Do you still love LO's name?

mlc100805 · September 2011

So, now that your babies are here, do you still love the name you gave them? DH still loves the name Hadley Mae, and I do too, but I admit I have my moments when I regret it a little bit. The only reason I say that is bc when people ask us her name nobody understands what we are saying! It's so frustrating! We liked it bc we thought it was different without being off the wall weird, but now I'm starting to think that others think it is weird. I feel bad for her, as I'm afraid she will spend her whole life repeating and spelling her name for people. Poor baby. I still think it's a pretty name, and I'm sure as she grows into it and her personality starts to shine through we won't be able to imagine her by any other name.

JaysonandKristin · September 2011

I absolutely love Otis' name. I never had regrets with DS1's name, and I'm hoping I'll always feel the same way about Otis' name as well.

His MN is my grandfather's FN -- he passed away 1 month after DH and I got married. I know I'll always love it because it's a family name.

FWIW, I love Hadley. I think it's very cute

sheryn2 · September 2011

When I was doing "research" it seemed like for folks with unique names it seemed that most loved them ("I feel special") and some hated them ("I don't fit in"). So depends on the person and the culture. These days, around here, near everyone has a non-traditional spelling so that's par for course. My name is like that and I am glad for it, happy to spell it over and over; I like my name.

We chose "Luelle" for our LO which we thought would be easy enough for folks to hear and repeat (albeit spelling required), but I am finding it confused with the more common "Luella", so am having a tiny winy bit of regret also (like you said). But not enough to change it. Heck, even though my name is traditional sounding, I have to repeat it plenty of times, and my DH gripes that people misspell his name even though it's the name of a major city.

mlc, what a beautiful picture of the girls!

ohyeahdollface · September 2011

I love her name. However, people in my family have told me I should be admitted to a mental facility. I guess I have ruined my child for life, and I am going to cause her a lifetime of being teased.

sapphirewolfkdv · September 2011

I have no regrets on Emmett's name. We didn't have a long "boy" list either, so I don't know what we would change it to! It seems to fit him pretty well. We get a lot of compliments on it, though I know it took certain family members time to get used to it. I even had a stranger tell me that he looked like an Emmett, so it was a fitting name. LOL.

ETA: I like the name Hadley. I think it's cute for a baby but will grow up well with her!

measrn · September 2011

I like Connor's name, but it isn't what I would have chosen. I think it's way too popular (at a gas station the other day the cashier told me that she and another coworker both have grandsons named Connor). I don't regret it, though

tandb2010 · September 2011

My name is Tanya and I have spent the last 31 years repeating it and spelling it. So I don't think it matters what you name you child. As for my LOs name Michaela Rose, I still love it! Girly enough to fit if she's a girly girl and can be shortened to fit a Tom boy if need be.

shockleyh · September 2011

I still love her name & wouldn't change it, but it doesn't "fit" her yet.. I agree with you OP, once she has her personality she will seem like a "Stella" to me and I'll never think twice. I love her whole name, and so does DH- we agreed on it as soon as we thought of it.

What I do not love is being asked whether I named her for a beer (get real), when she'll get her groove back, and of course hearing people's lame attempts at a Brando impression. I hope she'll have a better sense of humor about it than I do.

StefandTodd · September 2011

I love Clive's name even more than I did before he was born. I get compliments on it all the time (though, I would still love it even if we didn't). And it so suits him. Looooove it.

Karma01 · September 2011

I love her name and happy we named her after my mom. My family was so surprised and loved it. Most people are surprised b/c you don't hear Nina too often. Someone asked me if it was short for Christina - which it is not.

We still really like our boy name too and aren't sharing it b/c we still will want to use it or our next child.

indytara · September 2011

I was never super in love with it to begin with. DH loved the name Caleb and I couldn't find one I really loved...and I didn't mind Caleb, so I let DH win that round! I think its kind of an odd name...but its actually quite popular! I have run into lots of Caleb's since his birth...so I guess its not that strange.

