Polite ways of not answering the "What baby name are you thinking of?" question

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Apologies if this has been asked before. I'm expecting PFB in 2 weeks, and have noticed an increase in people asking what name we've "chosen". I try not to answer by saying "Oh, we have a couple in mind..." and change the subject, but twice recently I've had people persist and ask what the name is, so I've had to bluntly say we're not telling people. Is there a more polite way to deflect and shut down the question?

I tried to Google, thinking there would be loads of articles about this but can't find anything...

'Have you chosen a name for the baby yet?'

'No.'

There you go.

I think many times when people ask it's not about wanting to hear your choices but to talk about how they came about to their own choices. Or maybe that's just me :)

It's just people being kind and interested and making conversation. Only on Mumsnet is that enemy action.

I just mentioned the most ridiculous names I could think of. Some people thought I was serious.
I had names in mind, but what I settled on for DD wasn't what I'd planned as a name. I thought I knew what name I wanted, but she didn't suit it.

Just smile and say it's an ongoing conversation between you. Or smile and say you're waiting until the baby arrives to tell people the name. Nothing unusual in that!

Channel your inner River Song and say "Spoilers Sweetie!"

I agree that even intelligent people can miss negative connotations, normally cross-cultural stuff. Eulalie might mean Twat in Mandarin for example, or be the name of the evil baby torturer in Game of Thrones or a Japanese porn star. I have a very mainstream name in the UK which nobody outside the Anglophone world can ever pronounce, (with the effect that the ESL registrar at my wedding made a complete hash of the vows). Fortunately I haven't decided to work abroad but it would have been a PITA if I had.