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How long until you had a name?

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pinsanon · 20/12/2008 16:37

Daughter is 2 weeks old 2moro and still doesn't have a name (I'm dad). We had some names on a shortlist before the birth, but none feel quite right . Not quite sure when a decision will be made.

I know we have 6 weeks by law, but I figured you were supposed to have a name even if it took a while to register.

Any one else taken a while to choose a name?

Cheers

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TooMuchMakkaPakka · 21/12/2008 13:45

Pinsanon
don't panic. take your time and make sure you get the right name. my parents took 6 weeks to name me (born jan, named march). in contrast we rushed into a name for our DD. She 's now 12 weeks and we are talking about what to change it to. It's best to take time and get the right name now, saves a lot of fuss later believe me. But it sounds like in the end someone will have to compromise. Could you each independently put all the names you are considering (hers and yours) in order of merit and then discuss your results together?

apuppydaviesisforlife · 21/12/2008 13:55

we didn't decide on dd2's first name until she was about 5 days old. the name we liked best was proper welsh and i was concerned about pronuniciation issues. dp convinced me it would be fine and it has been. she didn't get a middle name until the night before we registered her at 6 weeks and that was with mn help

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pinsanon · 21/12/2008 16:01

So for the people that named their children very late on, did a 'new' name come to your attention or was it deciding on a name you had been considering for a while?

We already have a middle name (Suzanne after the wife's mum), which I'm happy with. She doesn't like it enough to be a first name.

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moonincancer · 21/12/2008 21:42

my husband just started calling our son by the name he wanted. 6 weeks on it felt rude to change it! i think suze, suza, suzanne/a/ah all smashing...

hotCheeseBurns · 21/12/2008 21:44

I didn't chose a name until ds was about 4 weeks old. I had a list but none of them seemed right and I bizarrely hated the thought of restricting him to one name for the rest of his life.
One day though, I looked at him and the name just came to me.

LiffeySaysNollaigShona · 21/12/2008 21:46

What about Suzy Violet

That flows really well. Suzy would still be a huge nod to her mother but has a totally different feel to Suzanne. It's very pretty which is her taste I think?

Jas · 21/12/2008 21:49

DD1 before she was born.

DD2 was about 5 weeks, we just couldn't find a name we both liked that suited her. She was Louise in hospital as a newborn, Twinkle for a month, then we decided on a real name

DS was Boy for 6 weeks, and we eventually used the name we had considered but not been sure about for the previous 8 years.
His middle name was decided in the registrars office

maretta · 21/12/2008 21:55

Suzannah

prettybutterfly · 21/12/2008 22:06

I knew on day of 20 week scan for both mine!

sayithowitis · 22/12/2008 00:14

Violetta? Rosa? Otherwise it's back to the baby name books I guess!

DS1 was named eleven years before he was born! Just a few weeks after we started going out together, d (future) h and I talked about names we liked and discovered we both liked the same name for a boy. Decided there and then that if we ever had a son, that would be his name. We married five years later and DS1 put in an appearance about six years after that!
DS2 was named before he was born, but only a few weeks. We had a choice opf two and final decision was based on whether DS1 could say the name or not! Both boys really suit their names, even though they were chosen ahead of time.

LiffeySaysNollaigShona · 22/12/2008 10:16

HAve you looked on nymbler.com

type in all your names, either as one group or two groups, and then it'll give you suggestions based on the overall style of names you've already entered as favourites.

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pinsanon · 22/12/2008 11:21

Yeah we've looked at nymbler, it's a nice site.

I would have thought Suzie would have been her kind of name but she wants it as middle name.

I think there was added 'pressure' as it would be nice to have a name by Christmas, but in the bigger scheme of things I suppose it's better that we take our time and get it right - either that or I'll drug the wife and sneak up to the registry office.

The farmer down the lane says he named his daughter on the way to the registry office and his wife didn't know what the name was until he got back (from an agreed shortlist tho)!

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MrsMcClaus · 22/12/2008 11:33

Enjoyed reading your thread in Scotland you only have 3 weeks to register and I know so many people who had to extend the time period!! Hope you find a name that suits her soon. For what it's worth, my Great Grandmother was Violet and I'd completely forgotten about it, worth considering I am pg with a baby girl (I have a DS, Xavier) I'd like to name her Rosemary as her middle name both for my Grandmother Rosemary and in memory of the baby girl I lost, Ava. First name is still a stumbling block though, the only name both DH and I like is Aaliyah.

LiffeySaysNollaigShona · 22/12/2008 15:00

Your wife is playing a long game. She wants you to just throw your hands up in the air and say, ok then, Ella it is.

Your wife is clever. {fgrin]

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pinsanon · 22/12/2008 17:36

I think she's already gone off Ella now. Probably a good thing as then we'd have

Sam 'n Ella

I'm hoping I'll get a present at Christmas and when I open it - it will read

"let's call her Violet"

Somehow I think it's more likely to be socks!

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LiffeySaysNollaigShona · 22/12/2008 18:03

Beautiful Eternity ring with Violet's Mummy engraved in it??

Not that I saw so much as a barn brack ring from ex for two children but apparently this is how civilised folk do things.

I can only peer in to their World and feel envious.

pamelat · 23/12/2008 08:55

Are you at least having Violet as a middle name?

LiffeyanFiaRua · 23/12/2008 18:39

You better come back and tell us when You decide!

LoolaBoys · 27/12/2008 20:39

Be glad you are not in Scotland. YOu only get 3 weeks here

Frizbe · 27/12/2008 20:44

I know at least two people on here whose kids were nearly named 'boy'
Our kids got named way before they were born, as dh and I spent months bickering and discounting a variety of ideas.

NorktasticNinja · 27/12/2008 21:13

6 weeks? 3 weeks? The luxury! Be glad you not in Holland, we only have 36 hours. Seriously.

I really hope you get to use Violet, it's beautiful

NorktasticNinja · 27/12/2008 21:14

...you're...

LoolaBoys · 27/12/2008 21:22

Seriously Ninja. That isn't long. But in some ways I think it would be better, it would make people just make a decision. I think that sometimes if you leave it, it becomes harder to choose. DN didn't have a name for about a week, and I think DB and DSIL found it harder to choose as time went on

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pinsanon · 31/12/2008 18:19

me again.

Still no name - kinda switched off to it all over Christmas.

Maybe I should call her nicorette patches after my new year's resolution?

No progress on Violet, the wife just doesn't see her as Violet.

Oh well

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NorktasticNinja · 31/12/2008 18:42

Nicolette?

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