Names

Artistmom30 · March 2014

Who else is ready to bash their head in coming up with a name for their LO? H and I have such vastly different taste in names, I'm beginning to wonder if this kid's going to get a name at all.

livkight · March 2014

I'm hoping that when the baby comes out and we see her for the first time, she will have "THE NAME" stamped on her forehead.

jnnfrrose6 · March 2014

We're team green and have had a boy's name since before I was pregnant. Girl's name? Not so much. We have such different tastes, though I am finding one if DH's suggestions growing on me (and if we go with it I'll be picking a family MN).

cakebatter27 · March 2014

DH nixed all mine and I didn't like his until he came up with one I was okay with. I've been calling the baby only that and it's grown on me. Plus we're using my first choice as a mn.

Try referring to the baby and see if that helps :-) sometimes it helps to just say it out loud.

knitsandgiggles · March 2014

We've been having a rough time with a boy's name, but I think we finally reached a decision.

lindslalala · March 2014

We had nothing for a boy , so we were especially happy to discover LO is a girl.

INmommy871278 · March 2014

We had a boys name, but no girls name. So far we have come up with 3 girls names that we agree on, then DH thinks about it and decides it's not right. I'm hoping we may have a winner this time, DH is out of town this week and we decided on a name the day before he left so we will see how it's setting when he gets home.

MonkeyJD · March 2014

DH & I decided that we wanted to use James as the middle name (after his grandfather). Now DH is saying he likes the name James Michael.

I don't like it simply because I don't want all 3 of us to have the initial J for our first name. Back to the list we go.

Artistmom30 · March 2014

I sent H a list of names I was considering and all he could say was "They're ok". There are a couple of names I really like but he's not sold on and he's really not coming up with anything. I think that's frustrating me more than him just being complacent about the ones I've picked out. I got mad a him about this whole name thing tonight and that was enough of a push to get him to start looking at names so he can pick some out for me to decide on. He came up with 2 and then it was my turn to say "meh". I wish it was as easy to come up with a boy's name as it was to come up with DD's name.

abchittam · March 2014

MonkeyJD said:
DH & I decided that we wanted to use James as the middle name (after his grandfather). Now DH is saying he likes the name James Michael.

I don't like it simply because I don't want all 3 of us to have the initial J for our first name. Back to the list we go.

A friend of mine named her son Jacob. She and her husband both have "J" names, but Jacob was just coincidentally the same first initial. She is pregnant again and feels like she has to use a "J" name again for her baby girl that is due in two weeks. She's having a really hard time deciding on something because of it.
You may want to keep that in mind when deciding. Could make things difficult if you plan on having any more kids.

Nichole8787 · March 2014

We had the perfect girl name but we found out we aren't having a girl. My husband doesn't come up with anything and shoots down everything. The only name he has approved is Colton. I like Colton but I always wanted to call a baby boy Baylor. He agreed to Colton Baylor but I would rather Baylor Christian, Christian after my brother. We told a couple people we were thinking of Colton Baylor and now everyone calls the baby Colton. I don't know if I should just give in and go with it or really try for Baylor Christian. My mom said to just start calling him Baylor when he was born and everyone else would but who knows....opinions?

MonkeyJD · March 2014

@abchittam‌ That's another reason why I don't want it. We have a girl name picked out if we have one someday but it doesn't start with a J. I don't want to feel like we need to just throw away that name because we have to use that letter for every kid.

LuluPMW · March 2014

Super hard time with this. We had boy names picked out easily but now we have to get two girl names. Ugh.

beff12 · March 2014

We had a boy name picked out on like day 4 that we knew we were expecting, but liked about 5 or 6 girl names. We're having a girl! So right now she gets called any number of things. DH isn't too interested in talking seriously about names now. It's stressing me out though!

abchittam · March 2014

@MonkeyJD‌ - maybe mention that to DH so that he won't be so persistent about the name change.

