Name question for all the new mommies

doggie mama · July 2012

So I've noticed that a lot of the new mommies (or second+ time mommies) on this board have gone ahead and stuck with the names they had on their ticker. So I was just wondering, did any of you consider changing it after the birth? Or had you come to "know" your LO as the name you picked and seeing him or her on the outside did nothing to change that?

I'm curious because I've heard of cases where the names parents picked out weren't a good fit once the LO was born. We have one named picked: Kiera (short for Kieran, which was my dad's name) Parker (a name DH liked and picked out). We have no back ups because we can't agree on anything! I think if we did manage to agree on one, neither of us would be in love with it.

So as much as I love the idea of her being named after my dad, with whom I was close and who passed away 14 years ago, I'm a little nervous that the name won't fit her. So I'd like to hear about some people's experiences with this. The only experience I have with this is naming our dogs!

Soontobemrspaulding · July 2012

I was on the fence about Henry. Dh loved it all along but as soon as he was born I just couldn't imafmgine calling him anything else. Gmhis middle name Craig, was a last minute pick. To be honest I dont love Craig. But I love my dad and his name is Craig

danieliza1127 · July 2012

I'm really glad we didn't share our choices with family or friends because I'm 36 weeks and we're still changing our minds. We came up with another option last night that we both really like and I'm happy to be able to change our minds and not have everybody commenting or calling the baby by the wrong/original name. We'll just decide when he's born which one we like best.

SallySunrise · July 2012

We were team green with DS, so that helped us not set anything in stone, but we were still pretty darn sure it would be Avery for a girl or Ethan for a boy. We'd both loved the name Ethan and chosen it long before we were even pregnant. About two weeks before he was born, I began to have doubts about it. Not so much with the girl name (Mother's intuition?) but I really felt like we needed a back-up for Ethan "just in case." DH thought I was crazy but obliged, and we decided on Benjamin as a second choice, but it was still very much just the back-up. We both still loved Ethan and were pretty sure that would be it if he was in fact a boy. When he was born, there was literally no discussion. The doctor asked what his name was and we looked down at him, up at each other, smiled, and both said "Benjamin." That was his name, there was no doubt!

Because of that experience, we are going into this birth with a short list of choices. We'll know when we see her.

lewispm · July 2012

Im not sure about once the baby is born, but DH and I were pretty set on a name until we saw the 4d u/s and now we are back to the drawing board! We still might use our original choice, but it just didn't seem to fit his chubby little face.

peeper72 · July 2012

When Ada was born we had a short list of three names. We got to know her for a day or two before naming her. I look at her now and think, "OMG, we almost named her 'X'. That would have been all wrong." It drove everyone nuts that she didn't have a name but we were happy to wait.

We'll do the same this time too. I want him to have a name that 'fits'. It's a *** to change their name (or any other birth certificate detail) after the fact!

JustAhopin · July 2012

Well I haven't had my baby yet. But the name we have is my Grandpa's name, and DH picked that out. My Grandpa has always been such an important to me and then us. I love the meaning more than the name really. I was worried it's an "old" name, but you know what, it deeply touches my heart.

We also haven't told anyone our name and we don't say it ourselves. For me, I feel like if I start saying it, I'm going to say it to someone else and there goes the secret. I was joking that when he's born, we're still going to call him baby boy.

nicolepatricia87 · July 2012

I haven't had LO yet, but I've worried about his name not fitting him as well. It took DH and I months to agree on Brayden and he already has multiple things that I monogrammed for him so I really hope it does. His 3D picture looks like a Brayden so hopefully we'll be ok

thumper11 · July 2012

chipmunk112511:
Im curious to see as well but I will say my LO will have his first name, we decided on it after our A/S scan and to be honest looking at that pic it just suits him. Now the middle name is another story I am back and forth on if I am set on giving him his daddys middle name b/c I just worry about people calling him AJ, but we'll see, I dont think fiance is budging on the MN.

I've been meaning to tell you my brother's name is Austin Lee. I saw you had that for a long time and thought that was really cool.

Also, I have a buddy who's name is Austin James and goes by AJ. Just a thought.

thumper11 · July 2012

Jessie11LU:
Kiera is so pretty! I haven't had my LO yet, but I have grown accustomed to calling her Kendall plus I have some junk with her name on it so I think we will be sticking with that. I feel like it's her name!

haha, all of this. I love calling our girl by her name and I have stuff with her name on it. I sure hope it fits her!!

thumper11 · July 2012

SallySunrise:
We were team green with DS, so that helped us not set anything in stone, but we were still pretty darn sure it would be Avery for a girl or Ethan for a boy. We'd both loved the name Ethan and chosen it long before we were even pregnant. About two weeks before he was born, I began to have doubts about it. Not so much with the girl name (Mother's intuition?) but I really felt like we needed a back-up for Ethan "just in case." DH thought I was crazy but obliged, and we decided on Benjamin as a second choice, but it was still very much just the back-up. We both still loved Ethan and were pretty sure that would be it if he was in fact a boy. When he was born, there was literally no discussion. The doctor asked what his name was and we looked down at him, up at each other, smiled, and both said "Benjamin." That was his name, there was no doubt!
Because of that experience, we are going into this birth with a short list of choices. We'll know when we see her.

What a cute story! love it.

BaldwinMartin · July 2012

I haven't really thought about that. We picked her name (Lilyana Morghan Big Smile

)out just after we found out we were pregnant back in November of 2011. And we don't know anyone else with the name so I don't know what a Lilyana would act like =p

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