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Topic: names...?
Posted By: mrs frantic
Subject: names...?
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 9:52am
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Juts wondering how many of you already have a name chosen for your bubs, and if so then how did you know it was the one?
We have a few names we kind of like but I just cant decide, I just really cant... I am really scared that I will land up chosing a name at the time that I will hate later, I mean it will be around for a long time to come lol! aarrghh!!! any advice on this name choosing thing...?  ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 9:53am
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oh and I also forgot to say that I am a notorious non- decision maker, I have trouble deciding what to pick from a menu, let alone deciding things like this... I hate it I wish I would just make a decision and know it was right...! ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 9:55am
We went through quite a few names before we finally came to like Erin, she was Breanna first, then Sophia... but eventually we fell 'out of love' with those, and Erin just stuck ! Good luck, and remember you don't have to decide right away, you can always wait until your bub is actually born  ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 9:59am
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we had a few names that i liked, hubby liked etc.... but not one that stood out for us, and we waited till kayla was born then i told hubby he could name her and left it totally up to him... i was blown away when he chose the name our oldest daughter had picked out (she's turning 4 in october) thought it was really sweet. and i was lucky that i like kayla
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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 11:22am
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I've founding that 'choosing' names is actually more about finding something left over after the parents have gone through discounting every other name due to people that they've met and didn't like with those names...
Andrew was named Andrew because the Andrews we had met seemed nice and his middle name, William was because he is the eldest son of the eldest son of the eldest son (you get the picture) dating back a heap of generations on the Dunlop side. We've worked through a few names for this chap - starting with Logan which I really, really like but is too 'new agey' for Nick and Sam which Nick really, really likes but was the name of two of my mother's cats (not at the same time) while I was growing up and therefore always to be associated with Oriental Ebony cats rather than kiddies for me. We've settled on a name for the gigantababy now - we'll just have to see if it sticks once he's born. ------------- |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 11:24am
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We went through a baby book and wrote down names we liked, i had always liked Emma and Ella. Corys really picky so it took awhile but once done she was Ella, i did freak out at first coz when we named her i didnt know it was as popular as it is and i started going noooo i want another name and when we did start looking for another name we couldnt find ANYTHING so she was meant to be called Ella
Oh and Grace is from corys side of the family from his nana or something since Ella was the first girl born for 86 years on his side of the family, thought it would be nice to find a name from there to use
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Posted By: Millie1976
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 11:33am
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Hi Mrs Frantic,
We have pretty much sorted out a name I think - I kinda said to hubby that I wanted to choose the name for our first baby (boy) and he would have hubby's first name as his middle name and hubby could choose the name for our second baby. I just really love the name that we have picked and even though we sometimes come up with other names I always seem to come back to this one. Good luck with naming your wee one. ------------- Sebastien 2 years old Olivier 3 3/4 years old |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 11:34am
well when i was around 7 months i had a talk with mum and dad he was allways gonna have philip as thats his grandad and christaan as that is his great grandad on the same side so i wanted to name him after his uncles who are jason and jamie and we came up with jj but i wasnt relly sure then when i was in labour they asked me what i was going to call my baby and i said james and it stuck and he relly suits james dont worry mrs f you have penlty of time to chosse and when you find the right one you will know ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 12:10pm
| I totally agree with Maree. When we were first seriously thinking about names we kept telling people what we liked when they asked, and everyone had an opinion, often negative,.." oh a brat from school was called that" " Ew I dont like that name" etc, so now we just say " oh its so hard to choose, we arent sure,..um,.." Very vague indeed! We have chosen a name for our bubs. But havent even told anyone ( except my best friend) that we have even chosen. We kept adding any name we found we liked to a list,..then often when we looked back on the list we would cross some off. DH kept changing his mind a lot! I suggested the name we have have chosen to DH when I was looking through names online, and as soon as he heard it he feel in love with it! |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 12:13pm
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Well as you can see from our ticker our name is chosen and firmly in place.
We also went through a names book...went through separately, wrote down the names that were the same on each list...decided on a couple of options, then threw them all away and decided we liked Madeleine Grace. Honestly I can't say how we knew it was right we just knew. (don't you hate it when people say that!!!). There is one other name combination that we like but somehow we just know it's not right for our little girl. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 12:42pm
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With Kobe we both new as soon as we heard it that it would be the one and amazingly both agreed on it but then we heard kobe byrant (american basketball player) was being done for rape and though oh dont know if i want the name association but then we went on our honeymoon to aussie and there was a girl in mcdonalds whos name was khobi and we looked at each other and both were like did you see her name at the same time. It felt almost like a sign so we decided that would be the name if he was a girl or boy just spelt differently.
