Those who have names picked out

[allgirls]

What are they and why did you choose them?...that's my goal this week...find some names that I like so we can choose.

[movingon]

My DH came up with the first name for a girl. I came up with the boy's first name. We switched when it came to middle names. But not on purpose. It just kinda happened. He blurted out Saffron as a first name, and I loved it. I kept having dreams of an Elizabeth long before the pregnancy, and thought that would make a pretty good middle name. I came up with Trent on the car ride to the store just before the U/S. We'd been messing around with Alexander as a first name, before that. He liked Trent as much as I did, so we just decided Alexander would go to the middle. I swear, though two bands we love have lead singers named Saffron and Trent, that wasn't where we got the names. The names just sorta happened.

:)

[mamas2atti]

We chose the name Creeley before we became pregnant to use for either a boy or a girl. It is the last name of a poet, Robert Creeley, who coincidentally passed away this year. We decided we would use Morelle (my grandma's name) for the middle name if it was a girl or Quinn (from the Bob Dylan song) if it was a boy. So Creeley Quinn it is. We like his initials--CQC!

[tschifo]

I've always liked the name Jakob. And, I really like the German spelling using a K instead of a C. It also makes more sense if we shorten his name to Jake to spell it with a K. I don't know how my husband and I agreed on the name, because it normally takes us forever to make decisions together! Also, my maiden name begins with K, so that's my nod to the family name. His middle name will be Delano, which is DH's Grandmas last name. I'm not sure if we'll call him JD, because that was one of my college crush's names. :wink That's just kinda wrong.

[RachelGS]

Oh, gosh. We're never going to figure it out. We're going to wind up calling the baby "Small Bald One," I think.

With my daughter, I knew her name. I was just certain of it. I've waited this whole pregnancy to have that same sense of certainty. It hasn't happened. If he's communicating with anybody about what his name is, it seems to be with my daughter. She is absolutely convinced that his name is Ethan. We keep trying to work around that because we know ahead of time that it's a popular name, but she is adamant and I'm having trouble arguing with her. She's a wise little kid. She might just know. So I'm guessing we've got an Ethan on the way, popularity charts be damned. But maybe when we see him we'll know for sure.

[Heffernhyphen]

My DH . . . blurted out Saffron as a first name

I wonder if you married my ex-boyfriend. He always talked about loving that name for a girl, and he plays guitar. Hmmmm . . . .

[Heffernhyphen]

But maybe when we see him we'll know for sure.

We thought we had a girl coming (the doctor kept using feminine pronouns even though we asked not to know the sex) and were so in love with the name we chose. Then out pops this boy and we were completely stumped. We tried to name him Charlie, after his grampa, but after three days it was clearly just wrong for him. We ended up going with Daniel, after his dad, because the two of them were just so in love. And identical!

Good luck.

Oh, and my advice, keep the name secret. You don't want some killjoy saying, "Oh, I knew a ________ and he was such a brat."

[RyvreWillow]

We still haven't decided, but the name Ember is looking more and more appealing. Don't know about the middle name though, maybe we'll wait to see her for that, hehe.

[eclipse]

we have one picked, but we haven't announced it because it is still subject to change. we had one picked out a few months back, then changed our mind because it was very similar to a friend's baby's name, and my two year old freaked out everytime we tried to call the baby by that name because she thought we were talking about the other baby (did that make sense? :LOL). The middle name will definitely be Thomas, though - it is my brother's name and also dh's grandparents' last name, so it's meaningful to both sides of the family. The first name is just one we happen to like and sounds good with Thomas and with our last name.

[Worldshakerz]

Well, DH and I started pouring over the name books and websites early on. We'd write a list of names for both boy and girl that we both liked. We tested out how not only the first and middle and last sounded together, but also how the name sounded along with our names: April, Jamie and Jakob. Then we'd put it down a while and come back to it and end up crossing off names and adding new ones, etc. We do have a short list for both boy and girl now, but we have two names that really stand out and just seem like the right names. We'll decide for sure when we meet the baby but the names that seem to vibe are: Jonathan Riley for a boy, Piper Mackenzie for a girl.

[dylan27]

We agreed on a name for about fifteen minutes!!
But it sort of seems to simple...
We'd kinda like something that stands out a bit more.

[IfMamaAintHappy]

We tried out a lot of names for this little one. When DH totally vetoed my favorite name, I went back to the drawing board. I ended up looking back through what we had chosen on lists with our previous two daughters, and an old favorite sounded very appealing. We both like old fashioned names, and at the top fo DHs list was Victoria and Beatrice, and at the top of mine was
Laura Kate and Maddie. We needed a name that was in the same vein as Grace and Lily, but both wanted an underappreciated yet still cool name.

