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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP -- I literally wanted to do this also 12 years ago when I found out I was having a girl. I really, really wanted to. I loved the name and what it said about my future child.

I'm so glad I didn't though because my actual child is so not "Moxie" to the outside world that she might have been made fun of if given that name. She observes the world first before joining in. As a small child she was hesitant and shy. Having that name would have drawn more attention to her in an unpleasant way for her. And it wouldn't have fit her.

You don't know how your child will be.

Anyway, it was so weird to read your post after I went through this same dilemma 12 years ago! What a ride! Good luck!

Somebody should pin this. I feel like pregnant people always want to come up with these really unique names so their kid doesn’t seem ordinary. But you don’t really know what your kid’s personality will be, and also your kid WILL. be special and unique in their own name, even with the most plain Jane name. (See, for example, Jane Lynch—would anyone call her basic? No. She OWNS that name.). I feel lke a baby’s name should be like a basic black dress—she’ll be wearing it every day for the rest of her life so you want it to be something she can make her own as she grows into it.

So lame. I have a #1 name from the year I was born and I can’t stand it. It’s a basic b name and I don’t own it because everyone else is named the same. Wish my mom had named me something more unique or had been even the least bit creative. There’s nothing to grow into because it’s a lame, common name.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But because you like cheesey -ie nicknames as real names. Even though it's SUPPOSED to be a nickname **eye roll**

- Trixie

- Ponie

- Josie

- Posie

- Rosie

- Jessie

- Tessie

- Cutie Boo

- Cutie

- Cutie LuvLuv

Josie, Rosie, and Jessie are all fine, the rest of these (and Moxie) are ridiculous. Even with those three, I'd go with Josephine, Rose, and Jessica and just use use the cutesy version as a nn, so they have the option of using their full name or a less cute nn when they are older. That's what we did for our DD. It's easy to call a toddler or even elementary kid a cute nickname if it suits them. But we will not force it on her and we always ask her each year what she'd like us to put on the paperwork at school so that if she wants to be called something else, we can put that down and go by that.

OP, some name ideas that might work with nn Moxie: Maureen (my personal favorite), Monica, Monroe.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP -- I literally wanted to do this also 12 years ago when I found out I was having a girl. I really, really wanted to. I loved the name and what it said about my future child.

I'm so glad I didn't though because my actual child is so not "Moxie" to the outside world that she might have been made fun of if given that name. She observes the world first before joining in. As a small child she was hesitant and shy. Having that name would have drawn more attention to her in an unpleasant way for her. And it wouldn't have fit her.

You don't know how your child will be.

Anyway, it was so weird to read your post after I went through this same dilemma 12 years ago! What a ride! Good luck!

Somebody should pin this. I feel like pregnant people always want to come up with these really unique names so their kid doesn’t seem ordinary. But you don’t really know what your kid’s personality will be, and also your kid WILL. be special and unique in their own name, even with the most plain Jane name. (See, for example, Jane Lynch—would anyone call her basic? No. She OWNS that name.). I feel lke a baby’s name should be like a basic black dress—she’ll be wearing it every day for the rest of her life so you want it to be something she can make her own as she grows into it.

So lame. I have a #1 name from the year I was born and I can’t stand it. It’s a basic b name and I don’t own it because everyone else is named the same. Wish my mom had named me something more unique or had been even the least bit creative. There’s nothing to grow into because it’s a lame, common name.

Sorry, your name doesn’t define you, YOU define your name. I guess you think that if your parents had named you something more “special” you would be more “special?” That’s just super sad.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP -- I literally wanted to do this also 12 years ago when I found out I was having a girl. I really, really wanted to. I loved the name and what it said about my future child.

I'm so glad I didn't though because my actual child is so not "Moxie" to the outside world that she might have been made fun of if given that name. She observes the world first before joining in. As a small child she was hesitant and shy. Having that name would have drawn more attention to her in an unpleasant way for her. And it wouldn't have fit her.

You don't know how your child will be.

Anyway, it was so weird to read your post after I went through this same dilemma 12 years ago! What a ride! Good luck!

Somebody should pin this. I feel like pregnant people always want to come up with these really unique names so their kid doesn’t seem ordinary. But you don’t really know what your kid’s personality will be, and also your kid WILL. be special and unique in their own name, even with the most plain Jane name. (See, for example, Jane Lynch—would anyone call her basic? No. She OWNS that name.). I feel lke a baby’s name should be like a basic black dress—she’ll be wearing it every day for the rest of her life so you want it to be something she can make her own as she grows into it.

So lame. I have a #1 name from the year I was born and I can’t stand it. It’s a basic b name and I don’t own it because everyone else is named the same. Wish my mom had named me something more unique or had been even the least bit creative. There’s nothing to grow into because it’s a lame, common name.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP -- I literally wanted to do this also 12 years ago when I found out I was having a girl. I really, really wanted to. I loved the name and what it said about my future child.

I'm so glad I didn't though because my actual child is so not "Moxie" to the outside world that she might have been made fun of if given that name. She observes the world first before joining in. As a small child she was hesitant and shy. Having that name would have drawn more attention to her in an unpleasant way for her. And it wouldn't have fit her.

You don't know how your child will be.

Anyway, it was so weird to read your post after I went through this same dilemma 12 years ago! What a ride! Good luck!

Somebody should pin this. I feel like pregnant people always want to come up with these really unique names so their kid doesn’t seem ordinary. But you don’t really know what your kid’s personality will be, and also your kid WILL. be special and unique in their own name, even with the most plain Jane name. (See, for example, Jane Lynch—would anyone call her basic? No. She OWNS that name.). I feel lke a baby’s name should be like a basic black dress—she’ll be wearing it every day for the rest of her life so you want it to be something she can make her own as she grows into it.

So lame. I have a #1 name from the year I was born and I can’t stand it. It’s a basic b name and I don’t own it because everyone else is named the same. Wish my mom had named me something more unique or had been even the least bit creative. There’s nothing to grow into because it’s a lame, common name.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP -- I literally wanted to do this also 12 years ago when I found out I was having a girl. I really, really wanted to. I loved the name and what it said about my future child.

I'm so glad I didn't though because my actual child is so not "Moxie" to the outside world that she might have been made fun of if given that name. She observes the world first before joining in. As a small child she was hesitant and shy. Having that name would have drawn more attention to her in an unpleasant way for her. And it wouldn't have fit her.

You don't know how your child will be.

Anyway, it was so weird to read your post after I went through this same dilemma 12 years ago! What a ride! Good luck!

Somebody should pin this. I feel like pregnant people always want to come up with these really unique names so their kid doesn’t seem ordinary. But you don’t really know what your kid’s personality will be, and also your kid WILL. be special and unique in their own name, even with the most plain Jane name. (See, for example, Jane Lynch—would anyone call her basic? No. She OWNS that name.). I feel lke a baby’s name should be like a basic black dress—she’ll be wearing it every day for the rest of her life so you want it to be something she can make her own as she grows into it.

Anonymous wrote:Mouse instead. When shes born decide her personality and pick Moxie or Mouse

Have you considered Serenity or Patience?

Decide when the baby is freshly birthed