naming your child

[joolz]

What are the rules/guidelines in your house? Have you come up with a list? Are you waiting till the 20 week scan if you're going to find out the sex?

I was looking at Nameberry this morning (my favourite name site), which is what prompted this. What are your favourite name sites?

At our house, by request of my husband, I come up with 5 or so names of each sex and then we discuss from there.

If we can't agree on a couple from that list, then I go find some more. I like it because it means I don't super compromise.

Except last time we couldn't come up with more than one GD girl name that we liked. Luckily we had a boy, so I guess we still have the girl name!

[jessuhmarie]

Picking our names was so damn frustrating.

I would look through baby name books at the book store or just write down ones that I liked when I heard or read them. I didn't start at any particular time. We decided on names in late 1st tri or early 2nd tri, but it was really bc they're the only names out of tons that both of us liked and I didn't want to keep looking.

I would propose a few at a time to my husband and he would shoot them all down (I've probably suggested upwards of 150 and he has suggested ONE name that I semi-took seriously). He'd try his hardest to come up with some stupid nickname to turn me off of names and then suggest superhero names (I honestly hope he was joking, but I really can't tell since he never gave me anything serious). One day, I proposed Jillian and it is the first name he said he liked and I never suggested or looked for another girl name lol.

MH suggested our boy name as a joke and it kind of grew on us (Dexter). He's a comic book nerd so the rest of his suggestions were like Peter Parker. I actually liked Peter, but he insisted that it was Peter Parker or no deal.

[jessuhmarie]

I LOVE Benjamin, but my other serious relationship besides MH was with a Ben so I didn't even suggest it lol

[HoneySpider]

We're always saying we like or don't like something here and there (usually it's a don't like!) but we haven't ever really sat down and come up with a concrete list. I didn't want to jinx it and start talking too much about it before actually being pregnant.

I have a feeling I will read through every baby name list there is to exhaust all of my possibilities, haha. DH will probably not like any of them. It's going to be tough.

[candreco]

We have a girl name picked, that one was actually fairly easy. And it's a moot point, because we're pretty sure this is a boy based on an early u/s.

For a boy name, the middle name was easy. Coming up with a first name currently involves me saying names to DH at random times, him vetoing them, and me telling him that if he doesn't come up with a suggestion, he can suck it and I'll put whatever name I want on the birth certificate.

I really want to use my mom's maiden name, which DH was kind of meh on, but I think he's warming up to it.

[alzi]

Boy names were easier, we had a little list compiled.

Girl names were rough. We literally had one we agreed on, so I just said fine so we don't have to keep looking.

Middle names needed to start with a G or a J after my grandfather (Jewish naming tradition to name after a relative that has passed) so we just went through names that sounded good with the first names we picked.

[evilpanda]

Oh, BF shot down EVERY SINGLE boy's name I liked. We agreed on one. ONE. But we cannot agree on a middle name. Girl names were much much easier and we agreed right away on first name and middle.

Boy is Miles ____, and Girl is Scarlett Ava

[joolz]

Aw, Miles is my bff's son's name. I love it. I also love Benjamin!

[emisi]

Girl names were so easy. We had ours picked right away (Charlotte. Yes, trendy, I know. Sigh).

Boy names? SO HARD. H wants to name the kid after his grandfather if it's a boy, and I hate the name. Hate. I agreed to use it as a middle name, but H shoots down pretty much anything I suggest now, and the only boy name he offers is his grandfather's if I ask for his pick. So annoying! I am NOT using that name as a first name.

I threatened him to use the name my parents were going to use if I was a boy if he doesn't help me out. Clark Kent. Not kidding. H has put a little more thought into it since, haha.

[sewf]

HA! I've always been a name nerd, so I've had a running list for years. The day we found out about the baby, H said, "Well, I guess we have to think about names now." I laughed at him and said, "Nope. It will be either Malcolm George or Margaret Tess." He cocked his head, said, "I like them", and that was it!

[aegis2005]

It's a tradition in my husband's family that the first boy gets the middle name of the father - so we knew if we had a boy we were halfway there. We had thrown around some names prior to our anatomy scan and had one we agreed upon for a boy, but were clueless on names for a girl. I think we were both a little relieved our naming discussions were done once we found out we were having a son.

[jssymom14]

DH has pretty much given me free rein with the names. I am pretty set on a girls: Evelyn Renee (Lynn is his mom's middle name, renee is my mom's) with Evie as nick-name. Boys are harder because I really like Jamison (Jay) and Jackson (Jack) but he doesn't like Jamison so much and I don't like a person whose son's name is Jackson. We might have to go back to the drawing board on boys....Its hard being a teacher and thinking of names that don't relate back to students you have had!!

[imoan]

I have a girl name (Lorelai) I've been in love with for yeeeears. H was a little iffy about using it (although he loves it too) because everyone knows I LOVE Gilmore girls ::points down at my blog sig:: But I think I've convinced him that just because I ended up loving the show doesn't mean we're naming our kid AFTER the character. I remember watching commercials for Gilmore girls before it even aired and when they said the character's name for the first time- I remember being overcome by how that was the most beautiful name I had ever heard.

As for boy's names... we only really talked about it once. I mentioned Caleb before I even got pregnant (after H and I both read East of Eden). I also ran through a list of potential names I liked and was surprised when H seemed to like Zane.

But we haven't sat down and made a big effort to pick names. I bet this will all stay fluid until we find out the sex.

[NandaB]

I love the name benjamin. Benjamin was our name for G. As in, he was going to be Benjamin up until 3 days before I gave birth. I was taking a walk with my dog and called my mom in tears because 'I don't even LIKE the name benjamin!' I was a mess.we made a list and ended up with Gregory Robert to honor my uncle and my FIL who have both passed away.

This time is harder because we aren't going to find out the sex, so we need a boy and girl name
. I have decided but haven't told my hubby yet (I'm kinda kidding, a little) Wesley Philip (mn is my dad's name) and Natalie Roxanne after my grandma's

[RBL]

H is Charles Cushing LastName V so we have discussed using Charles Cushing LastName VI, if we have a son. I am not thrilled about the idea, but I know it would mean a lot to H, FIL, and GFIL. H doesn't go by Charles, so that wouldn't be an issue. We will probably end up using it.

We are having a hard time with girl names. H shoots down a lot of names, so I am trying to get him to look at names and throw them out to me. It seems easier, but so far he hasn't looked at anything. I have a short list, but I am not truly in love with any of the names.