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May 2012 Moms
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Will you have a back-up name just in case?
So DH and I FINALLY decided on a name (we had been trying it on for a couple of weeks, and it seemed to stick so we were sold). Today, he asks me if we are going to come up with a backup name in case she comes out not looking like our first choice name. We know we are having a girl, so we just don't know if we need to have another girl name picked or not. WDYT we should do? What will you do/did you do?
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Re: Will you have a back-up name just in case?
With DS, we had 3 girl names and 3 boy names picked out.
Once we found out it was a boy, we were dead set on naming him Isaac. We had 2 others, just in case, but we loved Isaac so much.
Good luck.
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I do have a back up name, but for a paranoia reason. If one baby is special needs in any way I want a name with a stronger meaning (right now one name only means "son of ____"). I had a friend whose parents found out their 3rd had downs, so they named him after a strong character in the bible. For some reason this pregnancy I'm paranoid about this issue, maybe because as a non-FTM I know more people who've had issues and with twins there are increased chances. Who knows (seriously though, when I was a FTM ignorance was bliss!).
So if there are problems I'll go with my short list of names that have better meanings, like Declan (full of goodness) or Jude (patron of impossible causes) or Finn (fair hair warrior)-even if they are popular.
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We are team green so we have 2 girl names and 2 boy names picked out for the baby. When the baby is born we will decide which name best fits the baby.
This is what we're doing right now. And we just told our parents our #1 name this weekend. I don't see how she won't look like this name when she comes out, so we hadn't even thought of thinking of a back-up name. We do have a very strong #2 name that we will 99% use if we have a second girl, so I guess that would be her back-up name if necessary??
If she comes out a boy, we are so screwed. We could never find boy names we liked!!
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our plan exactly!
Since LO is a boy, we have known that he would be Levi, no matter what. It just feels right and fits. I don't see me changing my mind, because he is a Levi already.
However, if he had been a girl (or if he comes out a girl haha) we would have had 3 names picked to bring to the hospital. Not so much because we wanted to see what she looked like, but more because girl names were harder for us and would just wait to decide.
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I dont get the "she doesnt look like her name" thing so I wouldnt bother, However, I would have a boy name just in case!
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Ha! This thought crossed my mind after reading the first few posts! Let's hope the two u/s techs and the doc are right or we will have a very confused little boy (DH and I call her by her name
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This is kind of my thought, especially since we call her by her name but DH asked and I was like...uhhh????