Name Sharing

MsAmeera25 · October 2012

I noticed a lot of ladies are deciding on their LO's names. DH and I have also decided on our name BUT we aren't telling anyone until he is born. All my friends think i'm being crazy and ridiculous by not sharing. Are you ladies sharing your LO's name outside of the Bump?

WorkinWeezel · October 2012

We are sharing, but both of our names are family names so we don't care what people think

JSS1002 · October 2012

We haven't discussed this yet.

UberBiz · October 2012

Once we find out if it's a boy or a girl, and choose a name, we'll most likely share. My ex and I did with my daughter, and the only regret I had with sharing so early before she was born was that it left me no room to second guess our choice (which I did about 2 weeks before she was born, but by then it was kinda "too late" to switch).

teddib20 · October 2012

We have shared with friends and family.... We don't care what people think, they didn't help make the kid, they don't get to help with naming it.

brevans02 · October 2012

In all honesty, I'd be surprised if dh even discusses names until March. Baby definitely won't have a name until s/he is born.

That said, IF we chose a name in advance, we would likely not tell anyone. My gosh, there's got to be some surprise, right? That, and I wouldn't want anyone "stealing" the name I'd fallen in love with...it might make me a little stabby.

TnArichmond · October 2012

We are definitely set on a boy name... still debating on the girl name. He has no problem telling anyone that asks, but I for some reason am feeling very protective over our name choices, and I'm choosing not to tell. Love my names way too much, and love the fact that they aren't extremely common. (And no, they are not spelled in a crazy way.)

ekendall09 · October 2012

we aren't planning on sharing. I think it makes it easier for us since we're team green, but I've always been under the thought that if we share our top name for boy or girl and then baby doesn't "look" like that name I would want to switch. Our families will be anxious but since sex will be a surprise so will name!

molly1108-2 · October 2012

We're not sharing out names with anyone. Mostly because we don't want them pointing out flaws in the names or saying things like "did you ever think of such and such." I'm fine with them suggesting anything they want right now (I'll say thanks even if I hate it) and telling me names that sound funny with our last name (this seems to be what my brothers enjoy doing!). I think it's harder for people to criticize a name once it's attached to an adorable baby. And we have some critical people in our family.

I might share some ideas on here if we get stuck, but I don't think we'll share the final names.

branmuffin2112 · October 2012

We aren't sharing either. Everyone will find out when LO is born.

Murraydog · October 2012

We won't be sharing the name until the baby is born. We did the same thing when our daughter was born. Partially because we don't want my family to give their unsolicitated opinion, but also we were still discussing the name right up until the day she was born. We had our favorite name, but were just kind of waiting to see her pretty face and see if the name seemed to fit her. Now that she has that name.....it absolutely was the perfect choice for her.

Hesterlicious · October 2012

DH won't even think of names until we know what we are having. We didn't decide for sure until DS was born and since I am so indecisive I'm sure it will be the same this time.

MIL had something negative to say about every name on my list last time so that kind of discouraged me from sharing.

crazytowne · October 2012

K&JPgh2011:

We're not sharing out names with anyone. Mostly because we don't want them pointing out flaws in the names or saying things like "did you ever think of such and such." I'm fine with them suggesting anything they want right now (I'll say thanks even if I hate it) and telling me names that sound funny with our last name (this seems to be what my brothers enjoy doing!). I think it's harder for people to criticize a name once it's attached to an adorable baby. And we have some critical people in our family.

This exactly! I do not want to hear "oh, I knew a ___ once. She was a b!tch!" or anything like that. My only concern is that my mom, who's 73 and not in great health, won't ever know we'd name a girl a version of her name. I think if she has to go in the hospital again while I'm pregnant, I'll tell her. But no one else!

hatroopes · October 2012

We have decided on a name, but haven't told anyone since we haven't revealed the sex yet. We plan on revealing after the a/s and will share the name then as well. I love the name we chose and I don't care what anyone thinks

kateb171 · October 2012

Nope we aren't sharing outside of TB. We decided that since we are finding out if baby is boy/girl that we are going to keep the names a secret and surprise until the baby is here!

MrsP7309 · October 2012

We're mostly decided, save the girl's MN, but we aren't even sharing on TB!

jreavey · October 2012

We are not sharing. DH thinks that it's creepy to see facebook status to the tune of "Can't wait to meet little baby ______".

Mrs.Leah.Maria · October 2012

No, we haven't with DS1 or DS2 and it's been for the best.

