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Did you name your child AFTER they were born?

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iloveyoubutilovememore · 09/03/2021 13:19

Like a few others on here, I am really struggling to settle on a name for our second son. There are a few we like, but none that really stand out. A friend told me to chill and that the name will come once he's here. So looking for some reassurance I guess, has this happened for anyone else?

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Cushionsnotpillows · 09/03/2021 13:57

Yes we had a shortlist but decided to wait until he arrived to finally decide. He ended up with a name that wasn't even on the shortlist but was perfect for him. Took about a day and a half.

Jsh125 · 09/03/2021 13:53

Yep! Number one didn't have a name for 3 days, we had a list of 5 we liked & eventually settled on one.
Our second baby was named when we found out the sex Smile

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iloveyoubutilovememore · 09/03/2021 13:52

Well this is reassuring...

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Shahira78 · 09/03/2021 13:51

I couldnt decide on a name for my second. I kept changing my mind!! It took me 5 weeks to finally come up with something I really loved.

mongoosebaby · 09/03/2021 13:50

Yes, one took 2 days, the other 2 weeks! Both names were absolutely the right choice for them

WhoAreYah · 09/03/2021 13:50

Never understood how you can name a child before you’ve met them.

My first, we had a girls name we liked but no boys names. Still discussing final list in labour!

My second, we had a boys name we liked and a list of girls when he / she arrived.

No decisions made until we’d met them

SinkGirl · 09/03/2021 13:48

Yes, we couldn’t decide on names for our twins and they were born early. Their first name bands say twin 1 and twin 2. Think they were about a day old when we decided.

BrilliantBetty · 09/03/2021 13:47

Yes, had some names in mind but didn't decide until baby arrived.

MissingTheMoonlight · 09/03/2021 13:47

No, had it settled from about 7 months pregnant

ParkheadParadise · 09/03/2021 13:47

Yes, with both dds.

FasterthanBolt · 09/03/2021 13:46

We had a name all lined up for dc1 but when he was born we changed our minds and it took a good few days to decide on an alternative. Dc2 was much easier but we took much longer on deciding whether to give him a middle name, and if so, what!

Sittingonthefence83 · 09/03/2021 13:45

Yes, took me about three weeks with DC1. I think you need to know what suits them.

I was adamant on a name for DC2 but when she was born she didn't look like that name so completely changed it to what suited her.

toomanyspiderplants · 09/03/2021 13:43

Yes. .took 2 weeks!

MaverickDanger · 09/03/2021 13:42

We had two options & as soon as he was born, I said straight away one of the options to DH.

DNephew wasn’t named till he was 4 days old & only because he had to be moved onto SIL’s health insurance and needed to be named. DNiece wasn’t named for a week.

mynameiscalypso · 09/03/2021 13:41

Yes, we had a shortlist of names in a note on my phone. Once DS was born, we sat in recovery and worked out which suited him. It wasn't the name that I'd been anticipating calling him and wouldn't have picked beforehand but it's so totally and utterly right for him.

Tashface · 09/03/2021 13:38

We didn't name our son until 6w and 5 days Blush

DarcyLewis · 09/03/2021 13:26

1 was named by 20 week scan, 1 we had a shortlist and chose after birth, 1 we didn’t find the right name til a couple of days old.

BurningBenches · 09/03/2021 13:22

Yes every time.
Dd1 and dd3 were within 24hrs
Dd2 2 weeks
DS took a couple of days.

Ihatemyseleffordoingthis · 09/03/2021 13:21

Yes, all three!

We had some vague ideas, but none were named till we met them, and we swapped DDs twice in the first week