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How long was your new born nameless?

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BubblesInMyTea · 27/05/2018 08:39

And why?

My friend had baby 5 weeks ago and has no idea what to name her. Her older daughter has an unusual name and wants similar for this one. She has to register by June 1st!

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lulu12345 · 27/05/2018 08:41

First baby five days, second baby two days

ButtfaceMiscreant · 27/05/2018 08:46

All three of mine were named in the delivery room, and we didn't know the sexes beforehand.

With my first, she was named within 3 hours (only because I was bleeding heavily and had a team around me working on getting it to stop) but she was named as soon as I could hold her.

With my twins, DT1 arrived and he was named within 2mins of being placed on my tummy, and DT2 was named similarly quickly 23mins later They both "looked" like names we had in mind if they were a particular sex (although we swapped them round as DT1 did not look like what we named DT2!)

I was always of the opinion we have 9 months, give or take, before they arrive which is plenty of time to have some names ready, or to go from if the baby didn't look like a certain name. That's just me though, but I do think taking weeks to name a child is a bit long really.

Bag4lyfe · 27/05/2018 08:48

You only get 3 days where I live (non-UK) so we didn’t have time to mess around

silkpyjamasallday · 27/05/2018 08:55

We named DD as soon as we found out she was a girl at the 20 week scan. It’s a family name which we knew we would use if we had a girl, and I’m glad we did as DP and I could not agree on a single boys name.

DuggeeHugs · 27/05/2018 09:14

DS was named at 7 days while DD was named at about 28 days. We were playing with names as we couldn't settle easily. We only agreed DDs middle name at the registry office door at 6 weeks. We are very happy with both DCs names though so it was worth taking the time

Astrid2 · 27/05/2018 09:33

As soon as she was born, we both instantly knew what to name her. We didn't know if she was a boy or girl before hand and had about 5 names each to chose from. She just looked like that name straight away. I hate all the other names now!! Husband let me chose her middle name since I'd gone through the labour and I chose what I always had wanted!

foreverclockwatching · 27/05/2018 09:40

5 days. None of the names on our list suited her, took a few days of trying her name out with various middle names before we were happy.

susej · 27/05/2018 09:43

5.5 weeks

SuperUnicorn · 28/05/2018 20:08

Two weeks. We had two first names we both liked equally so spent a while trying them out.

GingerFoxInAT0phat · 28/05/2018 20:11

My first I had already decided before he was born and my second we registered him the day before the 6 weeks was up, and was still deliberating whilst waiting to be called up.

shirleyschmidt · 28/05/2018 20:33

DC1 named straightaway - we already had a favorite name and she suited it so was very quick decision.
DC2 born in the morning and named in the evening. We didn't have any clear favorites so would have probably been happy to give it a couple of days to see what he suited but family were nagging for a name!

bnmc · 28/05/2018 20:47

40 days, we had our appointment at the registry office so that was the deadline to make our minds up!

implantsandaDyson · 28/05/2018 21:11

Mine were all named right away. We had one boy and one girl name and picked accordingly.

spiderlight · 29/05/2018 14:04

We decided on a name before he was born, but then I went off it because I could only picture it suiting a child with a very particular colouring and appearance. When he arrived, that was exactly what he looked like, so he got his name instantly!

BasicBetty · 29/05/2018 14:05

Within a couple of hours.

LoxieRose · 29/05/2018 14:05

Took 7 weeks to name DD

Crunchymum · 29/05/2018 17:40

Mine were all named before birth (and luckily all suited the names we picked)

We didn't know gender with DC1 though but only had a name for a boy. If he'd been a girl then he'd have been nameless for a while. Took us about 4 months to decide on our DC2 and 3 names (both girls and we knew sex)

jamsyoink · 30/05/2018 22:14

My boyfriend and I thought of our little one’s name long before we made her

PerfectlySymmetricalButtocks · 30/05/2018 22:15

Never. They had names before they were born.

DramaAlpaca · 30/05/2018 22:17

A few hours with DC1. I had him just after midnight & he had a name by breakfast time. We'd no boys' names in advance as I was so sure I was having a girl.

The other two were named well before they were born as we knew the sex in advance.

BackforGood · 30/05/2018 22:17

All ours were named straight away.
It's not like having a baby is a surprise to most people is it?

M5tothesouthwest · 30/05/2018 22:18

First baby 2 days. Second baby about a week.

Keeptrudging · 30/05/2018 22:23

5 days with DD. She was in intensive care, very poorly. I didn't name her until she started to pull through. It felt like tempting fate to name her before that (irrational as that sounds).

Mrsknackered · 31/05/2018 00:35

Both unintentionally had names before birth. They were the only names we could agree on and it just kind of happened.

We did with DS2 trial another name for a day, he really suited it but I felt pretentious calling him it in the end, as it’s very Italian and we are so far from Italian!

finallychangedmyusername · 31/05/2018 09:18

Both were born in the evening and named the following morning. In both cases though we had shortlists. It took us 5 days to decide on DS2's middle name though (much, much longer than I liked but DH was dragging his heels!)

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