Baby naming

[emma911030]

I am literally having the hardest time thinking of names I like. I'm only 18+6 so I know I have plenty of time and hopefully finding out the sex next Friday at my 20 weeks scan. However anything I do like my partner isn't so keen on but also his family is so huge he has 16 nieces and nephews and there's been names I've really liked but then it's like ffs can't have that cause it's cousin already has the same name I've not got a huge family so it's not so bad but driving myself mad. We have lots of dogs too due to my partners work so we've took up quite a few names with naming them too although some of them aren't exactly human names so not so bad. How did people name their children? Did you use books to help you or have you got a name that runs in your family that you've chosen? Pulling my hair out 😫 we're pretty convinced we are having a boy and its boys names we're struggling with x

It's really hard to name a person isn't it! We found out last week that we're having a girl and have been back and forth with names. I just look at lists online and have a list that I add any I like to. I also just listen in case I hear something I like. X

I have lots of nephews, nieces and cousins too plus friends' with children. Myself and my OH went through lists of names and I excluded any that were names of relations, friends' children and people I didn't like. You can get name lists on the internet e.g. lists of biblical names, lists of Jewish names, lists of Muslim names, lists of French names. Also check the lists of 100 popular names for the last 5 or so years.

We went through hundreds of names, checking the initials and the name meanings in different languages. A boy's name was easier to come up with but a girl's name took slightly longer.

Some friends' of mine named their children after older relations e.g. grand parents, great great aunts/uncles. While other people just have names pop into their heads while watching TV/films or reading books. Or they remember someone they met they liked and liked the name also.

We didn’t name DS until he was born. While I was pregnant me and DH couldn’t agree on any names and all my favourites he vetoed... but when he popped out it just seemed obvious! Personally I find it a bit weird that people name their babies before they are born....you haven’t met them yet and have no idea what they will be like/what will suit them!!!

Remember you have 6 weeks after the birth to decide, too. When you meet the baby, you might feel a lot clearer about what you want to call it.

I'm 17 weeks and if our feelings don't change between now and the birth, we have a definite boy's name that was basically the only one we both really like. If it's a girl, God knows. Neither my sister nor I were named until we were about a month old (my brother they had a name at birth), so I'm not too fussed really.

DP and I had shortlist’s of 4 names for boys and girls, we didn’t know DD’s sex before birth. I’m due DC2 next week and we’ve got 1 name for each. It is really tough to pick names!!
There are 2 really useful and interesting resources we found. I really like nameberry.com. It lets you build lists of names and has literally thousands of names. It is American, so some interesting names... lots of links to similar names. I love it!
The other interesting thing is an app called BabyName. You and DP both download the app (its free) and link the accounts. It’s like Tinder for names. Basically you randomly get names, swiping left or right. It gives you a list of names you both like. I was surprised how many we got!

@Tilliebean does the baby name app give you any options to narrow or choose different lists for other ethnic origins?

Honestly we just took our time and really thought about what we loved.
We didn't want to know the sex so we had both a boy and a girl name decided, first and middle names for both.
There's no rush. You don't have to have a decision made before they are born. Some people find it easier to wait until they see the baby and then decide.

@Kescilly the free version doesn’t but the paid version might?

@MonkeyToucher what pops out is a baby. In the time you have to name them - you may have 6 weeks but we had to wait 2.5 weeks for a registration appointment and I phoned the day after I got out - they don't have a character the way a 3 month does.

We used a book and an app, I like to check that it's in the top 100 too so I know I'm not crazy choosing something totally bizarre!

@biscuitaddict like Olivia/Oliver?