S/o Did you choose a baby name thanks to MMM?

[dulcemariamar]

Has MMM have any influence on what names you chose for your LO(s)? I know some people post polls or ask advice but I was also curious if you saw a name here on the board that someone either suggested or that someone already had used and decided to use it?

[turtlegirl]

Well, I didn't join until after both my boys were born. And with this pregnancy ending up being a girl we already had a girl named picked out from my first pregnancy and still stuck with it.

Our boy names were hard to decide on though! And if #3 had been a boy I probably would have done a poll or post to help.

[pinkdutchtulips]

Nope ... I got here long after dd was born

[linz]

We had our names picked before I got pg so no. I don't pay much attention to the mmm name polls.

[spk926]

Nope. We've known our girl (and boy but haven't use that yet) names before GBCN was even around. Heck, before I was even on The Nest too.

[cincodemayo]

No, but I asked for input on a middle name on the Got Pregnant board and listened to the advice I got there.

[Deleted]

Nope. I only used MMM as a sounding board because DH wouldn't agree with me.

[Deleted]

Nope, I have never asked anyone for baby name advice in my life. I DO WHAT I WANT.

My mother hates DD2's name. lol.

[rootbeerfloat]

My kids are too old, but I could've used MMM since we had a lot of trouble naming DS. (We had DD's name long before having kids.)

[heygrey]

No. We had our boy name picked out almost 5 years before he was born. We agreed on middle names fairly quickly too.

It may have influenced a girl name because we had zero consensus and making a final decision would have been a lot harder.

[DarcyLongfellow]

Yep :-)

Well, with DD1 this place didn't exist yet. And at the old place, birth month boards weren't even a thing yet. So I was on the trimester boards :-)

But I definitely posted name polls. I may have even posted one on the old MM. And with DD2 I posted on here.

We didn't pick their names based on the boards, but DH and I like getting a broader opinion of the names we were considering.

[pinotgrig]

Nope. As I recall, GP was not a fan of g's name. Lol

[Deleted]

Yes. I posted a zillion polls and someone did suggest DD's name. Velar Fricative maybe?

[Willis Jackson]

No.

I'm sure 95% of the board would hate DS2's name. I'm still not sold on it, to be honest. It's Clyde, btw.

[Deleted]

Aug 7, 2015 15:14:56 GMT -5 page said:

My mother hates DD2's name. lol.

Both my parents disliked DS's name. And my dad really didn't like DD's name. But he's a grump who doesn't like anything.

[teatimefor2]

No... This was one area that DH and I didn't need/want opinions. But in all honestly, I did ask if our potential girl name was too matchey with DS1's name. However, we had a little boy, so no issue there!

[hbomdiggity]

Nope. It was H's pick and I rarely see it mentioned on here (it's normal name).

[bcarp30]

I wasn't on GBCN when I was pregnant with DD. We already have our girl name picked but if we have a boy I may do a poll because DH and I are in disagreement on the name. Good thing we have like 30 weeks to figure it out and find out what we are having!

[Marmee]

Definitely not my first 3 kids (pre-GBCN)--DD4 first was mostly chosen by DH but I picked her nickname & middle. Don't think anyone has ever even mentioned either of her official names as even options. Lol

[Brie]

We considered using P's middle name as a first name but MMM told me it's awful, so I didn't.

I still like it though.

[jewel]

Nope.

I initially wanted to call him Hank, as a nickname. I did a poll on GP and most people said that it was stupid to name him something more formal, with the intention of calling him Hank. Just name him Hank.

We went to the hospital with a list of 10 or so possible names. We ended up naming him Luca, which was not on the list, and not something that we had discussed until I thought of it in the hospital, in a semi-drug-induced state. It happened because I thought - ooh, that hot doctor looks like Luca from ER. I asked my husband what he thought of "Luca" and he loved it. He still doesn't know how I came up with it, LOL. And then, because it was a new name, I kept on forgetting what we named him, and was calling him Nico off and on for a few days. OMG.

[scribellesam]

Nah, we used family names. I wouldn't have polled DS2's name here anyway because it starts with the same letter as DS1's name and I know how the board feels about "cutesy" sibsets.

[Susie]

No. Calvin and I agreed on our first daughter's name (after family) way, way before there was a first daughter on the way.

If Hobbes was a boy, it's possible I'd have polled MMM. We tossed around just enough names prior to my a/s to know that we had NO overlap in boy name preferences.

[cjeanette]

No, I was pregnant with my 2nd back in 2008 by the time I joined MM.

Tried to get people to name their kids Corbin and Eleanor though. No bites yet

[hilwithonelary]

My kids were born pre MMM, but I did poll on TB for my kids' names. It was not helpful because there was pretty much a 50/50 split on my two polls: Robbie vs Robby for a DS's nn and Elsa vs Vera for DD.

[Jalapeñomel]

No, we've had baby names for many years.

[Ashley&Scott]

Nope, M's name was never discussed with anyone but DH. We kept it a secret from our families until he was born.

[drloretta]

Oh hellz no. I would have gotten a lot of "I would never name my kid that, no one will be able to spell/pronounce it"

I'm on a baby names board a lot, and I always wonder if anyone chooses a name I toss out.

[zarapipe]

Aug 7, 2015 15:08:58 GMT -5 @this said:

Well, I know one person that didn't...

*cough* zarapipe *cough*

One of the most compelling reasons to go for #3 is 100% naming rights and you better believe I will take mmm advice

[mlvmd]

No. We used family names. I also think the consensus is that I'm strange to call DS1 something other than his name, Jack for John. I'm okay with that though.