QOTD 2/11

minionlover

I know that many of us are in different stages of expanding our families but I am curious...have you and DH talked about baby names?  Have you decided on anything?

islandmonkey8

We have a pretty good idea of names. But nothing set in stone. We figure we have until a baby comes to make final decisions.

goatlady12

It will be a long time before we have kids.  We haven't talked in depth about names.  It's come up a few times when some friends/family named their kids.  When H hears an odd name, he always says, "What ever happened to normal names?"  I told him it doesn't have to be super strange, but I don't want our kid to have 7 people with the same name in each of their classes either.

lehc723

We want to have two, if we can, and have two boy names picked out and one girl name. If, years from now when it becomes an issue, we have two girls, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. 

minionlover

We have talked about names.  We always talk about girls names for some reason though.  We almost never talk about boys names.  I was talking to my dad the other day about books and he said that there was a recent report that the #1 girls name for last year was Katniss. 

goatlady12

Cathyl7910:

We have talked about names.  We always talk about girls names for some reason though.  We almost never talk about boys names.  I was talking to my dad the other day about books and he said that there was a recent report that the #1 girls name for last year was Katniss. 

I know so many friends that named their daughters Bella when Twighlight was huge. 

pockysquirrel

H and I are probably only having one child, unless something pretty major changes after kid #1 is born. We have a boy's name picked out - that was super easy since both our families happen to keep reusing the same male names, and we like them enough to keep up with the tradition. (H's first name, my father's first name, and FIL's middle name are all the same thing!) Girl's names...well, let's just say that at this point, I'm REALLY hoping for a son!

mana8503

H just told me his 3 vetos, which are all from his 1st marriage

Amber (ex wife's name), Peyton (he hated OTH and ex wanted to name their daughter this), and Cannon ( ex wanted to name their son this, it's the road H grew up on, and is now the name of his ex's 3rd kid)

We like traditional names but being Amanda, from the 80's I understand having a popular name.  I had a class of 12 in college, 3 of us were Amandas.

LDubHawksFan

We are probably a yr away from trying, so although we don't talk names, we do talk about babies a lot.

mana8503

I should also add I'm from 2 huge southern families and I hate all the names are getting picked over.  We sat down over Christmas and my Gma on my dad's side has 52 grand, great and great-great grandkids.  That's just one side, not counting SOs.

The cousins have also decided no more Johns!  We have Johnny, Johnaton, John Evan, John Michael, Uncle John (by marriage), Little John...

magpie87

We have actually talked about baby names a lot. I thought we had a boy name (first and middle) set and at least 2 options for girl first names, but now H isn't sure about the boy's name. Ugh *throws hands up in the air*. He says that he would just like to wait until the baby is born to decide, but I would at least like to narrow it down to a couple of options.

julie279

I've been thinking of names a bit.  Mostly girl names.  My husband wants to wait until we know if we're having a boy or girl before deciding though, and I am fine with that, so that is what we'll be doing. 

mbuckley85

Not pregnant yet, but since we are TTC we do talk names a lot.  We are mostly having an issue with boy names, since we both like traditional girl names a lot.  I really like Oliver for a boy, but DH HATES IT!  Its okay though because its seeming like its going to be quite popular, too much for my taste.  

 We have a boy middle name that we 100% agree on...Adam.  This is after DH's only male cousin that shares his last name.  He died in his late 20s from lymphoma.  We certainly want to use the name, but not as a first name.  The problem we have is that our last name begins with G, so the initials would end in _AG.  I don't exactly want them to spell anything (BAG, HAG, SAG) and it really omits a lot of letters.  We have thrown a lot of names out and the only ones DH and I agree on are still not my favorites (David, Patrick, etc.) but I could live with them.

 Being a Melissa from the 80s certainly makes me NOT want to give my kid the most popular name out there!  I'm definitely trying to steer clear of top ten names, but specifically with girl names because I feel like it matters more for whatever reason... 

brainybrunette

DH and I are years away from TTC, but we have talked about a few names.

We like Sophia Theresa for a girl. I've always loved the name Sophia! The middle name was my great-grandmother's name. We were very close until she passed away almost 15 years ago.

We like Andrew Richard for a boy. I love the name Andy, plus my great-grandfather's name was Antimo, but everyone called him Andy. Plus, I found my great-grandparents on the 1940 census and he was listed as Andrew...the census taker probably had no idea how to spell Antimo LOL! My grandfather's name is Richard, so that's where the middle name comes from.

 So bottom line...we like Italian names and names of important people in our (ok, my) life.

I'm so mad that Sophia and Andrew are both in the top 10 lists! If we do end up naming our kids that, I feel like I would have to put a disclaimer that I liked those names before I knew they were on the top 10 list!  My name is Nicole Marie...one of the most popular first-middle name combos of the 80s! At one point there were 4 Nicole's in one of my classes and 3 of us were Nicole Marie! 

EDIT: I meant to also add that DH and I definitely want 2 kids. I'm an only child and although it was fun not to have to share anything growing up, now I really wish I had a sibling! I wish I had someone to play "remember when..." with. I have 3 cousins but they are at least 7 years younger than me, and they don't remember much (or anything) from my childhood. I would never want my kid to be an only child because of this!

snuff9861

I've had names picked out for years, one of each. Of course nothing is set in stone. I want 2 kids, H would like 3 or 4. I told him we would see how the first 2 went and then decide after that. 

 

I like somewhat different names and H is into very plain names. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. I also don't want to know the gender until the baby is born, so making a split second decision like naming a baby at birth might change everything. 

sjs1013

I have a boy's name and girl's name that I love.  H says he can live with the girl's name but he hates the boys name.  H's first name and his father's first name both begin with J.  I think it would be cute to give a boy a J name and begin a tradition, but H thinks I'm ridiculous.  Picking out names will be interesting when our time comes.

pengy16

It was already decided by H and his Aunt back when we were just dating that we will name our son H name, so that it will be the Third. I have a couple of names for a girl but we havent really decided on a name. I dont want to give a kid my name, hearing so many people butcher my name, I couldnt put that pain on a child. 

xxjen015

We're still about 3 years away from TTC, but we do talk about baby names because I love thinking about it!! We're *hoping* for one of each, but I have told him I'm dead serious on adopting a third of the other gender if we have two the same. 

Currently we're liking the names Lucy and Grayson  (Gray is a family name of mine...a grandmother and it's my brother's middle name). Both of us have family name middle names, so I'd kind of like to continue that somehow, but we shall see! 

mpjf1001

I'm not sure how many kids we will have, i'd like to get through this pregnancy first, we both do want more than one and fairly close in age!

As for names in my family (Italian) the first born is named after the father's parents and then the 2nd is named after the mother's parents. H is Joseph Frank named after his dad and grandfather, he is half Cuban half Italian and they dont really follow any traditions when it comes to names. I am the 2nd in my family so i got my mother's parent's names...Maria Giovanna, Maria is my GM and Giovanni was my GF. I have no idea if we will follow this to a T bc i dont like H's mom's name and H's uncle's father said i need to name (if i had a girl) after H's GM which is Mercedes, no thank you!

I've always wanted a little Joey (H and his father have the same name, diff middle name) however but then we would need to decide on a middle name. I have no ideas for girls names, H and i have thrown a couple around but after we find out boy/girl on Wed we will talk more. All i know is I refuse to name my kid Maria, there are too many in my family (GM, my mom, cousins and aunts) and therefore we have to be called by first and middle names at family functions or its chaos!