Anyone thinking names yet?

wellhithen · February 2017

@HollyGolightly09 I don't announce the name of the baby until it's born. Even though my names are family names I don't want people's judgement. It's easier to say "this is my baby Navy" then to say "I'm going to name her Navy I think." And to see the disapproving look. Then you forever know their dislike of the name. Anyway, I was super nervous about my daughters name and what people thought even after she was born. Until I realised her name was perfect and fit her.

BecauseLove · February 2017

I have been collecting baby names since I was a kiddo myself.

I have kinda a unique name (that became popular roughly 10 years after I was born)..and I am glad that as a kid it felt unique. We also have to be kinda careful because our kid will have a double barrel name example: first name, middle name, last name last name. And both the last names start with K so that removes having any first or middle names that starts with a K.

My DH refused to talk baby names (I did talk him into do the baby name swiping app TW: when we were pregnant this summer. End TW:). The only name we have ever agreed upon (though again not discussed much) has been Violetta. Excited that now he is willing to talk names again.

I personally like names that are either traditional or kinda weird..and often have kinda a hippy/nature tone to them.

Girl Ideas;
Magnolia (Maggy or Lia)
Joselyn (Joss)
Wren Louise
Ryan Cadence
Lucie Maire
Wren Ilizabeth
Anja (AJ) Reign
Soren
Jacee
Josie
Merritt (Meri)
Juniper (June or Junie or Pepper)

Boys:
Gage Enders
Jace Enders
Grady (Gray) Enders
Soren
Jonah

Middle Names or maybe first names:
Sonja Sonia Lucinda (Luci or Indy) Lawson Marigold Jane Ronan Emerson Bazil Grady Finley Wrenly Bergitta Laney Joie Sawyer Cole Rory Lucie Violet Emersyn Roux Vallen Nora Rosie Indigo Magnolia Ivy Juliette Gretchen Bea Camden Jaxon (Jax) Jakob (Jake) Cree Keir Joselyn Liah Caloway Wynn Abram Mercy Able Luciana Micah Mairi Carter Inka Emerson Cadence Merrit Oakleigh Briar Charlie Lorel Soren Britton Sorrely Seneca Rye Juniper Pepper Ash Josie Carver Soren cayden Lukas Nash Rylan Jayce Eli Watson Rhian Rhyan Quade Lucas Merida Juniper Linden Camden Ryan Sorley Rehn Louise Credence Briar Rosemaire Louisa Rylan Thistle Lark Ansel Gitta Liesel Ailiese Anja Wren Cadence Junu Charlie Jasper Carter Collins Coriander Pepper Clover Clove Olive Ellis Lena Lynden Linden Birch Lisel Sawyer Lucile Dalton Ilizabeth Wynter Birch Sailor Sorellee Rayna Merilee Carson (Cara) Annalise (Lisel) Ria Rorie Cait Renata Rory Iris Sorrel Willow Finnegan Finlay Elinor Mae Eleanor (ellie or nora) Byrd Clover Grady Harrison Winnifred Arrow (Ari ) Odin Lucinda Enders Etta Truly Lyncon Lincon Owynn Blaise Arika (Ari) Holland Clementine Berlin Kieran Rue Wyn Jae Jocelynn Ginger Bay Cassidy Colin Odinn Gitta Lachlen Jakob Jaxon Killian Wayland Juni Logan Ryland Greyson Gage Saylor Billie Rylee Dixon Arrow Sunday Piper Lennan Ruby Shirley Millicent Atwood (woody) Lucia (Luci) Rehn Lucia (Luci) Ilizabeth Thorn Alder

HollyGolightly09 · February 2017

@wellhithen We've actually talked about doing that! I live in the south, so everyone is a little monogram crazy, lol. I have considered telling people the initials but not the name... monogram and guess away!

HollyGolightly09 · February 2017

@BecauseLove My name is the same way... several people actually thought my mom made it up, then it suddenly got popular.

What is this magical name swiping app you speak of?

kaylaakosua · February 2017

@IdleFancy
Thanks, I love the meaning behind it. I guess I should state it doesn't have to be the middle name, it can be the first name or whatever.
I have suddenly become obsessed with Freya and FI is in love with it and with a guaranteed browned eyed, brown hair babe I think it will suit her!

Hopefulmommy1980 · February 2017

We have not thought of any girl names.

