Would this be really weird? Re: baby names

[ohgillian]

DH and I have a name we are seriously considering for this baby.

There is a woman who works in another department at my company, and she is the only person I've ever known with this name. I don't know her personally, but we have interacted once or twice by phone and email.

Would it be totally creepy if I emailed her and said that I'm considering X for my baby's name, and does she like her name, etc?

I think it would be weird, but I'm just checking.

[Ashley&Scott]

I probably wouldn't email her since you don't really know her.

What's the name if you don't mind sharing.

[krystee]

I wouldn't email her specifically about it. But if you happen to talk again, just say "Oh, I've been meaning to tell you--our top name choice for DD is _______. You have a beautiful name!" I wouldn't ask her if she likes her name.

[fbf2006]

I think it's weird. If you like the name, why do you want her opinion? What difference does it make?

[froggy76]

I don't think it's weird. Maybe a little odd if it's totally out of the blue, but not weird if you happen to be talking to her.

I can understand why it would be nice to talk to someone with that name to see what they think- was it always misspelled or mispronounced, made fun of, etc?

[vanillacourage]

Oct 17, 2012 10:39:48 GMT -5 mishy said:

I think it would be a little weird to email her. If you guys like the name, then use it.

Agree. Do not email her.

I'm also curious what the name is.

[h]

I vote weird to email her about it. Fine to use the name.

[ECB]

Oct 17, 2012 10:29:02 GMT -5 krystee said:

I wouldn't email her specifically about it. But if you happen to talk again, just say "Oh, I've been meaning to tell you--our top name choice for DD is _______. You have a beautiful name!" I wouldn't ask her if she likes her name.

This.

[changedname]

Oct 17, 2012 10:29:02 GMT -5 krystee said:

I wouldn't email her specifically about it. But if you happen to talk again, just say "Oh, I've been meaning to tell you--our top name choice for DD is _______. You have a beautiful name!" I wouldn't ask her if she likes her name.

This - it would be good to check with her that it doesn't have a terrible nickname or something that you haven't thought of!