Baby names !

taluce · October 2015

Are you sharing your baby name before he or she is born?!!! Most people I know have been keeping it a secret. What are you doing ?! Feel free to share any names you have in mind !

amangels2 · October 2015

I am only telling my parents. I'm being pretty open about everything else. Keeping the name a secret til my child is born feels right to me.

Honestly, I'm scared to share my names lol. I love love love to lurk over at the baby names board, but man people are harsh!

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goldie987 · October 2015

Nope. I've only heard bad thing about when people share names, mostly people not liking the name and insisting on finding a "better" one for your child. We also aren't planning on sharing the sex (although we do plan to find out). Other than a relative zone for due date (we're just saying late june) people aren't really going to know much until the little bugger is here.

BLM10 · October 2015

Pretty sure it's Parker regardless of sex and we could not care less what others think. Unless you love it... then THANKS ;-) :-)

little_bren · October 2015

We told people last time around and didn't really care what people thought. We got no negative feedback but DD's FN and MN names aren't made up or younique at all. A friend (not a close one) changed her impending baby's name after our was born and the name was officially announced but it's whatever. I was kind of amused but didn't really care. We will probably say what the name is this time around as well if it's decided. We're in the decide way ahead of time camp because we like to have a name to call the fetus rather than... Fetus.

xaudreyx2011 · October 2015

I announced both of my daughters names before they were born and I never received any negative feedback. I plan on doing the same this time whether it's a "Calvin" or a "Meredith"

goldie987 · October 2015

little_bren said:

We're in the decide way ahead of time camp because we like to have a name to call the fetus rather than... Fetus.

My husband has already started calling it "Marlin Jr or Coral Jr" because he's a mature adult like that and makes common references to children's films. We definitely picking a name ahead of time but we just won't be sharing it.

alileecam · October 2015

We have a boy name, but DH and I are comically far apart on girls names. When I was pregnant with my first, I got ripped to shreds for our girl name (we did agree then, but he's changed his mind since) on the Baby Name board, so yeah, not super keen on their feedback ATM. But it's fun to watch them dissect and debate other people's choices. DH has a super common last name, so we kinda have to veer a bit into youneek territory to make it less "John Doe"-y.

We told our parents the name when we found out for sure it was a boy at my anatomy scan last time. Haven't decided how we are gonna play this one.

ETA: Right now, his code name is Peabody. Last time it was Macaroni.

VeraMali · October 2015

In my experience people tend to be complete jerks about baby names but at the same time I don't really care. Our first daughter is named Penelope and after we announced it everybody had a negative opinion about it. "It's too old fashioned" "It's such a long name" (We have a very long Lithuanian last name) "We'll just call her [insert nickname here]" This baby will either be Magnus or Beatrice and I know we will get flack about it but we love those names & they have meaning to us so that's all that matters. Plus I dislike nicknames period, even for unborn babies. I'm going to want to call them by their name the minute I know that it's a boy or girl Lol.

vampbride99 · October 2015

xaudreyx2011 said:

I announced both of my daughters names before they were born and I never received any negative feedback. I plan on doing the same this time whether it's a "Calvin" or a "Meredith"

Aww...I love the name Meredith!

So far we have a girl's name picked out, but if it's a boy we have no idea yet lol. I think we will announce his or her name perhaps at the baby shower, unless my mind changes lol. For now, we just call him/her "Peanut."

BZab3 · October 2015

We find out the sex but then keep the name a secret. This is baby 3 for us; I love that no one can give us their opinion on the name! But it is annoying to have 20 weeks of people guessing....

little_bren · October 2015

If baby is a girl, it will probably be one of two names. Boy names aren't narrowed down at all. Only 8 mos to go... Better get on it

little_bren · October 2015

alileecam said:
We have a boy name, but DH and I are comically far apart on girls names. When I was pregnant with my first, I got ripped to shreds for our girl name (we did agree then, but he's changed his mind since) on the Baby Name board, so yeah, not super keen on their feedback ATM. But it's fun to watch them dissect and debate other people's choices. DH has a super common last name, so we kinda have to veer a bit into youneek territory to make it less "John Doe"-y.

We told our parents the name when we found out for sure it was a boy at my anatomy scan last time. Haven't decided how we are gonna play this one.

ETA: Right now, his code name is Peabody. Last time it was Macaroni.

Our last name is very "ethnic" and 5 syllable so i prefer shorter simple names for the opposite reason :-)

berky84 · October 2015

DH and I have started making a list and are welcoming name ideas from our immediate family (for the most part) just so we don't overlook any options. But once we pick one we'll probably keep it to ourselves till he/she is born. Once we know for sure I'll want people to keep their opinions to themselves.

