Will i regret not using a name I've loved for years.....

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and going with a name me and dh have become fond of over the last few months???

I'm not interested whether people like our name choice, but whether anyone else has had a favourite name for years and years, then at the last minute picked a 'new love'? Did you regret it?

DH loves the new name which is quite amazing that he's that 'into' any baby names.

I know babies become what you name them etc but do read of people wanting to change baby names a few weeks down the line.

My gut instinct is pants - i'm blaming hormones. I have 2 months to go but its keeping me awake at night. One day I pick one name, then the next the other.

Should I let DH get his own way

wait until the baby is born and see what she/he looks like!

DD is called my favourite girl's name and i had liked it for ages

DH and I had initially decided on a different name but when she popped out she just didn't suit it

I think consencus between the two parents is important -I imainge DH telling mates/ colleagues the name, and I want it to be one he's excited/ proud of too. Plus while I know it happens I imagine not THAT many people strongly regret their name choice as once the beautiful baby arrives that's all you care about.

Having said that though if you can only picture your little one as your original choice I'm sure your DH will come round -you have to do more of the hard work, after all!!!

Soory for all the typos

Dh and I had been set on a boys name for years. In the end we couldn't agree on a middle name to go with it, so relegated it to be his middle name and chose a different first name. We don't regret it at all, although if our next dc turns out to be a boy then we might regret using up our long term fave as a middle name, as we'll want it for a first name!

keep them both in the running and see which suits him

I have loved the name Nathaniel for years and always thought it would be my boy's name, but now that DC2 is on the way DH confessed he has always loved the name Dylan - I really like it too, so that's what this one will be if it's a boy. I was just glad to see him get excited about a name so don't mind missing out on my favourite, after all I named DD - plus I think there is always no.3..

When I reminded exH of some of the names he had suggested for all of the DCs he actually didn't believe me. I think a lot of men are not really listening to 'minutiae' like baby names, just chipping in on auto-pilot with stream of consciousness rubbish when this sort of conversation comes up; they don't want to be accused of not being interested in the baby, but equally they don't get it that the baby's name might be a really significant thing for you, even more than details like the colour of the baby's room, the type of nappies, the style of the pram or whatever. I tried to get my ex interested in developing a birth plan while some stupid sports thing was on the tv -- really bad mistake on my part.

I'd agree with rubyslippers and dizzydixies - wait and see !

I think the name of the first DC is a bit of a "fantasy" anyway - you have these ideas of what they will look like and be like, and often they aren't what you expected. See what they look like and then decide.

We were very "set" on the name of DS1, and had no alternatives. As a result, once he was born I fretted a lot about whether it really suited him (it does, and I still love it)

I was more relaxed about DS2, and we had about 3 options. When he was born it felt like it was a genuine choice to suit him IYSWIM

This is DC4 when we had DD1 DH actually hated my 'loved name' and dismissed it but for the last 2 years has decided he loves it now!

Then the latest name was suggested and he thinks its the best name in the world. I love both just can't make my mind up! One fits better with our other DC - does that matter????

As for what they look like..my kids always look a bit funny and odd when they first come out

Sorry, that's me assuming you were a first-time mum !!

Yes, my DS1 should have been called Toad when he came out ......

I am kind of having the same thoughts, for years DP and I have our boys name all sewn up and after 3 DDs we had resigned ourselves to never using it, then the scan revealed a DS.

DP has gone completely off our chosen boys name and the name he likes I don't at all.

We both have a name we kind of half like the only one we have agreed on so far, it's a nice name but that's just it, it's only nice, nothing wrong with it, very traditional, common and safe.

Spoke to DP about it tonight and he says "don't worry it will jump out at is, meaning the name"

I think it's hard to "let go of" a name you've loved a lot, but I've got girls names I would have used 6 years ago that I wouldn't consider now (not that there will be any more babies)

For years I planned to call my first daughter Summer and then I married someone with the surname Richer!

i am really intruiged to in to what your name choices are! xx