What's in a name?

lachnessmomster · July 2018

@bkosy I think about it all the time. We have our girl name picked, but also have one for a boy on the backburner. Ya never know until ya know.

bswishe4 · July 2018

I have been 100% set on a girls name for the past 6 years (since we found out DS was a boy). We found out we are having another boy and CANNOT figure this out. I know we still have plenty of time but I was so sure it was a girl I didn't even really consider a boy name. I have even tried to figure out a way to make my girl name work for a boy lol

pelorunningmama · July 2018

We haven't talked much about names, but I did bring it up last night to DH. Much to my surprise, he has actually been thinking about them and has a couple he likes. One is our second pick from when DD was born. I still love the name, but almost feel it is too traditional when compared to our other kids' names. He did suggest Jenson (Jensen?), not sure on spelling, and I actually really liked it. I've not heard it used much and think it would be a great boy name. So, we are adding that one to our list.

honeybeebub · July 2018

@bswishe4 I'm in the same boat. We had a very hard time with our DS. I thought for sure with morning sickness that this was a girl. Now that we're having another boy we can't figure out a name for the life of us. I really loved our girl name too...

tessiesmom26 · July 2018

@wannaflickone Love the name Jenson! It was the last name of one of the characters on "13 Reasons Why" so it's been popping up more recently.

pelorunningmama · July 2018

@tessiesmom26 oh I didn't know that. I never watched it. Hmm, I wonder if people will always associate baby with that show... I wouldn't want that. DH thought of it because of an English race car driver. And I'm just a big fan of last names as first names.

lurvleybunchococonuts · July 2018

@wannaflickone I always think of Supernatural & Jensen Ackles *swoon* Granted Jenson vs Jensen but KWIM
ETA: and I don't mean that as a negative. I

me some Jensen Ackles!

wildrainbow · July 2018

@lurvleybunchococonuts I was right there with you on Jenson Ackles. Damn, that man is fine.

pelorunningmama · July 2018

Another show I don't watch! He is pretty easy on the eyes.

highsteaks · July 2018

@wannaflickone watch it. his character somehow makes him even sexier. plus the first few seasons are really good... or maybe they’re not, but i’m blinded by beautiful men

mamachameleon · July 2018

You mean theres a storyline to supernatural??? Huh... who knew?

kamahina9 · July 2018

I love the earlier seasons of Supernatural but stopped around season 5. When I hear the name Jensen I think of Jenson Ackles too.

DH and I are also having a hard time thinking of a name. We just can't find one that we both like. We found out we are having a boy and got nothing.

lostarz14 · July 2018

So now that we know we're having a boy, I think the name might be Maximilian (Max) John. We'll call him Max but I'm one of those people that for the most part, needs a longer name to shorten lol. (Although I like Luke and not Lucas). Anyway. Maximilian was my great uncle's name and John is DH's name. It's not 100% set in stone, but we'll see.

tessiesmom26 · July 2018

Anyone else not telling people what name(s) you've picked? MIL is a pain when it comes to names, so DH told her that we are not telling anyone because we didn't want to listen to her opinion on it up until the baby comes.

MojieJo · July 2018

@tessiesmom26 We're not telling anyone (including the internet). We didn't tell anyone with our twins, either. I don't want unsolicited opinions and I like the surprise factor.

firsttimespartanmom · July 2018

@tessiesmom26 my mom knows our short list, but we aren’t telling anyone either. I don’t want to hear opinions!

mockingjay1 · July 2018

@tessiesmom26 - We won't tell many people either. With DS we told people we narrowed down the names to two names (normal, spelled correctly names) and my mom burst out laughing when she heard one of them. Like WTF mother? I've told a couple people at work our front runners, but I'm not sold on any names yet anyway. I just tell people it won't be made up and it will be spelled correctly because that's all I really know at this point anyway.

