Baby Name Poll

kinmir30

So H and I are those people who have names picked out way before we even want kids.....but H and I were having a "discussion" about names this weekend and I just wanted to take a poll here.

 

Both of our names start with M....and H decided long ago that if he has a boy, he wants him to be a junior because H is the last living male with his name...so our boy would also have a M name. I also always loved the name Mia, which would make it another M name, so we figured if we had more than two (assuming we have boy and girl) we would have to continue with M names...because the third would be left out, etc etc. 

Anyway, I really love the name Mia, but technically I want the name Amelia and just have her go by Mia. H hates the name Amelia and says it's not an M name....which it's not, but if she was always called Mia? .....

So here's a poll. Tell me your opinion. 

 

Also, feel free to discuss your fave baby names below. 

 

[Poll]

uwhuskygirl

What if you name her Amelia, but she hates Mia when she gets older?

kinmir30

uwhuskygirl:

What if you name her Amelia, but she hates Mia when she gets older?

 

well I love both names...so I wouldn't really mind. 

But, I can see your point. 

karimychel

I'm in the camp that you should name your child what you plan to call them. 

babyaustin725

When I was pregnant, we knew we were going to name our son Tillman Mathew (Tillman after my grandfather, and Mathew because it's my husband's middle name).  I thought since Tillman is unusual that we would call him by his middle name, but we never did...not ever.  I told people we were going to and everything, but it just never happened.  Because of my experience, I say name the baby what you want to call it.

sarack

first, this post is kinda funny. but anyway, my sister's name is mia and i love the name. if it wasn't hers, i'd def name my kids mia. that said, i also love amelia. you should name her the longer name so she can have a nickname.. i'm sorta biased because since my name is so short, there is no nicknames possible.

kinmir30

sarack:

first, this post is kinda funny. but anyway, my sister's name is mia and i love the name. if it wasn't hers, i'd def name my kids mia. that said, i also love amelia. you should name her the longer name so she can have a nickname.. i'm sorta biased because since my name is so short, there is no nicknames possible.

 

yah....the board felt dead...so I felt like posting a random post....but it doesn't seem to be getting much action.  and if you just mean that H and I are weird, I agree.

And.......I also LOVE Amelia.....just something about it. I think because its not so popular...

jennuinne

I like both names.  But, if you plan to call her Mia and you have an M theme going on, I'd just go w/ Mia.  Plus, it's one thing to go by Jenn when your name is Jennifer -- it's obviously a shorter version.  But, a middle name or Mia isn't so obvious and it can be weird if everyone knows her as Mia but at school and the Dr., etc., they say "Amelia" people will be like, "huh, who?"

KST_

I don't really like the name Amelia, but that's just me. I prefer more French versions like Amelie But if you PLAN on calling her Mia, just name her Mia. (However, be aware that can be pronounced both Mee-ya and My-yah, and she will spend her life correcting 50% of people who will guess the wrong one.)

Turns out both H and I LOVE a lot of A names, but with our married last name starting with an A, I refuse to make our poor child alliterative or AA. SoI have to wave bye-bye to Amelie, Anya, Anastasia, and Ana. (I really like the short soft a sound!) I like Aiden and Avery, but those are too common now days.

jennuinne

KST_:

But if you PLAN on calling her Mia, just name her Mia. (However, be aware that can be pronounced both Mee-ya and My-yah, and she will spend her life correcting 50% of people who will guess the wrong one.)

Anyone who pronounces Mia My-yaa is an idiot, IMHO.

jennlin

sarack:

i'm sorta biased because since my name is so short, there is no nicknames possible.

we can call you "ra".

kinmir30

jennuinne:

KST_:

But if you PLAN on calling her Mia, just name her Mia. (However, be aware that can be pronounced both Mee-ya and My-yah, and she will spend her life correcting 50% of people who will guess the wrong one.)

Anyone who pronounces Mia My-yaa is an idiot, IMHO.

 

agreed

uwhuskygirl

sarack:

i'm sorta biased because since my name is so short, there is no nicknames possible.

try having my name, the only nick names that I've gotten all surround the word j!zz or I have one friend that calls me nette, but everything else is about j!zz

KST_

jennuinne:

KST_:

But if you PLAN on calling her Mia, just name her Mia. (However, be aware that can be pronounced both Mee-ya and My-yah, and she will spend her life correcting 50% of people who will guess the wrong one.)

Anyone who pronounces Mia My-yaa is an idiot, IMHO.

That's a language/culture thing I believe.

jennuinne

jennlin:

sarack:

i'm sorta biased because since my name is so short, there is no nicknames possible.

we can call you "ra".

Or Ciroc/sarack.

KST_

uwhuskygirl:

sarack:

i'm sorta biased because since my name is so short, there is no nicknames possible.

try having my name, the only nick names that I've gotten all surround the word j!zz or I have one friend that calls me nette, but everything else is about j!zz

I'm a call you Genie. Nicknames don't have to exact pieces of the longer name! Goodness, in my years, my nicknames have been from a normal "Krys" to "K2O" to "Tank Girl" to "Poptart"

dreamwinds

Like sarack? I hated having a short name. I'd rather have been named something longer and shorten it myself. I think Amelia to Mia works nicely and it gives her more options as she gets older?

sarack

jennlin:

sarack:

i'm sorta biased because since my name is so short, there is no nicknames possible.

we can call you "ra".

lol! nah...

sarack

kinmir30:

sarack:

first, this post is kinda funny. but anyway, my sister's name is mia and i love the name. if it wasn't hers, i'd def name my kids mia. that said, i also love amelia. you should name her the longer name so she can have a nickname.. i'm sorta biased because since my name is so short, there is no nicknames possible.

 

yah....the board felt dead...so I felt like posting a random post....but it doesn't seem to be getting much action.  and if you just mean that H and I are weird, I agree.

And.......I also LOVE Amelia.....just something about it. I think because its not so popular...

no, i don't think you're weird at all. i think it's funny because you're NTTC right? lol. but also because i can't get H to tell me any names he likes. i still really like amelia. i say just name her that.

kinmir30

sarack:

kinmir30:

sarack:

first, this post is kinda funny. but anyway, my sister's name is mia and i love the name. if it wasn't hers, i'd def name my kids mia. that said, i also love amelia. you should name her the longer name so she can have a nickname.. i'm sorta biased because since my name is so short, there is no nicknames possible.

 

yah....the board felt dead...so I felt like posting a random post....but it doesn't seem to be getting much action.  and if you just mean that H and I are weird, I agree.

And.......I also LOVE Amelia.....just something about it. I think because its not so popular...

no, i don't think you're weird at all. i think it's funny because you're NTTC right? lol. but also because i can't get H to tell me any names he likes. i still really like amelia. i say just name her that.

 

nope. we are def not TTC.....but, we like to talk about names.....i think we talked about names like 2 months after we were together. hah!