Do you love the name you've chosen?

[RiverMeadow]

As above? If you've chosen a name for your baby, do you really love it?

I have a couple I 'like' but I can't say I'm in love with a name and time is ticking on!

I loved DD's name so much and knew she would never be called anything else.

Pregnant with dc2 (we find out the sex next week) and there are no names that I really like. We have a few on our list but they're all only ok. It's genuinely stressing me out every time someone asks if I've thought of names!

I know what you mean OP, I had a few I liked. Me and my DP decided which one whe would choose but I was very much like “hmm I don’t love it though?!”

I’m having a girl so I’ve referred to her as that name since week 20 & I do love it now! I can’t imagine calling her anything else... maybe it just takes some getting used to it?

@Mrsmummy90 This is exactly how I feel! I love DC1s name and did right from the start! I feel like choosing a name is even harder when you have other DC.

@EnchantingRaven I think you're right, it's hard to imagine an adult name on a tiny baby, maybe we should try choosing a name and seeing if it sticks for a few weeks before he's here!

We didn't find out the sex for dd so had a few names of each prepared. I didn't love any of them really. When we got a bit closer we made a choice for both boy and girl ready and I definitely chose the ones I liked more but still wasn't totally in love with them. As soon as she arrived and we used her name that was it. I couldn't imagine her being called anything else now as its perfect.
Worried now that I could never love another name as much for #2

With our sons name, we pretty much decided even before TTC. We never considered anything else and we still absolutely adore his name. Currently expecting #2. My favourite name for a girl that I would absolutely love to use is slightly too close to our son's :( we have another front runner which admittedly, DP loves more than I do but I think our name for a boy is also more my choice that he has agreed to.

I do really like the girl's name we've chosen but doesn't feel as 'right' as my favourite girls name. We have a few on the list though so we'll probably decide for definite when he/she is born.

I didn’t when we first settled on it. It was a compromise name as my DH absolutely hated the names I loved and vice verse so we picked something both of us at least liked. However I can’t imagine her being called anything else now and have grown to love it. Currently pregnant again and don’t want to even think about it yet! I really love the boys name we had picked for DC1 so it would make things easier if we had a boy this time as we can use that but no clue if we have another girl!

DH and I decided on a name for DS after our 20w scan. I wouldn't say it's my favourite boys name ever but it was one we both really liked. Now in very early stages of pregnancy with DC2 and we have a boy and girl name already picked out. We just happened to come across them before we even ttc and both love them!

Dh and I don’t agree on names at all, total different tastes. Ds1 is my son from a different marriage and his father never ever wanted anything to do with him, so I got free reign and I love his name, it is unusual. Dh realised that we would need to give our child a name of a similar vein as it would be off to have one unusual name and one very popular (his choice would be top 5 names in the uk) the name we chose was off my list but by no means my favourite, but it is just him now and I absolutely love it, really suits him. Pg with our 3rd now and it will take weeks and weeks to —argue— decide on a name so as soon as we know the gender we will work on that. Obviously I have vast lists for both and we will whittle it down and pick off there. The problem is I have called them a nane In my mind since about 10 weeks 🙈

Im almost 35 weeks and although I have picked a name I am not in love with it. I like it but can't think of any others I like at all. I am doing it solo this time so no one to argue with about I just can't find one I feel is perfect so settled on one I don't mind if that makes sense. This is baby 5 so maybe I just ran out of ideas lol

Yes. We were undecided and had a shortlist of names. But as soon as he was born and looked at him we knew what his name was. And I went from liking the name to instantly loving it. And I still love saying his name and make a point of politely correcting people if they try to shorten it or give him a derived nickname.

So glad I'm not alone!

I love all of my three kids’ names but I still sometimes find myself thinking “hmm she/he would have made a great X.” I had the opposite problem and loved too many names each time!

We decided before birth x3, I didn’t want the added stress of trying to work out which name was the right “fit” while also wrestling with newborn sleeplessness and postpartum hormones. I’m definitely glad we did it that way.

