GTKY: Picking names

Pepper6 · January 2014

H and I had decided to wait until we knew what we were having before seriously looking at names, so now that we know we are having a little girl, the process has begun. Of course, now we're dealing with what really goes into picking a name and I thought it'd be fun to find out more about everyone else's process. So here it goes...

Have you picked a name(s) yet?

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth?

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options?

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born?

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked?

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they?

MollySm · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? A first name - Viviana. We're still working on her middle name.

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Before.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? We went through lots of options.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? We have already started sharing with people, and will post on Facebook I think (we haven't said anything about baby on Facebook yet) after our anatomy scan.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? Names we liked. We like Italian names, so we went through a bunch of Italian baby name lists on the internet, coming up with ideas, then nixing them. H heard Viviana and said 'That's her name'. It took me awhile to come around to it, but now I love it.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? Yes, but mostly either joke suggestions, or suggestions from Italian baby name lists because people know what we like.

AnnaKaie · January 2014

We had names picked out before we found out the sex of the baby. No one but us was in the discussion. We told the final picks when we came to the one we liked. We are using all A names. Both mine and my husband's name begins with A so we wanted to continue with being the A Team lol.

We made the decision pretty quick. The boy name was easy. Husband was a 4th, so if we had a son we would have just done the 5th. The girl name was easy also. We both had always wanted to use the name Alexandria. And we added Rose for middle. We're gonna call her Allie Rose.

LindsayDesigner · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet?
Yes

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth?
We're pretty set but if he doesn't "look" like the name we chose then we will reconsider.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options?
Mostly. We talked a lot of names with our first pregnancy and waited until we knew the sex for this one.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born?
If they ask, we tell.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked?
It's the name of one of DH's ancestors.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they?
A little but not really.

k2k2tog · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet?

No.

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth?

Hopefully before!

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options?

We have lots and lots of options. At the moment, I hate all of them except for one.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born?

I'm going to try to wait, but I really bad at keeping secrets like that...

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked?

I really want to find a name that has a strong meaning and not just something I like. This is why I currently hate all our options...

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they?

Nope. We haven't asked for suggestions, and the ones we have received have been in jest, like people saying, "Haha, you should name it after me if it's a boy!" (Actually, this suggestion has pretty much only come from men... hmmm...)

owlcup · January 2014

We haven't picked any names for this LO yet but both DD and DS's names were just names we liked. Neither of us are really into naming after family members. We'll share like our top 5 list but thats it.

We'll start thinking of names for this one after our anatomy scan.

MrsBuckholtz · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Yes - but we're team green - so one of each Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Before Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? Oddly, yes. We actually said the same names at the same time - though I differ on the girl spelling. Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? Never - way too many opinionated people in this family. In fact one aunt has a different name than her birth name because a grandmother insisted she be a "Nancy" all her life. Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? Yes - they're spins on my grandparents names. Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? Ugh - just one and it was Christopher. Totally out of the blue and SO not us.

mslovesbo · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Nope...we have two running lists...his & mine.
Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Ideally we will have two names prepared, just in case our first choice doesn't feel right after we meet her.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? Please. DH and I have completely different ideas of types of names...we are not even close to make a decision. I purposely avoid this topic on a daily basis and leave it to a once-a-week discussion...it never gets argumentative, it just doesn't seem productive and that frustrates me...so I hope with time we will get closer to merging our ideas and finding some mutual choices.
Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? Once we know what name (or two) we like, we will share...just because I think that is part of the fun for family...we were left out on the fun-stuff with both of my nephews (going to an elective ultrasound, knowing the names). Also I am really lucky with two very supportive but not intrusive families, so I will be happy to share when the time comes!
Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? DH wants a rare, historical name...I would like a vintage but not crazy unusual name. You would think there would be overlap, but he is stuck on really really really rare names that I think would be a burden to tell people the correct pronunciation everyday.for.the.rest.of.our.lives. But ideally...some history (family, literary, or historical).
Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? The good suggestions I have received were already names on my short list. The rest have been way off base and unappealing...I think this is really the nature of name suggestions, though. This is probably this biggest motivation for DH to be more open so we can decide on a name and end the daily suggestion game.

TonyaCody06 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Girl name is set. Boy up in the air

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? I'd like to have both options set. Not sure we will though (boys are hard!)

