Anyone already thinking of names?

[jaclyn7]

I know some of us (all?) are a little worried, so lets have some positive thoughts :love

I'm obsessed, I'm always looking and listening for different names and last night we went through my master list. I've got a few in mind, but since we won't be finding out the gender, we won't be naming the child until we meet him or her.

For boys I'm loving:
Harrison
Kiefer
William or Liam
Finn
Rowan or Roan
Walker
Eli
Noah
Charles (Charlie)

and for girls I'm loving:
Grace
Esmé
Isabella
Violet
Lily or Lillian
Ainslie
Rowan
Scarlett
Ruby
Finlay
Schuyler
Marlowe
Maggie

Just to name a few :o:) What names do you like or have you settled on any?

[barefootpoetry]

I had names picked out before I even conceived. :wink For a girl it will be Lilith May, and for a boy it will be Jacob Vaughn.

[honeybee]

I spent some time online last night looking at name sites! I have a small list going, but dh doesn't want to talk about it yet!

[pauletoy]

We are settled on John Thomas for a boy. This was DH's great grandfather's name.

No clue for a baby girl. Hopefully not "Baby Girl".

[shockels]

The title of your post made me laugh out loud!!! I think names were the hardest part of my last pregnancy! My husband and I ended up each contributing 10 girl names and 10 boy names to a list so we had 20 of each. Then, each week we'd vote one off like survivor. It turned what was a really tense subject for us into a much more light hearted endeavor. This time names hadn't even crossed my mind yet until I saw your post. Now I think I'll have to start getting my lists ready again!

[truelife]

We have our names picked out already:

Boy:

Malachi Augustin (older boys have OT names and love the meaning and Augustin was DH's great-grandfather's name)

Girl:

Selah Raquel (Selah is from Psalms and I have loved it since I was 18 & my middle name is Rae so she would somewhat be named after me)

[Quaniliaz]

I've been thinking of a few.

Girl
Poppy
Althea
Alethea
Rowan
Saoirse (pronounced seer'-sha) (My husband doesn't like this one)

Boy
Brom (this is my husband's idea - I'm not particularly thrilled)

Just like last time - we are having a hard time with boy names!

If anyone has some botanical suggestions, I'd love to hear them!

[Scalpel]

Im sure it will change like a million times down the road but we like Samantha Marie for a girl and Jack or Jaxon Edward for a boy so far.

[ryansma]

There are only two names that I like. The girl name is the same as when I was pregs with ds Anna Katherine or Anna Grace. If I EVER have a daughter she will be Anna. We are still going back and forth about a boy name -there's time :)

[Belia]

:bag:

I have. And I feel slightly ridiculous for it, too. I think it's too early for me to put anything out there yet.

:shy

P.S. I think Poppy is adorable!!!!

[Sarah8Jane]

I've been thinking of a few.


If anyone has some botanical suggestions, I'd love to hear them!

Sorry ladies, I'm lurking. Hoping to join you next week!


I really like Bracken and Leif for a boy; less excited about Moss, Brier, Fern.

[ThundersCry]

For a boy- James Michael for our two deceased grandfathers. FOr a girl- undecided. DH wants Giada and I want Isabella. Let's hope we have a boy, lol.

[Quaniliaz]

Sorry ladies, I'm lurking. Hoping to join you next week!


I really like Bracken and Leif for a boy; less excited about Moss, Brier, Fern.

Hope you are able to further de-lurk soon. And thanks for the botanical suggestions!!
:dust

[Belia]

I really like Bracken and Leif for a boy; less excited about Moss, Brier, Fern.


I don't think I could ever do "Leif." I think I've seen that "Behind the Music" episode with Leif Garrett when he meets the kid who he hurt in the car accident ONE TOO MANY TIMES.

:D

[EthansMom]

Botanical suggestions...
Cedar, Sage, Laurel, Holly.....hmmm I had some more but with preggo brain, they have left the building lol.

[jaclyn7]

Love all the names, especially Poppy but DH vetoed that unless we have a November baby.

Botanical names, hmm going to have to think about that - Rowan does come from the Rowan tree. Although I've always thought Sage and River would be cute siblings.

