Letting sibling choose name

[BurpsTheDragon]

I'm 34 weeks pregnant and since we told our 6 year old DS, he's been calling the bump Baby Jack.

Jack's a name we'd never have chosen as it's too popular and we haven't said we're going to call the baby Jack.

But now it feels like he couldn't be anyone else and our DS has bonded with "baby Jack".

Is it silly to let our 6 year old name the baby or nice?

I think it’s rather sweet actually, but then I like the name Jack. I don’t know any Jacks at all, so it isn’t popular everywhere.

If there’s a different name that you love and you want to call the baby, then use that, but if you haven’t come up with anything else then I wouldn’t rule out Jack just because his brother picked it.

Jack is a great name, and your lucky your DS has better taste than mine. (Tyrannasouras for a boy and Sparkling Cupcake With Multi Coloured Sprinkles On Top, for a girl, nickname Waffle)

Jack is a fine name, and if you like it, why not? In spite of its overall popularity, I've never actually come across a Jack (and have kids in toddler groups/nursery/school/clubs etc) so I think it's definitely popular in some regions, and not so much in others.

Assuming Jack isn't the one, how about Max, Jake, Zach/Zachary, John (possibly with Jack as a nickname)?

If you like it I would go for it. It’s a great name.

Give him a teddy when the baby's born and let him name that.

I would hate the idea that my sibling had named me rather than my parents but if you love the name anyway then use it.

Does he watch Topsy and Tim? One of the characters in that had a baby brother called Jack. I expect he's picked it up from something like that. If you really like it now, go for it.

I chose my little sisters name xx

Is the baby a boy? As I do not care for Jack on a girl if you like it use it but use it because you like it. And never make it dbro picked the name make it you picked his suggestion

Haha yes it's a boy 😅

I think we're gonna go with it. We like the name too, we can't think of a better one and had not planned on having 2 kids so used all the other meaningful names as middle names for our DS1! And I do think it's quite sweet really. He is always chatting to baby Jack or asking to say hello to baby Jack. It's who he is to him now.

Jack doesn't really "go" with our first sons name, which is an Irish name (as we are in Ireland!) But it's ok. I don't really like any of the other Irish names we'd considered.

I think it’s a really sweet story to tell that your big brother chose your name. Your lucky it’s a great name.

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@BurpsTheDragon

Jack doesn't really "go" with our first sons name, which is an Irish name (as we are in Ireland!) But it's ok. I don't really like any of the other Irish names we'd considered.

DD1 has a non-Irish name and DD2 has an Irish name. We don’t live in Ireland but DH is Irish. It’s not been an issue.

My partners brother named him and he’s very grateful as he says it’s far better than the one his parents had initially picked

You know if he said Baby Horatio it wouldn't of been a contender

Oi, @PurpleMustang. Less of that, thank you.

Jack is a fine name.

Personally I would never let my son name a second child, he'd probably choose the worst name ever just to annoy me.
Also, I think Jack's an alright name, but don't go with it if you don't like it.

I think as long as you do like it, then it’s a nice idea. I don’t think Jack is actually that common anyway. I’m a teacher and I only know a handful spanning quite a few years!

DS1 was 5 when DS2 was born, we were keen to make him feel as included as possible as DS2 was his half brother (hate that saying) and it had just been DS1 and I had been "just the two of us" for the first 3 years of his life.

He chose a name we liked, but not a name we loved so we asked if it could be his middle name and we then all chose DS2's first name together