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? For all the girls it was pretty easy. Each made a short list and quickly agreed. Girl name #4 I just knew, so thats that it will be

Boys - we have been going through a lot. I'm quick to say "no" to the suggestions

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? Not this time. We will announce at delivery with the gender. Told everyone before with all 3 girls in past.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? DD#1 is a family name. DD#2 &3 we just liked.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? I have all kinds of suggestions coming in since I haven't announced anything and everyone knows we are clueless for a boy. My DH's GMA wants the girl to be Bella Rose - not happening. Boys - I think friends have given me every possible suggestion out there

lest12 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Only a girl name - Tippi. Cannot decide on a boy name. We'll find out the sex tomorrow and if it's a boy, get down to business.

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Before, I think.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? We agreed on the girl name right away, before we were even pregnant (we were watching The Girl, the HBO movie about Tippi Hedren, ha). We've since played around with a few other names but just keep coming back to this one. A boy name, however... neither of us like anything.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? We've shared. We haven't gotten all positive responses on Tippi, but whatever.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? We wanted a Scandinavian name (DH is Finnish, our last name is very Finnish)... Tippi is a Scandinavian nickname, so DH suggested it. I am a big Hitchcock fan but I wouldn't necessarily have chosen a name just for that, but I do think it's cool.

I'd like to have some meaning behind the boy name, though. I want it to be Scandinavian but I don't want it to be just anything, either.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? Not one. But we've had people tell us they don't like some of our name options.

Also... neither of us have a middle name, so we won't give the baby a middle name either. It feel like it makes it easier - 1 name is hard enough, nevermind two! I don't know how ya'll are doing it.

hollygb22 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet?
No. We picked DD#1 name maybe 3 hrs before she was born. I'm expecting the same process this time around

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Probably right before or after

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? we have a list. I pretty much say names and he either says no or maybe. He's super helpful

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? No. Opinions are like a-holes.everyone has one. I honestly don't care what friends or family think

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? DD#1 name is from a book I read abot ernest hemmingway. I loved the name..no meaning behind it

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? Yes. My crazy mom sends me lists and texts constantly until I told her to please stop

FAWKES81 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Yes. We decided on a girl name very quickly but our A/S revealed we are Team BLUE! We are just like @AnnaKaie in that our names (first and last) start with an A and we are continuing this.

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Before

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? We were in pretty much instant agreement on the girl name (would have been Ava Lynn) and for the boy we always planned on doing a Jr. The problem now is that MIL and my dad has opened their big mouths and said "I don't like nicknames". We planned on calling him AJ. We probably still will and they will just have to get used to it. I don't care for DH middle name (Frank).

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? Well....initially we were going to keep it quiet. No idea what made my hubby open his mouth...

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? We just liked Ava and Lynn is my MN. Obviously going with a JR there is meaning there!

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? Thankfully, no. But I know I have a few family members who would love to put their two cents worth in. In the end, it matters not what someone else thinks but what H and I agree on.

Pepper6 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? We have it narrowed down to two: Gwendolyn Claire or Evangeline Belle

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? I'd like to come to a decision sooner rather than later, but we love both names pretty equally, so who knows

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? This surprised me, but we had very similar tastes. We didn't start looking until last Wednesday (our a/s) and had both of those names picked that night (the middle names took a day or two longer)

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? We will share with everyone once we make a final decision, but I don't have a problem with sharing with anyone who asks. It might help us decide between the two...

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? Just something we liked. Although for the middle name for Evangeline, we were having trouble coming up with something, so H jokingly said we should pick a princess name for our princess and I thought about Beauty and the Beast, which was my favorite movie when I was a kid, and I thought it sounded nice together, so there ya go.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? My mom suggested my grandma's name, Ella, which I love, but is way too popular. So she asked about H's grandma's name, which is Annick (Ahn-eek) and suggested Anita instead. I don't like that at all, but it's just funny...then we told her the names we like and she was like "oh, those are much better". Ha ha.

flerlgirl · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? We have it narrowed down to two choices.

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? At this rate she'll be going to college without a name but I would like to have it decided before she is born!

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? Lol. No. With DS we agreed immediately. This one is so much harder!

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? We will probably share. I have asked enough people's opinions and if someone doesn't like it, meh.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? One of them is after a very close family friend. The other is from the Bible.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? Sweet cheese and rice, we have received so many. Leah, Makayla, Emma, Emily, Ella, Sadie, Beth, Kayla, Kaitlin, and so many more.

erind228 · January 2014

Have you picked names yet? Rhys Patrick for a boy, and Nola Charlotte for a girl.