NicknShan · October 2015

We have a running list of names, not serious about anything. I made my DH start playing the name game though :-)

cdmkruger · October 2015

My H already picked out a name for a girl. Im not 100% sure i love it yet but the fact that he wants a girl and took the time to pick out a name is adorable. Payton Elizabeth

Scottwswife · October 2015

We told everyone who asked and didn't get any negative opinions with thing 1, but I always prefaced it with, "we wanted to stick with family names" so there was less opportunity for people to pooh pooh our name. Like maybe they were insulting my dad by saying the name sucked or something. This time we have a girl name ready, the same one from last time since thing 1 had twig and berries, and we cannot agree on a boy name. If it's a girl it will be Evelyn Margaret, Evie for short.

BlackAndGold09 · October 2015

Our boy name is Parker and so far contenders for girl are Allison and Lauren (although I'm in LOVE with Laken)

MamaCoffin · October 2015

We announced the name with the sex both previous times. That's the plan this time as well. I always seem to be pregnant along with several friends. I like to get a lock down on my name choice.

hgsurvivor · October 2015

I have generally seen other friends who were pregnant get really negative comments. Maybe not outright negative but whatever the name, the response is usually like "oh I know someone named that..." Or for example I love the name Sabrina (not sure if it will end up being an actual name for this one yet) and I've had people say (before I was even KU) "like the teenage witch?" It's like, really? That's the best thing you have to say when someone tells you a possible name for a baby?

Or like @VeraMali said, a longer or old fashioned name and people have said "oh that's a grandma name, not for a baby". I'm always like "you know the baby won't be a baby forever. You need to think of what the name will sound like as an adult and even a grandma one day" ugh! Or the whole "it's too long, poor kid won't be able to spell it". Again, it's not going to be a little toddler all his/her life!!!

Anyway, yeah, we're not telling hahaha. Probably just my sister and my best friend. DEFINITELY NOT my MIL!!! She's the one that anytime someone she knows is having a baby, when they tell her the name she's like "oh" (think, flat tone, not happy tone).

noslen0519 · October 2015

We have a LONG way to go before we settle on names, but we will be waiting until little one is here before we reveal. Not a fan of everyone's opinions.

cjt121413 · October 2015

I'm not sure if we'll tell our name choices. Knowing me, I won't settle on a name until baby is born. DH and I have discussed names but are far from settled, although for a girl MN we will use his mom's name (she passed away in 2013). For a boy's MM we'll probably use my maiden name (which is also a common surname ).

With DS, me and his dad knew and didn't share until the birth. Right before my c-section, his dad blurted out the name to my Ob so she was the first to know.

AmberLiz99 · October 2015

With our first two we told once we had decided 100%. I'm not sure if I want to this time. Still undecided

hockeyfan42 · October 2015

We told the first time around when we found out the sex. I'd talked about names with MIL a bit and she was one to always give a reference to a celebrity with the same name. DD is named Audrey, so at least her reference wasn't bad...

This time around, DH & I have talked about names, but neither of us can find anything we like enough to actually use for a girl. Haven't talked about boy names at all. We'll still probably share the name when we find out. Opinions be damned! No one is forward enough to say anything unless it's behind our backs anyways.

lm45678 · October 2015

We're staying team green so no one will know anything. We had agreed on names a long time ago but have changed our mind...

Originally:
Clayton Ella (girl)
Declan William (boy)

Now we are thinking more traditional. I think we're pretty set on William for a boy and no idea for a girl. I like Amelia, Ava, Eloise, Savannah, Sophie, Maisie, Hannah and Lila right now.

matthewsdm · October 2015

We announced our names the first two times and will likely again this time around, if we can ever decide! There will always be people that love it and people that hate it, but it's not up to anyone else.

CourtJack · October 2015

I will most likely tell my close friends, or heck, even ask for their favourite names - I value my friends' input.

My daughter's name is Piper - you can imagine the flack I got from my folks on that one. They thought I was joking. But of course now everyone loves it and as it usually goes with anyone who objects to a kid's name....

"oh at first I didn't like it, but you know, it TOTALLY suits her!!!!"

jerseybroadwaybaby · October 2015

I think we are gonna try and keep it a secret. We were dead set on my sons name and told people and they hated it. My MIL referred to him as Nathanial because that was a contender. Once he was born his name (strummer) totally fit him and everyone let it go. For my daughter we put out what we were thinking about but kept it to ourselves pretty much. I think this time we will be annoyed with people enough by comments we will get about being team green so why add more frustration?!

