Names (Already) - Page 9

[*Amy*]

Originally Posted by wobblykate

Isn't Soren dutch for Thor?

It is, so it basically means thunder. Which is cool, but I'm not sure if I want a *thunderous* child.

I'm still really liking it today, a lot, and DH didn't veto it right away, so that's a good sign. We shall see.

One downside is that there's not really a nick-name for Soren. Sore? Hee. There's no nick-name for Brynn, either, but we call her Brynnie a lot.

Teachma, really? Man, I don't think I'd ever get DH to give up his right to veto (but I wouldn't give mine up either). I'll be excited to hear your name when you share it!

But I totally agree with the PP who said that the dad gets to pick the last name, so we should get to pick the first!

[dawncayden]

There is a Jumping Monkeys podcast that I haven't listened to, but dh has and has told me lots about. They talked about the fads of names for babies and how it works. It is really interesting.
There's also a website that is called http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager
and it shows the popular baby names from 1880's to present. If you want to find a baby name that is not popular but well known you can see if the name is on the rise or not.

This is actually the website that I found the name Arthur. Its from 1880's (well probably long before that in actuality) but I wouldn't normally like such a 'traditional' name.

[Stephenie]

For those who have names picked out and have shared them, do you wish you hadn't? haha... My MIL had a physical reaction to both names. She made a face as she said "Eden?!" and she said Kai was "interesting...." with a sour grapes look on her face. haha. She hated Keagan too until he was here. She butchered it for months. She even called him Kegel for awhile. Makes me wish we'd kept it to ourselves.

[dawncayden]

No, I don't tell people in real life.
Although I have told people Bryn, because we are set on it...boys names, I'm not sharing because I don't want input.

[wobblykate]

Originally Posted by *Amy*

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One downside is that there's not really a nick-name for Soren. Sore? Hee. There's no nick-name for Brynn, either, but we call her Brynnie a lot.

The soren I knew had a nickname (given him by his sister) of "sorney" (pronounced sore-knee ). Very cute.

[*Amy*]

Originally Posted by dawncayden

There is a Jumping Monkeys podcast that I haven't listened to, but dh has and has told me lots about. They talked about the fads of names for babies and how it works. It is really interesting.

My DH read Freakanomics and said he talks a lot about that, too. Names kind of "trickle down" from upper SES to lower SES.

Originally Posted by dawncayden

There's also a website that is called http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager
and it shows the popular baby names from 1880's to present. If you want to find a baby name that is not popular but well known you can see if the name is on the rise or not.

I love that website! It's so much fun.

Sorney. Hee! That's really cute!

[Amy2237]

Originally Posted by jennifercp8

They are definitely cool names! I wish our last name I had a horrible student once named Tristan, so I can never feel warmth for the name. Ever. :

Oh the joys of being a teacher!! I taught for 10 years and now there's TONS of names I just cannot use!! I did have one student named Kellen a few years ago, and he was just the coolest kid! So when my husband suggested the name for this last baby, I said YES! We can use that one! So we have Kellen Thomas...

I haven't thought too hard about names yet, but I love Caroline for a girl!

[claras_mom]

Originally Posted by MelW

How about Yeti for a boy? :LOL

Heh, I'll have to run that one by dh.

I perhaps should have mentioned that I'm the one driving the wacky name game right now, though dh is pretty good at playing. So when I suggested "Spike," he shot right back with "Angel."

For some reason, whenever I think of names lately, I think of the protagonist in Barbara Kingsolver's Animal Dreams (a wonderful novel, btw). Christened Cosima, at some point in her childhood she renamed herself Cody. And her sister, Halimeda, was always Hallie.

[teachma]

Originally Posted by *Amy*

Teachma, really? Man, I don't think I'd ever get DH to give up his right to veto (but I wouldn't give mine up either). I'll be excited to hear your name when you share it!

I did it that way with my first ds. And, I remember I was about 25 weeks pregnant and we were driving over the Bay Bridge (we lived in Northern California at the time) when dh said, "Okay, I'm ready to hear the name." He kept his promise, and we have Avery Elliot as our first. With our second, girls' names were a little harder. We mutually agreed on two, and he allowed me to make the final choice when she was born.

[acp]

Originally Posted by Stephenie

For those who have names picked out and have shared them, do you wish you hadn't? haha... My MIL had a physical reaction to both names.

This is why I won't tell anyone in real life the names we're even considering. Last time around, I started to tell my parents some of the names on our short list, and I quickly got some strong reactions. We learned, and kept our thought process quiet after that until the baby was born. The way I figured it, it's very easy for someone (especially a family member) to voice strong criticism of a name before the baby is there - in fact, they almost feel licensed to do so because they hope it will make you change the name if they don't like it. But once the baby is there and named it seems so much less important to them - they're looking at that beautiful little newborn - and the name quickly feels totally natural and they can't imagine the baby with any other name, even if their first reaction wasn't a good one (chances are, as well, that even if they DON'T like it they won't tell you, since you've already given the name and it won't change anything).

No way would DH (or I) give up veto power on naming. It does make it tough, though. Many of my favorite names (Emmett, Gavin, Kai, Caleb) he's already vetoed. Of course, I also vetoed his favorite girls' name (Molly) not because I don't like it but because it doesn't work with his last name, and I may end up vetoing his favorite boys' name (Finn) which was our choice for a boy last time around, and which he thinks should be our boys' name this time as well, but which I've grown less fond of.

