How did you KNOW the name was right?

plumpous · June 2015

For those who have kids or already picked out a name, what made you just know?

I have this name that I think in my head is right, and I can see it next to our names, and I can imagine her growing up with it. However, when I want to refer to her as she is right now in my belly, I don't feel it. It's not connecting for me. Am I over-thinking this? I've researched names a lot, and I'm just not even close to picking anything.

Also, any moms here ever regret the name they picked out? Just curious if this happens to people.

Tonerl2015 · June 2015

My husband and I were watching tv and a song came on with a commercial. I looked over to my husband and said the first name of the guy singing. My husband was like, "you like that name!? I hadn't even suggested it because I didn't think you would like it!" It wasn't on my list of possible names but as soon as I heard that song I knew it was the name I wanted. We started referring to the baby as that name and at first it was a little strange but now it feels like it totally fits.

am&n · June 2015

For us, we didn't know until we saw him! We had three names picked out and after looking at him one just felt right. I wish I could have a settled upon name before birth but both times so far we waited until we meet them.

MirandaC1984 · June 2015

I have known since I was a little girl that if I had a son I would use my maiden name for his first name. It just so happens that we are having a boy. His middle name is my FIL name and my husbands middle name. From the moment we knew he was a boy, we knew this was his name. We had no clue for a girl name! Totally dodged the bullet with that one.

elmann1 · June 2015

Before we conceived, I would always see the name that we liked everywhere! It'd be on billboards, in books, in songs, while we were playing Boggle or Scrabble! It would always pop up, then the morning of my AS a song came on my Pandora and the title was that name. I feel like this name is totally meant for her. DH and I are the only ones who know about and refer to her as it. It's perfect! We could just feel it. It's totally her.

jenspeake · June 2015

If I had a boy I always wanted to name him after one of my parents as they are both named after their dad. It took all of one minute. We put a name out there and we both kind of looked at each other and said Yes! Then added my husband's middle name as we were done! Now the girl name we couldn't agree on anything. So we went on ahead and found out what we were having so we knew if we needed to keep arguing! And it's a boy! We are keeping the name a secret so right now we refer to him as his nickname, Herkey, so we dont' accidentally spill the beans!

bbiutmcph · June 2015

With our first we had a lot of negative feedback from my in-laws. However the name is legit, spelled correctly and while unpopular it's totally recognizable to people. We knew it was the one because even negative feedback didn't bother us and it was the first one we discussed as a top contender. With our second we knew when DS1 started referring to him by name.

Honestly I think you will always have second guesses up until the ink is dry on the Birth certificate. Naming someone is a big deal and commitment, it's also hard for things to be "real" while you are still pregnant. We always referred to our boys by name prior to birth and then when we met them it was a "So you are our little "name"." This time we haven't quite decided but I am looking forward to using her name prior to meeting her.

LLynde5 · June 2015

We are having a little girl and the name made my parents cry. She will be named after my uncle (my dad's older brother). My husband loves her nickname and says it in the sweetest way. I had a name I loved but as soon as we became pregnant that name just didn't seem to work anymore.

dparker721 · June 2015

I have wondered the same thing! We have a name picked out and our family and friends know the name we've chosen. We refer to her by name some but since it still feels so new we're in the habit of referring to her as baby, peanut, etc. My mom and a few friends refer to her by her name all the time and even though I love the name we've chosen it still feels odd sometimes when I hear others refer to her by name. I think it's just the newness of it all being a FTM.

KLHauck12 · June 2015

We had our name decided before we were even pregnant, so once we found out it was a girl, there was no question.
But I can still sympathize with you because the day after we found out the gender (and decided on the name) I panicked! I was worried about it being too formal sounding of a name. But I could have guessed that woulf happen. Whenever I named a pet, I usually second guessed myself until the name stuck.
So when no one was home I practiced saying it around the house, like I was taking to her. Then I felt better about it. I still have trouble calling my belly a name though and tend to refer to her as baby girl. It has always just been weird to me to refer to a baby by name before they arrive. I guess it's not any different for me when it's my own!

nbpa3027 · June 2015

With my son the second we saw him we knew and it fits him perfectly to this day. It is a top 10 name now (not when we named him) and I still have no regrets because I cannot imagine anything else for him.

