Are you keeping baby's name a secret?

rachellaura86 · January 2011

We told our parents, my SIL, and my best friend. Other than that, it's hush hush. Oh and it's posted on here

Finding it kind of hard to keep a secret though. Everyone is asking if we picked out a name. I am so in love with the name we chose, I sometimes want to burst out and say it! But I do want SOME element of surprise.....

mikeandjenn · January 2011

I will tell people if they ask, but I haven't posted it here. Not sure why..... maybe I just don't want to my daughter to have a super popular name like I do (Jennifer). Not that I have the power to make a name popular or anything but.... LOL.

stylechild622 · January 2011

when i know the gender im gonna shout the name from the roof tops.

AwBeth · January 2011

We don't share the name. I just don't want people's opinions. And also, we love the element of surprise. It's always exciting when someone has a baby, but so fun when there's something announce besides the height and weight. (and for the record, we are team green, so we really like surprises!)

kimbo1216 · January 2011

I am all about sharing the name. It doesn't bother me one bit. I love the name we chose and don't care if others don't. Besides, I want people to be able to get things monogrammed for her if they'd like. I know I always like it when I know the baby's name for a shower. That way I can do the same for them.

christin3580 · January 2011

I hate when people have the name and dont share it (after they said they already picked it out to you, if they say they havent decided yet thats different)... I think its weird.. I dont understand unless you arent 100 percent on the name why you wouldnt want someone to call your child his/hers name..

Its not like Im sitting at home DYING over the fact I dont know you childs name I just think its pretentious.

JNBrickey · January 2011

christin3580:
I hate when people have the name and dont share it (after they said they already picked it out to you, if they say they havent decided yet thats different)... I think its weird.. I dont understand unless you arent 100 percent on the name why you wouldnt want someone to call your child his/hers name..

Its not like Im sitting at home DYING over the fact I dont know you childs name I just think its pretentious.

This. I think it comes off as really smug (just like the song says!). I like calling my daughter by her name, I don't think it needs to be a secret. If people don't like it, that's nice for them.

I just don't think someone else's little one's name is something that makes people grip the edge of their seats. There's nothing more exciting about telling once the baby is born than telling now.

mrsV719 · January 2011

We are keeping it a secret. Well... kind of. We plan on going into the hospital with 5 names that we both agree on. Once we meet him, we will decide. We aren't sharing our 5 names with ANYONE. In the past while discussing names, people always have something to say about a name- positive or negative. We want it to be OUR choice and not be swayed by others opinions. Plus, once he is here and has a name- no one can say anything negative about it.

asl71476 · January 2011

We're keeping it a secret. Our families have a tough time keeping their opinions to themselves!

redstars93 · January 2011

We're keeping the sex and the name a secret. To each his own.

We kept DS's name a secret too (we were Team Green) and I'm really glad because we had picked out "Ian Henry" before he was born but as soon as I saw him, I knew he was a Henry.

carmel.elkin · January 2011

We're team green (well I guess I should say, I'M team green, since my DH might find out in our appt. in 15 days.) I personally have a really hard time not being influenced by other people (this is a major fault of mine that I am working on to change!) So even though I agree that in theory I shouldn't care what others' opinions are, I usually do.

We have a couple of names picked out for either a boy or a girl, and once I meet our LO we'll decide. And once the name is picked, I will love it and defend it's awesomeness to anyone who dare make a face! (God forbid! But people really can be tackless and tacky!)

MidwestGidget · January 2011

From pre-pregnancy days I always eye-rolled at people who said they had a name but weren't sharing. I understand the reasoning, but it does come off as a smug answer to a simple question. We think we have a name but aren't a 100% on it yet, so when people ask, depending on how much I want to get into it, I usually say something along the lines of "There are several we like but we're waiting until she comes to pick one out for sure."

bunnymama625 · January 2011

We're totally debating this-- so far any name we even hint at gets nasty noises and comments about how bad it is, so we've given up for now-- we're debating that once we are CERTAIN, telling people or not.