KellyT22 · July 2018

Ladies. We are team green so we need two of each name. I have one girl, one boy, and that's it! Help! We like J's - currently have Jack Robert and John (Johnny) Paul Francis. Girl name is Josephine Audrey, boy is James Kelly. I don't even know what to do about middle names! Maybe my maiden name?

firsttimespartanmom · July 2018

@KellyT22 I love the name Jack! Jackson is really cute too. For girls...J is hard! Jacqueline? Juliet? Johanna?

iheartbooks · July 2018

Anyone have middle name suggestions for first name Sylvie? I love Sylvie but can’t find a middle name I love to go with it.

lifesabeach85 · July 2018

@tessiesmom26 that is why we don’t even tell people the front runners. You’ll get some weird comments like “oh I knew someone awful with that name”...

@KellyT22 My boy name (which I obviously don’t need this time and maybe never) is John Robert, so I love both your sons names! Julia, Jemima/Jemma, Jameson, Jordan, June, Jonah, Jasper. I am a big fan of using a family name like your maiden or your moms maiden or grand or great grand parent names as MN.

highsteaks · July 2018

@lifesabeach85 i think you’re the first person to mention maiden as middle here. dd’s middle is my maiden. lately i’ve been wondering what the norm is for subsequent kids. does your dd have your maiden name? and if so, have you decided what you’re doing for mn for your second?

fleigh · July 2018

Now that we know it's a boy we are pretty set on Calvin. But keep trying others out just in case.

We don't like to tell many people either but we have friends due end of September who are team green. I feel like telling them just in case they were thinking of it too. Sounds daft I know but we literally have no other choices!

lifesabeach85 · July 2018

@highsteaks I like the idea of mixing it up, if only to honor more people. One of my SIL gave both her girls her maiden name so it’s definitely done. My DD has my mom’s first name for her middle and this one will have MIL’s name. If we have a third, they will likely have my maiden name or my dad’s name. One of my newphews has our maiden name as his middle so I’m happy it’s been used at least once. The next baby in that family (due in sept) they are thinking they will do the paternal grandmothers maiden name.

tessiesmom26 · July 2018

My first name is my grandma's maiden so I am all for passing down the maiden name!

mrsdrez · July 2018

We aren't telling anyone our name choices, I'm big on surprises!
I love middle names that have familial significance. I wish my maiden name weren't so... last name-ish haha, I would love to use it as a middle name.

We are team green and are set on first names for a girl and boy, but they both start with the same letter. I'm not a fan of siblings names beginning with the same letter, so depending on what we have the other name goes out the window which is kinda disappointing. Middle names are still debatable. Our picks are Ruth Rosella for a girl and Russell Wilfred for a boy. Other top names were Hannah, Jacklyn, Delaney, Chloe, Georgia and Brady for girls and Sterling, Martin, Felix, and Nolan for boys.

For what it's worth - my husband shares the same name as his father and they both hate it. It makes things complicated at times.

ginny_203 · July 2018

@mrsdrez my husband shared the same first name as his father (different middle names) and it ALWAYS caused problems for them.

MojieJo · July 2018

@mrsdrez My dad shares his name with his dad and grandfather (he's not a III, though, since his dad and grandpa had the same middle name, but my dad's is different).

It wasn't particularly confusing AFAIK, but mainly because my dad was called by a diminutive of his name when he was little. My great-grandfather was dead by the time I came along, so I don't know how they handled his name being the same.

I also have two friends who have the same name as their fathers (one is a Junior, the other is a III). One goes by the diminutive of his given name while his dad goes by a different shortened version and the other (III) can't shorten his name (it's one of those names that has no shortened version). They're just all called the same thing. I think it's confusing at times for everyone, but they seem to get on okay otherwise.

Junior was going to have a son who would have been the III, but ** TW ** unfortunately the baby was stillborn * TW ** and I'm not sure if they ended up giving him the name or not (he hasn't talked about it at all since the loss). I'm guessing he doesn't find the whole same name thing an issue, though, since he was going to continue the tradition.