I told DH I get first dibs on the next LO's name.

KD+BC · September 2011

I actually love it more now! We chose Thomas after my grandfather who passed away suddenly 3 weeks before we got married. Both my husband and I were very close with him. I love that we are honoring his memory and Tommy seems to fit DS perfectly!

JaysonandKristin · September 2011

StefandTodd:
I love Clive's name even more than I did before he was born. I get compliments on it all the time (though, I would still love it even if we didn't). And it so suits him. Looooove it.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Clive. If we have another DS, I will fight harder for Clive. DH didn't really get into it, but I do really love it!!

Gilliebear · September 2011

I love it but MIL hates it.

We named her Gemma Renae Ann. Renae from my MIL's name Renate and Ann from my mom Betty Ann. When DH told his mom her biatchy response was, "But my name is Renate, not Renae. Im not french, Im german" That was her first comment about my baby.

So we dropped the "t" and made it more...well let me say prettier. Do you think my mom said "My name is Betty Ann, not Ann", ofcourse not-she is tickled pink that we named our baby after her.

If anything Im upset that when our lil girl is older and asks why we named her what we did Im going to think about her ungrateful grandma, "Im not french-Im german" comment.

catahoulatte · September 2011

I love Gabriel's name so much more now than before he was born. It was between 2 names until we met him, and it fits him perfectly. I love that it's not super common around here, and I can't even picture him with our other name contenders.

eesome · September 2011

Absolutely! I was surprised by how many other people really liked it too. When I tell them I named her Lydia, they usually say "Oh wow...I LOVE that name! So classic and beautiful!"

Of course there is a small handful of people that don't listen and think I say Olivia and not Lydia. lol

kjuryfl · September 2011

I love Brooklyn's name.. However many people have been calling her Brooke.. I always tell them that her name is Brooklyn, not Brooke.

kjgilhoo · September 2011

I love Adele's name and couldn't picture her with another. I can't even shorten it without it sounding funny. I tried to call her Addie one day and it didn't suit at all which I'm fine with, I don't think names always need to be shortened.

momtogavin · September 2011

I have to say that I'm still not sure he's a Liam. He seems more like a Sebastian (a name I had NEVER considered before he was born). I was so in love with our girl name but was just lukewarm about the boy name--but there wasn't anything I liked better that fit our criteria. I can't think of what else it might be (we needed a two syllable name that didn't have a common nickname, to fit with our other kids' names), but I'm still not excited about it. It doesn't help that my dad and a few other family members mispronounce it. I'm hoping it grows on me, though. I feel awfully guilty for not loving it.

nhinze01 · September 2011

I LOVE Chanley's name. I think it is unique without being weird. Our other name choice was Harper and although I love that name, when I look at her I do not see a Harper at all! I'm so glad we chose the name we did.

Shaynnon · September 2011

Yes, I still love DD's name even though it gets misspelled more then not. I don't really mind..we knew that would happen.

(Her name is Giulia, the Italian spelling of Julia.)

StefandTodd · September 2011

JaysonandKristin:
StefandTodd:
I love Clive's name even more than I did before he was born. I get compliments on it all the time (though, I would still love it even if we didn't). And it so suits him. Looooove it.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Clive. If we have another DS, I will fight harder for Clive. DH didn't really get into it, but I do really love it!!

Thank you

Confession: I was a little nervous about it, and so I posted with an ae on the baby names board. Your enthusiastic response of love of it helped me fall in love with it even more. So thank you Embarrassed

buckyfan30 · September 2011

It drives me crazy how many people thing Connor is spelled Conner. I was always under the impression that Connor was correct. Still like it tho!

NativeFloridian · September 2011

Still totally love it! Though, I spent so much time being careful not to say it while we were keeping it a secret that I'm finding I seldom say it aloud now! Still, when I do say it out loud it gives me a little thrill - it's just right for her! People tend to be unsure of how to pronounce it when they see it spelled out, but we always get compliments when we tell/correct people. No regrets at all!