This time round I was really starting to panick cos we had chosen Kobes name so early but had no idea for Addison. We had about 5 names that we both liked but none of them really jumped out like Kobes did, they were all ones we would settle for until I came on here and asked for ideas and the minute I saw it (thanks to Kelly aka caitlynsmygirl) I loved it and so did Hubby when I suggested it and we knew it was the one. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 12:56pm
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We didn't know what we were having with Andrew, I had an idea he was a boy but wasn't certain. We waited until he was out till we even started looking at names. I had a couple in mind but DH didn't like them. So we got out the baby name book started at "A" and called him the names in order till we got to Andrew and it suited him. Imagine if we had to do the whole book!!! His middle name is John same as my dad's middle name. DH's father packed a little hissy as the first born male is spose to get "Barnabas" as the middle name. Our come back, it's a family name that goes with his brother and he is the one to pass it on. My feeling with family names are great if they are normal names (like the William thing - nice simple name) but I ain't giving my child a wack name just because its a family name and I stuck to it. The first thing my family in Oz said when they were told his name - "After a great leauge player Andrew Johns". We didn't even think of that. I had my girl name stolen by a friend of mine so i'm keeping tight on any names we decide for this one if we can find out what flavour it is. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 1:17pm
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Hubby and I somehow agreed on Ashlee right from the beginning. We had a mini list of the names we did agree on but would regularly go and cross off ones that we'd gone off but Ashlee was always there, as was Sophie but we hadn't made a firm decision right up until she was born. When we were in theatre and she arrived, hubby said 'what are we going to call her?' and we took a look at her and decided she looked like an Ashlee
The 'lee' part is mums middle name and I have a sister named Haylee so it was nice to be able to carry the Lee on for a third generation. Hope it continues! Before we knew we were having a girl, we had a couple of boys names picked out - one of which happens to be my brothers name but that wasn't going to stop hubby and I from naming our son after him! If we have a boy next, we'll probably have the same names picked out and our kiddies will probably end up with the same initials which will be cute. I highly recommend you have a few favourites chosen and decide when she arrives to see what she suits. |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 1:45pm
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It was extra hard for us because I wanted an Indian(ish) name and yet Europian enough so that it wasnt difficult for others to pronounce......When I found out I was having a girl...I found several names I liked but hubby didnt like most of them. Finally I found Zaara and he liked it too...She was Zaara from there on.
But like others I never told any one what I was going to name her, specially my MIL...She wanted a very Indian, Hindu, old fashion name...I wasnt going to let that happen. 
I think wait till your bub is born and I am sure out of the names you like one will just feel right!! Only 5 more weeks to go!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 1:46pm
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I agree with Maree too. We had no idea what we were having with PAris - i had gone through loads of baby books and baby sites writing down names that i liked, i would sit on the computer at night and go through sites and read out names alphabetically and mike would be "no, no no no" with the occasional, "that's kinda ok,, maybe" But eventually he came up with the name Paris and was adamant that if it was a girl that it would be Paris - then for middle name, i was thinking olivia.. but initials would have spelt POT so mike said no, and came up with Harmony... but for boys names - nooooo idea.. I was still sitting online the night before i had her trawling through name sites to try and find something we remotely liked that met Mike's approval.
We went though and thought of nicknames for each name we liked, what initials might spell, other people we knew with that name etc. For Ayja, we thought we were having a boy for some reason - and had decided on Leo as our boys name and had nothing for a girls name - so when the 20 wk scan showed she was a girl.. we were like "uh-oh!" and again we went trawling through name sites - but this time we knew we had to have something just as unique as Paris's name. Ayja came from the model Aja Rock - it was down the very bottom of our list of possible maybe middle names... and slowly bit by bit made it's way to the top. some we didn't like, some my MIL made comments on, others me and Mike just couldn't agree on.. Then one day i was having a shower, thinking about names - and Mike came in to put some washing in the hamper.. and I said "what about Ayja Nicole?" and he said yep and that was it. It all depends i spose on what you like. Do you want to include family names into it somewhere, do you like traditional names, James, matthew, etc etc, or do you want different names, and if so, are you sure you want something that everyone else seems to be calling their kid at the same time - if you choose something different how are you to know that it's not too out there and the child won't be made fun of at school.? It's so much to think about and very daunting but the others are right - you will "just know" when you reach that right name. We had some back ups for in case Ayja didn't look like an "Ayja" but i don't think after naming her a few months out from having her, and calling her that up until then.. that we could have changed it. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 2:10pm
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I didn't really have any girls names that were "the one" but Hannah was the one I didn't absolutely hate by the time she was born and I found out what sex she was!
