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Just don't like ANY names this time around....
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Is anyone else having this problem? I can't come up with a single name that I can stand.
They all seem to be the equivalent of putting a t-shirt with a cute slogan or hip rock band on an infant. That is, imposing the parents' good taste or quirky sense of humor or hip personality on someone whose tastes and personalities are yet to be known. (Yes, I know that there's no way around it, but does it have to be so overt?) Or worse, names that sound like something out of a soap opera or bodice-ripper romance book. Arabella? Colt? Gag. Even the "classic" plainer names are leaving me cold this time. I just know too many kids with these names at this point. Just cannot get into it this time around. Hope that the mood passes or the right name finds me somehow. |
Anonymous
| I felt the same way. I wanted my child's name to have real meaning. I searched through family archives and some genealogical research that a cousin had completed. I loved my father's grandfather's name. After talking with my Dad and finding that he had a special bond with his Grandfather I went with the name. Perhaps considering a family name could help you find deeper meaning in choosing a name for your baby. Good Luck; I know it's a stressful decision. |
Anonymous
| The right name will find you somehow, have faith. |
Anonymous
| If we have another boy, we are totally screwed with names. We already have two boys. First son's name came easily. Second son's name was much more difficult to decide - waited until he was almost born. If we have a third son, we really won't be able to name him. |
Anonymous
| I feel ya. I came up with literally only ONE girl name that I liked and DH is vehemently opposed. We are ok on boys' names, but if we have a girl, I don't know what we are going to do. |
Anonymous
Just as a tangent: to each his own! People have different preferences and tastes, which is why people have different names.  Personally, I love the name Arabella. (And BTW, it is the name of a main character in Thomas Hardy's _Jude the Obscure_, hardly a soap opera or bodice-ripper, LOL.
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Anonymous
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Arabell(a), it's also the name of the gigantic cow hot air balloon that is very popular at the Albuquerque balloon festival
http://gosw.about.com/od/albuquerquenewmexico/ig/Albuquerque-Special-Shapes/The-Gigantic-Cow-is-Up-.htm |
Anonymous
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We have another 4 or 5 names we could use for girls but boys names are harder for us. DH did not agree with our first until I was about 7 months pregnant...it was the symbolism of the name that click for us.
Good luck and keep thinking - the right name will come to you...hopefully in time. FWIW, I was not officially named until I was two days old..... |
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We had an incredibly difficult time naming our DD. We had agreed on a boy name and then found out we were having a girl. We also couldn't really agree on many names. We'd finally narrowed it down to a short list of 4-5 names and spent the time I was in labor at the hospital narrowing it down to 2 names to be decided when she was born. When she came out she looked completely different than I was expecting (we're both very dark hair/eyes and she came out blonde w/blue eyes) and I felt she didn't look like either of the names. We ended up picking another one off our short list and using one of the top names as the middle name. I refused to let anyone in until we'd named her and they were all waiting outside so we made a quick decision. I'm still not sure it was the right one and sometimes I look at her and think "I can't believe we named you that!". It's growing on me though and I hope eventually I'll feel we made the right choice. I think it's one of the hardest decisions I've ever made.
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Anonymous
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I'm 23 weeks and waiting to even think about names--I figure if we try to decide something now we'll just end up changing our minds.
One thought--you don't have to have the name right away. They told us (in Virginia) at the hospital that we had to have a name before we left but it just was not happening--poor kid didn't have a name until he was about a week old. We drove the lady who did the paperwork at the hospital nuts, but are glad we waited until we figured out the name we did. |
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| I'm having this problem with Baby #2. I'm trying to avoid trendy names and want something a little different but not utterly bizarre. I don't want my child to be "Addison H." or "tall Caden" because someone else in their class already has that name. But, I'm coming up with nothing. I'm a total name nerd (Baby Name Wizard junkie) but nothing sounds right like it did with my first. |
Anonymous
| What about a family name? At least if you don't absolutely love it, it has a special meaning to you or your husband. |
Anonymous
www.nymbler.com is also a great site. |
Anonymous
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I was JUST thinking about this very topic this morning. I'm at 23 weeks with my first
and I thought I was weird because I'm not focusing on the name issue yet. The thought of plowing through name books and name websites sounds boring to me, and I think it will just make me more confused than ever. Alas, I always wanted to name a girl Sophia but now that it's in the top ten of the most popular names, the name has lost some of its appeal! Hopefully something will just occur to us as we get later in the pregnancy..... |
Anonymous
If you love the name, don't rule it out just b/c it is popular. I'm married to a man with a very very common name. It never bothered him and I doubt these kids with popular names are bothered either. I think it is a relatively new thing for us all to want to name our kid something unique. |