When did you finalize your baby's name?

[hillarywhitney]

Dh and I have had a boy name picked out since before we started ttc. And while we are both pretty much 100% set on the name, we haven't said "this is definitely it!". 

When did you decide 100% on your baby's name? And how did you reach that conclusion? 

[flgirl]

Pretty soon after the AS. I like to start calling them their name immediately. It helps me to bond with them.

[pinotgrig]

We had a boy name picked out when the first couple in our group of friends had their baby. When we got pg it stayed on our list and we tried to add to come up with more boy and girl names.

At our NT scan when we were told 99% sure a boy we really focused on adding more boy names to our list but kept coming back to that name. After the a/s confirmed boy, we pretty much went with our name.

[hillarywhitney]

So far there aren't any other names we are seriously considering. I think we are both just hesitant to finalize his name because it's such a big/important decision. I keep thinking I will have some a-ha moment, but so far I haven't.

[pinotgrig]

Apr 14, 2014 20:31:54 GMT -5 hillarywhitney said:

So far there aren't any other names we are seriously considering. I think we are both just hesitant to finalize his name because it's such a big/important decision. I keep thinking I will have some a-ha moment, but so far I haven't.

This was us, too. It was really the only boy name we both liked, so we saw no reason to force something else to work if we both liked it. Also, all our brainstorming for more names didn't yield anything we liked better. If you both like it, go for it!

[MrsDarcy]

With our first, we were team green, so we had a name picked for both sexes. I guess we had it narrowed down a couple months before the birth. This time, we've got the name settled, as we found out the sex this time. I realized the other day that our son calls the baby by our "top choice" and we're not actively looking anymore, and we're happy, so we made the decision that that's that.

[scribellesam]

We also had names picked out before TTC and have never really wavered from them. Well, this one's not born yet but we're pretty confident with our two choices and will start referring to baby by their name once we know the sex.

[JayhawkGirl]

We finalized both in the delivery room. We had two names and wanted to see them.

DS was between Henry or William (I think). Dd was between Nora or Harper.

[robinsbff]

well, we won't be totally set until we meet the baby and know if it's a boy or girl! so, the end of july. right now we have one boy's name picked out (solid on the first, not positive about the middle) and two girl's first names in the running, though paired with the same middle name. i think that's as close as we will get until baby arrives.

[amy726]

We couldn't agree on anything while I was pregnant. DH ended up telling me after he was born that I could choose whatever I wanted since I did all the hard work. It still took a day or two. I have a small list going now but don't plan on discussing them with DH for a while because I can already foresee him saying no to all of them.

[MamaMaui24]

Apr 14, 2014 20:31:54 GMT -5 hillarywhitney said:

I keep thinking I will have some a-ha moment, but so far I haven't.

We never had an a-ha moment. We would come up with other names and say "it's nice, but I don't like it as much as _____." Two years later and we're still happy with it.

[sewpinkgal]

With DS1, as soon as we knew it was a boy. He is a III, so it was an easy choice for us.

With DS2, we pretty much had a name chosen a few days after we got the Progenity results back around 12w. I'm not even pretending that it's still uncertain anymore, we've definitely picked a first name and I refer to him as such. A middle name will probably take us a bit longer.

[eav2c]

It just felt right with both boys. My first we picked the name about a week before we knew gender. There was no debating once I mentioned the name. My second son was much more difficult and we couldn't agree but about two weeks before he was born there was that "aha!" moment.

I do think things somehow feel right and you just "know" once you've found the name.

[soxin2]

DD we had a short list (2 options) settled 2w before her birth. We modified one slightly and it stuck upon delivery.

DS we could.not.agree. At all. We were arguing while I was walking the halls post-pitocin (induction). We finally agreed when he was about 2 hours old on a 1st and about 5hrs old on a middle. Spelling was finalized the next day.

This one... a/s is 4/25. Due date is 9/26. My babies are usually overdue, so... Early October?

[andthentherewere10]

In the car on the way home from a/s. My husband's book-to-be-published was literally on hold waiting for the name for the dedication (no, he's not steven king - just a lowly education author). I HATED the pressure of having to decide and then be committed on that day! And he wouldn't discuss names until we knew the sex anyway. So stressful.

[zarapipe]

With DD it was about two months before she was born.

With this one, at our rate, probably never.

[theatre4life]

We had a girl's name picked out, and had agreed on it, but were still debating on a boy's name. We had the a/s scan last week, and we are very clearly having a boy. We are still debating, because we can't seem to agree on one yet.

[tigress]

DD1 we decided maybe around 30 weeks or so, but left it open (nothing for sure) until she was born in case we changed our minds.

DD2 we had actually decided on a different name, and then H's sister came in shortly after she was born and changed my H's mind to my first choice. We didn't officially decide until the next morning (born at 1:42am, H's sister works at the hospital and was working elsewhere in the hopsital when she was born so visited at 3am) after I slept on it a bit.

We have not even begun to discuss names for this third kid. Probably after we find out if its a boy or girl we'll start discussing.

[aqualuv]

We do not know the gender, but we have names finalized for both a boy and a girl. We have talked about names prior to becoming pregnant. And honestly we haven't even considered other names since becoming pregnant.

[chickadee77]

We're pretty settled, but won't finalize until after she's here. We still call her "the baby" or "our daughter," and even though we've told a few people our front-runner name, it still grates on us to hear other people say it, lol. I put it down to PGAL paranoia.

[anaps28]

With DS we had 4 names we liked and then about a month or so before he was born it was down to 2. I didn't really decide until after delivery. I had a hard time making a decision!!

[linz]

We had our names picked out when we started TTC. Little did we know it'd be 2 years later before we got pg..... We aren't finding out genders though so we have 2 boy and 2 girl names and 1 favorite of each in case we have one of each gender. We are still deciding middle name for 1 boy name though. It was actually super easy for us to decide. We did have names we didn't agree on but in the end I love what we have. I felt like boy names were harder for us.

[lo]

Apr 15, 2014 10:57:55 GMT -5 linz said:

We had our names picked out when we started TTC. Little did we know it'd be 2 years later before we got pg..... We aren't finding out genders though so we have 2 boy and 2 girl names and 1 favorite of each in case we have one of each gender. We are still deciding middle name for 1 boy name though. It was actually super easy for us to decide. We did have names we didn't agree on but in the end I love what we have. I felt like boy names were harder for us.

That's awesome you're not finding out the sexes! I would have done the same!

We have a definite girl's name but I haven't fallen in love with any boy names yet. I'm 27.5 weeks.

[MrsDarcy]

Apr 15, 2014 8:16:28 GMT -5 chickadee77 said:

it still grates on us to hear other people say it, lol. I put it down to PGAL paranoia.

I've never had a loss, and I also hate it when people call her by her name while in utero. I have no idea why. I do it occasionally, but not often. Maybe we're just both weird.

[winemaker]

I'm 26 weeks and Sunday is when we were both in agreement about first and middle name. As for the spelling that is still in the works.

[gretchenindisguise]

With L - we were decided at 8 weeks. Then around 37 weeks I changed my mind. So we were 100% decided about 4 hours before she was born after I convinced H that we should change the name to L instead of C. We decided on spelling after she was born by writing variations on the white board and going with what looked best.

I assume this one will be similar.

[hillarywhitney]

Apr 15, 2014 14:53:26 GMT -5 luckydog said:

This is a great question! Our baby will probably be named Baby at our rate. We had a name picked out a few years ago but now it is super popular. H asks the baby what her name is! I wish she could tell us!

I say if you love the name you had picked out, go with it. Though I do understand wanting to avoid really popular names.