We didn't want to know the sex until birth.
We had a boys name chosen from around the 5-6 month mark. That was 100% and we both knew it wouldn't change, we loved that name for a boy (family members loved it as well).
We had a lot of trouble choosing a girls name. There was one girls name I really liked (but didn't love it like I loved the boys name we'd chosen), but my husband (and other family members) weren't keen. Dh couldn't really decide on a girls name he liked either.
So we went to the birth centre undecided on a girls name. The (lovely) midwife asked us about names, we told her we didn't know the sex, and we said that the boys name was 100% decided, but the girls name wasn't, so if we had a daughter she wouldn't have a name straight away. We had a son, and as soon as the midwife said "it's a boy", dh and I born said "chosen name" (not literally we said the name itself of course).
Next time (hopefully) I've no idea what we'd call a boy, or a girl as the only name I like dh doesn't.
(And I know family don't have a say, but it's still nice if they like the name chosen I think).

All three times I've chosen days after giving birth and they didn't end up being the names from the list I'd chosen before so fully expecting this to be the case again. I have a few I really like right now, it's only since finding out we're having a girl I'm now doubting slightly. Too much choice.x

No, but its the only one and my husband agree on.
I really fell in love with the name Finley, everytime I pictured life with my baby, he was always Finley.
But my husband hates it! He wanted Jacob but I'm not keen.

So we wrote a list of 10 names we each liked and Ben was the only one we agreed on, so Ben it is.

Nope. I like DS name and so chose it, but can’t say I loved it. Now trying to name DD but again nothing I really love. I will pick something I like and then watch her grow into it as DS did.

we're team yellow. I 'like' our boy names but I haven't found one I'm in love with. I knew before we conceived whay I would name bubba if it's a girl. in love with the name and I actually really want a girl jusy so that I can use the name.

We had a girl's name sorted and loved it because for some reason we thought we would have a girl, but no clue for a boy. Then found out we were having a boy so did a lot of research and thinking. Now we have a boy's name that in my mind knocks the socks off the girl's name we had chosen. I adore it as does DH. I cannot wait to use it.

We havent decided on a boys name but there is one I absolutely love although DH not 100% on it.
We both have chosen a girls name which we love.

We already have DS1 and love his name.
I find boys names more difficult to pick.

I love my DS's name, and I love the name we have chosen for DC2 if they are a girl, but if they are a boy I don't love any of the names currently on the list! DH and I are really struggling with boys names atm! It's stressing me out a bit tbh as time is fast running out and this baby may have no name!

I have a few weeks to go and we have the same problem.
DS name wasn't even up for discussion, we knew what it would be and that was that. With this baby, we have 'settled' on a name. Neither of us like the other ones top name, so we have come to an agreement for both boy and girl.
I'm just hoping I can get used to it and come to love it once baby is here

Me and DP both picked a handful of names we liked, then we narrowed it down to names that were on both our lists (thankfully there were about 3) and then we picked the name.
To be honest, I didn't love it, but the couple of names I really loved, DP didn't really like, but equally, I vetoed his first choice as well as I really hated it! We picked names for boys and girls, and when we found out it was a girl a few weeks ago, that was when I realised I didn't totally love the name, as my first thought was of slight disappointment I couldn't use the boy name (nothing to do with wanting a boy over a girl, just prefer the boy name!).

But, since we found out its a girl, we've started using it to refer to her, rather than saying "the baby" and I think that has made me bond with her more, and I definitely feel better about the name now than I did.

I picked our 5 year olds name, now expecting number 2 and decided to let dh pick this time. We're having a boy and he has picked a name, I wouldn't have chosen it myself but I far from hate the name he's chosen so that's what we're going with. Glad I didn't have the pressure of choosing a name on me this time.

With my 1st me and hubby were really struggling to find a name we both liked but one day we just came up with Isaac and from that moment on we didn't discuss it again! We are glad we chose Isaac as it really suits our son.
This time around though it is proving difficult again, we don't know if we are having a boy or girl yet though.