January 2015 Moms

How close are you to choosing a name?

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Re: How close are you to choosing a name?

  • Emily Mae for our baby girl.  Mae is after DH's grandmother.   I like Emily bc I can shorten it to Em, Emma, or Emmy.
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  • I built a spreadsheet that now has...63 girl names (first names only). DH and I score each name independently, and then I average our scores and then deduct points for huge differences in our scores (if I score a name a 10 and he scores it a 3, then it shouldn't be a contender). Then the spreadsheet compiles a list of our top ten. Right now, at the top of the list are:


    Elliot
    Evey
    Cleo
    Dylan
    Evie
    Chloe
    Jocelyn
    Lilith
    Macy

    Audrey

    *Sigh* We will never get there.
    We don't have a spreadsheet for names but I appreciate you methodology. It made me smile. It also made me think of my budget spreadsheet which has formulas to calculate out the taxes individually to item...
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  • We had pretty much settled on a name - Eliza Wren - when DH mentioned it to his father who reminded him that his grandmother's name is actually Elizabeth even though she goes by another name. Which wouldn't be a big deal except she is Jewish and one does not name children after living relatives in that tradition. So DH needs to check with his grandmother to see how she would feel about a name so similar to hers. It's our choice I know but there's a difference between a relative not liking a name and something that could personally offend. Our back up at this point is Sylvie. Not sure about middle name in that case.
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  • So not even close to deciding on a name. We find out the sex on our anniversary (August 13th  :D) So hopefully that will bring us closer to deciding. It's really hard this time though, I just can't think of anything.
  • @Tsuga76 I thought it only "counted" if it was the person's actual name, or name they went by. Some of my in-laws are Jewish and I've done a lot of reading up on different religions, beliefs, and traditions, but I'm admittedly no expert. I'm only curious.

    My husband is Jewish. His name is Lee Jason after deceased grandfathers, Leon and Jack. I'm not sure if they usually use the relatives name or a derivative of the name. His mom said she just used the initials. I didn't ask too many questions.

    Our top names are Isaac and Jude for a boy, Maggie for a girl. Team green here.
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  • @Tsuga76 I thought it only "counted" if it was the person's actual name, or name they went by.

    That makes sense and hopefully she'll agree! Though DH's father and aunt both seemed to think it "counts". We do really like the name.

    @megan81112‌ That's a nice tradition - using the first initial - and I know DH's cousin has followed it in naming her children.
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  • We are having a boy and are stuck between: Duke, Cade and Ryker. We have a strong polish last name so we like the first name shorter.
  • Girl- Elliot Lynn
    Boy- Owen Ray

    The middle names are family names. We find out on the 25!!!
  • We have front-runners for first names, but probably won't settle until baby is born. I have longer lists for middle names, since DH lets me pick those. I always pick something I wish was their fn that DH has vetoed.

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  • We are no where. At all. I don't want to have that discussion until we know boy/girl.
    If baby is a boy, we'll have to do some serious digging. We used our favorite boy name, Jack with DS1, and names DS2 after FIL, William (Will). FIL goes by Bill.
    If baby is a girl, we will probably start from scratch. Middle name will probably be Katherine. Our girl names were picked out 5 years ago while PG & Team Green with DS1. They were:
    Leah- my cousin named her daughter Amelia, which to me is too close.
    Olivia-maybe....
    Margaret(Maggie)-my sister just had a baby in March and her name is Molly, which is close to me.
    Ainsley-my ultimate #1 favorite and I couldn't get DH on board our first go-round. I may pull this out again. I just love it.

    Recent likes: Caroline, Elane/Elaine
    *whoa this is long. Sorry.
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  • mellie86041mellie86041 member
    edited August 2014

    Ezra Gordon (Gordon is my dad's name) for a boy
    Or
    Amelia Jane or Nora Jane for a girl

    My DD's mn is Nora :)

    We just found out this LO is definitely a boy, so his name will be Landon John. (John is DH's & FIL's name.) We actually had this name picked out as a boy option for DD before we found out she was a girl.


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  • We've had ours picked out for a while. For a girl: Macie Raye
    For a boy: Rhett Timothy
  • @megan81112 My son's name is Isaac! We love the name but sometimes wish there was an easy nickname to go with it. I call him "Bear" but that's just a Mama thing. 

  • kilayla13 said:

    @sassquatch‌

    Honestly. I grew up obsessed with Knight Rider. KITT was my obsession. Also I love double letters in names. My name is Tiffany.

