Hello! So my partner and I have a bit of a dilemma.
She’s pregnant with our first DC, a girl due in 6 weeks
Alexandra is in our top 3 baby girl names. I love the other 2 on our list but Alexandra has been a favourite of mine since I was a teenager. Can’t put my finger on it but I just adore it and love Alex and Andi as potential nns (not at all keen on Lex/Lexi though so hoping to avoid that !)
Problem is- Alexander is the only boys name we both love too. I really like Henry also but my partner isn’t keen. Alexander is the only one we both really like so now we can’t decide if we should go for it with DD and chose Alexandra, or “save” the name in case we have a boy down the line.
We are almost positive we only want 2 kids so there’s a big chance we won’t even have a boy. I’m leaning towards choosing one of our other top 3 for this DD. And then Dd2 can be Alexandra if she is a DD, or Alexander if DS.
But I’m also worried I’ll kick myself for now choosing Alexandra. Between now and when/if we have a DS we may well stumble on a boy name we love even more and then I’ll forever regret not going with my heart which has loved Alexandra for over 15 years.
Sorry I know this sounds incredibly rambly and silly in the scheme of things. What would you do?