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Re: Naming bay-bees
We don't really talk names at all. I've thought of one or two and asked what he thinks. For a girl, her middle name would be Lyn after my Mom.
My only request is that our children NOT have two middle names. Mark has two middle names and he claims I rolled my eyes during the vows when I was made to say them all. I say there was no eye rolling but he knows I think that many names is ridiculous.
I agree with others that I would only care if close family or friends had the same name.
I am also super late to this thread
We have 2 boys and 2 girls names picked out. Girls: Ellie & Kinley, and boys: Noah and Brady. All 4 have middle names that are family names, which is super important to us.
I'm not too possessive over them, I just pray family members don't use them before we do. Friends, I could care less.
I'll answer. Because Jim is a junior, we already know that if we have a boy he will be James Robert III.
I have several names that I like for girls, but right now we are agreed on Rachel Linden. Linden was my Dad's middle name.
The Daily Nugget
Cycle 12, IUI #1 - 33m post wash 10/15/10 = BFN
Cycle 13, IUI #2 - 15m post wash 11/16/10 = BFP, missed m/c, D&C 1/3/11
Cycle 15 - 18, IUI #3-6 = BFN
Cycle 20, IUI #7 = BFP!, missed m/c 9/14, D&C
DE-IVF Aug. 2012: ER 8/30 11R, 7M, 4F; ET 9/4 returned 2
Beta 9/18 #1-820, #2-1699, #3-7124
10/1 1st u/s measuring right on track, 125 bpm
I know a little girl named Isobel. Her dad is Irish. Their other kids are named James and Islay.
The Daily Nugget
Cycle 12, IUI #1 - 33m post wash 10/15/10 = BFN
Cycle 13, IUI #2 - 15m post wash 11/16/10 = BFP, missed m/c, D&C 1/3/11
Cycle 15 - 18, IUI #3-6 = BFN
Cycle 20, IUI #7 = BFP!, missed m/c 9/14, D&C
DE-IVF Aug. 2012: ER 8/30 11R, 7M, 4F; ET 9/4 returned 2
Beta 9/18 #1-820, #2-1699, #3-7124
10/1 1st u/s measuring right on track, 125 bpm
I should suggest Islay to Phil - he does love his whiskey!
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I always had a list of names but before becoming pregnant never shared them with my husband. Now that we are expecting many of the names on my lost I crossed off for not sure if I want my kid with the name now or just too popular (Imogene and Olivia for examples). As a teacher many names get ruined for me so it is important that the name does not stir up negative thoughts.
I could care less if someone has names on my list. I won't name my kid if another friend/fmaily member has the name already.
FWIW the names for our LO are: Chandler Thomas or Adelyn Elizabeth. I get mixed reviews on Chandler but I don't care. We like it
Is Imogene really popular in your area? Anytime I tell that name to anyone, I get
or 
. I had it on my list that I shared with my sane SIL and she loved it too. DH hates it and swears he'd call her Imagination all the time. Guess worst case is if I can't sell DH on it, I can possibly have a niece with the name. Chandler and Adelyn are great names.
First question: Out of curiosity, how many of you have chosen/are choosing/chose your babies names before they were/will be born?
I always had the Name Alexandria Annette picked out for a girl but when I gave birth to my baby Angel I could give the name up to her because she didn't look like an Alexandria so she got Destiny Marie. Oh and for a boy my DH insist that if we had a boy he would be Kratos Jones he thinks it has character, I think he will get his butt stomped on the playground
Second Question: Do you feel possessive about your kids' names? Would you care if someone else had them?
no because I have two or three other back up names.
All of this...I am actually less concerned about being possessive about names as I am having names ruined by students. I already have quite a list of names I will NEVER EVER EVER name my children because of former students.
Ed and I also don't agree on a whole lot of names, so that might be tricky...currently we agree on one boy name and one girl name...Ethan for a boy, Eliza for a girl...it isn't intentional that they both start with "E" but if we were to have one of each I don't know if I would want them to have the same first letter--a little Duggar-ish to me...
BFP 5/2/11, missed m/c, D&C 6/13/11
BFP 12/8/11--Little Girl E Born 8/22/12
This cracks me up. When I was pregnant we constantly were asked about names. Matt always wanted to tell everyone Agamemnon just to see the reactions.
We went in with a list. I refused to choose a name before he was born. I firmly believe that when you see a baby you have a better idea of what suits him/her. We had boy names picked that I LOVED but definitely did not fit him.
And I think I'm semi possessive about names. I wouldn't be stupid about it, but I might secretly be bummed. I'm weird about having something popular. I was one of MANY Stephanies in school and had one of the most generic last names. I want our kids to feel unique without getting too crazy.
I really like Linden. I wanted it on our boys list but Matt vetoed it.
Okay, so first of all, when I re-read my post on Ringy's thread below I realized that I sounded stupid, and like I thought I owned the name. I actually really just thought it was super weird and funny that Ringy has the same name chosen for a girl as we do. We don't know each other IRL and I could care less if we use the same name (if we both have girls).
As for the other questions, yes, we have names picked out. But for the boy names, we will wait til we see him (if it's a boy) and then choose his name. Like I said before, Zoe is the only girl name we can agree on. If it's a girl, she'll be Zoe.
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