Palan · March 2014

We are having boy - girl twins. We have names we love separately, but they don't work together. I realllllllly love the girl name, but DH realllllly loves the boy name, so now we are trying to find replacements for both.

hcsmiley417 · March 2014

With every baby I always got to pick out the FN and DH always gets the MN. He says that since I have to go through everything it felt only right that I get to choose the FN. He asked of he could always choose the MN and I have no problem with that. We compromised. Our kids are as follows
Lauren Faith
Sophia Grace
Charlotte Hope
And soon.....Samuel Luke

dobbyisfree · March 2014

We have a girls name. DH isnt interested in girls so he just agrees with me. For boys he thinks he should get first boy and I should get the second. But A There is no way to be sure well have two and B just because hes not interested in girls names doesnt mean Im not interested in boys. Ive been naming my kids since I was in elementary school Im not just going to give up. So we argue about boys all the time. So of course it will probably be a boy just to be difficult!

Jbosarge85 · March 2014

The naming of this LO was a little different. Before I got pregnant I had a dream that we had a little boy named Aric. When I mentioned it to DH he said that he always wanted a son named Aric but I vetoed it. So now that we know we're having boy, we have the name all ready

AutumnBonfire · March 2014

I have more girl names that I like, but DH isn't totally on board yet. I'm having a much harder time with boy names. I used the one I like for DS already and I don't really like some of our back-up names from last time. This is the problem with being team green - having to pick out two names. Plus DH doesn't suggest anything at all. He just says he doesn't know and then either agrees or disagrees with my suggestions. I'm starting to feel like this baby is a boy too (I read too much into a few things during the anatomy scan), so I better come up with something good.

katnipeverclean · March 2014

We have our boy name! Wahoo! We've had it picked since before we were married. DH does have the right to make a game time decision about a baby boy being a junior. Either way the baby will be called Harrison, so I am fine with it.

We've gone through several names that are "the one" for a girl. The trouble is that our DD already has our perfect girl name.

We've been though Lilliana Elizabeth, Lilliana Rose, Lilliana Elise, Adelina Elise, Adelina Rose and our latest is Amelia Ann (NN Mia) so we shall see.

middleschoolmommy · March 2014

I was convinced we were having a girl because we couldn't decide on a name. DH and I had 2 boy names picked out and ended up going with a totally different name when we found out he's a boy. I always thought we would go to the delivery room with a short list of names, but if just "felt" right to settle on the name the morning before the a/s.

AKbadwolf · March 2014

We have a

Trist.an

Krist.offer

Em.ber

and this one is Riv.er

helloblueeyes · March 2014

We had the perfect boy name all picked out and done. We've been struggling to find a girl name since i got pregnant. Of course we are having a girl.

DH and i have fairly different naming styles so it's been a challenge. We have a couple we are thinking about but none of them feels "right."

Add in the fact that we have to find something that won't sound super ridiculous with our last name which is super short and a verb. I swear she will go to college nameless at this rate.

JayBzo · March 2014

It is way to much pressure naming someone else. I have a hard time with decision anyway, so this is extra difficult. I want to make sure it sounds good, is acceptable, won't be made fun of, sounds okay for a young kid and a grown up... blah blah. And we have a crazy last name so finding something to go with it is hard. Sooo much stress! So I have just taken to calling baby boy by a ridiculous name. Maybe this will cause DH to actually suggest something!

Allison546 · March 2014

AutumnBonfire said:

I have more girl names that I like, but DH isn't totally on board yet. I'm having a much harder time with boy names. I used the one I like for DS already and I don't really like some of our back-up names from last time.

Same here. We are having a really hard time coming up with another boy name.

brewbecks · March 2014

We had settled on a boy name before I was pregnant. I thought for sure it was a boy, last week at the a/s we found out it was a girl! We can't agree on a name we both love. There are a few we like but just aren't sure. It is stressing me out and he doesn't seem to mind. He says we will find something before she comes! I am a planner and can't stand the stress of waiting!

I hope we decide soon

Edit: spelling

TugboatSheila · March 2014

Do you guys have any favorite books, movies, historical figures in common? Sometimes it's a good place to start (common interests) and you can find inspiration to lead you to a name.

Artistmom30 · March 2014

I do but H doesn't. I've actually picked some names out based on certain movies I liked, favorites actors, and characters in books. The problem is we just have different tastes in a lot of things. Plus, I'm the type of person that loves something right away and H is more of a "let me sit on that for a while" kind of person. It drives me batty.

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