Will you make a final decision before birth? Hopefully, we stick with those, but you never know.

Did you and your husband agree, or did you go through a lot of names? We went through some, but we have pretty similar styles so there wasn't much disagreement.

Are you planning on sharing the names with family/friends or wait until the baby is born? I've only told my best friend our name choices. No one else will know until the baby is born. I shared my daughter's name before she was born and got a lot of comments.
I shouldn't care what other people think, but I have trouble letting things like that roll off my back. So, we decided not to share names with people from that point onward.

Is there a meaning behind the name? All of our kids have Irish/Celtic/Welsh names as a nod to my heritage. Plus, I happen to love them. Charlotte is after my husbands late grandpa who was Charlie. We wanted Patrick as the middle name for Rhys because we felt it needed a strong MN.

Have you received suggestions? My mom wants us to name a boy after my grandpa who just passed in November. His name was William. We thought about Liam, but it could be a problem with our last name. So, unfortunately, she isn't getting her wish.

Gigi8212 · January 2014

It was very easy to name my dd. Her name was chosen well before my a/s and she is named after my great grandmother, Genevieve.

This one has proven much more difficult. My a/s is tomorrow, so once we know the sex we will start really deciding on a name. I would be surprised if we don't nail it down pretty quickly.

If it's a girl, her name will likely be Florence, after another great grandmother. Charlotte is on our short list as well. God help us if it's a boy because we really struggle with boy's names.

We will share the name as soon as we decide.

hjl050308 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Yes

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Before

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? We went through a lot of options. It's been the same with my other two boys, it took us a while to pick them out.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? Family and friends know. I've put up a FB announcement about being pregnant but nothing since. I will post something, including his name when he's born.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? We love Irish names and both of our other boys have very Irish first and middle names. No special meaning though.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? I don't think we've received any suggestions. I did tell my BFF one of our choices and she proceeded to tell me that's the name she has picked for a dog that she's getting for her daughter. That killed that name for me real quick.

flerlgirl · January 2014

@letsgobowlingx - I am cracking up because my 8-year-old nieces each had a suggestion for the new baby...Aurora and Isabella! One niece just calls her Aurora all the time and I am not looking forward to breaking the news that we aren't using that name.

Kinipela7 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Yes, since we are having a girl it was an easy choice for us

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? The middle name is up in the air but will be final before birth

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? Right away

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? If people ask, we tell them

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? DH's mother died when DH was 10 (breast cancer). We are naming LO after his mother. It's a beautiful name

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? Since we have a name, no one has given us suggestions...thankfully!

mslovesbo · January 2014

lyracelesti said: Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? The names I like are all weird (but words) with meaning to me (like Helix--i'm big into science and this baby is the result of IVF so that would have meaning). The name he likes, Grant, is just a name he likes the sound of.

Helix Grant sounds like a great name to me.

Hate to even comment, because it is just one more "suggestion" for us ladies to deal with. However, it is such a unique and yet cute name, I couldn't resist. Good luck!

Rosebud2587 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Yes, we're recycling our boy name and we've had a girl name picked out for a few months already.
Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Final choices are already made, of course we could always change our minds last minute but I doubt it.
Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? Before we ever got pregnant, like in our early years of marriage, DH would throw out names but I hated all of them and DH didn't like the names I did. However once we got pregnant we were surprised at how easily we agreed on a name. We both like old fashioned/classic names so once we realized that it was pretty easy to find a few names we both liked.
Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? Our immediate families already know our name choices but we really haven't shared with anyone else, not that we don't want to, but no one has really asked.
Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? First names are all just something we liked but middle names are all family names.
Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? No suggestions, but my mom is very vocal about what names/naming trends she doesn't like.

snowpants · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? We have a short list of boy names we're pretty solid on, and a still changing list of girl's names. (Team Green)

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? We'll have our top choice for each sex picked out but like to have previously agreed upon back-up names at the ready just in case.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? We agree on most names. The only problem we're having is that neither of us are loving any girls names right now. We have several we both like but aren't ready to committ.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? Nope. NEVER! We're solidly in the camp of keeping the name secret til the baby is here and avoiding any unwanted opinions and drama. Works like a charm.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? DD has significant meaning behind her FN and her MN is also my MN. If LO is a boy the MN will be a family name and the FN will be something we just like. For a girl we're not sure yet but we'll probably sneak in a family MN.