We like Liam Bradley for a boy. (Bradley would be a combination of our siblings names. My brother's name is brad he passed away four years ago and dh bro is Lee and his sister is Ashley)

mamagabby-2 · February 2017

I've compromised on Matthew Philip for a boys' name. My DH wants to name the baby after himself, which I am not a fan of, but we've compromised if we call baby by his middle name. Philip is his uncle's name, who passed away about 10 years ago and had no children to use his name. I chose DD name with my favorite/ family name so I'm giving him more choice since he's been pushing Matthew for 2 years. We would call him Philip, Pip for a nickname.

Girls ideas so far: Evelyn (Evie) or Florence. Middle name Jean, DH grandma.

We we both like Georgia/George, but DD is Charlotte and it would be weird to completely copy the royal family

BecauseLove · February 2017

https://babyname-app.com/

mamagabby-2 · February 2017

@HollyGolightly09 I love Navy

Souptin · February 2017

You guys have really good taste. I'm pleasantly surprised and happy to see people stepping away from youuuuneekk (read: terrible) names.
We had a hard time deciding with DS our criteria was: no more than 2 syllables, not super common but not outrageous and we must be ok with any possible nicknames. We ended up picking Cole. A close second was Evan which will be on the table again.
For girls I like Alice and hubs likes lauren/ laura

mcdoug211 · February 2017

I love Adele or elodie for a girl. My husband hated elodie with the last but it determined this time lol.

sawyer, Weston, Colton for a boy. He may want to use his name(Jeffrey) I'm not sold..

mamagabby-2 · February 2017

@mcdoug211 DH is set on using his name. I personally think it's tacky, but we've compromised on just calling him by middle name.

Hoping for another girl

jessieR358 · February 2017

Why do all dads want a namesake? We don't name our daughters after our names. Im like you get the last name. That's good!

sugarpixxie2 · February 2017

Boys: Max, Benjamin, Theodore, Donovan, Henry, Charlie

Girls: Daisy, Eleanor, Reece

DH hasn't heard any of these names yet and he not ready to talk about it so we'll see if I get to keep any of them!

jessieR358 · February 2017

@sugarpixxie2 love these names! Theodore is so cute. My DH vetoed that one too lol.

MyNamesTaken · February 2017

If DS had been a girl he would have been Charlotte. Not sure if that's still top of our list but I still like it. Also liking Elizabeth and Evelyn.

For a boy I like William (nn Will) right now. My GP name is Maximilian, which I know will never happen!

DH and I haven't really discussed it yet but we like classic names and popularity isn't really a factor. Good thing we have lots of time!

mercury94 · February 2017

I love baby names. Been kind of obsessed with names since high school and college when I used to write fiction. DH and I settled on names about 2 weeks into dating. For a girl, it's Lucy, which was my grandmother's name. For a boy, it's Frederick, which is s family name for him. We have not completely settled on middle names yet.

DaphneMoon1 · February 2017

We talk names all the time but don't have anything we love yet. DS 1 is Reed, DS 2 is Luke.

For boys I like Noah, Alexander, Andrew, Nicholas.

I think girls are harder but I like Olivia, Emily, Lauren, Elizabeth. DH has said no to mast of them.

we are also expecting twins which adds a layer of pressure to make sure their names aren't too matchy, but go well together. We will probably wait to find out the sexes before we settle on anything.

msashley2010-2 · February 2017

I'm not sure! I have a feeling I'm going to have a very hard time naming this child. My daughter's name is Liadan. (Pronounced Lee-uh-den) Mostly because I wanted to name her something unique. I received inspiration from a Celtic story that I loved.

I don't know where to begin with this one. SO hasn't given me much feedback. I plan to also choose an uncommon name but I don't want it to be outrageous.

Carebella · February 2017

Team green last time and this time! I had middle names picked out last round, and we had a list of possible names to choose from. But less than 5 minutes of holding him for the first time and out came his name which wasn't on our list! We debated for a bit because it was super popular but he can shorten it, use his middle name, or his initials, to give him options. This round I was almost immediately drawn to the name Hannah so I'm wondering if maybe it's a girl. I probably won't bother with a list this time and just hope a good name pops up like last time

FutureBabyLMom · February 2017

I have been thinking about names since 48 hours after I found out, LOL. I love old Southern names. DD is Mabry Hart (Hart is shorten version of my maiden name)
Boy Name is set: Jeffrey Larson (call him Lars)( Jeffrey after my dad that passed away and then the same initials as my hubby)
Girl Name: I love Quinn. I just can't find a MN for it. I really love Quinn James but hubby is not on board with boy names for girls. Others I like: Caroline, Hadley, Wren. I like Karlee only because it would be a mix of my dad & hubby's MN, I just don't love that name LOL

mamakculb · February 2017

My sons name is Troy Joseph. My DH also has he MN Joseph and we knew from the get go he would have that MN too. We loved the name Troy because it was a name everyone knows but it's not super popular. There won't be 20 Troy's in his class at school.