    I really wanted to name my girl Kitt but when I looked it up the only Kitt I found was a boy name.. so I decided that would be a middle name. Still will nickname my daughter (if it's a daughter) Kitt though. :)

    My niece is named Katherine and they told everyone they wanted to call her Kat specifically so she could have the nick name kit Kat. By the way there is an American girl doll named Kitt, I'm pretty certain, so you should use it as a name with no fear if you love it!
  • My husband is Evan James it's a great name :)
  • John Cody or Chloe Dawn just waiting to find out the sex of the little one!
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  • Yes! John (my husbands name) Theodore (my grandpa who raised me name) but he will go by Jack - I want him to have his own identity and since we are from New England this is pretty common! I'm so excited I already want to order the monogrammed stuff!!!
  • My husband and I made a list of names when we first decided we were ready to have babies... We have 4 names.

    Our Angel (RIP) Domenik Rey

    Our rainbow (gender unknown)
    Donovan Blake (boy)
    Nykole Jordan (girl)

    Future child
    Penelope Gray
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  • kilayla13kilayla13 member
    edited August 2014
    @GromMom‌

    OK I had no clue about that!!!
    :) ♡ that's good to know seeing as the nickname will be Kitt regardless of gender lol I think I'm the only one other than my immediate family that will use that nickname but I'm certain it will grow on everyone :)
  • @TwinkleTor‌ I love the name Gray, I wanted it for DS. Of coarse I'm black, DH is German...too many jokes!

    DS is Lucas Duval

    This time we are team pink, right now we are between:

    Talia Elizabeth
    Cecily Elizabeth

    We are going family names for middles.
    5 IUIs and an IVF
    It's all worth it for Baby Boy, born 9/30/13!
    What do you know, Baby Girl just popped up! Due 1/2/15
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  • Tauristar said:
    @TwinkleTor‌ I love the name Gray, I wanted it for DS. Of coarse I'm black, DH is German...too many jokes! DS is Lucas Duval This time we are team pink, right now we are between: Talia Elizabeth Cecily Elizabeth We are going family names for middles.
    Talia is my niece's name. I never hear it from anyone else. Great choice! (Cecily is a great choice, too. :) )
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  • We know that we're having a boy, and we haven't decided on a thing. My husband picked a name that I can't stand, and he feels similarly about my choices. Lol! I guess if this is our biggest issue that I shouldn't be complaining, but it's bugging me for sure!
  • I am also 95% sure.. I hoping for a girl so it would be Emmalyn Rose or I get another boy his name Eli Jacob. It might be a bit odd but I like uncommon names.

    My first two boys are Davyn Joseph and Nezar Elyn.
  • Our first daughter's name is Hadley Lauren. Her little sister arrives in January and will be named Reese Catherine. So thrilled that Hadley will have a sister!!
  • We found out the sex of our baby last week and though I could have sworn it was a girl the ultrasound showed it to be very different! My husband and I did agree on a name for a girl and a boy and I am happy to share both
    Girl: Samantha Harper
    Boy: Benjamin Daniel
    We are very excited for our little Benny D to arrive!

    Due January 1, 2015
  • rd713rd713 member
    edited August 2014
  • We fund out in 2 weeks what were having but we've decided in names already..
    Girl - Quinn Madelyn-Ok
    Boy - Ezra William-Aldo
    We were trying so we've been discussing names for awhile.. the middle names are all family names...
  • Names came easy for us, surprisingly! We find out the gender on Friday! But our names are...
    Isabelle Ranae (his grandmother's name was Isabelle nn izzi and my mother's and my middle names are both Ranae)
    Hunter William (his parents almost named him Hunter, but went with Chase instead and my maiden name is Williamson so we chose William for the middle. We considered Hunter Chase, but I think we've decided on William).
  • How ever many days are left in my ticker, that's about how close I am to choosing a name.  The only thing I have decided is that if it's a girl, her middle name will be Jean.  Other than that, I got nothin'!
  • @calindi‌ -- DD's name is Caroline Rose (both family names)... I love it ;)

    We used our all time favorite girl name for our first, so I'm looking for something that I feel as attached to for this LO. So far, no dice.

    Our boy name is after our fathers:
    Gregory Martin (I still hate the MN, but H won't budge.)
    NN will be Rory.

    Potential girl names:
    Corinne Isabelle after my maternal GM
    Lucy Corinne (but Lucy is so popular).

    BFP #1: 4/2/12 -- DD born 12/15/12. BFP #2: 4/1/14 -- CP. BFP #3: 4/28/14 -- EDD 1/10/15

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