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another name question
I just heard a conversation about regretting kids names.
Do you wish you'd chosen something different? Any regrets?
I wish we'd realized Addison would be as popular as it was. It was number #113 on the SS list the year before she was born. The year she was born it shot up to #23! I wasn't paying attention to name boards and didn't know any other pregnant women so I didn't realize how popular it was. Even though it would still be the nickname Addie I almost wish I'd pushed more for Adeline like I'd wanted. Dh doesn't care that it's popular.
-Clare
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Re: another name question
We like the names we chose very much, now. I always suffer name-buyers remorse symptoms when I bring the baby home. It just takes me awhile to get used to a new person with a new name, I think. It isn't that I have better choices; I just have a hard time calling the babies anything for a couple of weeks; the combination of the baby plus its name has to grow on me.
I wish I had realized the -den trend, although I like G's name and think it fits him well.
Hah I was just having this conversation with SIL last week. She wishes she had given her 3rd daughter the middle name Reese instead of Michelle. Reese was a name her 2 year old wanted to name one of the twins (and it was a mispronunciation of a character in a book). She thought it was weird to let the 2 year old choose so they went w/ Michelle instead.
I'm very happy w/ Cooper, but I still waffle on his middle name. It was absolutely a coin toss for me between Thomas and Scott, I liked them both equally, still do. I like Thomas just fine but I would have liked Scott too.
Just so you know J....your names are awesome!
I love my kiddos names. I met a Cohen the other day and I was excited! I know there are many Kamryn, Kameron, Camryn, etc. out there but every time I look at that girl she looks like a KAMRYN! Therefor, I did well
Thanks, your names are pretty good too!!
I agree! I love your kids names, Jamican.
I didn't have any remorse for Sam's name at all. It's one of those names that has been so widely used for so long, I never worried about it being "too common." It IS common, but I'm okay with that. I didn't choose it for its originality. Plus, he has a less common middle name anyway (Ezra), so that kind of balances it out.
With Hannah, I really wanted to name her Rebecka. (And looks-wise, she could totally be a Rebecka.) However, I didn't use the name because I have a 1st cousin named Rebecca. Such a dumb decision--who even cares? And I never even see said cousin. I've seen her maybe 4-5 times in her whole life. But I really love the name Hannah. I had reservations about it because I knew it was becoming more popular. But I honestly don't think we've even met any other Hannah's IRL, except one classmate of Sam's back in Houston. I'm glad we chose it.
I don't regret DD #1's first name at all. We both still love it and it fits her perfectly. Sometimes I wish we'd picked a more creative middle name (Grace), but I do like the name. It just seems to be the default middle name for girls these days.
I love DD #2's name, first and middle. We couldn't decide on a middle name to go with Julia, so we went with my first name (full name, not nickname). I really like it and I'm glad we worked in a family name somehow.
Haha This cracks me up, we named our dog Bailey. A year later while discussing baby names we discovered we both really liked the girl's name Hailey. Ooops. Poor planning on our part, I can't deal with a Bailey and a Hailey, I'd never keep them straight!
last night a friend was telling us about how her sister named her dog "Bella" and then 5 years later had a daughter and named her "Isabella" and after about 6 mos, changed the poor animal's name to "coco." Silly people.
As far as my kids names, zero regrets. I love both their names.
We named my cats Mo and Joe - after my grandfathers. My son's middle name is Joseph - still after my grandfather! Granted, it's not his first name, but we did consider Joseph as a first name.
hahaha...our dog's name is Remy and it honestly didn't even occur to me that Emmy rhymed with Remy until Emmy was born!!!
I love both of the girls name, but only remorse is that I wish #2 was Emmy because "Em" means little one (younger one, etc..) in Vietnamese and that would have been a cute nickname for #2. I didn't know how many kids I would have and so I gave it to #1. But honestly..Emmy truly looks like an Emmy to me.
The only other regret is that I should have spelled Ally's middle name Lien instead of Linh (both vietnamese names).
No remorse, I love DD's name, first and middle.
I did have a little remorse when we first made the decision -- we had her first name all picked out, then once we found out it was a girl, we had a really hard time because all of a sudden we were really naming another person! We narrowed it down, then went with our first choice anyway. I did halfway lobby to change it the week before she was born when she was being so stubborn and wouldn't come out.
I LOVE DD's name and have zero regrets. We wanted something very classic and sort of old-fashioned for her first name (nothing that could easily be misspelled, mispronounced, etc...although there are a lot of doofs out there so I'm sure someone will anyway). Truly, i got the name Charlotte from Sex and the City. I love the character Charlotte and have always adored the name...I think it's so beautiful and classic, so it sort of stuck with me when I found out we were having a little girl.
Elizabeth is her middle name...it's my first name, my maternal grandmother's first name, my paternal grandmother's middle name, my aunt's name, and my cousin's middle name. BIG family name and I really wanted to incorporate it, plus I just think Charlotte Elizabeth sounds great.