Did anyone else struggle through the whole pregnancy to find a name? ... What happened when baby was born?

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Did it just come to you?
Or did a name you had like (but not loved) just seem to fit?

I've known im having a daughter for 15 weeks now, she is due in 8 weeks and I can't find a name I like, its stressing me out so much.

I'm worried I'll still be like this when she is born and the poor lamb won't have a name ever!!

with number 3 I couldn't think of a name. Even after he was born. 2 weeks later one popped into my head.

DD2 was on her way out, in the birthing pool, before we finally agreed on a name for her. We had agreed on boys' names for both children but really couldn't agree on girls' names; both of them turned out to be girls. Don't worry; even if you can't decide until she's born, you'll be able to decide on something when you see her!

We didn't find out the sex of DC2
When she was born it took us a full 4 weeks to choose a name

My dd4 was nameless for 5 days, then I was just looking at her one morning and 'Rhona' just came to me. It suited her perfectly then and still does now, 18 years on.

Don't worry, you'll find a name you love - sometimes you need to see the baby first before a name just 'fits'.

I had both my sons names from pretty much the start! DS1s name was decided before he was concieved and as soon as I read DS2s name and found out he was a boy I was smitten with it.

But Ive read book upon book, trawled through threads, decided on names that I now hate!!

Theres 1 name I keep coming back to but my mum doesn't like it, and even though I know that shouldn't affect my descision it puts a damper on it.

I feel bad!

we cannot find a name we both love so far for dd4. am hoping she comes out and a name suits her iykwim.

TheBlonde, 4 weeks ! We have to register the birth within 21 days in Scotland and I do know people who have waited as long as they could before deciding on names.

We had a few names we liked during my first pregnancy, but didn't decide on anything until after DS was born. Then suddenly all the names we had but one seemed ridiculous. Only that one name fitted.

This time, we have barely discussed it. I'm due in 4 weeks time and we haven't a clue what this sprog will be called . We've decided we'll look at him/her and make our minds up...

With dd we had decided on a name (at about 35 weeks) which we then decided didn't work with our surname. We then had no agreement on names - dd had to come out early and we still hadn't decided on a name (actually had a boy's name but no girls name) but in my drug filled stupour (3 days of failed induction ending in middle of night c-sec so wasn't entirely sane at this point) I insisted we named her the minute she was born so I said we could call her what DH had wanted to call her all along which I was ok with but didn't love.

However, the name has always suited her she couldn't be called anything else and now I love it because it is her !

My DS was written as 'Baby Boy SURNAME' on all our paperwork. We only decided on a name on morning of day three as we were about to be discharged out of hospital.

I loved him from the first moment, not having a name didn't seem to matter

I have this exact same problem! found a name for DD pretty early but this time with our DS due in Feb we're completely stuck! lol

Took 2 weeks to name DD after she was born. She was a month early but even if she hadn't been I doubt whether we would have had a name.
We have a name if the next one (25 wks pg) is a boy but still no clue if another girl. Hoping it will suddenly come to me...

We were worried we were going to have a baby the other week with no name and agreed on one in desperation more than anything! Fortunately she's hanging on so we have a bit more time. We had a shortlist when Tink was born but hadn't agreed on the name, although his sons and my brothers children had all agreed with my favourite the day before she was born

My HV was telling me there is a baby on her books who's parents are getting letters from the registrar (post 42 day limit) because they've not named their baby yet!

DS1 was named before he was born (we had agreed Boy and Girl name before conception!!) but with DS2 it was really difficult. The original Girl name still stands, but when we discovered he would be a boy we were stumped. Both of us drew up name lists and then we crossed off names we didn't like from each others list. Then we combined names to see what they looked like as first names, middle names and fitting with surname. Finally got down to short list of 3 names, but none of which we really loved!
DS2 was born, and it took us about a day to bite the bullet and just give him all the names on the shortlist! Now we love his name - it IS him!!
I'm still waiting for my girl baby so I can use the name we've had waiting for 5 years!

We had a name on DH's list, not mine, that, once here, DS just seemed to suit. And still does

I/we never had a name chosen until after the birth; we had short lists but never even chose anything on them
DD1, I just knew she was an Isabel the moment I laid eyes on her
the other two were rather more tricky. As was finding names DH and I both liked

We knew we were having a Dd from 20 weeks and we didn't/couldn't name her until she was 20 days old. I still don't know if she has the right name though and she's nearly 2yo.

Couldnt decide with my DS, we had a very short,short list and when the MW asked us if we had a name for him.
We told her the two names we couldnt decide on. When she annouced that her dog was called one of the names we immediatley choose the other name

My ExDH suggested my DDs name the last day before I was due to go into hospital and to be honest I loved it straight away...Its a good job as there wasnt one other name I liked for her.

DS1 had 2 possible names, in post delivery haze DH said he looks like a Sami, I was too knackered to argue...he really suits his name though and I love it!
Expected DD is due to be induced tomorrow...we still are not settled on a name...I'm stressed too...have a shortlist of 3 but none seem quite right. IL's are already calling her by 1 of the 3 ...I'll tell you what happens as soon as am able!

With DS1 we both had a certain name in mind all the way through my pg, and we always refeerred to him as such.
But then he popped out and looked NOTHING like that name!It was a shock.
His new name does suit him and I couldnt imagine any other now!
Sometimes they just 'look' a like a Trevor or Talullah when you meet them!

both times... with dd we had one name in mind, girl or boy... but when dd was born we just didn't feel it was right, so we took over a day to decide, felt the pressure mounting from other people too... so we hadn't even considered her name until after she was born... her name is unusual, seldom heard outside of Ireland.

with ds we looked in books, said what we liked and then just waited, when he was born we still didn't have an idea what he was going to be called, dh and I just chatted (relaxed easy-ish birth) and eventually had a look through some books again, but at least ds was named that day.

both children have celtic names - one Irish and one Scottish (ds has a Pictish middle name, that we both loved but we just weren't confident about making it his first name) still love his middle name and wish we had gone for it. Dh is Irish so we had narrowed it down to choosing Scottish/Irish names.

We didn't think much of names before DS2 was born, you just sort of know when a name fits, it may not even be on your list! Took me a week with DS2 and I am glad we took the time, with both of them.

BabiesEverywhere, that is similar to us with our DD although I think it only took two days to decide (I had decided but I had to wait for my DH to come to the same conclusion!).

We still had people asking 'Haven't you named that baby yet?'

If we had known we were having a girl I don't think it would have been any easier to be honest. It felt right to meet her first.