Have you received any suggestions from people? Not really which is fine by me!

abastian00 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? - Nope! We're planning to bring in several options for each sex (and a couple gender neutral options) for when we meet the LO for the first time. (We're team green.)

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Oops - inadvertently already answered this above. After birth.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? No names go on the list unless we both agree. Democracy is annoying.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? Wait until s/he is born.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? Some are random, but most are names we pulled from looking through our family trees. We each have information going back to the 1500s, so there were some wacky names on there (none of which we chose, let me be clear)...

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? My godson suggested, "Yellow One." So thats nice.

Lynnja616 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet?

Yes though our boy name continues to be a struggle. DH wants a certain nickname which I cannot STAND, and he dislikes my nickname- so we may be at an impasse unless I get him to concede. *sigh*

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth?

Preferably before, though if it's a boy...oye. Who knows.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options?

We discussed a fair amount of options, but luckily for us our taste/opinions are extremely similar so we came to agree right away. Except on that damn boy nickname, LOL.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born?

Definitely wait!

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked?

Yep, there is meaning and/or a family association behind all of our names.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they?

Oh sure, more than I can even recount here! My MIL is obsessed with the name Jaclyn for a girl.

Jennylou0604 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Yes, Audrey Jane

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Final choice is already made.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? Yes, luckily we both agreed right away.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? Everyone already knows her name. They've known her name before she was conceived. I've always loved the name.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? Audrey is my Grandfather's late sisters name and Jane is my Grandmother's late sister as well as my Mom's name.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? No suggestions. People joke and put their name after Audrey (i.e. Audrey Sue, Audrey Malinda), but again they're just joking. Everyone seems to love her name.

KristaU831 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet?

Yes

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth?

We already made the final choice

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options?

Once he actually discussed names it was fairly easy but before that it was just him shooting down ideas with no suggestions.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born?

We already shared the name

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked?

First name(s) are just something we liked together, middle name is after my cousin. I'm due on her bday, she would have been 26

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they?

Yes, my mother suggested Khaleesi and Kenzie. I think she watches too much toddlers in tiaras

babygabe614 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Girl name, yes (for now). Boy name, still debating.

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Before

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? Oh boy... we are still butting heads, haha! He likes super traditional names whereas I like something with a little more character. I think it was easier for him to settle on a charismatic girl's name but he is digging his heels in with the boy names.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? We'll share once we are 100% sure on the name. We will not be asking for opinions or sharing our top name picks, though.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? For the girl's name, we just love the name. The girl middle name we picked is after my grandmother, who passed away a couple weeks ago. If we have a girl, she and I will share that middle name. For a boy's name, we also are choosing a first name based on what we like, and will choose a middle name that has a family connection - either William after DH's grandfather or Kingston, my mother's maiden name.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? LOL we have, but we kind of dismiss most of them. All of the suggestions people want to give us are extremely popular names (Ella, Sophia, Hunter, Mason, etc...) which isn't really what we're going for.

justme04 · January 2014

Pepper6 said:
H and I had decided to wait until we knew what we were having before seriously looking at names, so now that we know we are having a little girl, the process has begun. Of course, now we're dealing with what really goes into picking a name and I thought it'd be fun to find out more about everyone else's process. So here it goes...

Have you picked a name(s) yet? -No DH insists on waiting until we know the sex as well I now that we know it's a girl we can start. Although DH has had his heart set on calling a girl River since our first.

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? -so far we've had our top pick before birth and it's always been what we go with. We do have a second option though in case we don't think the name suits the baby when we see it.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? -We didn't have DS1's name until 2 weeks before I ended up having an emergency csection, we just couldn't agree. DS2's name we pretty much agreed right away. We went through our lists (we each make one) and as soon as DH said the name I knew it was the one.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? -We always have in the past. In fact we had shared DS2's name two weeks before my grandfather passed do I was very happy that he got to know we would be using his name for a middle name.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? -the first name is a name we like. We give two middle names after family. It started with DS1 because we wanted to honor both of out fathers who had passed away.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? Always. My sister thinks she gets to name our kids. She just suggested River Marianna Jewel. Only one middle name would come close to honoring a family member

robbinrl · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? We have lists we continued from last time. Right now I'm leaning toward Nora or Mae for a girl and Wilde or Edison for a boy.

