Sharing the name

nycAug2014 · March 2014

We have a name and can't keep it a secret. Big mouths! Anyone else?

Cat&S · March 2014

Yes, we've decided on a name (Zoe) and we've told people. I was pretty set on not deciding until baby got here this summer, but as soon as we found out it was a girl, Zoe was the name that we both just knew was "the one". And DH has 0% ability to keep a secret, so others found out quickly.

poofwok · March 2014

We share names but always more then one for each sex therefor its not so decisive.

camichalski · March 2014

I have been calling our baby henry to everyone forever now. We will now find out the seed until April 8th! I'm 20 weeks but decided to find out on my birthday!

salsy2012 · March 2014

I've only shared with you ladies (see siggy)

I haven't told any family or friends though. We want it to be more of a surprise for them.

chase16 · March 2014

We've already told people: Julia Maren. Were bad secret keepers

nycAug2014 · March 2014

We don't care about the name judgments either! I guess a friend just had a baby and I'm so excited to hear the name that I feel guilty I told everyone our name already

Alaska_Bride · March 2014

We will never be able to decide on a name, so I guess we won't have this issue. I had a dream she was 3 weeks old and still no name.

loulou182 · March 2014

Everyone except for MIL knows our baby's name. The only reason why she doesn't know is because she doesn't want to know the sex.

mikescutie7 · March 2014

I've never heard of anyone keeping a name a secret before

nycAug2014 · March 2014

mikescutie7 said:
I've never heard of anyone keeping a name a secret before

Really??? That's so interesting. I don't know anyone that ever shared it ha. I guess that's why I feel weird about it.

Scottwswife · March 2014

We can't keep a secret either. By the way, it's William Steven. With a v, not a ph... DH wants that to be perfectly clear to everyone. It's hilarious to watch him get worked up over a letter.

Nuclearcupcake · March 2014

We told when we found out the sex. Isabella Kaylene

schnookee · March 2014

We have two names picked out but they're not definite. We will not be sharing with most people. I might tell a couple of my closest friends but that's it. My family sucks. They can wait

ungraceful13 · March 2014

We kept DD's name a secret bc we got some flack about finding out the sex from our family. We did tell them our top couple choices though. This time we have told people who have asked our top choices but we haven't made a decision yet so but will probably tell when we do.

audreylaine510 · March 2014

We shared names right away last time and this time we were sharing before we even knew what the sex was! We are terrible secret keepers.

BabyM82714 · March 2014

We've shared our ideas for each sex (two for each) and that's it. I don't think I can finalize anything until I see and hold my baby

Raclla · March 2014

mikescutie7 said:
I've never heard of anyone keeping a name a secret before

We did. We had several options and didn't tell anyone any of them. We're team green again and doing it the same way.

After DD was born my dad asked what the name would have been if I'd had a boy. We told him it was irrelevant and didn't share our boy name.
We probably won't be reusing that choice either but I don't know if we'll ever share.

We don't want people criticizing our name choices or wondering about the child that might have been if it was a different sex.

Even if we found out we wouldn't tell our name ideas.

Weezy56 · March 2014

We've told everyone! We are naming our son after my husband's late grandfather. So far nobody has said anything negative (to our faces at least).

HeatherHam10 · March 2014

We shared our name when we found out it was a boy.

Lovemylittles · March 2014

The last three we've shared with everyone as soon and we had the name. This time we're keeping it a secret and it's crazy hard!

teachermommy2014 · March 2014

majgarriss said:

We're naming the baby after family members, so my husband wants to surprise them when the baby actually arrives.

Same here.

rstarrlemaitre · March 2014

We've only told parents and siblings (who all love our choices phew!) to avoid any "I don't like that" or "what about..."

tamarar5 · March 2014

We are sharing our potential names, bit not our final decision. Mostly because I want to be able to change our minds after she is born is our first choice doesn't fit. We've decided on Amelia Grace, but our second choice is Sophia Jane.

vanillajen · March 2014

We've been sharing with pretty much everyone who'll asked, but haven't announced it or anything. We also say that we're 90% sure, because we are still practicing using the name and seeing how it feels.

kiley820 · March 2014

We haven't picked a name yet but we won't be sharing. We told our families we were going to share the sex but not name.

As soon as we announced the pregnancy, everyone started throwing name ideas and suggestions at us. My family is super opinionated and always has something to say. Even though we told them this they still try to get names out of us. I really don't care, but it's super annoying! We want to be able to name our son what we like without input from everyone else. I figure once he is here, they will love him regardless of his name

Right now, all we know is that his middle name will either be after my grandfather who passed away in December, or my SO's Dad who passed away 10 years ago. It's a tough choice, so we decided to pick a first name and then see which middle name sounds better with it.

dixielee05 · March 2014

We haven't decided on a name and when/if we do we will keep it to ourselves. DS is the V and we heard a lot of snide remarks about his NN. It was the name his great grand father went by and fits him perfectly fwiw. We are team green and plan to have a few names picked out and will decide when we meet him/her.

Jenrileysmom · March 2014

We've barely even talked about the name yet. My daughter didn't have a definite name until right after she was born. Even if we do decide before that this time, I doubt we will share it. I'm not real into calling the baby by its name before it's born. But to each their own

nycAug2014 · March 2014

After reading all these comments, I guess I feel better about sharing the name. Since we don't care at all about peoples reactions and I feel weird saying its a secret, I guess there is really no reason I cant share it. Just don't tell my husband about the Jewish tradition of not sharing until after the baby is born. He is being a bit superstitious and I think he will run with that and tell me we cant share any more.

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caybeh · March 2014

We didn't share DS's name and won't with this one either. I'm not afraid of name judgments, I just think it's fun to have a little secret!

But I have nothing against others that share their names.

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