Our families weren't entirely thrilled the first go round and once they found out that DS1 knew a name we were considering for DS2, they literally pestered him to try to get him to say it.

I love not sharing, because we find out the sex and share it, so it's a little surprise at the end. I'd dare say that it's actually more the norm now with my group of friends to not share.

You get to miss out on everyone's opinions, potential "name stealers" and also get to reserve the right to change your mind, like we did with DS1, without thinking about a house full of customized gifts.

DarlingNIkki1028 · October 2012

I really can't decide. If people ask, I'll probably tell, but I don't know if I want to announce it on Facebook or anything. No one will change our minds, the names we've picked are very special to us.

SammieLou88 · October 2012

We've already shared our names. Like a PP said, I know a lot of pregnant women and I don't want it to come off that we're "copying" anyone. My cousin, who is also pregnant and lives across the street from me, already plans on using the first name we came up with (before we told anyone) and I don't want that to happen again.

Ann003 · October 2012

I told a few friends, but I'm not making a big announcement or anything.

NativeFloridian · October 2012

No. And the only reason I'm sharing here is because my friends and family don't come around here.

RaeRae1126 · October 2012

MsAmeera25:
I noticed a lot of ladies are deciding on their LO's names. DH and I have also decided on our name BUT we aren't telling anyone until he is born. All my friends think i'm being crazy and ridiculous by not sharing. Are you ladies sharing your LO's name outside of the Bump?

My husband and I are the same. We've picked names but we're keeping them top secret until the birth. We just felt like...since we're finding out gender next week and everyone will know what we're having, we wanted to have one secret that's just between us until LO arrives.

Buggygirl84 · October 2012

We didn't have just one name picked so we never shared. We'll do the same this time. I like the idea of meeting the baby before I cement him/her with a name. We do have a short list picked out but don't share those as the list might evolve up until delivery.

tmgilson · October 2012

brevans02:
In all honesty, I'd be surprised if dh even discusses names until March. Baby definitely won't have a name until s/he is born.

That said, IF we chose a name in advance, we would likely not tell anyone. My gosh, there's got to be some surprise, right? That, and I wouldn't want anyone "stealing" the name I'd fallen in love with...it might make me a little stabby.

Having someone steal the name is exactly why I have told everyone what our potential names are. I claimed the names! that way everyone will know that we chose those names first! lol

txleia · October 2012

We'll be sharing. No one around me is pregnant but me, so there'd be no stealing. My ILs aren't highly opinionated, and even though my mom is, I don't really care anymore if she doesn't like the name. She'll get used to it! This baby will be named after my side, anyway, boy or girl.

We shared DS' name as soon as we had the a/s, and I'm glad we did! While I was pregnant, whenever we went out to eat with the ILs, my FIL would ask "Where does Luke want to go to eat?", satisfying my food cravings in a round-about way. It was so adorable.

principessa81 · October 2012

I don't think you're being crazy/ridiculous at all. DH and I aren't sharing names. Mainly because we don't want any unsolicited opinions. We figure by the time our LO is born and has a name, everyone will either be too preoccupied with the baby to care about whether they like the name or not, or they will keep their mouths shut because short of making the trek to the courthouse and changing it, there isn't anything they/we can do about it anymore!

AshleyEric609 · October 2012

We are not sharing. With our first, our boys name was Harper (a family name)...we had a girl and my husbands cousin named her dog Harper.

With our second, our boys name was Ezra. We had a girl and my husbands Aunt named her dog Ezra.

Needless to say, we are not releasing names to anyone this time around.

blueandgray · October 2012

Not sharing (not that we have even discussed names yet - we don't do that until about month 8 or 9). At least we have a little bit of an excuse as Team Green not to have a name picked out.

JuneBugsMommy · October 2012

We will be sharing once we're actually set in stone.

EyeStoneFlowers · October 2012

my hubby and i already have names picked out for our twins (a boy and a girl). i made the mistake of telling one of my friend's sister and she gave a side eye about our boy's name but held her tongue because she knew better than to offer criticism to me. so from that point on, we've only told those really close to us. everyone else will find out when the babies make their appearance.

arteri · October 2012

Not really. I shared with a couple of people at work and one gave me a screwy face over my boy name...and it's not even that far off from her son's name...that made me clam up about names for sure!

Casie13 · October 2012

I have shared on here and with family. I'm not sure that I will post it on FB, but I will tell people that ask when I see them out and about.

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