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? After. We're team green and hopefully go into birth with a couple of front runners on each. We did this last time and ended up going with our #1 girls name.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? We put names on our list that either of us likes and then talk about them at random times. I have some on the list that he doesn't care for and vice versa.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? We'll wait since we don't know for sure. My sister grilled me at Christmas though (she did this last time too) so I told her some of the names we had on our list.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? Some on the list are family names and some we just like. I like to use a family name for the middle name so we were looking at a family tree at my parent's house this weekend.

Have you received any suggestions from people? No suggestions really. We had Wilde on our list last time. My mom and sister really don't like it but it really grew on us even though it is kind of out there.

Savvy122 · January 2014

This is a fun GTKY, I love hearing everyone's baby names!

Have you picked a name(s) yet? We have only one that we've agreed on (Drew Michael) but it's not 100% set in stone

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? After birth... I feel like I need to meet him to make sure the name fits. We actually changed DS's name about an hour after birth because I didn't feel like he "looked" like our original choice (Carson).

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? We disagreed for months until I suggested Drew. We have very dissimilar taste in names.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? I've shared it with my friends in a "here's what we're thinking" way and I've gotten lots of positive responses, so that's good!

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? Drew we just like; Michael is in honor of my late mom, Michele, who was named after her grandfather, Michael.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? Not really... a few questioning why we're just using Drew versus Andrew, nickname Drew.

kibean · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Yep!

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Before.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? We had a top 10 list for boy and girl names that we agreed on and then we whittled away at it until we had a top 2 for each (within a day). We marinated on the top 4 for several weeks and then both picked the same top 2! Much easier than I actually thought it would be.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? We will share the name with our family and probably with a couple close friends or people if they ask. I am not going to tell coworkers or put it on FB because I don't care to hear random people's negative opinions. For some reason people seem to think if you decide before birth that you are open to suggestion...

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? Just names we liked. If it is a boy, the middle name will be my husband's name (his fam's tradition) and if it is a girl the middle name will be Ann or Marie (my fam's tradition)

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? Not exactly suggestions, but more like annoying comments about the names that were down to. Once we picked the top 2 we didn't tell anyone because I didn't want to hear it, haha.

tdf2010 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Yes, Charles Wayne or Charlotte Dawn depending on the sex of the baby. Either one will have the nickname of Charlie

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? The final choice will be made once we know the sex next week.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? We agreed pretty quickly.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? Just like we did with DD, we will wait until the baby is born before sharing the name.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? Both are family names. Charlie is my dad's nickname (real name Robert) and Wayne is his middle name. Dawn is my sister's middle name, which is after my grandpa Don who passed away about a year ago.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? People have given suggestions, but I tell them that the name is already decided.

MamaTree17 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? We finally settled on a girls name we love but after having a boys name we thought we loved we're pretty much back to square one.

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? I would like to have it settled before but I am okay if we go into it with a few options. We are on the fence about being Team Green still so if we do find out and it's a boy maybe it will kick us into gear to find something we love.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? It took us FOREVER to come up with a name for a DD and is even harder in round 2. We have very different taste. I border between unique yet classic and he thinks any name a family member has is a no brainer.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? No one, no way. It takes my husband and I months of tense discussion to come to an agreement, I'm not letting anyone ruin that progress! And knowing our name selections won't be on a top 100 list I know there will be criticism which I just don't care about.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? We chose an Irish/Gaelic first name for my DD and will stick with that going forward. For MN we will use family names as we did with DD.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? My mom constantly calls the baby (sex unknown) by different names, I think, to drive me insane because she knows we won't tell her the real prospects. She uses Henry a lot which I actually love but is too popular (I think...on the maybe list still). So nothing horrid. So far.

kbellizio3 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet?
Yes, we find out next week what we're having. Remington or Maximus for a boy, Cleo or Elsa for a girl.

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Seeing as we can't agree (and we both like each others favorites) probably after we see him/her, but who knows.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? We were able to narrow down to a list of 5 girls and 5 boys and picked favorites from there, but we still don't agree and we like each others favorites which doesn't help picking one. We agreed on middle names right away.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? Wait. There's a lot of opinionated people in my family. My sister and MIL know our choices. My mom doesn't want to know. And certain friends know as well.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? We're both huge Disney fanatics. So they're all Disney themed names (except Remington but the longer name came from Remy which will be the nickname), and I'm Swedish so the name Elsa also had some cultural meaning too.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? No, mostly just people tellig us which of our choices they like better.

flojo973 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? No. We are so far apart on names.

