Our boy name is 100% decided...in fact, we have 3 picked out in case we have all boys: Maxwell Benson, Dorian Bennett and William Benedict (DH's name is Benjamin FYI hence the "Ben" middle names).
For a girl I am completely undecided. My 1st pick is Alexandra (*nn "Sasha") Juliette, but i'm not sure. I also like Sophia Noelle but Sophia is soooo common. I like Anastasia but i don't want her to go by "Anna", I like Scarlett too but Juliette has been growing on me as a first name too.
I have several students named Anastasia. One goes by Anna, one by Stacy, and one goes by Nastia. The last one I'm not a huge fan of because I feel like there could be some not nice nn from kids.
@ErikandAfton same here. The correct nn for Anastasia is "Nastia" (NAH-s-tee-ah) but you already know kids will be calling her "Nasty" on the playground and I'm not a fan of Anna or Stacey. So it would be a lot of work to ensure people call her by her full name.
Met DH - 9/2003
Dating - 9/18/2012
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Both sets of grandparents keep asking about names. We have to come up with two girl names and two boy names, at least...So far we have two boy names, and one girl name. And we were actually really happy with the second boy name we came up with, which is DH's middle name and our dads' (same name) for a middle name. And his mom was just like no....don't name him that. Well one of the names is one you chose to give your own son...so....and wtf. No. Our baby. lol.
I love the name Anastasia. I wish I could get past the 50 Shades of Grey reference, but I can't I even read the books and had completely forgotten that was the main character's name. I had been liking the names Isabella and Anastasia when DH made a comment about how I was coming up with names from silly books like Twilight and 50 Shades... I was so confused lol
We never tell mainly because we cant decide until we see them. With my oldest I really wanted to name her Annalise, but she didn't look like that at all, and our runner up Adelynn won because it fit her better. With our 6th we knew she was a girl, but debated between two names until seeing her. Her middle name wasn't decided until the next morning. Our children that were adopted kept their given names and we gave them one additional, and that wasn't nearly as hard because we had met them prior and knew that it "fit" them or told their story.
This time I doubt we'll find out gender so that makes things a bit harder. We will probably narrow it down to around 3-5 names and just wait until we meet.
My husband won't even talk about names until we're half way there. So I do a lot of list compiling and then we both veto or pick our top ones.
I'm liking the names Della Jane, Alaida, McCay, Louisa, Laurel, Alice, Fairyn, Favour, Lizette, Jovia, Hazel, Beatrice, Flora
For boys I like Herschel, Reuben, Bennett, Moses, Enoch, Gilead, Truman or Truitt, Gus, Haddon, Obed, Orson, Arden, Arlo
Picking names might be my favorite thing about having a baby!
Oh! And if people say "that's my name" i think no name is "taken" until you name a child that! It's not like there are "dibs" on names... In fact, one of my best friends daughters has the same name as my daughter... I "asked permission" to use a variation of it, out of courtesy, but what is she going to say? No? It's a name... It's public property. Also, I don't mind hearing my families suggestions... My dad would like us to consider the first name John David after my two great grandfathers, it's nice... But he knows full well if he wanted a child named that he should have had another. Haha! But it might end up being a middle name... Time will tell.
I think Anastasia is lovely. And I like the meaning... I have a friend with that name who goes by Stacia... (Stay-SHE-uh). I've always thought that was pretty and unique.
With my two boys, Ethan Huntington and Finnley Jack, we shared the names pretty early. We really loved the names and I honestly didn't care if anyone didn't like them cuz it wasn't their decision. That being said, I didn't get any bad or weird reactions to either names, at least to my face. We actually got a lot of good reactions to Finnley, so that was nice. This time we'll share names again...but we only have a girl name because I can't think of another boy name that we both agree on! (I'm convinced we're going to have a boy because of this reason lol ) Our girl name is Gwendolyn, nn Gwen, with Isabelle or Ann as the middle name (both our grandma's names). I don't even think I'm going to think about boy names until we find out the sex...
I'm also going for Evelyn if it's a girl. Seems to be very very popular these days. Evelyn Christie after the moms, Macgregor Bowie-Prince, if it's a boy. The Father and I have been warring over this one, but if we're naming the boy after his father, I get to pick the middle name.
My husband likes the idea of the nickname Finn... For a boy. But I'm sort of ambiguous feeling about the name Finley because our last baby is named Whitley and I like each child to have names not similar to the others. Goodness I think I'd lose my mind calling our Finley and Whitley!!! We already have a Cora and a Thea and the "uh" sound the end makes me constantly say the wrong name.
