Aunt kept baby name a secret

MrsTownsend8136 · July 2012

My aunt kept my cousins name a secret until she had her.....She only gave the first letter of her name like "Baby Z is kicking away!"

WDYT of this idea? I think its a good idea if its a name you love and dont want to heard the possibly negative comments from friends and family. I might do this.

Oh you're probably wondering the babys name....she named her Ziva Rose!

MrsTownsend8136 · July 2012

MrsTownsend8136:

My aunt kept my cousins name a secret until she had her.....She only gave the first letter of her name like "Baby Z is kicking away!"

WDYT of this idea? I think its a good idea if its a name you love and dont want to heard the possibly negative comments from friends and family. I might do this.

Oh you're probably wondering the babys name....she named her Ziva Rose!

hear*

princessjenney · July 2012

Just like the saying 'too many cooks will spoil the pot", hearing too many opinions can be a bad thing. I think I'd still want some opinions though, maybe just my sister and best friend but not everyone.

Randa&Jerm · July 2012

We did this with dd2. We didn't really care about people saying anything bad about the name, it was more merely for our entertainment and to drive everyone around us crazy with anticipation.

monlyn9 · July 2012

We keep baby names a secret because we don't decide for sure until the baby is born and we decide which names fits best. Both of our kids would have different names if we had decided on a name prior to birth. I can't imagine our kids being named anything else at this point.I also like the surprise aspect of it. We were team green for both kids as well.

Whether you share or not is a personal decision. If it's an issue of not wanting influence on your name choices, it depends on how verbal your family/friends will be and how well you can ignore their comments if it is a name you really like.

persephonerose · July 2012

If we had a girl we were keeping the name secret because I knew it would stir up a lot of drama in my family. Our boy selection was pretty straight forward and although we have had a few comments most people have been ok. For a while we called the baby "Baby Bevo" just because we did not know if it was boy or girl yet.

mamainseptember · July 2012

My aunt did this as well! She would say "Baby A is moving all over the place!" I thought it was cute! Her name is Alessandra Kathleen, so it wasn't an outlandish name anyway.

PunkyBooster · July 2012

We did not share our name choices either.

simplein06 · July 2012

We won't even give out an initial for our baby... I get enough opinons on names without even asking.. I don't need opinions on the actual name

mben1119 · July 2012

We didn't tell anyone DS's name until he was born. I didn't want to be talked out of his name (even though it is completely normal), and since we did find out his sex at my a/s, I wanted some aspect of his birth to be a surprise.

aascaha · July 2012

we're keeping our name ideas a secret too, ive got four stepkids though that keep expressing their opinion, but we dont want them to influence us

kirstinmb · July 2012

We've kept our little one's name a secret since we decided on what it would be, earlier this spring...

We revealed the sex after our ultrasound, and have just referred to her as Baby (Last Name)...

Just now, that we're expecting her any day, have we revealed the first letter of her first name to a select few people that have asked because they are crafty and want to make something for her nursery...

I'm actually really proud of both the Hubs and myself for sticking to our guns on keeping it a secret, despite all the pleas for hints and more info on her name! Big Smile

pamiva1 · July 2012

If one of my friends/family members did this I would be annoyed! It's like they don't trust me to be respectful of the name they have chosen. I've always shared our babies names with anyone that has asked as soon as we had picked them. When I do share, however, I do so in away that makes it clear we are not looking for opinions! If you are excited and confident in your name when you share, very few people will give your hard time. And, if they do, just ignore the comments and know you love your name!

MrsTBird · July 2012

My family's to nosey so I can't even give away the first letter. They'll never quit bugging me! We have always kept our names a secret. If anything, I'll tell them what names we vetoed.

Fancy3Face · July 2012

We kept our babies names secret until birth. We told a handful of close friends and family toward the end for monogramming, gifts with their names, etc.

landosmommy · July 2012

I think it's not a bad idea. We're team green this time so I have to share something with the people that are curious. :P so they will hear our names choices if they ask.

lageorgiapaperie · July 2012

We didn't tell anyone our baby's name until he was born. Well, my dad and brother found out like a week before he was born b/c they came over to help hang something in the nursery and his name was on the wall already.

Not sure if we'll do that again or if we'll let everyone know as soon as we find out the sex.

bluegreen88 · July 2012

We kept the name a secret. Just said we hadn't decided yet!

FreyaWin2382 · July 2012

We aren't planning on telling anyone our names beforehand either. Honestly, I don't really want to know what every member of my family likes (or doesn't like) about our choices.

kacelle · July 2012

I know people who have kept names secret until the babies are born. I've considered just announcing the initials next time to entertain myself with family members trying to guess the name.

CdnFarmGirl08 · July 2012

I haven't told my parents our choices (even though they have asked) because we're not 100% sold on any name so we could change our minds yet. We have 2 names picked out for a girl, but no boys names yet. We are team green and we could still change our choice for a girl yet.

plutoisaplanet · July 2012

Initially, DH wanted to keep the name a secret (we knew the sex). But he seemed to forget himself and wound up telling anyone who wanted to know because he was that excited.

That being said, DS's name (Andrew Charles) honors family members, so there were very few opinions offered!

austenfan919 · July 2012

We haven't shared our LOs' names before they were born either. We did tell MIL DD's first initial when she asked because I had told my parents our top 4 names before we decided to keep it a secret, and both girls' names started with the same letter. So it seemed fair that both moms knew that. But we have shared nothing about this LO's name (and I am surprised neither mom asked for the initial!).

More than avoiding other people's opinions, we like having something to announce when the babies are born, since we did find out and announce the gender ahead of time.

ETA: Actually, we did share this LO's initials with my BIL. He and his wife are expecting their first in October and we wanted to find out if we were planning on the same name. But I seriously doubt BIL still remembers!

janneann1127 · July 2012

bluegreen88:
We kept the name a secret. Just said we hadn't decided yet!

This! We got tired of hearing opinions so we just pretended we hadn't decided yet.

this decaf life · July 2012

I'm going to tell everyone when we find out the gender that "this IS the name" and warn them that I don't want any feedback... otherwise I think we'd get it now or after LO arrives.

kincaid44 · July 2012

We referred to this baby as Baby P throughout our pregnancy. Close family members knew the name but that was it. We didn't want peoples unwanted opinions

CayleighDawn · August 2012

Everyone in my family has always kept baby names secret. In most cases, they also don't find out the sex of the baby ahead of time. I think it makes the whole thing a lot more exciting. As soon as someone has a baby, it's fun to find out what they had and what they named him/her.(we have at least 2 babies a year...I have a large extended family)

A friend of mine had a scheduled c-section with her last baby and had already found out the sex and shared his name. IMO, it took away a lot of the excitement. Instead of waiting to hear when she had the baby/what she had/what the name was, it was more like "oh look, it's after her surgery time. Baby Nolan is here now".

I don't plan on finding out the sex or sharing names because a) I don't want anyone else's opinion, and b) I love the suspense!

02A12E · February 2013

RandaJerm:
We did this with dd2. We didn't really care about people saying anything bad about the name, it was more merely for our entertainment and to drive everyone around us crazy with anticipation.nbsp;

Exactly!!

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