We have decided on Felicity.

My older daughter has chosen her middle name. My daughters both have a first name, middle name, and second middle name. Mostly to honor family and friends, and then my older daughter decided the third name is "the princess name". Grace wanted to choose Felicity's princess name. I have been struggling about whether or not to give Felicity two middle names, since her first and last are so long.

She will either be Felicity Annelise or Felicity Ann Elise. I could go either way. Ann honors my mom, and Elise honors the many Elizabeths I have in my family tree.

I like it that in November, there will be an American Girl movie about Felicity Merriman, so some people will be hearing it that way. Some people my age and younger will remember the WB show Felicity with Keri Russell, and some people will notice that one of the Desperate Housewives actresses is named Felicity Huffman. So it may be that Felicity will start getting used a little bit.

Locally, the people I tell about our name think it is lovely and underused, and in the midwest where my mom lives, people think it's lovely and have never heard it before.

Being a Jennifer, I do like it that none of my children will be overrun with other kids in their class with their name, yet they wont be the only one with their name.

[Aka mommy]

We hadnt really discussed names very seriuosly. We occasionally brought them up and then wouldnt really talk about it. I was in love with the name Koiya that i made up to honor dh deceased dad (coy). But dh got tired of hearing people ask if it was after seqoiya trees. So we continued to not put too many arguments into it (as we both like very different types of names. We even agreed to wait until she was in our arms in hope she'd tell us what she wanted to be called. Then it hit me like a lightening bolt 3 days ago and dh actually agreed on it. I cant tell as we made a promise to not tell anyone because we do not want to hear feedback on it lol. But you all will get to hear it once i finally meet her myself!

[elizaveta]

Well, I always thought I had names picked out. Until I got pregnant. Then everything sort of went out the window. My husband had a name picked out for a girl for a long time. I was against it because supposedly everyone says he likes it because of a girl he knew from school when he was young and so I got jealous. :innocent He denies this and says he just likes the name so we ended up going with it. I don't know what will happen though. He sort of acted a bit weird about it a few times and I think we need to sit down and talk it through again just to be positive this is the name we want. The only problem I have with it is Americans can't seem to pronounce it. While we won't be living there - my stepfather is American and his family and he says the name like 'Aliona' not like 'Alyona'. It sort of gets on my nerves! :irked: Even though it's not his fault. And the spelling in English bothers me a bit. In Russian it's Алёна and so when most Russian people translate the name to English they type: Alena even though the e sounds like 'yo'. The same is with my husbands name. His passport name says Semen. :p But his name is really pronounced like 'Semyon'. Or my name is Liza but it's really pronounced like 'Leeza'. Sigh!

[Heffernhyphen]

We needed a name that was in the same vein as Grace and Lily, but both wanted an underappreciated yet still cool name.

We have decided on Felicity.

I love it, and Grace and Lily. But do you think it may be a bit of a tongue twister when you have to say, "Lily and Felicity."

What do you think of Hattie? Sadie? Sophie? Josie? Meg? May? Claire? Maggie? Evelyn? Ava? Eve? Beth?

[movingon]

Susan, well, he's never been out to Arkansas, and Saffron was something that just came up with this pregnancy. With our first baby, he was set on Storm for a girl. ;)

I love girl names that start with vowel sounds. Ava would probably be high on my personal list.

[Aka mommy]

Love Ava and Claire

[Mandalaia]

BF already had a girls name picked out before we even knew we were pregnant. Once we found out that it was a girl, it was already decided we would name her Kahlan (pronounced Kaylyn). We couldn't come up with a middle name and just recently decided that we both like Elizabeth so we will probably go with that.

[Godiva]

Our little girl's name is Caia (pronounced Kaya) it's a latin name meaning "to rejoice" I loved that it was latin since my Grandma who died a few years ago loved the latin language. I also liked that I had never heard of it before, I came across it in one baby naming site and I haven't seen it anywhere else. It is short and simple and very unique which is exactly what I wanted. With my husband's last name, it's hard being unique because no one can either spell our last name or pronounce it. (10 bucks to anyone who can pronounce Berezhny! :LOL ) We are still trying to agree on a middle name, my husband wants it to be something he came up with since I got to "pick" the first name. I told him that doesn't make sense, I found the name, but we picked it together, he had just as much say in it as I did. He wants a middle name of either Victoria or Valarie, neither of which I think make good middle names, they are definatly meant to be first names. And I don't think they flow very well with Caia. I wanted to give her the middle name of Vivian after my grandma (plus it's another latin name) it's similar to the ones he likes, so I know the only reason why he's so set against it is because I came up with it. It's just that she will be the first great grandchild for my grandpa (who is still alive) and I know he would love her having my grandma's name.