My husband likes the idea of the nickname Finn... For a boy. But I'm sort of ambiguous feeling about the name Finley because our last baby is named Whitley and I like each child to have names not similar to the others. Goodness I think I'd lose my mind calling our Finley and Whitley!!! We already have a Cora and a Thea and the "uh" sound the end makes me constantly say the wrong name.
Well, Finn has a Glee connection, if I'm remembering correctly. It's hard to pick a name that hasn't been used somewhere in pop culture, but at least in this sense it's a literary name. We picked Rhett for a boy for the Gone With the Wind connection.
I've been playing the name game since I was a child, although amusingly only decided to become a mama in recent years, which means most of the names have been brutally snatched away Charlotte, Amelia, Finn, Dylan, Samuel, Silas, to name a few. Then, last year, a family member with an unexpected third child TOTALLY YANKED the girl middle name I've coveted for years - my late grandmother's middle name. It was like a sucker punch. So, all that is to say that I am determined for DH and I to pick something unique (at least in our world. We know the chance of a truly one-of-a-kind name is small). We hope to find out gender this week and narrow down the list quite a bit. The pressure is real. This is a massive responsibility! But I think the minute we have it selected, we will shout it from the rooftops. I refuse to have someone else slip past me this time! Mwahaha.
@dmontgo love! A friend of mine was team green, but they were settled on their girl's name. Little did they know just how fitting it would be! Her name is Maeve and she has the most fiery red curls I've ever seen. This girl rivals Annie! The best part is that neither of them have red hair... That little gene happened to weasel it's way in from extended family on both sides.
I feel like I've commented our names on a name thread already, but we like Mabel Ruth for a girl and are a little torn on the boy names... When we were pregnant with DD we were settled on Asher Ellison for a boy. We still love that name, but i also sort of love the name Topher Elias but H doesn't quite love it as much, so we are at a standstill there.
Our front runners right now are Finn and Kai. I also like Quinn and Kieran but maybe not as much. SO is Danish so we need something that works in both languages.
Until we know what we're having, which should be in the next couple weeks with the Harmony Test results, I think we'll start discussing then.
Last summer, before TTC, I had brought up some names I really liked - boys and girls. He liked the boy name (Wyatt), but was not a fan of the girl names (Rory, mainly). After we found out that I was PG, I mentioned the name Wyatt to my parents if it was a boy... and told my dad not to get attached if it wasn't what we went (once he gets an idea/thought... it never leaves his brain). I never mentioned the girl name ideas, as at least DH liked Wyatt so that is probably what we would go with.
New names added to my fave for girls are now Leighton, Aria and Emily. For boys, I've added Rhett - which someone has mentioned previously.
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We found out we're having a girl and have had the name picked out before we had the DS and I don't think we're going to change it.... Emmaleigh Kathryn - family based on my maternal grandmother, my mom and my sister's names
We have Scarlett Grace picked for our little and have shared already.
Now however, I'm terrified that she'll be a redhead and we'll have to change her name last second lol.
Most people's hair color changes until they are about 5. L came out carrot red, and now at 10 months has a nice medium dark strawberry blonde.
I wouldn't worry too much if she does come out with red hair.
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I'll also point out that it can change past then. I was born with dark hair, it all fell out and came back blonde. And then when I was 8 or 9 it started to turn dark brown. I think that must be pretty common because it happened to my dad and my FI. It's happening to my sister as well but she's much older than I was when my hair turned and hers is just starting to turn.
We don't know what we are having yet, so we are trying to hold off with the name-picking until we know.
If it's a girl, we like Sofia (Capital of Bulgaria, where my husband was born), or Kalina (also a Bulgarian name).
As far as boy names, we're screwed and can't agree on anything. He likes Samuel, but hates the name Sam. I like the name Dillon or Dylan, but he hates it.
@cgss11 I had white blonde hair as a child, that eventually turned into a dirty blonde/light brown. However, a friend of mine had a ginger little girl and her hair has remained... but is more of a very dark strawberry blonde than red. We don't know where the red came from, as my friend doesn't have red hair. It's super cute, though.
Me: 37 years old
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Married: October 17, 2014 TTC Since: November 2015 BFP: March 31, 2016 DS: November 21, 2016
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We don't know what we are having yet, so we are trying to hold off with the name-picking until we know.
