Is anyone keeping their name ideas a secret?

KScheibe12 · July 2011

DH and I already have names picked out. But, we don't want to share with anyone until the baby is born. We like unique names so, I'm sure there will be a few people who will hate the names we've chosen. And, I really just don't care what anyone else thinks. I don't want to hear about it and be nagged about picking a more "normal" top 100 type name for the next 6 months. I figure, once the baby is born and named then it's a done deal. So, it wont be open for discussion. Maybe I'm just hormonal and it's not as big of a deal as I'm making it...

BTW, the names we've chosen are Orin if it's a boy and Lola if it's a girl.

rockymountaingirl · July 2011

We're keeping our names a secret too. I'm not even going to mention our names on these boards either. I like unique names that often receive a lot of criticism so I'm not interested in hearing others opinions.

We didn't tell anyone DS's name until after he was born and that worked well. Our families respected our wishes and didn't bug us about our name choices.

tosh24 · July 2011

We won't be telling anyone the name choices either. I discuss names with my family but I won't tell them what it's been narrowed down to. We told them with DD and it wasn't a big deal, but I just don't feel like showcasing the names this time. No real reason - my family is polite enough that they would never tell us they didn't like the name we chose even if they hated it. I'm just kind of liking being in my own little world - my family doesn't even know I'm KU yet lol! My sister called yesterday and told me I better spill the beans soon or everyone's going to be royally p!ssed, but I'm not sure I really care

UAbride31007 · July 2011

We are also keeping the names a secret. Ours are pretty traditional (Catherine and Evan) but we still don't want the unnecessary opinions. Plus, we are telling the gender so we want to keep something a surprise!

babyzep · July 2011

We plan on telling our names also. We are Team green and decided to pick two names for either then decide at the hospital. We don't want the unnecessary opinions. We will go with simple, traditional names but will just keep them to ourselves until baby is born.

ToastyToes · July 2011

We're not telling anyone! I love when people do tell and I love when they don't - whatever's right for each family, I say! For us, we won't tell for several reasons:

1) We haven't chosen names yet.

2) We don't want any opinions - it's our choice, not anyone else's! (And there are some SUPER opinionated/not very tactful folks in our families.)

3) I have a pretty short fuse these days and might not be nice if someone disses one of our favorite names.

4) We plan to have a few favorites and then really pick based on what seems to fit the baby when he/she is born.

5) We plan to find out the sex, so this sort of feels like the one big surprise left when the baby comes.

MzB2308 · July 2011

Ummmmmm we dont have "the" names picked out yet.. just waiting until we know gender.. but I think we most likely will only tell our parents and No one else.. or just keep it a secret completely.. not sure.

maiyamoore · July 2011

We are not going to keep it a secret. We have already tossed around a few names since finding out babies gender (girl). I could care less what family says, we are going to make the decisions as we as parents see fit. DH fell in love with Mariah, we know her middle name will be Samantha but 1st names are still on the fritz with us because I like Madison, Mallory, Mia and Meghan...DH doesn't like either of those but he only doesn't like Mia because he says it sounds boring...lol. So we are not decided yet, but when we do decide, we will share.

partyg1rl · July 2011

We are sharing our names. We did last time too and definately got some opinions on them, but I don't care. I like what I like and no one is going to change my mind. We have some shortlisted names for boys and girls but nothing concrete yet and we've gotten some pretty opinionated comments on them so far. For girls we have Silver Leigh and for boys Archer Cain

COmommy · July 2011

I love your names! Those were both on my list as well.

I also like uncommon names.

InTheSun · July 2011

FWIW - I love Lola!! Also, there's a boy at the preschool where I'm working for the summer that goes by the nickname "Ory." I'm not sure what his full name is, but "Ory" is super cute!!

2gr8pits · July 2011

cute names!!! We are keeping ours a secret. We are team green and have a few picked out for each gender but we want to meet the baby before we choose a final name. So we will decide in the hospital and everyone will find out afterwards...

emd2887 · July 2011

We're not sharing names either. Ours are traditional, classic names, but even so, I don't want to hear anyone else's opinion on it or about someone named X that they didn't like and then ruin it for me.

LuvMyFurbaby · July 2011

We just plan on telling family and friends that we haven't chosen a name yet. Which is currently true -- at this point, we haven't found out the sex yet, so we have a short list of both boys and girls names that we like. And our family and friends know that S/O have different tastes in EVERYTHING (music, movies, books, TV shows, clothing, home decor), so they won't be surprised that it'll take us a while to agree on a name for the baby.

lyonsworth · July 2011

We're keeping our names a secret too! I also prefer somewhat unique names and already made the mistake of accidentally mentioning our boy choice to my Mom. She promptly wrinkled up her nose and said "you wouldn't pick that". Ha! She'd better hope for a granddaughter then.