[Peony]

We never share our names before hand. I might mention one or two we are considering to a close friend but never family. They get told once the baby is named, and we aren't sharing with anyone this time around. We also are just going with a list this time and narrowing it down after baby is here.

[mischievium]

Originally Posted by *Amy*

Do y'all have any thoughts on the name Soren for a boy? I just came across it today and really like it (well, for today anyway ).

Just came across it today, eh? You didn't come across it, oh I don't know, back in August on, oh say page 2 of this here thread?

[Stephenie]

Ya I wish we hadn't shared now. Oh well. We love our names and that's what counts

[jennifercp8]

Originally Posted by AngieWin

Music teacher here too!! In my 8th year now (part time now though) and there are alot of names that I can not bear to use because I have had to say them SOOOO much in class. My favorite girl name forever, Grace, I now have an obstinate little girl in a class by the name of, you guessed it, Grace.

We will see if the name still has the appeal to it when we find out the baby's gender in a couple of weeks!

That's a killer! My favorite girl name was never tainted, so I am good with that - but it isn't DH's favorite girl name. But on a positive thought, I did have a few students that made names stand out in my mind. Thomas is the first one that comes to my head, and it is also at the front of the leader board for boy names.

[*Amy*]

Originally Posted by mischievium

Just came across it today, eh? You didn't come across it, oh I don't know, back in August on, oh say page 2 of this here thread?

Holy cow! I have NO memory of that, and I even *replied* to you about it! : Pregnancy brain at work!

It's weird about Soren, though, because I have two baby name books that I've been studying obsessively, and Soren is in *both* of those books, but I didn't notice it until I was on a baby name website the other night! When I saw it online, for some reason it just totally resonated with me, and I felt that "YES!" feeling.

acp, I'm leaning toward not telling this time, too, for similar reasons. Also because I kind of tend to share everything, it would be nice to have some part of this pregnancy that is just for me & DH. And ffrom a practical standpoint, it would make it easier to change our minds if we saw the baby and realized the name didn't fit. I'm just not sure if I can keep a secret for that long!!!!

[dawncayden]

Originally Posted by acp

Of course, I also vetoed his favorite girls' name (Molly) not because I don't like it but because it doesn't work with his last name, and I may end up vetoing his favorite boys' name (Finn) which was our choice for a boy last time around, and which he thinks should be our boys' name this time as well, but which I've grown less fond of.

Thats like our girl name last time, Raina. I can't stand it now, but 2 years ago, it would have been stuck with us if Cayden had been female.

[wobblykate]

Originally Posted by *Amy*

Holy cow! I have NO memory of that, and I even *replied* to you about it! : Pregnancy brain at work!

It's weird about Soren, though, because I have two baby name books that I've been studying obsessively, and Soren is in *both* of those books, but I didn't notice it until I was on a baby name website the other night! When I saw it online, for some reason it just totally resonated with me, and I felt that "YES!" feeling.

acp, I'm leaning toward not telling this time, too, for similar reasons. Also because I kind of tend to share everything, it would be nice to have some part of this pregnancy that is just for me & DH. And ffrom a practical standpoint, it would make it easier to change our minds if we saw the baby and realized the name didn't fit. I'm just not sure if I can keep a secret for that long!!!!

I agree, especially if you're planning on naming a child after someone in the family. My Bro and SIL said they were going to give their second child my dad's name (michael) for a middle name because it went really well with the first name they had picked out. Then they changed their minds about the first name, but my dad would have been heartbroken so they were stuck with finding a first name to go with Michael. They did, Elijah Michael, but it was limiting.

[kai28]

Originally Posted by Stephenie

For those who have names picked out and have shared them, do you wish you hadn't? haha... My MIL had a physical reaction to both names. She made a face as she said "Eden?!" and she said Kai was "interesting...." with a sour grapes look on her face. haha. She hated Keagan too until he was here. She butchered it for months. She even called him Kegel for awhile. Makes me wish we'd kept it to ourselves.

This is what I was afraid of. I tried sharing a little of our naming criteria with my mom, and she immediately piped up her opinion on our criteria (and of course said 'why don't you do what your sister did...') - I tried explaining how hard it is having a foreign last name that most American's can't pronounce, and it went over her head. Short, easy first names are it. She was unhappy with that, so there is NO way I'm sharing names with our family. Wait till she finds out what we actually name it :-) But by then, she can like it or lump it, but there will be no room for input.

[nancy11]

My parents know all about how I am: when I decide something, that's it.

I have names from loooong before I was even dating anyone and they remain my choices. I made a couple of adjustments based on family stealing the names for their own kids (since they didn't know), but even with that I am using one my brother used because I've had it on hold for so long in my mind. Plus he lives far away and, well, who cares.

Now, there is one thing that will have to wait until the baby arrives. I kept my last name when I got married and can't decide who's to use for the baby. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to determine that. My husband's last name is extremely common and mine is unique, but not odd. I don't know what we're going to do about that yet.

Dilemma, indeed.

[*Amy*]

Originally Posted by nancy11

Now, there is one thing that will have to wait until the baby arrives. I kept my last name when I got married and can't decide who's to use for the baby. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to determine that. My husband's last name is extremely common and mine is unique, but not odd. I don't know what we're going to do about that yet.

Can you not use both? I have several friends in the same position; their kids all have both last names.