Yep, my youngest. His name was chosen purely by elimination... his name fit a looooong list of criteria: Had to be a short name with one syllable, couldn't have the same initial as other family members (everyone had to have their own intials so that when i do cross stitch samplers etc we all had our own letter), it also had to fairly uncommon, reflect our Swedish/Irish heritage, be easy to spell, and can't have belonged to anyone that we have ever known!!! So after flicking through baby name books the choice was fairly limited... which made it kinda easy in the end. Oh and yes, it "felt" right.
At the moment we are in the same boat as you with a name for our little man.
His middle name is already chosen as it is DH's father's name (DS has my father's name as his middle name). I really, really dislike DH's father's name but have resigned myself to the fact that I don't have much choice in the matter, and in the end it's only a middle name.
There is only one name that DH and I have agreed on so far, I certainly not as much as DS's name. I feel a little guilty about that too...
Yes. My DS1 has a name that I completely dismissed the entire way through my pregnancy. I considered having it as a middle name, but never as a first name because I knew too many losers with that name (his name is James)
But the minute he was born, he just looked like a James. I am glad I named him that because it does suit him so much and now I know an awesome James
that's pretty much how DS got his middle name. we had settled on his first name(ish) but couldn't work out a middle name, but wanted to give him one. after he was born (moment of panic as we realised we would actually HAVE to get ourselves into gear & make a decision), DP went home that night & went through a book of names. similar criteria to bath's - one syllable, a bit uncommon, easy to pronounce etc.
actually - i think we ended up with a middle name that is the same as bath's DS
I don't like Ianto's name. I was hoping I'd be able to change Scott's mind about it in those last eight weeks, but obviously they didn't happen. I like looking at it, it's a good name on paper, but saying it out loud makes me cringe sometimes. If you're talking to me and I bring him up, now you know why I always hesitate before saying it. It's not that I don't want to talk about him, it's that I'd rather his name was something else. If he'd lived, I bet we'd be calling him by his middle name by now, or some nickname unrelated to his real name.
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks