anyone keeping names a secret?

Mrs. Met · June 2011

I plan on sharing the gender with everyone but I want that to be our little secret... yet, everyone asks! lol what are you ladies doing?

chrlyr · June 2011

We are also telling everyone the gender, but not the name. My mom, in particular, is very opinionated and I don't really want to have to deal with her if she doesn't like what we pick. I'm not upset about it. That's just the way she is. I figure once the baby is named, she'll have to deal with it whether she likes it or not.

I may discuss names with a few close friends who will not spill the beans, but that is about it.

SpitFire23 · June 2011

chrlyr:
We are also telling everyone the gender, but not the name. My mom, in particular, is very opinionated and I don't really want to have to deal with her if she doesn't like what we pick. I'm not upset about it. That's just the way she is. I figure once the baby is named, she'll have to deal with it whether she likes it or not. I may

^^this. plus we figured, it would be a nice suprise at the delivery.

octoberbridesrule · June 2011

I think we (DH and I) will not be sharing names again. Or in my case trying not to tell my mom. lol That was hard. But I don't think we're going to decide on names right away either.

Mrs. Met · June 2011

lol I agree! before we were expecting, I had a name discussion, just for fun, with my in-laws and they made faces at the names we liked. So I figure rather than go through that, we pick our own names. Plus, I feel like it leaves a little surprise and interest. Otherwise, the baby is born and it's like.. congrats as opposed to 'what did you name her/him?'

LMH1209 · June 2011

We don't plan to tell anyone our name choices. I think I may have mentioned our probable girl name to my ILs after DS was born, though, and my MIL may remember.

Jillylauk · June 2011

I have a funny story about this. My sister told everyone the gender and kept the name a secret. So she had to be induced and was in the hospital and I did not know the doctor gave her ambien and I called her. I asked her the babies name and she told me. So I thought it was common knowledge so the next day after she had the baby I arrived at the hospital and walked in the room and said where is baby Sabrina in front of a room full of our family. My sister was waiting for me to make the big announcement of tha babies name. and I ruined her surprise because she did not remember telling me the night before. OOPS

lageorgiapaperie · June 2011

We plan on revealing the sex, but want to keep the name a secret. I hope we don't cave b/c I know our families will continue to pester us for it!

stacie1227 · June 2011

I am keeping the name a secret till birth I reallt just don't want to deal with otherpeople s thoughts.

tosh24 · June 2011

We found out DD's sex last time but the family was adament that they didn't want to know, so we kept it between DH and I. We did, however, tell them the name choices. I could tell they didn't all love the boy name, but I didn't really care.

This time around, we're staying team green. I think we're going to keep the name choices a secret too. My cousin did this last year and it was actually really exciting to wait on pins and needles for the name

Mye · June 2011

Keeping it a secret because we dont know the genders, therefore we are not sure what name we will use, also because we havent made a firm decision and wont make it until the babies are here, also I dont want to hear what others have to say about the names

getnmarried910 · June 2011

We have never shared our names except on here.

mmecarter · June 2011

We will definitely be sharing gender but we decided that when we pick a final name that we will keep that a secret. People are opinionated and don't feel bad telling you that the name you're picking is awful. So we just thought we would feel better keeping it a secret.

c&n06 · June 2011

We are keeping the names a secret. I do not want to deal with other people's opinions.

iluvmylab · June 2011

We are for sure keeping names a secret and are considering only sharing the sex with immediate family only. We'll see!

brown101 · June 2011

We are in the same boat as all of you. I can't wait to find out the gender and make sure that we have everything ready for LO to arrive... but keeping the names a secret. I haven't even put them up on here... I just want it to be the element of the surprise in the delivery room. I also want something to be exciting when he/she arrives!

jenine482 · June 2011

We will also be sharing the gender but the name will be kept top secret until the baby arrives. A lot of people ask and I just say we are keeping it a surprise and they leave it alone. It's nuts it's mostly because I don't want to hear people's opinions of the name. My mom said the spelling of my name was hot debate in the family. I'm already a bit of a hot head and take things pretty personal so don't think I can handle that while pregnant.

emd2887 · June 2011

We're team green and keeping our name choices a secret too. Like PPs have said, once the baby is here, people won't really be able to say much of anything about it. I also think that sharing the name beforehand makes things a little anti-climactic. Most people seem to just accept that we aren't sharing, but some people have been so pushy in wanting to find out that I'm going to start picking out some ridiculous names and tell them that's what it is.

secretsout · June 2011

I wasn't going to keep names a secret, but I was tossing around ideas with my sister and she totally ripped some things apart (which, knowing her, I should have expected). I thought I would be tough about it and wouldn't care, but it actually ended up really hurting my feelings. So, I'm thinking we'll just keep it to ourselves until it is official. Then hopefully everyone will have the sense to keep their opinions to themselves (fat chance).

dianasue · June 2011

We kinda sorta have a boys name picked out (nothing at all for a girl) and DH told his parents and his mother says "what if the baby doesnt look like that should be his name?"......

