Do you have to love the name you give your baby or has anyone just thought in the end "its fine - it'll do"?

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Because it really looks like that is what is going to happen here..

Please forgive the following possibly hugely over the top, hormonal ramblings of a pregnant woman but Im really beginning to despair over a boy's name. Im only 24ish weeks but I've literally been searching for a name for months now (as many of you will remember from my numerous posts in baby names) and I have nothing. This is dc3 and we had so many names from very early on with our 2 dc.

I've considered loads - I've went outside of what would usually be our taste/ comfort zone. I've tried to match a name stylistically with other dc, then go for something completley different.

Anything that we've remotely thought "yes, that could be it" has been fine or ok or basically "it'll do" - nothing fabulous, nothing we love. Its not that we cant agree on a boys name - we just cant find anything that we feel anything more than a vague liking for.

A girl's name is easy - we know its Kate Anne Elizabeth. Even if we werent so sure on Kate, we would have a list as long as your arm of girls names we adore.

We already have an Oisín. I think this is actually the problem. I love this boy's name so, so much that I cant quite follow it - nothing seems to live up to it as equal for me and I feel this is unfair to a potential ds.

Oooh we've considered loads. Some I've posted about here and then PML an hour later at the how ridiculous it would have been. I've received a million helpful suggestions from mumsnetters but nothing jumps out.

I could actually cry tonight over this - Im aware that is ridiculous and completely overly dramatic but I dont know what to do - think this one we'll just call "boy"

Has this happened anyone?

Me. I'm not particularly decisive to be fair but both times we went for a name I wasn't wholly sure of. Even now they both sound strange but I wouldn't change them.

My suggestion is Oliver. Because although it is very popular (apparently), it is the one name that I think a boy name cannot beat!!! Don't know what I'm going to do should we have another boy in the future!! Did you say this is your third child? Interested to know the other name?! :)

Oh just realised you're not after suggestions sorry!

Do you have a name that's meaningful for you in another way - for example after a song or a parent/granparent etc. Then although you might not love it as much as Oisín as a name, it will have its own story to it and be special in its own way?

blueberry, no - please - suggest away , I just feel very ungrateful as MNetters have kindly taken so much of their time trying to help me and I keep turning names down . My dd is Shannon(which I know is really hated on here!!)

PML at Bluddy, Im in Ireland Bluddy - any Malachy I know is a drunk old man and although it really is a beautiful name I just end up doing the whole name association thing..... (see? )

Cammie, thats such a lovely idea. Its where we got Anne Elizabeth as middle names for a potential Kate - its my mother first and middle name and she means the world to all of us. We're also desperately close to my grandmother so again, no shortage of girl names we love or with meaning but boys? my dad was unfortunately an abusive alcoholic who died this year but I havent seen since I was two, my grandad I never met but 2 of our family have been named after him. DH's grandad is fab and is named Charlie, which I do love but name has already been used on dear nephew. (FIL's name is absolutely terrible!!!). Theres no other men we can think of... (we dont like the naming a boy after his father thing).

Thank you so much for taking the time...

I'd suggest not worrying too much about the "name association thing". The name will be your baby's name and you'll associate it with them not others you know with the name.