PressLove · October 2015

We had a list of contenders, but did not reveal the number one choice until she was born. I had fun listening to people's suggestions, especially kids.

ScoutPout · October 2015

I'm telling people but I've learned to adopt a thick skin about it. I've had plenty of people who used it as an opportunity it say how they hate the names we picked. Not everyone will like your choice. So always phrase it as a solid decision so it doesn't leave wiggle room like you're asking an opinion because people give it whether you want it or not.

likeabel · October 2015

We didn't tell with DS and we probably won't again. I mainly wanted to be able to change my mind if I wanted to!

NLewis1 · October 2015

We have a boy name and a girl name. We have already shared both options. My MIL had a visual dislike of our girl name, but IDGAF because I love it. We shared our sons name before he was born. If people have negative things to say, I say F them. It's not their baby. I would probably just say something along the line of "that name is fine but we have decided on this name" if someone offered up a new suggestion to my perceived terrible name

B2FlyGirl · October 2015

We're not sharing the sex or names, we (mostly) DH want to be surprised, and I personally don't want opinions on our names...it took us long enough to decide between just the two of us.

emucoleman · October 2015

Wow, you guys are totally on it to be thinking about names already! I'm actually a bit nervous to name this baby, because DH and I have such different opinions.

Last time we told anyone who asked the name as soon as we knew the gender and knew the name we were going with. No one was mean about it--so that was nice! My opinion is that if someone tells me the name they've picked, I always always say something nice about it and act as though I like it even if I don't. It's not my baby and people can do what they want. My job is to be a supportive and nice friend, not to make them feel bad about the name they chose.

HighFive16 · October 2015

We will do as we did the last time. We will let people know the sex but not the name because there are way too many opinions out there and my skin isn't thick at all. We have started talking about names but just because we are excited and I am in the camp of wanting to call him / her a name rather than "it". I might start calling it a boy / girl name every second day just to know if it sounds good when I say it out loud and live with the name.

MillerMama13 · October 2015

With DD we had picked a boy and a girl name before we found out the sex. We told people and had mostly good reactions to the name. My in laws loved the girl name we picked. As soon as we found out it was a girl (I mean within seconds) it sunk in that it's name would be "insert name" and I was like... No. Just no. So we had to start the name search over. Idk if maybe I wasn't as sold as I thought but I was ok with the name because I really thought we were having a boy or what. But my in laws were disappointed. Too bad.

This time we have two boy names we're in between but haven't narrowed down a girl name yet. We will probably wait to share the name until we find out the sex just in case I change my mind again.

satcher08 · October 2015

We will probably share the name when we announce the gender. I could honestly care less what anyone else thinks of the name we choose and will gladly tell anyone who has something negative to say. I'm super excited to start picking out names but if I suggest it to DH he will look at me like I'm crazy. That's definitely not stopping me from starting my own secret list though lol.

vulpini · October 2015

We won't be sharing the name this time. My mom was critical the first time. Also, since we'll probably be naming after family again and since this is probably our last, I don't want to hear the drama about who we should name after instead

MynaBird · October 2015

We didn't tell anyone names (we were team green) the first time, and we probably won't again. The only thing that happened last time that irritated me was my mother-in-law's reaction. Our daughter is named after my mother's family (fn) and my husband's paternal grandmother (mn). My in-laws are divorced and friendly but very competitive with one another.

The day after my daughter was born, bright and early in the morning (after I had delivered at 10 p.m., hemorrhaged until nearly 5 a.m., and woke up to a phone call from my MIL at 8 a.m. letting us know she was on her way to see the baby!), she strolled in, took one look at the ID card on the hospital bassinet, and announced, "I'm going to tell people she's named after my mother because my mother's name starts with the same letter as her name."

I can't believe my MIL didn't understand why we didn't want to share the names before the baby was born. /sarcasm

VikingGirl12 · October 2015

Think we will keep it a secret. I wanna piss MIL off (trust me, she deserves it!!!)

itsbronte · October 2015

With DS we were very careful to keep it a secret until she was born. We actually didn't decide her MN until two days after she was born! With this one, we announced it to our parents together, and I hadn't mentally built up my wall to keep from slipping. So they asked the names we were thinking about, I totally made DH mad and accidentally slipped the names we were thinking (same boy name if DS had been boy, and runner up girl name). I'm sure our minds will change since we changed our minds about 100 times last time, so I seriously regret telling them. Both my mom and MIL are verrry opinionated, I'm sure no matter what we will be hearing about it for the next 8ish months.