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Hopefully before but its going to be a long discussion! We better start now.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? We pretty much hate each other's names. There is very little middle ground. DH loves the name Emma but I think its too popular. And one of my good friends just named her DD that.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? We're not planning on sharing. My mom is a teacher and has an association with almost every name so I don't even want to go there with her or anyone else (ex: Zachary? I had three Zachary's in my class last year and they were all total troublemakers! Do not name the baby Zachary.)

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? I would like it to have meaning but we'll see. I'd rather just find something we both can agree on!

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? My sister suggested Makenna, which is totally NMS.

cas889 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Not officially.

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? With our daughter, we had the middle name set due to a tradition, but had only narrowed her first to three choices. We waited until she arrived to make the final decision.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? We did agree for our daughte, once she was born. And our list wasn't ever long. We've barely talked names yet, but so far, my favorite for this little boy has been Benjamin. He hasn't agreed, but wasn't vetoing it or coming up with reasonable suggestions. Then his dad was here this weekend and randomly suggested Benjamin without knowing I liked it and now I think my husband is on board. I won't make it official this far out, though.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? Wait.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? Just names we like for the first name. Our daughter's mn is after his grandmother. Baby boy will most likely have a family mn, too.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? Other than my FIL saying Benjamin, no serious ones. BIL threatened to never visit if we don't name the baby after him. :P

Sareynoo · January 2014

We haven't chosen the name yet. I love the name Lillian (a great sibling name for Leah -DD) and Sophia, DH likes Michelle (female version of Michael -his name). We can't agree.. When we decide, we will share with whoever asks.. We still have a little while to choose.

LadyMacaron · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Yes! His name will be August.

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Already made. Unless he makes his debut with a vagina, the name is final at this point. Which I didn't think would happen!

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? We only shared the love for 3 names. Theodore, August, and Dexter. The only one that worked with our last name, and wasn't associated with our favorite fictional serial killer, was August. But, I originally had a list of maybe 12 names. My husband is VERY picky and we have different naming styles.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born?

Our close family (our parents, siblings, and my grandparents) know, but we won't share the name with the world until baby is born.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked?

We wanted the name to be classic, and strong, and not it the top 100. But, it also has a lot of meaning for both of us. August has been a very significant month in our lives together. We started dating in August and got married in August, and there are a few other pretty cool connections I won't bore y'all with. Also, it was a plus if the name had a literary connection, and I read an incredible book called WONDER last year and it made me fall deep in love with the name. Our middle name is to honor my DH's uncle, who passed away too young to cancer. We think it's really elegant, and he was wonderful man.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they?

People always have suggestions, and they are always not anything we would use. Most people have girl suggestions though, and those are worse! Can't think of any right now. Although my brother already has stated he hates August and prefers Augustus, and will call him that. I told him I will punch him in the throat. EDIT: I just remember the worst one! Creighton for a girl. YUCK.

momof5sept18 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Yes

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Before. We already decided.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? Right away.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? We shared them.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? Boy name is after DH. Girl middle name is a family name.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? Nobody made suggestions.

kellyjayne · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? We have a few choices that we are going between - the middle name is definitely Michael, and for first name, we are throwing around Chase, Logan and Jackson. H loves Jackson but Jackson Michael is a little too similar to MJ, IMO.

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Definitely before.

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? We agreed on a girls name right away, but after finding out we are having a boy it has been a little harder. We can't seem to completely agree.

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? We will share but make it clear that we have no intention of wavering.

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? First names are just names we like, middle name is my dad's name.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? Too many suggestions. The other night we were at a friends for dinner and her and her roommate seriously read over 200 baby names to us. Finally I was like just stop...I am overwhelmed and you are so not helping!

Susanbeth85 · January 2014

Have you picked a name(s) yet? Yes, we have a boy and a girl name (team green)

Are you going to make the final choice before or after birth? Pretty much before, unless it really doesn't fit when we meet baby

Did you and your H agree right away, or did you go through a lot of options? Agreed on girl right away, boy first name also. Had two ideas for boy middle, but I was able to get the one I want

Are you planning to share your name with friends/family, or wait till they're born? Wait til baby is born. I do not need/want opinions!

Is there any meaning behind your names, or just something you liked? Girl name comes from my mom's side (great grandma and aunt) boy comes from a name we liked and my dad's name.

Have you received any suggestions from people? If so, what were they? His family keeps suggesting family names. His dad wants it named after him or his mom...ummm no!

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