I don't think you should worry about getting sick of a name (once the babe is actually named that is)... I can't imagine that you'd get sick of the name as the name becomes your child... iykwim... ? Feel free to disagree anyone!! |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 2:33pm
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Kiya's name (pronounced kii-yah) is from a movie (Willow), and is a name I'd loved since I first heard it. I played around with a few different spellings, until I figured out one I liked. As her bio father broke up with me before she was born, I didn't have to worry about his opinion. Other than my cousins having fits of laughter telling me that the same word is rastafarian slang for marijuana (yeah, like that's common knowledge at her primary school!), I heard nothing negative about the name. Her middle name is Mary, same as mine, although it nearly was just initals: V. O., in memory of my much loved Nana who passed away a year before Kiya was born. However, my Dad told me that Nana actually didn't like her name and would not want anyone to be named after her so I decided not to.
Josiah's name (pronounced jo-sigh-ah is biblical. When Nathaniel and I first started dating, we went to a youth conference where one of the speakers used the 8 year old king as an example of rising appropriately to the occasion. Nat and I looked at each other, and both said "I like that name!"... and we just kept it in mind. When we found out I was pregnant, it came back up as a possible name and we felt it was right. Josiah's middle name is Phillip, same as Nathaniel. Xavier's name (pronounced ex-save-ee-er) was a little harder... I went through my baby name book many times suggesting names to Nat, to have him say "I know a kid by that name... no." (Ah, the joys of being married to a teacher!) One evening, we were having a bath and flicking through the book when Nat said "What about Xavier?" I thought about it for a minute and said "yeah, maybe"... over the next couple of weeks it stuck! Choosing a middle name was a little harder, but in the end I suggested Max, as it seemed to fit, and Nat really liked it. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 2:35pm
| We decided on Joshua very early on - about 12 weeks into pregnancy. We toyed with both Ethan and Liam, both of which I really love as names, but luckily we decided on Joshua as Jono's boss's wife had twin boys a month before Joshie was born and named them Ethan and Liam!!! For a girl we could not decide on anything! Charlotte, Jessica and Maia were possibilites (although MIL took wildly agin Maia - think it was because of the lesbian on Shortland Street???)although I adored the names Lily, Isabella and Ella but Jono wasn't keen. It's hard deciding on names!! I always thought it would be easy, but boy was I in for a shock!! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 2:45pm
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Frantic, keep in mind you surname. As our surname is very different (as in they are all related and there is only 3 family's in NZ with the surname) we made sure we had a plain first name. Andrew's initals are AJZ. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 3:08pm
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Zaara's initials come to ZIM...hmmm....
I was talking to hubby the other day how I want a boy next and want to name him with "Z" as well...he was like why??? Its hard to find nice names with Z anyway.....kinda true!!! I better start looking now. My initials are RIM but maiden was just RI AND my brother is RI too.... we never had middle names. Keep in mind that regardless of how the initials come out for a girl it will change (if she decides) after she gets married! Mine did!------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 3:31pm
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I know it's more of a muslim name, and that you have both hindu and muslim family members... but what about Zain as a boys name? I have a friend whose brother is Zain, and have always liked the sound of it... ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 3:40pm
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I reckon Zain is a cool name for a boy too!
------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 4:02pm
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Zain is the only name I have at the mo Jax...great mind think alike huh? Lol
I have to get pregnant first and have a boy....I am screwed if I have another girl!! 
Edited to say: It would work great because Zaara is also a Muslim name...I just have to see if Atish will like it!!?? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 7:50pm
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I find boys' names really hard too. I guess that's just because I've only had girls? (but we didn't know that until "the day") So I guess this one must be a girl too...
Initials are very important! Our Briona was nearly BRA so - whoops! - we quickly added another second name in there (Briona Stacey Ruth A) just to fix that tinsey winsey problem
All the best, Frantic! -------------  |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 8:22pm
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We had tons of girls names and only one boy's name both times. Jake was after "the blues brothers" with his middle Walter - my deceased grandfather. Taine was...wel we got the idea from Taine Randall but I would hard;y say we named him aftre him.
