someone had responded with the name Mairen (star of the sea).  DH and I really liked the name, but changed the spelling to Maren (like Karen w. an M) with her mn Alice after DH's Grandmother that turned 100 this hear.
  • Well I knew I wanted a name that started with an A. I love the name Ava but it was just a little too short for me, (it's also my Aunt's name) so I thought of Avalyn and I loved it!
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  • we had no idea. during delivery we were telling everyone that we had settled on David jr. and for the next two days in the hospital thats what we were saying. Then at about 2 am the last night in the hospital i was awake with DS and the birth certificate papers, DH wakes up and i ask him 'if we change the middle name it wouldnt be a jr, huh?' and then we got into a conversation about different names all together. he had mentioned the name Cameron a few weeks back when we were spitting out every name possible. that night at 2 am i brought that name back up and he wasn't opposed. we were questioning it all the way up until the last minutes before writing it on the certificate form, we decided to make his middle name David, so as to not completely out DH's name. I love DS's name Cameron David. after thinking about it, it would have been weird calling DS DH's name. so far everyone likes our choice. :)
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  • DH was stuck on Madison Lee...and I'm just not one for a completely trendy name.  I wanted something normal, yet not too common.  I was set on Natasha.  So the day we were getting discharged he said we could go with Natasha and I said that I would love Lee as the middle name.  He said he didn't want to have it be Lee, but Li...and I asked him how he was planning on spelling it if we went with Madison and he said Lee, so that's what I put down on the papers.  Plus Lee is my Grandma's middle name and it has gone through the family...so I really wanted it to be Lee.

    Early on in the pregnancy we were actually going to go with Stormy Lee, but received many, many, many negative responses for that one. 

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  • I've always loved the nickname Betsy, so it was on our list from the get-go.  At an u/s at 15w, we found out her gender and she also seemed to show her personality a bit--she was incredibly active--kicking, doing summersaults, etc.  We decided that Betsy fit her personality.  I knew I wanted an "E" middle name because I loved how her monogram would look with those initials.  We considered Elizabeth Eleanor, but we liked the look and sound of Elizabeth Everett a little better.  Everett is my DH's middle name and my MIL's maiden name.

    And her name is 100% perfect for her.  She is such a Betsy!

  • My SO is off of work for a month every January , He sat there the whole month and watched every season of LOST to get caught up before the season finale . The LO born on the show his name was Aaron . My SO loved it and I agreed seeing that he was prob made during one of the lost episodes lol .
  • I always liked the name Caleb, but DH wasn't sure about it for sometime. Then, while I was pregnant, I brought it up again and he agreed to go with it - we just needed to find a middle name. DH came up with Martin, and it just stuck. 

     

    Our girl's name - we both like the name Megan, and I thought we could go with Elizabeth to honor my grandmother, who I'm very close with/share a birthday with, for the middle name. So, that's what we'll do if we have a girl next time around. 

  • He's named after DH: Pettus Hart IV

    Yeah, he's #4. We had a big debate over what to actually call him. DH wanted to call him Ivy (as in the Roman numeral) and I vetoed it

    I wanted to call him Dru (as in quadruple) and DH vetoed it.

    So I suggested going with his middle name, Hart. It's grown on us and we love the name now

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  • When I was in HS I worked at a daycare and one of the kids in my room was named Kaylee. I loved her name and always said that was what I was going to name my daughter, thankfully DH liked it too!
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  • we were really torn between Anna and Madeleine. I have always loved the name Anna- I wanted something traditional but not necessarily old-fashioned. And it reminds me of Anne of Green Gables, and while that wasn't the main reason why I liked/picked Anna, I do think it's neat to tie in one of my most beloved books. Madeleine is a family name so it was hard to let go of, but she just looked like an Anna. We'll save M for the next girl :-)
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  • Olivia was a name I loved from when I was in college doing a practicum at a day care center. There was the most adorable little girl with the curliest brown hair named Olivia.  When DH and I started talking about kids/names he also liked the named.  Unfortunately, it became a little popular but it was "our girl name".  Her middle name is Rose and this was my cousins last name.  She died in a car accident when we were teens.

    Abigail was tough...we couldn't decide on a name if she was a girl.  We had a list that we liked.  Finally narrowed it down to Abigail and Francesca.  Baby was born a girl!  We named her Francesca...for about an hour.  I then looked at her and said "she is NOT a Francesca, she's our Abigail".  Her middle name is Josephine, named after my grandmother (my MN is Jo). 

  • Years before we were even pg, we talked about names.  We both like Maya for a girl, but decided we like the spelling better with an "i".  So, our DD is named Maia.  We like it because it isn't too "out there", but also isn't all that common (especially spelled the way we do).  After we decided on it, I googled it and learned that in the book Thumbelina, the price tells her that Thumbelina "isn't a pretty enough name for someone as lovely as you".  He then says, "We shall call you Maia"!  Needless to say, DD got Thumbelina for Christmas this year :) 
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    I always liked the name Caleb, but DH wasn't sure about it for sometime. Then, while I was pregnant, I brought it up again and he agreed to go with it - we just needed to find a middle name. DH came up with Martin, and it just stuck. 

     

    Our girl's name - we both like the name Megan, and I thought we could go with Elizabeth to honor my grandmother, who I'm very close with/share a birthday with, for the middle name. So, that's what we'll do if we have a girl next time around. 

    Our girls name was Elizabeth b/c it was grandmother's name (who passed right before I had DS1), she and I shared a birthday also!!

    DS1 is Vincent after DH's grandfather.  He told me he wanted this when we were dating. I liked the name well enough, so I didn't argue.  I can't imagine him being anything else now.  His middle name is Daniel after my dad and brother.

    For DS2, I suggested Owen one day and DH said he liked it.  It turns out Owen was my great-grandfather's name on my mom's side.  So, it was in keeping with our family name theme.  His middle name is David after DH and FIL.

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