When pregnant with my daughter, we had the hardest time coming up with a name. For months she was Liliana Marie (my mom's MN is Marie) but towards the end I just hated the name. DH basically named her when she was born because I just couldn't stand to look at names anymore. Her name is Talia Louise (Louise is a family name). I did like Talia before he picked it but wasn't big on having two kids with T names.

Now we are on baby #3 and since pregnancy #2 my husband has LOVED the name Tiberius for a boy. He has talked about this name so much that our family (and I, shamefully) have started to like it. So if this baby is a boy, he will 99% chance be named Tiberius Lee (Lee is a family name). If it's another girl I have not even the slightest clue, and I'm not even gonna think about a name until I find out the sex of the baby.

I didn't really wanna be the family with kids whose names begin with T, but looks like that's where we are going.

harleyquinn0621 · February 2017

we aren't 100% settled on a name yet but right now we are thinking

Boy: Liam Hunter
Girl: Molly Elizabeth

parker0706 · February 2017

We have an Emma Katherine so our boy name is left over from that pregnancy, William Jones (both are family names.)

For a girl this time around we will use Rose or Ann as middle names and for first names we like:
Eleanor (probably won't use since we already have an E name)
Charlotte
Olivia

wyomama0427 · February 2017

DH and I are now thinking Rylan Delanie for a girl.

labby18 · February 2017

@HollyGolightly09 Navy would be a cool middle name I think - but not for us as DH is IN the Navy lol.

This is going to be long...
We have a bit of an argument when it comes to names. DH is a junior, and believes he can somehow convince me to agree with naming a son III. No. No. No. First of all his name is Michael. His dad goes by Mike and so does he. And i am just so over the name, and that is just too confusing. My Pap's name is Steve, my dad's name is Steven and my Brother's name is Steven, and they all go by Steve. That is confusing enough, I don't want my son to deal with that. So we came to an agreement in 2015 with my 1st PG that we would name a son Jeremy Michael Steven. Jeremy is the name of a pilot that he lost in 2008, Michael is his and his dad's name, and Steven see above. His nickname would be "Jem" from To Kill a Mockingbird (I'm a nerd). We have been ok with this name since then. NOW! Now because last year his squadron lost a pilot he wants to name our son Jeremy Jeffrey? No. It doesn't go, and my heart has been set on Jeremy Michael Steven for 2 years...ugh the saga shall continue on this one I am sure.

For a girl, we cannot agree at all. Ann is a family name on my side, EVERY female on my dad's side has it in their name someway somehow, including me. On his dad's side Mary is a part of female's name. He thought we should name our daughter Mary Ann. Now this is a nice name, but it sounds like an old lady to me. I like the names Elizabeth Ann (Elizabeth is his mother's middle name), Harper Ann, Charlotte Ann, Eleanor Ann Marie. But he's all mehh about them, and says "We can discuss this when he find out the gender"....men...

ChristineVW · February 2017

My baby name selection is a little complicated because my sister is also pregnant but due in August. I don't think we will have an overlap in name choices because we don't tend to have the same tastes in anything, but you never know! She's the type to announce the sex and name right away (that's what she's done for her other three), so at least I'll know in advance.

Stepson is Aidan Riley (Riley after my husband's father). I normally love super Irish names, but I'm just not feeling it right now.

Girls:
-Mary (husband is descended from the Stuarts, as in Mary Queen of Scots)
-Elsie (middle names of my grandmother and favorite aunt, first name of my great grandmother)
-Theodora (nn Teddy) (my grandfather who passed away over Thanksgiving was Theodore)
-Poppy (again after my grandfather, we all called him Poppy, and one of my strongest memories of him was him selling poppies for Memorial Day)

Boys:
-Theodore (nn Theo) (again, after my grandfather)
-George (nn Geordie) (after husbands grandfather)
-Charles (Charlie) I like this one, but it's gotten SUPER popular in our area

I feel like a boy will almost definitely wind up being Theodore George...unless my sister has a boy and decides to use Theodore.

mercury94 · February 2017

@ChristineVW Seems like you have the right attitude about a family pregnancy at the same time. If the moms aren't chill about possible overlap, things can get dicey.

