Baby Names and other peoples two cents...

julesventura · June 2015

So Hubs and I spent a good amount of time narrowing down baby names. We picked out both boy and girl names since we didn't know what we would be having. Well, now that we know we are having a girl we really narrowed it down.
The problem is that everyone is throwing in their two cents and I'm starting to get annoyed with certain family members! For example, BIL (who has no kids btw) suggested the name Stella Rosa... Um excuse me? Isn't that a brand of wine??? He said that the name sounds awesome and that it just rolls off the tongue. He was not joking and was 100% serious! I don't even drink! Why would I name my baby after wine?? Other names thrown out way we're just as ridiculous... I got a Whiské thrown in there by the same BIL (yes he drinks a lot)
Then I have my mom insisting on the name Sophia. Yes it's a beautiful name but I literally know 4 other people naming their daughters Sophia as well. On top of that, my mom chose the name because she likes Sofia Vergara so damn much. Ummm, no. There are others being thrown my way, comical ones, like my 5 year old wanting to name the baby Shine Light Rainbow lol! (Gotta admit it's not annoying when he suggests it) but still, what is it about new babies that make everyone seem like they can decide/insist on their ideas?
Sorry for the rant but I wanted to vent lol!
Btw we chose the name Samantha Leigh

PurpleBookmark · June 2015

Samantha Leigh is lovely.

The best thing to do is smile and nod, and ultimately name the baby your choice. It might be annoying but they are probably just trying to help. I know when we were undecided with DD's name we got a ton of suggestions. People just don't get a lot of opportunities to name humans so lots of people have favorite names they want to share.

sushilove15 · June 2015

Samantha Leigh is a beautiful name! So feminine and classic.

J&D2007 · June 2015

I must be odd, but I love when people give us name suggestions. Since we don't have any picked out, I think it's very helpful or at least amusing sometimes! I would never tell anyone our baby name ahead of time because I don't want opinions about it, but I think I love the suggestions and input! Sorry it annoys you, but I think they are trying to be helpful and I love that they care!

Kimk1616 · June 2015

I love your name!

gokahne9 · June 2015

I went through the same thing. As soon as I told people that it's my baby and my choice they all stopped.

banfrog · June 2015

My ILs were especially bad too with every baby. My husband and I just don't share the names we've decided with anyone. We figure we have a hard enough time agreeing on names, we really don't need others giving input. My ILs didn't like that so we've used fake names for each baby. And pretend to be super adamant about them. DS1 was Yukon Stanley, DS2 was Gertrude Hortense, and DS3 was Lester Horace. They were pretty relieved we didn't actually name them those names.

holli0801 · June 2015

Samantha is great! I have a crazy aunt (god love her) who will randomly text me names. I can't tell if she is joking some times. I can't imagine that Elvis is a serious suggestion.... ;-p

julesventura · June 2015

I can't tell you wonderful ladies enough how reassuring it is to hear/read that the name we picked is a keeper ☺️ we haven't shared the name we chose yet but I was kind of having second thoughts on it because of how many suggestions are thrown out way! Lol I guess that's why it's kind of annoying, hearing all the different suggestions kind of messes with your head after a while. We're gonna stick with our choice, in the end I know it's all the excitement everyone is feeling as the time to meet her draws nearer! ❤️❤️❤️

julesventura · June 2015

Lol I love the idea of decoy names! Before we found out the gender we told everyone that the name Giusseppe was a front runner for a boys name!

meli1112 · June 2015

DH and I haven't decided on a name for our little guy yet, and I don't know if we will share it when we do decide. I just tell people that we have a hard time deciding where to go for dinner, so deciding on a name for our son is a little more difficult. LOL

SassetteSmurfling · June 2015

For me it depends on the context in which a name is suggested.

I have fun hearing friends suggestions. I've literally made Facebook statuses asking for suggestions. But I never indicate any of our top choices (we are still undecided) because I don't want to hear any negative opinions. But it's interesting to see what kinds of names others come up with. On a slow day at work me and my coworkers will throw suggestions around, but again, I don't put out any of my faves.