I wasnt really sure how to respond. How does a baby look like it should have a certain name? Not to mention the fact that babies change constantly. UGH!

I think once we do make a final decision, we will be keeping it a secret...or at least trying to.

jmd22 · June 2011

We are also going to share the gender, but keep the name a secret. I think it will be a fun surprise for everyone

Blondie3328 · June 2011

I've had a girl name picked out for YEARS and I have been vocal about it so if we have a girl, everyone already knows that name. Our boy name is pretty unique, I've never heard of anyone with the name and DH and I both LOVE it so I do not want any opinions on it whatsoever, so we are keeping it a secret.

oasis16 · June 2011

We're not telling anybody our potential names, but we also won't be 100% on the name until the baby comes out and we can make sure that the name "fits." We will narrow down our frontrunners when we find out the gender (3 weeks!!), but we're not committing to a name until after the birth.

Nessie82 · June 2011

We also will be keeping the names a secret until LO is born. We have mentioned both of our boy and girl names in a list of names when we were first deciding so some family might remember them.

I may get flamed for this but I hate it when people refer to the baby by its name while it is still in utero. I don't mean online, just like at BBQ's and family gatherings. "Oh and XXXXX is here too"

It's just weird to me.

asyph107 · June 2011

We already told everyone the boy/ girl name options. Not for their opinions b/c oh well if they don't like them not their kid. I figured my family would like the boy name but hate the girl name, and I appear to be right. Too bad! We will also tell them the gender. The outspoken people in our family know that we don't really care what their opinions are so, not too concerned about it.

AJplusKev · June 2011

We're team green and we're not sharing the name we decide on. We did this with our DS, and if people asked me, I just made up a funny name. Or I said we haven't decided. Or I just said we weren't telling.

kwcw · June 2011

If we can decide on a name before its born we will keep it a secret. With DD we kept all of our choices a secret and named her a day after she was born.

lckcdc3 · June 2011

We will definitely share if it's a boy or girl but definitely not the name until the baby is born. I hate when people sh*t on others names. It irks me to no end!

jenafr · June 2011

We found out the sex during our 3D ultrasound and have decided to keep mum about the name (s)?BUT while bonding with his father on Father?s Day, my fianc? told his Dad our #1 name. His dad doesn?t have the best memory so am hoping he forgets before he can tell anyone else. J

alexvause · June 2011

That was the plan originally but then it seemed super lame once the time actually came.

DiademChi · June 2011

Exactly what you are doing. The last thing I want is to hear everyone in my family give me their suggestions and complain about our baby's name (which I am 99.9% sure they would do). I'm not going to pick anything crazy, so they will have to wait to be surprised.

Tussie Mussie · June 2011

We I guess are one of the few couples that will be sharing. I've been bouncing names off my mom and sis (and even my aunt) for years now, and DH's parents are super considerate and would never say anything negative about our choices. It's been great for me to have someone besides DH to talk names with when he gets sick of it!

Summer0715 · June 2011

We were planning on keeping the names quite but once we announced our parents started with name suggestions and they were horrible. So, to avoid 9 months of "hey what about this name" I simply told both sets that we had picked out names we liked and were planning on using, here are the names, and if you don't like them I don't want to hear about it. You all had your chance to name your own babies and this is ours.

Rakiki3 · June 2011

We don't have a boys name picked out right now, but if we do find one and the baby is a boy we will probably share the name (we did with DS). But if it's a girl we will be keeping her name a secret until she is born. The name will have significant meaning to my parents, siblings, and my uncle so I want them to hear the name after she is born (again, if it's a girl).

Mrs. Met · June 2011

ruby soho:
That was the plan originally but then it seemed super lame once the time actually came.

What was lame about it?

06hoky · June 2011

Most people already know our girl name since we've had it picked for years but if it's a boy I'd like to keep it a secret. It will be hard but fun too.

chankins14 · June 2011

We won't share our name choice either. We didn't with DS. When people would ask we would tell them that we are still working on it & might have to meet him until we decide for sure. If they wanted to know what we were considering I would just throw out random names.

aijah · June 2011

i only told my mom, sister and my brothers girlfriend the names we liked. i know they wont go telling everyone plus they only know the spelling and not how to pronounce them properly. i plan on telling people the gender and maybe the name depending on who it is.

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HL1626 · June 2011

we will be telling the gender for sure. We have had a boys name picked out since my dad passed away last year. So everyone will know the name if its a boy. I do however want to keep our girl name secret until the delivery. Especially since it is our last baby.

UAbride31007 · June 2011

We are keeping the names a secret as well but will find out the gender. Our families aren't too happy about it but oh well.

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