If it's a girl, we like Sofia (Capital of Bulgaria, where my husband was born), or Kalina (also a Bulgarian name).
As far as boy names, we're screwed and can't agree on anything. He likes Samuel, but hates the name Sam. I like the name Dillon or Dylan, but he hates it.
@karabearrr my best friend loved the name William but hated Bill or Billy ,Will or Willy as nn. Her son is now 8 and everyone including family and friends and teachers call him William. I've always thought nick names were unnecessary.
Met DH - 9/2003
Dating - 9/18/2012
Married - 8/16/2014
NTNP - 7/2014-5/2015
TTC #1 - 5/2015 (CP October @ 4w2d)
*PCOS/Hypothyroid/Ectopic Kidney/High DHEA-S* HSG - All clear, ectopic kidney didn't affect uterus (yay!) CT Adrenal Scan - no tumors! SA - sperm count excellent, 2% Morphology March/April IUI scheduled - surprise BFP w/ help of Progesterone - 3/18/2016 Beta #1 @ 11dpo - 45.7 #2 @ 14dpo - 163 #3 @ 18dpo - 997 #4 @ 21dpo - 3799 EDD 12/1 based on O, 11/28 per Ob/Gyn (but he's wrong lol).
Our girl name is gender neutral (actually traditionally a boys' name) so we won't share it yet...especially because I don't know if we are team pink or blue yet!
@karabearrr My dad has 3 brothers and he's the oldest. Him and his middle brother always went by nicknames (Danny, Rusty) that people gave them instead of their full names (Daniel, Russell), so when the youngest was born, my Grandma just named him a nickname off the bat (Billy), as she was sick of people calling her kids by nicknames when she didn't intend them to be that way. Well, that got shortened to Bill and we still call him that today.
I don't mind nicknames, but if you're going to call your child by one thing but they have a different name... just name them what you're going to call them. Just my opinion.
@FitTris I love a neutral name, as both DH and I have them. And I thought it would be fun to keep that going, but every name that I could think of, a friend has already name their kid that... or one of us just isn't a fan.
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This is so interesting. I have a short name that doesn't lend itself to nicknames and that always annoyed me. It seemed like nicknames allowed the actual person (who didn't get to pick their name) the option of using a variation of their name if they wanted. Also, in high school, we all had nicknames and many has nothing to do with our actual name.
Here is my story. As I've mentioned before I have wanted to name a daughter (and we are having a girl) after my grandmothers - Lucille Josephine. So much so that I talked to my BF about it before we even started trying. Shortly after that he learned about the history of his great grandmother Beulah who was a total bad ass. She raised three daughters alone after her "no good" husband left, trained to be a cop in Chicago going undercover to bust up mob dealings and became the first female police office in our state. So he is really obsessed with including this in our daughter's name. He is ok with it being a second middle name and I have agreed even though #1 - I am not a fan of the name and #2 I think that Lucille Josephine Beulah Lastname is kind of a lot of names for a little girl. But, I do think it is super sweet that he wants to give her the name of a strong independent woman because that is what he wants her to be, and he really doesn't ask for much (he let's me have my way a lot and is happy to do it). So, out of curiosity are any of you using two middle names? Or compromising by including a name you might not really like?
Here is my story. As I've mentioned before I have wanted to name a daughter (and we are having a girl) after my grandmothers - Lucille Josephine. So much so that I talked to my BF about it before we even started trying. Shortly after that he learned about the history of his great grandmother Beulah who was a total bad ass. She raised three daughters alone after her "no good" husband left, trained to be a cop in Chicago going undercover to bust up mob dealings and became the first female police office in our state. So he is really obsessed with including this in our daughter's name. He is ok with it being a second middle name and I have agreed even though #1 - I am not a fan of the name and #2 I think that Lucille Josephine Beulah Lastname is kind of a lot of names for a little girl. But, I do think it is super sweet that he wants to give her the name of a strong independent woman because that is what he wants her to be, and he really doesn't ask for much (he let's me have my way a lot and is happy to do it). So, out of curiosity are any of you using two middle names? Or compromising by including a name you might not really like?
My son has 2 middle names. I wanted him to have my maiden name as one of his middle names, so his dad and I agreed to give him 2. It can be confusing at times, if I'm being honest. But there's nothing inherently wrong with it.