(P.S. I can't seem to get onto the January 2012 forum today, so I hope you don't mind me browsing your birth month club. I'm due January 3rd so a December baby is technically a possibility. Smile )

Qmommy · July 2011

We're not sharing names either. But we're not simply so our family can have a surprise on his/her birthday. If they ask we'll say, "we are having the hardest time coming up with a name." If they ask what we're throwing around, i'll toss out some random names that we have already nixed off our list. I wont tell them that we're not sharing because it rubs me the wrong way for some reason.

indomesticbliss · July 2011

yes. With #1 we were team green and we didn't name our kiddo until he was 2 days old-we couldn't decide! So far we only have a girl name that we like...at least we still have time!

brandywine2010 · July 2011

I am pretty sure we are going to keep our choices a secret. This is DH's idea and I'm pretty sure I'll honor it.

micaela421 · July 2011

all our friends and family know is the middle names of the baby.if its a girl mn will be micaela and boy mn will be dean.We still have no first name for the girl but we are 75% sure with Nicholas.

NNGnome · July 2011

DH is all for telling everyone our names, but I would rather keep them a secret, then when the baby comes people will be so excited about the baby, they won't be thinking of the name (I think my family will like them, but the girl name in particular is quite unusual and my MIL ranted on about how she hated my Nephew's name, because its not a real name (it is, but its unusual) for months).

Plus I worry its too early still, something could still happen, its the same reason I haven't really bought anything for the baby yet (we did buy a Diaper bag in a moment of weakness, but that's it)

michelle142 · July 2011

We're not telling names until the baby is born

MrsT624 · July 2011

We are not going to share the name until after s/he is born. We didn't share with DD, and we aren't going to for this one, either.

alexvause · July 2011

This is a popular and often controversial subject on the boards.

Yes we have shared our names. If people are going to talkshit about your name, it really doesnt matter if the baby is born or not- they just wont say it directly to you.

When you are having a baby, unsolicited advice is a given, gotta put on your big girl pants and deal with it. My mom doesn't like our girl name and I don't give a hoot. I have no problem telling her that either.

iluvmylab · July 2011

We will not be sharing names.

Linds1224 · July 2011

We're not telling anybody the gender or name this time. But more because we want the surprise factor since this is our last and everybody new the gender and name ahead of time with our first two. We want something to announce this time.

getnmarried910 · July 2011

We aren't and have never shared our names. My parents like the surprise, and DH's mom is way too opinionated. We also incoporate a family name somehow, and we like it to be a surprise.

Ruby_Soho · July 2011

We won't be choosing a name until we meet DC. DS was 2 days old before we decided on a name. It had to fit his personality so we needed to spend some time with him first. I really dislike the practice of choosing a name this early, there is no way DH or I could do it!

sportsmomma · July 2011

babyzep:
We plan on telling our names also. We are Team green and decided to pick two names for either then decide at the hospital. We don't want the unnecessary opinions. We will go with simple, traditional names but will just keep them to ourselves until baby is born.

EXACTLY this.

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KMZ1983 · July 2011

We plan to keep the names a secret from family and friends as well.

One reason is that we want the ability to change our "name" when the baby is born if the name we had previously picked out does not seem to fit the baby.

One reason is because MIL is already too pushy and opinionated. I had a hard time dealing with it BEFORE my pregnancy and I am not sure I can keep a smile plastered on now. FWIW, my mom is over-opinionated too and both love ultra traditional names and though traditional names are gorgeous they do not fit our personalities.

We like the idea of having one thing secret and just for us before baby is born.

And last, but not least, I know some girls that just kill you with the name before the baby is born. One girl I knew put the baby's name on facebook so much I actually hated it before the poor baby was born. She is one of those ppl that updates her facebook like a twitter and posts the most mundane stuff "Oh my goodness, I ate ice cream. Kenzie LOVES ice cream.....today I went to the grocery story, Kenzie LOVES the grocery store..." etc. I honestly could not even put Mackenzie on our possible list of names because of this woman!

flowersarah79 · July 2011

Yes we are keeping our names secret- we actually don't really have names picked out yet since we're going to wait to really talk about it when we find out the sex. But we will be revealing the gender so we'd like to have one surprise for people when the baby is born!

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