help me name my baby

[carla72]

First off things like planning weddings naming baby's shopping aren't my thing lol. Most woment like to dream about names for a baby...not me. We wen't through numerous baby names last time and hubby didn't like what I did and vise versa. So we named her on a fmaily tradition. I don't want to pick a name.....hubby doesn't want to name babe either. We both will love this baby very much don't take me wrong we just don't like the naming part. I think I like classic names but that is all I knpw. Don't know if it is a boy or a girl and I am afraid the baby will be unnammed for a long time after birth. Its just like decorating I know what I like when I see it in someones house but I never know what to pick for myself. So if I could steel a name (just kidding wouldn't do that) froma friends babe that I like I would be fine. Any suggestions?

[ColoradoMama]

I don't have any suggestions, but naming this baby has got me a little freaked out! We have a girl's name, but not a boy's name. I know that I'm only almost 16 weeks pg, but we have ALWAYS had our names picked out by 6 weeks. I feel like this baby's going to come out and not have a name! I know it's totally silly because I'm not even halfway! Oh well:o

[veganf]

As much as I like unique crazy names, I always opt for a more traditional name as either a first or middle name by simply going back through the family tree and finding something we like. Also, I prefer to give a shorter first name, because I just feel it's a nicer thing to do, or at least something that has an easy nickname. We chose to use my last name as our second son's first name, since I'm the youngest of 5 girls and the name would otherwise not be carried on.
That said, I have enough names that I love to name a dozen kids. Do you have some family names left that you like? Or a certain letter that you'd like the baby's name to start with? Or a nationality that you'd like to represent?

- Krista

[carla72]

My dd was named after hubby and her middle name is after my gg. My dad and dh brother have the same name and mine just has an a at the end so there are too many Carla/carla's I don't really have any names from my family and dh doesn't know his family. I love the name Georgia for a girl but someone I know but never see has a daughter with the name so I don't feel right using it. No letter or ethnic background is importand. I love the idea of using your maiden name as a middle name ..mine wouldn't fit but what a great idea. I have a harder time with the boys names than the girls.

[NewAtThis]

Well, I have to suggest this baby name website. I really like it because it isn't a list, but a graph, where you can compare popularity of names and type in names to see how popular they are. It's also great for just getting ideas, especially for older names, because it goes back to the 1880's. My DH just lets his finger wander until he settles on a name and then suggests it (like when you're spinning a globe and you put your finger down randomly to pick a vacation destination!)
Anyway, I'm not much for planning or having the responsibility of a name hanging over my head either, so good luck! And trust your gut. You'll know when it feels right.
Here's the website (and a hint, activate the blinking curser at the top from gray to black to type in a name)

http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

[lenore80]

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[jenmk]

Wow, the babyname wizard is so cool. Thanks for sharing that. I love unusual names, so I don't know how much help I'll be . . . but here are a few suggestions for traditional names.

Abigail/Abbigail
Isabel/Isabelle
Isabella (you could call her Bella for short)
Emma
Emily
Violet
Sylvia/Sylvie
Olivia

Jacob
Justin
Stevan
Joshua
Christopher
Alex
Alexander
Bryan/Brian
Byron
Dylan
Nathan
Ethan
Patrick/Patrik
Aaron
Jordan

It's really hard coming up with names for your baby! And so hard to find something that both you and DH agree on. I find boys' names especially difficult, too. Regardless of what we find out on our ultrasound, we're still going to have both gender names picked. For our first we were told we were having a girl . . . and they were wrong! Luckily we kept in mind that we still might have a boy, and so we had a name picked out for him just in case. Whew!

We use my family name as our kids' middle names, so we never have to come up with 2 names, our kids don't have to deal with hyphenated last names, and my family name still is passed on/honored in my children.

Good luck!

[ibex67]

We use my family name as our kids' middle names, so we never have to come up with 2 names, our kids don't have to deal with hyphenated last names, and my family name still is passed on/honored in my children.

We do the same thing!

[libbylu]

New here, but I just had to jump in-- if you have a name you love, use it! We agonized with ds1 because we had this great name all picked out, way before we were even preg, and then our neighbors, who we are really close to, picked the same first name for their baby, who was due before ours! We joked about how they would make fun of us, after all, they only have one son-- couldn't we have come up with anything else?

Anyway, we were planning on a fairly unusual middle name, and a really unusual nickname, so we just did it anyway. They totally didn't mind. (or didn't let on if they did!) But they do call our ds by their ds's nickname.

[Nora'sMama]

In my family and in DH's there are naming traditions so we were a bit limited in what we would name DD, but we tweaked the process to make her name unique ;). All the women in my family are named after female relatives, usually great-grandmas, so DD is named after her great-gma. But I didn't use the name my grandma normally went by, I used her first name instead (which I liked better). Etc.

My cousins have gone through our family tree looking for cool family names. One cousin used my grandfather's mother's maiden name as a first name for her DS. Another cousin used the middle name (which was a last name...probably his mother's maiden name) of an ancestor of ours from the 1800s, for her DD. Both names are unusual but sound kind of normal (similar sounding to names currently in use). I love that. Maybe you could go through your family tree and see if anything pops out at you.

Oh, and sorry I am posting on the August 2006 DDC! I am not pg! I just clicked on "new posts" and saw this thread and I love talking about naming so thought I'd add my $.02. :)

[carla72]

Thats a good idea about going back through the family tree. I wish I had one. I should have done one with my HGrandma before she past away last year. I should make a point of doing one with my mom atleast as far back as she knows.

[pumpkin]

My SIL and her DH bought a baby name book. SIL had him go through the book and cross-out every name that he would not consider. Then she went through and crossed-out every name she would not consider. They are picking from the remaining names.

I personally think this plan is crazy because of the time involved, its a big book, but perhaps you could get the list of the top 1000 names or top 500 or whatever and start crossing-out ones you don't like. Maybe the decision will be easier if you have a short list to work from.

[~Megan~]

Have a beloved relative that would appreciate being honored?