Have I picked my kid's name?

[Brie]

A few days after our a/s, DH picked a name off our list, decided he liked it, and started referring to the baby by it.

It is not a name I absolutely adore on paper, though I do like it. Apparently DH's strong-arm tactic worked, though, because I can't think of this baby by any other name now. There are other names I objectively like more, but they just sound "off" in my head when I refer to the baby by them. DH is 100% sold.

So WWMMMD? Do I just agree that this is it or keep trying to make other names fit?

(It's a classic, solid, unobjectionable name, but we've agreed to keep it on the DL once we pick, and there's a good chance this will be it. Sorry to be a tease.)

[egishere]

Names are so hard. Can you have a backup that you like and agree to wait until the baby is born to see what fits better?

[ssmjlm]

It sounds like you have a name. Congrats!

[zeewifeandmama]

You know, the name that we ultimately chose for our son was not one that I initially liked....in fact I was dead against it for a while. However, it was my husbands #1 name although he did like others. One day, I just started really thinking of my son with that name and how it went with our last name and our daughters name....and I kind of liked it. Now, there is no question that I love the name for him and can't think of anything else I'd rather call him.

[Ashley&Scott]

If no other name feels right then you've made your pick

[Deleted]

This is kind of where we're at too. I'm still playing around with names and meanwhile DH is going around calling her baby Kate to the boys. So I guess he wins by default

FWIW I wasn't totally sold on either of the boys' names either and now I can't imagine them as anything else.

[megs193]

I would ask your DH to stop referring to the baby by them name and then re-evaluate in 2 weeks. If it is still the name you think of when you think of the baby then I think you have a name.

[Brie]

Jun 4, 2012 13:26:00 GMT -5 littlespitfire said:

Jun 4, 2012 13:11:24 GMT -5 megs193 said:

I would ask your DH to stop referring to the baby by them name and then re-evaluate in 2 weeks. If it is still the name you think of when you think of the baby then I think you have a name.

I like this idea - it's a good way to be sure.

FWIW, we didn't start referring to her by her name until we were both settled on it.

He did lay off for awhile at my request, but I came back to it.

[hannamarin]

Around month 3, I picked a name but H wasnt sold on it. In my head, I was going to convince him. But then at month 8, I was sick of it. (and we didnt say it out loud) so you might change your mind
However, since it is very hard to find a name, try to keep this one.

[DarcyLongfellow]

At least you have some time to think about it, mull it over, and see if it still feels right.

We sort of picked DD's name this way. DH refused to discuss names with me until we knew the sex. The day we found out she was a girl, DH said, "okay, I know you've got names you like. What are they?" I told him my top 6 or so names. He basically picked one and decided that should be her name. We still talked about names ad naseum for months, but that is what we eended up naming her!

[kangaroo11]

Yet another reason I won't be finding out the sex of my baby. We will probably discuss names at some point, but it'll have to be a surprise until the birth.

[curbsideprophet]

Jun 4, 2012 12:15:59 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

also as a minor hijack... we have been stuck at Juliet for the past 7 days although DH still likes Mara a lot... but this is the longest we've gone without finding something we hate about a name (Mara is that people will pronounce it "mare"-a)

So, how would you pronounce Mara?

[smiley]

If the name fits and you can't find another name that feels like I would stick with it.

If there is another name that could work you could keep it in the back of your head and when the baby is born decide. Sometimes a kid just looks like a Thomas rather a James ykwim.