For the record-- we haven't looked at any crazy names- mostly things like "jackson" or "joseph"- we just have families and friends who don't seem to be shy about putting in their 2 cents.

brenwick · January 2011

With my first we told everyone the name as soon as we found out we were having a boy. I almost immediately regretted it though. Since then, we have told everyone what gender, but we chose 2 names, and then make our final decision once we meet our little one. I figure if we reveal the gender, we may as well keep SOMEthing as a surprise!

And it's nice to wait until you meet your little one, it's almost as if they chose their own name. Silly to some maybe, but fun for us.

leb2be · January 2011

mrsV719:
We are keeping it a secret. Well... kind of. We plan on going into the hospital with 5 names that we both agree on. Once we meet him, we will decide. We aren't sharing our 5 names with ANYONE. In the past while discussing names, people always have something to say about a name- positive or negative. We want it to be OUR choice and not be swayed by others opinions. Plus, once he is here and has a name- no one can say anything negative about it.

this is what we did with DS and will do with this one as well. it worked well for us.

justme04 · January 2011

DH and I pretty much have an idea what we will name our 2nd little boy. But I at least don't want to go around telling everyone. Just because I'm worried that when he arrives I'll look at him and say there is no way he is a so and so and I'll end up coming up with a name on the spot.

And quit honestly we didn't have our first son's name entirely figured out until the week before he arrived....and even then we had two options.

EBathory997Wed74688 · January 2011

My husband and i have told no one, not even our parents. We have given hints that the choices are not easily misspelled and the middle name is a family name or version thereof. My mother has been trying to get it out of me but we are not cracking.

sheskay · January 2011

AwBeth:

We don't share the name. I just don't want people's opinions. And also, we love the element of surprise. It's always exciting when someone has a baby, but so fun when there's something announce besides the height and weight. (and for the record, we are team green, so we really like surprises!)

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sheskay · January 2011

AwBeth:

We don't share the name. I just don't want people's opinions. And also, we love the element of surprise. It's always exciting when someone has a baby, but so fun when there's something announce besides the height and weight. (and for the record, we are team green, so we really like surprises!)

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sheskay · January 2011

AwBeth:

We don't share the name. I just don't want people's opinions. And also, we love the element of surprise. It's always exciting when someone has a baby, but so fun when there's something announce besides the height and weight. (and for the record, we are team green, so we really like surprises!)

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JayJaymae · February 2011

Yeah we are this time around(:

sculptress · February 2011

My brother had a baby 6 mons ago and wouldn't find out the sex, my husband and I agreed we wanted to know whether ours was a boy or girl. My brother thought that was horrible and ruins the surprise of it all. We didn't care though, my husband said the 19 weeks prior was enough surprise. So we agreed to keep the name a secret and I know what you mean, it's soooooooooo hard! I want to refer to him as that and at home I usually call him by name but I have to watch I don't tell anyone besides hubby. Plus my name was originally Stefanie and my grandmother hated it and made them feel bad and change it...I don't want that to happen to me! Huh?

Ferris1013 · February 2011

If you share the name you will get opinions, I have told our parents and sisters and brothers, coworkers but that is it strangers and aunts uncles, cousins I say we don't know yet, they don't need to know

bdutton0005 · February 2011

We aren't sharing with anyone. A. I don't want people opinions. MIL found our notebook with possible name and crossed a bunch out because "they were ugly". I about lost it and told her it is my child I will name him/her what I chose. B. You never know you might have you heart set on a name and then change your mind once you meet LO.

kristennd · February 2011

I know better than to assume that no one in my family (or DH's) will find a reason to complain about our choices, so we're keeping them to ourselves until the birth. We have been lucky, however, in that no one has quibbled with that decision.

Ryan&Kristin062009 · February 2011

Yes the babys name will be kept a secret until the birth. I don't want any negative opinions from people. I'm not even going to announce online to people I don't know til after the birth

mrsmonak · February 2011

bdutton0005:
We aren't sharing with anyone. A. I don't want people opinions. MIL found our notebook with possible name and crossed a bunch out because "they were ugly". I about lost it and told her it is my child I will name him/her what I chose. B. You never know you might have you heart set on a name and then change your mind once you meet LO.

Ahhh! She crossed them out!? I would have ripped the notebook out of her hands and smacked her with it. Lol.

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