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September 2011 Moms
mollybloom
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Banging my head against the wall (re: names)...
mollybloom
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Okay, we are Team Green.
We decided on Patrick for a boy a long long time ago.
We cannot decide on a girls name. At first, I thought it was funny that neither of us would budge on girl's names, but we have 9 weeks left. I am starting to get worried that we will not find a name that we are both happy with. We do have a list of first names (we are not even thinking about girl middle names at this point) that we have decided will be the only names that we consider, but we are making no headway.
At this point, I think we are going to take our list of 5 girl names and just decide when we have the baby (if LO is a girl) and see which name fits the baby the best. The 5 names, by the way, are completely different from each other in style and each was chosen for a different reason.
Anyone else cannot decide on a name?
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Re: Banging my head against the wall (re: names)...
We're in the same boat, except we know it's a girl and can't pick a name. Before we found out, I think we had pretty much decided that it would be Logan if it was a boy, but it's a girl, so now we have to come up with something.
We also can't seem to agree, and have really different taste in names. The names that we can agree on are all vastly different from each other, too. Hazel, Eve, Chloe, Molly, Kennedy, Noelle. And we're still adding names (and taking them away as DH changes his mind about whether he likes something or not).
I agree, it's frustrating. We're planning to wait until we meet her, and DH keeps calls her "Baby No Name" for now, which also drives me a little crazy.
You know, it's so funny but from the very beginning I'd always thought you were having a girl- I don't know why, but that has always been my thought! Then, I saw you were Team Green. Anyway, this is neither here nor there, but I had to share.
And if I'm right- good luck on the name! We have only agreed on one name, we both love it, and that's fine, but I do like the idea of meeting your baby and deciding. You can at least do that if it's a girl. One name just might not suit her little face and another might seem just perfect.
We're also team green, and we have a girl's name set but can't come to an agreement on a boy's name (so it's probably going to be a boy haha)... we'd like to use one name from each side of our family if it's a boy, but don't agree on the order we'd use them. Our boy options are:
Theodore Wesley
Arthur Theodore
Wesley Theodore
Theodore is my dad's name; Arthur & Wesley are DH's grandpas' names. I like Theodore Wesley best, but DH prefers Arthur and Wesley as first names over Theodore... so we'll see. If we don't come to an agreement I think we'll just have to come up with another option, maybe not using any family names at all.
Good luck - hopefully you will be able to figure out what name to use if LO is a girl! I've heard of a lot of people who wait until they actually meet their baby before deciding on a name.
This makes me feel a little better, knowing that it is not just us.
Our names have nothing to do with family, that might make it easier.
We have:
1) Evangeline- one of my picks, I just love the classic beauty of it, and I used to love the song when I was little,
2) Ryan- one of my picks, I have always loved it. Also, I like the idea of a super-traditional Irish first name because our last name is pretty Turkish.
3) Scarlett- one of my picks, Gone With the Wind is one of my all time favorite books
4) Kate- one of DH's picks, he likes the "clean-ness" of the name
5) Hailey- DH' s favorite name, he just loves it and talks about how our daighter could dance to the song 'Hailey's Comet' and say it is her song.
I think that big prob is that he likes, not loves, my choices; I like, not love, his choices.
It is going to come down to seeing her.
KatyWren, I think we are going to have to come up with something like you and DH came up with.
MrsMVM, I was convinced girl for the first 5 months, now I just go back and forth and back and forth. Lol.
I totally get your concern! Last Friday when I hit 30 weeks I had a mini freak out about names. We are also Team Green and only had a girl's name picked out. We know have a boy's first name but not a middle name yet.
My only suggestion is to just keep talking about it. Perhaps you can also use each of your names for a couple of days to see how you like them.