For my daughter it was not so easy. It definitely fits her now, but we had a really hard time deciding. It was much easier to tell what name did not fit her and after not having a name for at least a day and a half, I caved to my husbands favorite.

jefinley1 · June 2015

My husband and I were completely irrationally convinced that we were having a boy. In retrospect, we realized that we were just terrified of raising a daughter in this independent and non-traditional female hostile culture. We love historic names or names that have meaning to us from literature or film that we love (nerds). So we had a boy name absolutely picked out, but hadn't been able to settle on a name for a girl. I had an idea for a name I liked but I just wasn't sure if it actually worked. Of course we were totally having a boy, so why worry about it.

Obviously we're having a girl. We were in shock for a couple of minutes and I got pretty emotional. Not out of disappointment, before I get nasty "you had a preference?!" haters but simply because I know that being a woman can be especially tough and I didn't realize that I wasn't entire prepared to watch my baby go through that. But as soon as I gathered my thoughts, the name I wanted totally solidified for me, and because of that reaction. We'll be naming her after a historical/mythological female bad*ss and it has just stuck from that minute forward. We identify her with that name so much already that we are having a hard time keeping it a secret until our baby shower this weekend!

Gingerella8 · June 2015

I have yet to find a name we like more for our son! And, whenever I hear it (which isn't often) it melts my heart.

jefinley1 · June 2015

@BrooklynBroussard rant away! Its worth ranting about! We countered our more severe first name with a more cutesy middle name. But we just love the full name and we went with the oldest spelling. The old version has an y AND a j to make the "y" sound, so that's what we went with, much to my mother-in-law's chagrin (we have only told parents and siblings so far). We really don't care one bit if people don't like it. In fact coming from certain people we consider, and will continue to consider as more find out, that an indicator that we have chosen well.

CEB37 · June 2015

I had two names picked out for a boy before we found out we were actually having a boy. The instant we found out, we both knew which name we wanted and that's what we are sticking with! Beau Thomas it is!

laceyjaep · June 2015

I KNEW with both my daughter and now my son. Really when we talking about any other name made me sad because it meant I couldn't use _______. To the point where I wanted to cry thinking we would never have a child by that name. I think when you find the right one you know - whether that is before or after birth.

eat111315 · June 2015

A little regret with my daughters name only because of its popularity, but we love it and it fits her perfectly. She also prefers her full name to any nickname versions so I think it sets it a little apart.

millette2015 · June 2015

My husband was dead set on a particular name and I wasn't fully sold. I found that referring to the baby by our options helped me to figure out what I really liked and felt fit our baby.

aah1013 · June 2015

My first daughter's name was picked out before we were pregnant. It was pretty easy for us to agree on a name.

This time around, there are names I like better, but the one we picked is the only one that we could really agree on. I didn't want to fight him over a name he hated. I felt like he'd always dislike the name if he gave into me.

audreyb12 · June 2015

My husband and I picked out a boy name super easy. Then we found out we're having a girl. It seemed we were on 2 different pages on the girls names we liked. I had a list of names I liked in the notes on my phone and one day during church he looked at my list and put a check mark by one of them and it was actually my favorite on the list. For once we actually agreed on a name so I knew it was right.

cgummie · June 2015

My husband picked out his son's name years and years ago, before we met. Just so happens we are expecting a boy! There was no argument- I love it as much as he does. It feels right and it's nice to refer to him by name now.

We've also picked out a name we both love if have another boy next time. But we would be super unprepared to name a girl!

gograce · June 2015

I always knew I wanted to name a girl after my maternal grandmother, Frances. When we found out we were expecting, we decided to use my first name, Grace, as a middle name.

We had a heck of a time picking a name for a boy. Anything I suggested, DH shot down. He finally suggested his paternal grandfather's name, Ronald. And I picked his first name, James, to be Baby's middle name to follow the same pattern as our girl pick.
I really didn't love the name Ronald for our baby, even after we found out Baby is a boy. It took a couple of weeks before I felt like it really fit for our son, but Ronnie feels right now. And DH's grandfather is so thrilled for this baby. It sounds weird to refer to him by his name to other people, but when it's just me and I talk to him, I call him Ronnie and it feels perfect.
I can't imagine using any of the other names we talked about for a boy now. Frances is going back in the name pool for a girl, though.