Girls names - we had lots and it was really hard. Lewis' mum wanted us to use a Maori middle name, grandmother wanted a Rarotongan middle name and we were keen on a Japanese middle name. Luckily Taine was a boy and now his bro is havinga little girl whose middle name will be Roimata (so if we have a girl next, she should be sated by that!) |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 10:08pm
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my hubby always rhymes the name and tries to see if he can make up names with the name before agreeing to the name. My friend wants 'Hope' but DH said but what if its no good at sports and stuff they will call it 'hopeless'. so needless to say the name we have picked out (which I can't say cause then it will give the flavour away) does not rhyme with anything ...yet... ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 9:12am
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he he yeah, my dh does that too - I love the name Bo for a girl but then hubby pointed out the whole "Bo the Ho" rhyme and that sort of killed my enthusiasm for that LOL! But maybe as a second name...???
------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 9:28am
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Our Fav boys name is Ryan. But with our last name Norris,...when u say Ryan Norris fast u get Rhinoceros!
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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 9:41am
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he he Kellz - good spotting!!!
I once knew lady named Rose, and she married a man called John Budd - So her name was Rose Budd, true story! ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 9:54am
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I like the name Zahn for a boy (pronounced ZARN)
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 10:15am
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Even if you don't have a name you're both sure of before she's born, Frantic - there's nothing wrong with choosing a name afterwards! Plenty of babies are names a few days later (and at least that way if you'd be one to want to keep the name a secret until it's a done deal, there's noooo chance of accidentally blabbing it beforehand! he he). We found the baby name book and online lists useless for us, and ended up just chucking names out there every now and then. Funny thing is we started with all the names from family members that we could think of, before finding out that neither of us actually wanted to use a family name unless it was one that we loved as a name already! In the end, there was only one first name that DH and I agreed on for a girl (never got that far with a boy's name), and the middle name is an old family one that we'd both agreed on ages ago (it goes through the generations plenty so I'd say we're not the only ones in the family to think like that), and hearing how it fitted with the first name, it all just fell into place. We still chuck random names at each-other but never agree on them and come back to the one we've chosen. I hadn't realised how popular the name was, so did try to find another one, but it just didn't work!!! She's known as that name in my mind already so I think that's why. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 11:06am
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Yer my friends sister named her baby 3 days after he was born
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 2:10pm
My sister was nameless until she was nearly a month old...
I think everyone knows how I named Maya (after a poet Maya Angelou), the name just came to me and stuck. Grace I just liked and Willie picked Te Irirangi Marama. Wth the twins, we named Mercedes first, as soon as I told Willie they were girls he said he was naming one of them Mercedes because he drives a Mercedes truck (really glad that he doesn't drive a Volvo!). Sienna was harder as I've always loved the name, but I knew it would upset a friend (as I'm sure we all also know lol) but in the end I decided bugger it - I have to live with calling my daughter that for the rest of her life, and no other names seemed to fit. Sienna is Sienna Marie Anahera, Marie after my Mum and sisters middle names, and Anahera meaning angel which Willie picked. Mercedes is Mercedes Something Waimarie, Waimarie means peaceful waters which I think is beautiful, but we're having trouble coming up with a middle name. Toying with Kailah atm - my mum really likes it. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 2:30pm
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Nathaniel was nameless for the first 10 days of his life... he doesn't mind, he says that it makes his name even more special because his parents were waiting for the "right" one. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 2:58pm
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One of my coffee group mums didn't have a name for her daughter for over a month! Her and her hubby couldn't decide.
We had a list of 3 names for each sex, and it was hard coming to that list, as we have very different tastes. We decided that we would see what baby looked like, before we named baby. He was definately a Jacob. A compromise, i wanted jake (after blues brothers, as well,Liz!) I didn't tell anyone the names we had picked, and we won't this time either, and we are going to find out the sex, as my dad isn't expected to live for very much longer, so we will find out and tell him and mum, but no one else. Names are harder, this time round, as I have gone off the rest of the names on our list... *sigh* If its a boy, i'm plumping for Elwood... (joke, blues brothers fan...) ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 4:13pm
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yeah I guess we could wait a while before naming baby, but I must admit I like the idea of having a name or a few names ready so that as soon as she gets here we can say "blah blah has arrived!!!" and not "baby has arrived" - silly I know... but anyway, still a few weeks away so perhaps we will find something by then... ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com">
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