Name poll

bestdays07 · September 2011

Are you going to share your name/names before the baby is born or keep it a secret? We are torn because everyone had such strong opinions when I was pregnant with our daughter. For that reason we kind of want to keep it a secret. But we don't know if it would be better to tell the name before so our daughter can get used to saying it. So what are you doing or what do you think you will do?

ARenee3 · September 2011

We're planning on calling our baby by his/her name once we find out the gender at 20 weeks. We're really looking forward to not having to use "the baby" all the time. Plus that should give our family time to get used to the name we choose. We have actually already started talking with my parents about names and they've given input, but whatever we choose, I don't anticipate anyone having a problem with it.

Tamra4 · September 2011

We're using a family name if it's a boy, so everyone knows that. But we've had way too many opinions about the girls names we've thrown out there. So we've decided on a girl's name, but we're not planning on telling.

prettybird05 · September 2011

We're keeping it secret. I really don't want anyone's opinions and I'm scared I might change my mind at the last minute.

iLoveblueberries · September 2011

We plan on NOT sharing the name we choose. Both our sets of parents are "name picky" ...and I don't want to deal with it!

jennyann28 · September 2011

I'm leaning towards keeping it a secret. I was surprised the other day, though, to find that DH had told our current frontrunners to his best friend!

MRSR08 · September 2011

We may share, I don't know. We are team green so we won't know the sex until the baby is born. Our boy name is a family name so it will be fine. Our girl name is still up in the air. We had one picked out while we were talking about getting pregnant and I changed my mind, so I may change my mind again.

LittleHokieOkiLove · September 2011

Keeping it a secret. Since we're not finding out the sex, we'll have two names (at least) picked out when we go to the hospital. I'll probably have two or three names for each sex, though, just to be able to look at baby in my arms and feel what's right.

kmalcheski · September 2011

We will not share, we didn't with our first. We did let everyone know the gender of our baby which we will also do this time but the name was the last surprise. Plus I don't want other people to change my mind on a name I love.

DrRx · September 2011

We're going to find out and share the gender, but we don't want to share what name we are thinking of. I mean, who knows? We may change the name at the last minute once we meet him or her. Also, as someone on a PP said, there are many people in both our families that are name-picky, and I just don't want to hear them tear apart a name that I absolutely love just because they had a bad experience with someone with the same name!

However, we will gladly take suggestions from friends and family. And who knows, maybe they will tell us a name that will make us go "Oh yeah, that's it!"

TempNewSN · September 2011

We will share LO's name before s/he arrives. Some people said some stuff with LO1's name, but I don't let that stuff bother me too much.

IsaacA · September 2011

With DS #1, everyone hated our girl name choice but he ended up being a boy. This time I'm not telling anyone the name. SO's sister didn't tell and neither did a couple of my cousins that had babies last year. People seemed way more interested that way. I'm not discussion name choices with family that's too chaotic.

sabrina69barnes · September 2011

We are sharing our names but aren't finding out the gender until the baby is born. Everyone knows our girl name and we will share our boy name once we pick it out.

cloud9climber · September 2011

In my experience you NEVER EVER like in a million years, tell people the name until after the baby comes. People say the stupidest sh*t about names.

lisa5ny · September 2011

We will share the gender but not the name. Too many brutally honest opinions on our name choices first time around. I don't understand why people can't just bite thier tounge and say "oh, I like that."

VineyardMel · September 2011

We'll probably share. We're using all family names and I love them. We've shared with a few people and gotten positive responses...and if they don't like them I really don't care. I also think it helps when you tell people "this is the name" versus "we're thinking about." Some people will give their 2 cents either way, but when you're just thinking about it they're more likely to feel like it's open for discussion.

easjer05 · September 2011

We've shared. I don't really care what others think about the names. It provided amusement last time when my dad somehow turned Gabriel into Gaylord. Still makes me *snort* to think about it.

People will have opinions at any point, though they may be a bit less likely to say something negative if your baby is here and stuck with that name. But they'll still have an opinion. And if you don't tell your names, you'll get barraged with lots of other opinions - names they like, names they hate, names they heard. . . and it sucks when they mock your name without knowing it's your name.

I think there is no safe ground with names.

mijakach · September 2011

I'm being super secretive about everything. I don't plan on finding out the sex, letting people know our name choices, or even letting people know what I think I'm having.

We already know what our boy name is since I'm keeping it in the family. No one knows this except DH and I know my mom and grandmother would be really happy if I have a boy and find out what his name is.

As for girls, we haven't decided on a name yet. I don't want to let people know what our choices are because I really don't want to hear anyone's opinion. I feel like if too many people don't like our names, I'll end up never being able to pick a name because I worry too much about what others think. I may possibly share names with my parents for girl names only, but that's about it.

whoberry · September 2011

I don't know what we are going to do yet. In fact we have not even started thinking about names. I have been nervous about getting too far ahead of myself b/c of my spotting. We did finally tell our families we were pregnant this weekend and that has made it all seem more real. They were already asking about names.

We might wait to find out the sex (unless we go Team Green) to pick out a name. At this point we are really just undecided about a lot of things and more focused on hoping the baby sticks!

kcwags · September 2011

We aren't telling anyone our names. I think it's a nice surprise when you name the baby on the day it is born. Also, some part of me thinks it is a jinx to name the baby before it is born... I know lots of people that do though, and that's just fine. It's just not for me.

rauschb07 · September 2011

As of right now, we plan on using our baby's name as soon as we find out the gender. I feel like family members are always going to have their own opinions and very often, you guys won't see eye to eye. So don't worry about what they think. In the end, it is YOUR baby not theirs.

JessicaC128 · September 2011

We aren't finding out the gender but we do have a girl name picked out. We're having trouble picking a boy name. I think we won't be telling anyone the names. Not really sure yet. My SIL already used our chosen boy name on my nephew who was born over a year ago (and yes, she knew we'd already picked that name for our phantom baby) and she's pregnant again now and due months before us. I'm quite ticked off and afraid that if we share it again that she'll use our chosen name again.

ElinJ · September 2011

We definitely want to keep it a secret. However, I remember about a year or so ago my mom & I were talking and I told her what our potential baby names were. I kinda hope she forgot, but I doubt it! Luckily, we plan on being "team green" so we definitely won't have an official name until the baby is born and we find out!

In my opinion, I've seen many people make comments or sneer up their nose at a name before a baby is born, but less so to a real live baby!

KINZYD · September 2011

We're not planning on sharing our name choices with anyone. I don't feel like hearing other people's opinions for one and second I like the idea of having some element of surprise saved for the birth! :-)

bellaamour · September 2011

DH and I are planning on not finding out....unless we just cave one day! haha! We are also planning on keeping our names to ourselves, just to avoid opinions and name-changing on behalf of the opinion of someone else. It's kind of our little secret, it's fun like that!

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