I'm personally really not a fan of kids having the same name as their parents. I understand it's a tradition in some families and it's important to some people but it's just not for me. It strikes me as self-centered and egotistical, but that's just an opinion of mine and not something I really judge people on.

I have no problem with naming your child after someone else in the family you were close to our who meant something to you, though. Tributes are good. One of my twins' middle names is the same as my beloved late uncle's first name. It's not a name I'd have chosen otherwise (not my style), but I wanted to honor a man who was so amazing to me and who I miss dearly.

cpow18 · July 2018

We’ve decided on the name Peyton Grace! My husband actually picked out the first name (he’s a big Tennessee Volunteer fan and loves Peyton Manning). @iheartbooks what about the middle name Rose?

lostarz14 · July 2018

@iheartbooks

Anne, June, Lynn, Catherine, Elizabeth, Jane, Marie, Grace, Mae

tessiesmom26 · July 2018

@mrsdrez @ginny_203 @MojieJo DH has the same name as his father (who has passed.) In their family the tradition of the men having the same name is huge but we are not going to keep that going. Even the daughter on that side named her son after his father. That was the first question they asked us is if we are going to name our son after DH and his father. We said we don't know, but we are not. If we do have a boy (we are team green) it's going to be a big deal which I am a little nervous about, but oh well. They are Albanian and the name we have picked for a boy is the translated version of their name, so we will pay homage, but not do the same exact name.

ginny_203 · July 2018

@tessiesmom26 Oh, that's really sweet! I like starting a slightly new tradition while still paying homage to the old. If you end up having a boy, I think/hope his family would be surprised but pleased.

eahayes · July 2018

Ok guys- current faves are Bennett and Nathan! I like Nathaniel Bennet, or Bennett Sebastian (studied abroad in San Sebastian and traveled back there with my husband)- stuck stuck stuck on choosing one tho!

middleschoolmommy · July 2018

@eahayes do you have a preference for the shortened names, Ben or Nathan? Someone will eventually use those names, even if you don't care for them and never use them yourself! I hate when people shorten DS's name and I forbid DH from using the shortened version when I agreed to the name

offtoneverland · July 2018

@eahayes I love both Nathan and Bennett! I prefer Nathan over Nathaniel, but both are good names. Agree with @middleschoolmommy about the nicknames.

firsttimespartanmom · July 2018

@eahayes I love Bennett! My vote is Nathaniel Bennett but I think both are super cute

lifesabeach85 · July 2018

@eahayes I love Nathaniel Bennett. Bennett Sebastian is great too, it’s just that Nathaniel is one of my favorite boy names. I think it’s totally your call how you feel about nns. I have a friend who named her daughter Elizabeth and she insists on the full name, no Liz, Lizzie etc and it’s been fine.

wildrainbow · July 2018

So, I have a few first names rolling around. I have zero middle names so if y'all have suggestions, I'm game. Here are the names: Logan, Grayson, Wyatt, and Graham, altho I think Graham would be a better MN. I dunno.

BabyBoyH92016 · July 2018

@wildrainbow I think they are all nice but i really really love Graham. I think the others are more popular, so I hear them frequently.

bkosy · July 2018

@wildrainbow I love them all, but Graham is very nice and I don't hear it often (if that sort of thing bothers you). I had Wyatt picked out for my firstborn if it had been a boy so I definitely love that one!

@eahayes in your picture you look a lot like this woman who shops in my store! You don't happen to live in Maryland, do you? If not then I may have found your doppelganger.

On the subject of nicknames....I insisted on no nicknames with my firstborn and we call her by a nickname lol. My second's name is Anya. No way to shorten that, right? Wrong. My firstborn couldn't say her name so she would call her An or AnAn and now we still call her that. However I do believe if you really didn't want one you can prevent it from happening.

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