On the other hand, when my in laws just randomly call and say "so I was thinking you could name the baby _____" no. That's annoying.

I guess if I'm bringing it up and asking your opinion, fine, but don't just randomly tell me what you think I should name my baby.

Miz_Liz · June 2015

My 92, soon to be 93, year old grandmother randomly told my mom she knows what we should name the baby....Nancy. So random! It just makes me laugh and I just say, "Whelp, she is going to be disappointed!" That is if she even remembers. :-/

carleym93 · June 2015

@Miz_Liz Ahahahaha old people baby names are the best. My 96 year old aunt Betty told me she'd give me $50 if I named the baby Betty.

shmarpler · June 2015

@banfrog, your decoy names are awesome!

@julesventura, like PP said, Samantha Leigh is a lovely classic. I always welcomed name suggestions, but that was probably because we took such a long time deciding on a name. After we announced our choice, people have stopped the suggestions. Maybe BIL is just joking?

Miz_Liz · June 2015

@Carleyec93...$50?!?! Totally worth it. Your child will only live with the name for their whole life, just tell her you got $50! She will understand.

julesventura · June 2015

shmarpler said:
@banfrog, your decoy names are awesome!

@julesventura, like PP said, Samantha Leigh is a lovely classic. I always welcomed name suggestions, but that was probably because we took such a long time deciding on a name. After we announced our choice, people have stopped the suggestions. Maybe BIL is just joking?

I wish he were just joking lol he was dead serious about it!

dkizz82 · June 2015

That's why we didn't ask for opinions, just told everyone her name and said we didn't care to Hear other choices.

julesventura · June 2015

@dkizz82 we already told everyone we chose a name but for some reason the baby name train won't stop

strauber · June 2015

My mom said "I have a name all picked out but I am not going to tell you". Which is fine by me because we already have it picked and just are td telling. But my response was still "then you can pretty much guarantee I won't be picking that name"

kettlekitten · June 2015

I don't mind hearing other people's suggestions as it kinda gives me an idea of what others think, and whether any of our ideas might be socially acceptable! I am not one to share name ideas though, because to me it seems like very personal information and I don't want to be influenced by anyone else about any names I like.

hclzmm14 · June 2015

I think you should just fuck with them and say, that's PERFECT and we should definitely use that name! And just pretend the whole rest of the pregnancy that's your daughter's name. I hate everyone's opinion, basically. So we just aren't telling anyone our choice.

dpmm93 · June 2015

My SO picked out our baby's name - he chose Jordan. I've heard so many "that's a boy's name" comments I now hate telling people what her name is going to be. I think it's a beautiful name and have no intentions of changing it. The most annoying comment though was his SIL taking credit for picking out her name.

JNOVA2015 · June 2015

If it makes you feel better, we are naming our baby boy Jack, and DH's grandma has randomly convinced herself that we're naming him Paul! She keeps sending things that say they're for baby Paul (yesterday at my shower she sent a book with an inscription to Paul in the front cover...), and she's told everyone on earth that the baby's name is Paul. We keep having to correct everyone and it's so annoying! The best part is that she professed to love the name Jack when we told it to her! Hopefully she won't get it into her head to monogram anything....

I think Samantha Leigh is lovely! It's completely timeless; you can't go wrong with a name like that!

mriee · June 2015

We've decided on our sons name but arnt really telling everyone we just say it's a secret till he's born. The only people who we've told are very close family and respective best friends. They all love the name even if it's quite uncommon with the exception of my grandmother and FIL. Who both keep sending us their "better" suggestions like Erroll! Or random names from the bible. I think it's better not to tell anyone and just have a silly code name. The name you chose sounds nice I adore hyphenated 1st names.

joannerows · June 2015

We told everyone the name and nobody has said anything nasty about it. To our face at least. As it should be! I use her name all the time. Might as well start now; everyone will have their opinions even after she's born.

kedbach · June 2015

I 100% agree. In general, everyone likes the name we chose (or so they say), but for those who opposed, my only response was "good thing it's not your baby.." That tends to work very well.

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