Here is my story. As I've mentioned before I have wanted to name a daughter (and we are having a girl) after my grandmothers - Lucille Josephine. So much so that I talked to my BF about it before we even started trying. Shortly after that he learned about the history of his great grandmother Beulah who was a total bad ass. She raised three daughters alone after her "no good" husband left, trained to be a cop in Chicago going undercover to bust up mob dealings and became the first female police office in our state. So he is really obsessed with including this in our daughter's name. He is ok with it being a second middle name and I have agreed even though #1 - I am not a fan of the name and #2 I think that Lucille Josephine Beulah Lastname is kind of a lot of names for a little girl. But, I do think it is super sweet that he wants to give her the name of a strong independent woman because that is what he wants her to be, and he really doesn't ask for much (he let's me have my way a lot and is happy to do it). So, out of curiosity are any of you using two middle names? Or compromising by including a name you might not really like?
Personal opinion, I think you need to find a way to incorporate the name Beulah into your daughters name. Even though you may not like the name, and maybe you had an idea of what name you wanted long before he did, his desire to honor his grandmother is just as valid as yours. I imagine he would be incredibly hurt if your daughter was named after both of your grandmothers and his wish wasn't included at all.
I have 2 middle names - one is a name and the other is my mothers maiden name. It is annoying at times. There are many places that won't let you register as having 2 middle names or 2 middle initials so I have to just use one. Then I can never remember where I have one middle name listed or 2. Also my mail will sometimes come addressed in an odd way, missing my last name but with both of my middle names. The only saving grace is that they are both short (4 letters). So at least that's tolerable. Also, as a female, it's kind of confusing having 2 middle names when you get married. Many women move their last name to the middle name spot and that's just not feasible when you already have 2 middle names (unless you drop both I guess). I ended up not changing my last name and was happy to not have to deal with it. I won't be giving my children 2 middle names and if we use my last name it will be the only middle name.
I don't particularly like Beulah but I agree with PP, it's not really fair to your husband to name your daughter after both of your grandmothers and leave his out, so you need to find a compromise that works.
I'm not sure what we will do. Mostly because we aren't positive about the name yet. Looking for opinion here. The name DH and I both LOVE begins with an O. With our last name beginning with a W, that would mean the initials O.W. Anyone picking up what I'm putting down? Am I reading too far into it?
Here is my story. As I've mentioned before I have wanted to name a daughter (and we are having a girl) after my grandmothers - Lucille Josephine. So much so that I talked to my BF about it before we even started trying. Shortly after that he learned about the history of his great grandmother Beulah who was a total bad ass. She raised three daughters alone after her "no good" husband left, trained to be a cop in Chicago going undercover to bust up mob dealings and became the first female police office in our state. So he is really obsessed with including this in our daughter's name. He is ok with it being a second middle name and I have agreed even though #1 - I am not a fan of the name and #2 I think that Lucille Josephine Beulah Lastname is kind of a lot of names for a little girl. But, I do think it is super sweet that he wants to give her the name of a strong independent woman because that is what he wants her to be, and he really doesn't ask for much (he let's me have my way a lot and is happy to do it). So, out of curiosity are any of you using two middle names? Or compromising by including a name you might not really like?
I think it's great y'all want to name her after her grandmothers and also great that he is so enthusiastic about adding an awesome great grandmother's name to the mix! Especially if she was strong and inspiring. That said, I agree that those three names in particular are super long! A mouthful! The true "fair" thing to do would be to compromise and you select your preferred grandmother name to pair with his. Alternatively...and work with me here...you could combine names to make a special middle name:
I know. I can't even take myself seriously. These suggestions are way out there but consider the concept maybe? Oh my stars. Did Beulah have a middle name? Or even her last name? Good luck!
Re: Names?
HSG - All clear, ectopic kidney didn't affect uterus (yay!)
CT Adrenal Scan - no tumors!
SA - sperm count excellent, 2% Morphology
March/April IUI scheduled - surprise BFP w/ help of Progesterone - 3/18/2016
Beta #1 @ 11dpo - 45.7 #2 @ 14dpo - 163 #3 @ 18dpo - 997 #4 @ 21dpo - 3799
EDD 12/1 based on O, 11/28 per Ob/Gyn (but he's wrong lol).
*TEAM BLUE!*
This time I doubt we'll find out gender so that makes things a bit harder. We will probably narrow it down to around 3-5 names and just wait until we meet.