[Carsonsmama]

I wish I could add our picks to this thread, but we're still thinking! :o

We haven't discussed names in about three months even though every night I suggest that we look through the book and write down all the names we don't hate and see if we have any of the same ones!
This is not good! Hopefully soon something jumps out of the wood work! We need help!

[Heffernhyphen]

Just a thought: As a former Kindergarten teacher in an all-black school, I came across a lot of names I screwed up royally. When I called Amunique 'Ah-mu-ni-kay' on the first day of school, she quickly corrected me, saying, "It's 'Am-unique'. You know, like, I am unique." Even at 5, many of these kids seemed exasperated having to say, "It's pronounced __________."

[Godiva]

the thing is, people will screw up any name they see. My name used to be very simple, Anna Meyer (though now I have the crazy last name) and you'd be amazed at how many people can screw up both Anna and Meyer :LOL (Their creativeness in pronouncing my name has always amazed me) good thing is that my daughter will be homeschooled so she won't have to deal with teachers not knowing how to pronounce Caia. (no it's not Kay-ee-uh :p ).

[movingon]

Sometimes, it's still a little exasperating to go through the "peer-uh not pie-ruh" bit, but having a name that is my own turned out to be great. Even with the first grade teacher that flipped out because I didn't realize my name could be pronounced with the long i sound, and so I didn't answer that I was there, on my first day, right away. If nothing else, just let your child know there are alternatives. :love

Still, it's nice not to be one of twenty Jennifers. Not that there's anything wrong with that name, but I just happen to think Pyra suits me better, nowdays!

[lisavasmom]

We had no problem picking out our dd name 2 1/2 yrs. ago. We wanted something different, but not too strange or common. So we chose Ava. Little did we know that by the next year Ava became very popular. So much for the not too common! As far as our son who is expected to arrive any time now, that was the hard part. We couldn't agree on a boys name at all. Since my dh is a musician he would go for names of those he admired. Waylon (as in Jennings) I wasn't for it. Then came Hank (as in Williams Sr...NOT jr.). I have to say it definitely grew on me. It appealed to the not too strange or common, and I like it's simplicity like Ava. Although I have to say that most of the women I tell it to aren't too crazy about it, but guys seem to think it's great. My sisters in law don't like it at all, but my dd has been talking to my belly for months saying 'Hank' so Hank it is.

[mamas2atti]

Although I have to say that most of the women I tell it to aren't too crazy about it, but guys seem to think it's great.


Well, I'm a woman and I have to tell you, I LOVE IT!

[lisavasmom]

Well, I'm a woman and I have to tell you, I LOVE IT!

Thanks for that vote of confidence! I appreciate it!!

[RyvreWillow]

i like it too, it's manly. No chance of that one becomming unisex!

[melissa_honeybee]

We are going to name him Spencer. It was the one my husband and I both really liked and actually agreed on. The meaning of the name is rather mundane, but I love the way it sounds. My first, Dylan, means the Celtic God of the sea, fitting because he is a Pisces. Spencer means "one who dispenses."
If the baby was a girl her name would be Brigit Athena. (ultrasound reveled otherwise)

We always get a weird reaction when we tell people what we are planning on naming him. "Oh...that's unusual "Huh..I never heard that name" or just.."hmmm"

I don't think it's that weird!!

[Rach]

First name, it's simple, cute, and we agreed on it. :P
Middle name, it's my great great grandmother's name. :)

For our first daughter, we picked both her names for the same reason. Simple, pretty, and we agreed on it. Middle name, is my great grandmother's name. :)

[dylan27]

My friend just named her baby girl Margot Luna...
I just love it!

[MelMel]

well, we are pretty set on Ginger for a girl, and Lincoln for a boy. not sure about middle names yet...but like friends and I were discussing recently, middle names dont really come into play too often...so i would like to get a little wacky with them :LOL i really want to use 'Lincoln Strider Rupelstilskin V_____' so that when people ask his middle name when he is older, he can ask them to guess and they will never guess 'rumelstilskin' but i know i am getting crazy hormones and giddy from the upcoming birth so maybe i am not being rational :bouncy

but really.....its a middle name! how often does someone really know someone elses middle name, you use the initial, but thats usually it.

for the Ginger, I guess I like Scarlett for a middle name. it doesnt go to well, but its a pretty name.

(I am not kidding, I am just in a really good mood today since I am no longer doubled over with stabbing, burning pain in my abdomen and am being a bit silly..)