When my mom was pregnant with my brother (her first kid), my aunt (her sister) was also pregnant (also her first). Both were due in December. My mom's due date was before Christmas, but the baby was late. My cousin was born before Christmas and my aunt named him after their dad. My mom spent Christmas all pissed off because my aunt had used a name she was considering. They are both still a little bitter about how that Christmas went and the kids are 35. It's sort of ridiculous.

Edit: spelling is hard.

bassoondiva · February 2017

Soo at first I was making my name list before we even found out we were expecting. Then we decided that since this is our last child we would do things differently. We knew what we were having with our first and named him once we found out. With my daughter we were team green and just had two names ready. With this one we are going team green again but have decided not to name our LO until we see him or her! I'm sure our family will think we're nuts! LOL.

JustBored10 · February 2017

My sons name is Holden Michael (DH picked it) This time around I am picking a name!

Girl: Leighton Elise
Boy: Nathan Rhys

Kimby883 · February 2017

DD is Lucille (Lucy) Marie, after my grandmothers and mother.

Boy names we have:
Charles (Charlie) Oscar, after DH's dad and my grandfather.
Or
William (Liam) Joseph, Williams is my maiden name and Joseph after my dad.

Girls names we aren't as set on:
Charlotte (Charlie) or Claire.

Lindss1209 · February 2017

My LO is Rhett James

Lindss1209 · February 2017

@mrswynn2014 see above.

thinkpositive2017 · February 2017

Souptin Alice is on our girl list, too! It's my husband's Aunt's name who was never able to have children. I think it's a simple and classic name.

BecauseLove I love Soren! I never hear it. It's part of my maiden name, so we've discussed it. My husband is leaning towards a more traditional name, but we may end up with Soren as the middle name!

alyssa82511 · February 2017

For a boy, we are pretty much set on Lucas Vincent, and then if it's a girl, either Emily or Raven. Haven't had much luck with girl middle names yet.

angeladowns1 · February 2017

Names are a hard discussion this go around. I remember with DS it was tough, but I felt like DH and I agreed a lot more and had a lot more initial ideas.

DS is Maximus Evander.

For a boy, he loves Tiberius and Felix, while I love Ezra and William.

For a girl, he likes Emory, Marjorie or Margot, and I am loving "Ella" names like Eleanor, Eloise or Elowen. Another fave of mine is Aveline.

Middle name will likely be Clare, after the county in Ireland where my family is from, and our favorite place DH and I have been.

I kinda feel like naming this kid is gonna take right up til the last second.

earthtomom · February 2017

So many good names here!! My hubby doesn't like any of my names but just for fun, my top contenders are:

Girl -
Joni
Josie
Darla
Joss
Etta-Lynn
Quinn
Penelope (nn Penny)

Boy -
Junah
Halen
Sylar
Reed
Levi
Hudson

mrsvp614 · February 2017

We're team green, and don't plan to pick one boy's name and one girl's name, but plan to have a few options for each and decide when we meet our LO. We probably won't share them with friends/family, because we don't want to hear everyone's opinions, but I'll share here for fun!

For a boy, our front runner is Charlie. My DH and Dad's name is Charles, but DH goes by middle name. Middle names are definitely more tricky. I like Rowan, which is Irish and means red, and LO could be a redhead like DH. I also like Finn for the MN.

For a girl, our front runner is Nora. Middle names I like for that are Kate, Jane, or Rose.

We're definitely a fan of classic names, but I also don't want them to be surrounded by kids with the same names, so it's a fine line there.

mamachick2614 · February 2017

What to name this LO has been a hot topic lately!
DD is Desiree Lynn (My mn is Lynn)
DS is Paul James Jr. (after my ex)
So we finally settled on names last week!
For a girl, her name will be: Alixandrah Diane--NN: Allie or Alix (Alix for my friend who just passed, the RAH part for my best friend TamaRAH, and the Diane for my bestfriend/god-mother of the baby, it's her mn)
For a boy, we decided on: Alixandrew we haven't settled on a MN yet, --NN:Alix or Drew (Alix for the friend who passed, and the Andrew part for his deceased brother.
DH relented and let me run the boy names together and now he even likes it lol! But we aren't sure if we would do a MN or not?

coastalmomma2 · February 2017

I love reading everyone's name ideas! So far, for a boy we are looking at either Desmond or Arthur. MN James or Thomas. For a girl, Iris Elizabeth, Pheobe Ann, or Willa Rose. DS is Theodore Robert.

Anyone thinking names yet?

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