My husband won't even talk about names until we're half way there. So I do a lot of list compiling and then we both veto or pick our top ones.
I'm liking the names Della Jane, Alaida, McCay, Louisa, Laurel, Alice, Fairyn, Favour, Lizette, Jovia, Hazel, Beatrice, Flora
For boys I like Herschel, Reuben, Bennett, Moses, Enoch, Gilead, Truman or Truitt, Gus, Haddon, Obed, Orson, Arden, Arlo
Picking names might be my favorite thing about having a baby!
Oh! And if people say "that's my name" i think no name is "taken" until you name a child that! It's not like there are "dibs" on names...
In fact, one of my best friends daughters has the same name as my daughter... I "asked permission" to use a variation of it, out of courtesy, but what is she going to say? No? It's a name... It's public property.
Also, I don't mind hearing my families suggestions... My dad would like us to consider the first name John David after my two great grandfathers, it's nice... But he knows full well if he wanted a child named that he should have had another. Haha!
But it might end up being a middle name... Time will tell.
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Due December 27th with baby #7
What other names could you use the nn Finn for?
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Finnegan
Finnian
Finbar
Also looking and found ...
I sort of like them all for different reasons.
My hubs likes that Fin also means "finished" or "last" in Latin... Seems sort of fitting.
Due December 27th with baby #7
Due December 27th with baby #7
Due December 27th with baby #7
Last summer, before TTC, I had brought up some names I really liked - boys and girls. He liked the boy name (Wyatt), but was not a fan of the girl names (Rory, mainly). After we found out that I was PG, I mentioned the name Wyatt to my parents if it was a boy... and told my dad not to get attached if it wasn't what we went (once he gets an idea/thought... it never leaves his brain). I never mentioned the girl name ideas, as at least DH liked Wyatt so that is probably what we would go with.
New names added to my fave for girls are now Leighton, Aria and Emily. For boys, I've added Rhett - which someone has mentioned previously.
TTC Since: November 2015
BFP: March 31, 2016
DS: November 21, 2016
Now however, I'm terrified that she'll be a redhead and we'll have to change her name last second lol.
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If it's a girl, we like Sofia (Capital of Bulgaria, where my husband was born), or Kalina (also a Bulgarian name).
As far as boy names, we're screwed and can't agree on anything. He likes Samuel, but hates the name Sam. I like the name Dillon or Dylan, but he hates it.
Married DH: 4/7/2012
TTC: 2/3/2016 (Me: 31yrs DH: 35yrs)
BFP: 4/10/2016
EDD: 12/18/16
Kaynen Alexander born 12/6/16 via c-section (bicornate uterus/breech)
TTC Since: November 2015
BFP: March 31, 2016
DS: November 21, 2016
HSG - All clear, ectopic kidney didn't affect uterus (yay!)
CT Adrenal Scan - no tumors!
SA - sperm count excellent, 2% Morphology
March/April IUI scheduled - surprise BFP w/ help of Progesterone - 3/18/2016
Beta #1 @ 11dpo - 45.7 #2 @ 14dpo - 163 #3 @ 18dpo - 997 #4 @ 21dpo - 3799
EDD 12/1 based on O, 11/28 per Ob/Gyn (but he's wrong lol).
*TEAM BLUE!*
Our girl name is gender neutral (actually traditionally a boys' name) so we won't share it yet...especially because I don't know if we are team pink or blue yet!
I don't mind nicknames, but if you're going to call your child by one thing but they have a different name... just name them what you're going to call them. Just my opinion.
@FitTris I love a neutral name, as both DH and I have them. And I thought it would be fun to keep that going, but every name that I could think of, a friend has already name their kid that... or one of us just isn't a fan.
TTC Since: November 2015
BFP: March 31, 2016
DS: November 21, 2016
Still have no idea what a boy's name would be...we like Constantine, but that would probably be a middle name.
Names are hard.
Mavis Josephine
Mavis Christine
Mavis Charlotte
I would recommend a post on the baby names forum, @dmontgo. There's quite a few regulars on there that may have some ideas.
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I don't particularly like Beulah but I agree with PP, it's not really fair to your husband to name your daughter after both of your grandmothers and leave his out, so you need to find a compromise that works.
Lucille Josiebeulah
Lucille Joslah
Lucille Beulahphine
I know. I can't even take myself seriously. These suggestions are way out there but consider the concept maybe? Oh my stars. Did Beulah have a middle name? Or even her last name? Good luck!