Baby Names

[Max'sMama]

So just wondering who is keeping their name 'secret'. I was reading on another board all these women with issues regarding family and their opinions on the names people pick for their kids. It really got me thinking, we don't share the name with family, since MIL was horrid before ds was born and so the names we have will not be 'released' to family until AFTER baby is here. Anyone else keeping baby's name quiet?

[ksjhwkr]

We will not tell our families until we name her! My Mom drove me NUTS when I was pregnant with Emma. We told people that we would name her Emma or Grace. So my Mom would call and say, "How is Emma/Grace??" It drove me BATTY! :irked:
So, my sil and brother know what names we are considering (they are due 2 weeks before me), and a few of my friends. But, I am not telling my folks or dh's folks.

[coleslaw]

We did with Katie for the reasons expressed. We didn't want to get a look or face or any comments from the peanut gallery. We gave our choices for Grace, because my sisters were both due within a few weeks of us and we didn't want repeats, but ironically, we changed her name while in the hospital waiting to deliver her (it was Madeline). Now with this one, we found out it is a boy (first time finding out ahead) and dh and I could only agree on one boy's name when pg with Katie, so that will be it. Everyone knows because they know the story. (And if we ever get pg again, it better not be a boy or he will be nameless or have the same as his brother!)

His name will be Alexander Raphael, by the way. Ooo, that's the first time I've seen it in print. Cool!

[trini]

I'm not in your DDC (but my ds was born in July 05). We definitely kept the name a secret. As a matter of fact, we kept the whole list of name possibilities a secret. It wasn't so much to keep people from criticizing as it was to have a nice surprise for them. With ds1, I did give my mom a "hint."
Apparently it was not a very good hint, because she came to the hospital with a list of about 30 names that she thought it MIGHT be. Most of them were absurd! At least we had a good laugh about them.

Anyway, just tonight I was holding my ds and tears came to my eyes as I remembered the first time I heard/knew his name. It was just moments after he was born and someone asked what we named him. DH said his name. It was the first time I knew because we had decided together on the "short list" of possible names and then I left it to dh to decide. He had not told me what he had chosen.

[beautyful]

We won't tell until she's named, and I don't name until I've met my baby on the outside. ;) We told my mom the names we were considering after dd1 was born but before we'd officially decided.

I made the mistake of sharing one of our names with really good friends last time and they laughed at it. I figure this is a safer route. (And nobody can argue with the "want to meet her first" reason :wink)

[~pi]

We have told people our top choices for boy or girl, but have made it clear that we are not committing to anything until we meet him/her. People refer to him/her by the nickname we have been using (Sproglet) but not by any of the chosen names.

[ma_Donna]

No sharing here, heck we didn't even know his name before he was born!

[Miss Juice]

We don't share, and we don't even give hints. When people ask if we have names, we say "We have several we're considering." Ooooh, people get irritated! And I swear, some people take the fact that we're not finding out the sex as a personal insult!