35baby · September 2011

mlc100805 Hadley Mae is a wonderful name. It is different without being strange. juryf Brooklyn is a great name and I live there in NY. Thought about it but didn't want people to think my location would have been the reason I choice it. eesome absolutely LOVE the name Lydia and I always new that I would name my first daughter that name. Come time to find a name that goes well with SO last name which ends with an L and suddenly that choice is out the window. We both agreed although him more that LL would be weird. Jump ahead to not having a FN until the day we are leaving the hospital only a MN. I was set on MN after my maternal grandmother so I let my SO pick her first name. He came up with Grace and being she was born on a Tuesday (Tuesday's child is full of Grace) I agreed to the name. In the two weeks since her birth I have come to see her only as a Grace and along with her MN of Aurelia I absolutely LOVE her name. It will be cute to call her Gracie while she is young and she can be Grace when she is older and have a sophisticated name that will get her employed.

Stellasmom · September 2011

Dd is Genevieve and I love it. I think we knocked it out of the park this time.

Ds is Payne and I LOVE his name, but we get odd reactions all the time, which makes me sad. I didn't make his name up! The spelling and name itself are real! I always say "like the late golfer" to people who look confused but that's an empty reference for many. I wouldn't change his name but I do feel a little bad I saddled him with it sometimes.

atack · September 2011

I still love the name Claire. I think it's not babyish which might be hard for me to deal with as she's growing up because there isn't a short nn, which I tend to like, but right now we are calling her Beary, as a nn, and I call her Clairey sometimes. But honestly it's classic, traditional without being super popular and just a plain old pretty name! I sometimes want to call her Claire Beth (her mn is Elisabeth) just for a fun pretend we are southern name maybe when she's a tad older.

BnchaNums · September 2011

I had some serious doubts right after she was born, but now I think it absolutely fits her and I can't think of another name that would be better.

Susan&Skip · September 2011

measrn:
I like Connor's name, but it isn't what I would have chosen. I think it's way too popular (at a gas station the other day the cashier told me that she and another coworker both have grandsons named Connor). I don't regret it, though

i love Connor too; but it will be ok with more then 1 connor.. It was in the top 100 but i'm ok with that. I wanted a name that people would know but not be like in the top 5

Only very small regret i have is that DH, me and DS #1 middle names all start with a G and we gave Connor a middle name of Eugene. When we got our insurance card the E stood out so bad... kinda wish we would have done Gene (Eugene is his dad's name; but he goes by Gene) just so we would all have G as a middle name.. but not biggie

rowanleaves · September 2011

Our boy fits his name perfectly. I love it. My only problem is people of Norwegian/Swedish decent giving me hell about pronouncing it the English way, "leaf" versus "layf". Oh, and someone called him "Leafie" the other day. Not cool, but whatever.

beachgirl10 · September 2011

Yes, I still love the name Emerson and it seems to fit her.

We have had kind of the opposite though. I found out the other day through my DH that hardly anyone in his family liked the name when we first announced it back when I was pregnant, and now they all love it and think it is perfect for her.

But everyone who doesn't know her name and asks, tell us that is a great name and they love it.

kim.watki · September 2011

Yes, I still love my daughter's name (Ellory Claire), although I have noticed that some people seem unsure how to pronounce her first name or something, because they don't call her by her name. I didn't expect that at all!

kim1989 · September 2011

Definately, probably even more than before she was born. DD?s name is Chloe Jane, Chloe seems to be a love it or hate it name from what I?ve seen so far but I think it suits her great. I always wanted my first daughter to have the MN Jane no matter what the first name was because it?s my MN and also my Mum?s

Lady Leigh · September 2011

LOVE my sons name! I get compliments on it ALL the time. the only person who didnt like it was MIL. I expected it though so I didn't care.

MissLMS · September 2011

I'm not 100% on William's name, but was difficult to come up with his name to begin with. If we hadn't already had a Kennedy, we would have totally named him Carter.

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