I know this thread is a little silly, but I *need* something to focus on right now :o

[Alcyone]

We've already picked out names. Lee is a family middle name in my family and I want to keep that up, so… girl: Dagmar Lee; boy: Bastian Lee. Dagmar would be pronounced the Danish way (seems obvious, right?) which is not like you'd expect unless you're Danish. The Dag rhymes with cow.

[ktmama]

For a girl it will be Lilith May

My dd1 is Lilith and we call her Lily. I actually wanted to name her May after my grandma, but her last name is West....

Which leads me to botanicals. I love Ivy, Lily (obviously), Rose, Daisy, Rowan, Sage, Forest.

[Turtlemum]

I'm obsessed, I'm always looking and listening for different names and last night we went through my master list. I've got a few in mind, but since we won't be finding out the gender, we won't be naming the child until we meet him or her.

For boys I'm loving:
Harrison
Kiefer
William or Liam
Finn
Rowan or Roan
Walker
Eli
Noah
Charles (Charlie)

and for girls I'm loving:
Grace
Esmé
Isabella
Violet
Lily or Lillian
Ainslie
Rowan
Scarlett
Ruby
Finlay
Schuyler
Marlowe
Maggie

Just to name a few :o:) What names do you like or have you settled on any?

So many names from your list are on my list!! (I've already used Scarlett though :innocent)...Hopefully you won't mind if some of your names are on my list - my sister gets really upset if we like the same names just in case I "take" one of hers!!

Boys:
Fox
Leif
River
Harrison
Finn

Girls:
Marlowe
Ruby
Maeve

[mamazee]

If we have a boy, we're naming him after a family member, so it's just girls' names we have to think of.

I like really old fashioned names. I was thinking of Clara. My husband likes Vera. We both like Eleanor. But we know too many Ellies. I'm not too sure.

[jaclyn7]

So many names from your list are on my list!! (I've already used Scarlett though :innocent)...Hopefully you won't mind if some of your names are on my list - my sister gets really upset if we like the same names just in case I "take" one of hers!!


No way! I think great minds think alike. Plus, I'm adding River to my list. :D Maeve used to be on my list, but our last name starts with such a strong May sound that its just a bit too much and my neighbor & his son are Leifs.

Would you be pronounciating it Leaf (son) or Layf (Dad)?

[andrea]

This baby told me her name in a series of several dreams about a year ago.
:love

Unless it surprises me and comes out a boy!

[moderngal]

Siobhan for a girl. Ronan for a boy. :love
No idea on middle names yet though. Something Irish and earthy would be nice. Clearly I have plenty of time though. ;)

[Alcyone]

I like really old fashioned names. I was thinking of Clara. My husband likes Vera. We both like Eleanor. But we know too many Ellies. I'm not too sure.
I'm a huge sucker for old-fashioned names too! I was really stuck on Eleanora for a long time, before I met DH… but he refuses to pick a name that can't be spelled and pronounced easily in Danish. Dagmar is an old-fashioned Danish name, so we both win with that. I'm still trying to convince him about Evelyn for a second girl, but it would have to be, like, Ævelin or something for anyone to say it right, and he thinks it looks too weird.

We're in big trouble if we have two boys though. Aside from Bastian, we can't seem to agree on anything.

[Changed]

Yes, I have a huge list I've complied over the years... But this time (next?) I'm not finding out the gender or sharing the name. :)

[LCB]

We also picked names before we were even ready to TTC. We're not finding out the gender or sharing names either. I need to get a good look at the kid first and make sure the name seems to fit! : )

[meredyth0315]

We've agreed on Elias Abram for a boy & Abygail Marie for a girl. I've always loved the name Rowan, and would like that to be Abygail's middle name, but DH hates it. I don't think it will be an issue, I'm quite positive this will be another boy. We have a tradition of R middle names - we have a Jacob Riley & Liam Reid :D But I just feel the name Elias Abram so strongly, it just has to be. Liam was going to be an Andrew, but I wasn't crazy about Drew or Andy as nicknames so the day before I had him we decided to go with Liam instead and I can't picture him as anyone else but Liam!!! Boy I rambled, sorry about that guys, must be the decaf coffee I'm not used to :love

[starparticle]

Well, I must say that I'm partial to Leif :wink

Of course we've thought about it, and I think our two girl names are:

Sora
Fern

And boys:

I have no idea. Leif didn't have a name for like two weeks, so I'm sure it will stump us again!!