Sbrouwer0706 · June 2015

For our boy name it was easy. My husband has always known that if he has a son he wants to name him after a relative of his who he is very close to. Seeing how excited he was about it totally sold me on the name too. Since he picked out the first name, he told me the middle name was up to me. I immediately knew I wanted to use my husband's middle name. I have always loved his middle name and the two names go very well together.

For our girl name we struggled for a long time. The name I had always picked out for a girl growing up (Claire) is my now sister-in-laws name, so that was out. We narrowed it down to three names that we both liked and then looked at the top girl names. One of them was near the top of the list so we eliminated it. With the final two we came up with a middle name, wrote the options down in print and cursive, and practiced saying it out loud. We both agreed we liked the way one looked and sounded better the more we used it so that is what we decided on. We aren't as in love with the girl name as we are with the boy so the girl one may change over time

caffeinatedkat · June 2015

Don't ask me what I'm going to name this kid LOL just gonna wait for the thing to pop out take a look at it and let first thing that flies out my mouth be the name . Hope I'm not too drugged lol

justmalinda · June 2015

It just sort of clicks. I have had doubts about my first child's name (April), but only because she once told me she dreads the month now because kids teased her and it was confusing. The teasing has subsided now that she's getting older, thankfully (I think it was really just one pair of kids in her class one year), but I hadn't considered I was giving her 30 days of extreme "did someone say my name?" mode.

babycamara1106 · June 2015

We are naming our daughter after my grandparents. I love her name!

MrsN092714 · June 2015

We had a boy name picked out before ever getting engaged! Now that we are pregnant we have only briefly discussed boy names because it feel right. We know if this baby ins a boy it will be his name. Girls names have been much harder. We started with a list for probably 15 names and have taken turns veto-ing ones we aren't feeling. We are now down to 3. If baby N is a girl we will be waiting to meet her to choose what feels the best once we see her. This whole naming business is tricky stuff!

amberrmariee20 · June 2015

With my first son Bryson, I instantly knew it was going to be his name from the moment his father mentioned it. I just loved it ! And this time Liam I got it off 90210 I was obsessed with that show and I really love the name Liam and my boyfriend agreed. We haven't changed our minds yet (: !

Louisl · June 2015

We have known our names since before we were pregnant, and they boy name we are using has great significance to my husband. (I love it too). BUT I do find it hard to switch from referring to him as the silly nickname we've been using to his real name. I don't think we'll call him by his name til he's born. We're also keeping the name a secret so we're afraid of slipping.

beckles112 · June 2015

We had names picked out before we even got married. When we found out we're having a boy it was just easy for us to transition into calling him by name. It's the perfect fit in our minds. I can't picture him being anything else.

myxunyamaexiong · June 2015

His name came to me in my dreams!

ChariZae · June 2015

DD1'S name I came across while reading the Bible. It is a legit female name that is rarely used in the US and we loved it instantly. Her middle name is after my husband's late mother.

DD2 took forever to agree on. We both have rarely used names (mine not so much as his), and we really enjoyed that uniqueness growing up. DD1'S name we struck gold, so we were trying to find something equally as great. But we both work in the school system, so no former students, plus no bad associations, no former lovers, etc. We picked a name that no one around here has, but it's popularity has spiked lately. DH wasn't completely sold on it, but after months of searching through THOUSANDS of names, we couldn't find one better so we went with it. Her middle name is a splice of our grandmothers' names.

Now that we are having a son, DH is stuck on coming up with names. He's given me 5 possible names with only 2 that I like, but he's not sure of either. The middle name will either be after my grandfather or my maiden name, whichever flows better.

DH is actually more particular than me when it comes to names and has a really strange set of reasons a name can get shot down (too many syllables, looks like____, reminds me of _____, just an okay football player, etc). I have a feeling this time around we're going to have to see our nugget to decide.

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