Frustrating isn't it?!!
ZF - I think I love traditional names, but they tend to be the popular ones. So we are looking for something different, but not too out there. What's the bet we go with something widely used though
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Frustrating isn't it?!!
ZF - I think I love traditional names, but they tend to be the popular ones. So we are looking for something different, but not too out there. What's the bet we go with something widely used though
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Ive had names picked for like 10 years, and even though I always knew they would be my babies names, now I'm actually pregnant I have to say I've questioned them, never the first name, but the middle names, one in particular (if Spock is a boy it will be his 2nd middle name). I LOVE the meaning of the name, but the name itself isn't sitting well with me, DH hasnt helped every alternative he has shot down so Id say I'll just keep it how it is, and I expect it to grow on me.
I also think that because I have had these first names picked for so long, they are locked in just because of the time. I still love them, and I think part of that is because they have always been the names and are 'normal' to me. does that make any sense?
our boys name has grown in popularity too, I now a few kids with them name, plus it is a common nick name for a more common name. This did turn me off a little, but at the same time it has never been an option to change it because they have been locked in for so long.
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When I was 11 years old I used to tell my parents, quite genuinely too, that I was going to have 6 kids....3 of each to be precise.
The only ones I remember now though are:
Trinity Drew
Harmony Rhys (and go figure my DD is a Harper and DS has Rhys as his middle name after my late BIL)
I imagine if I told my parents that I was still having 6 kids today, they'd probably say something like 'please for goodness sake give them a normal name then'....because they honestly believe my kids names are 'unusual'. I'd have to disappoint, just to be traditional in my own sense and give them something 'Sunny style'
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Baby names are sooo hard!! I had beautiful names picked out for my future children.
Then I meet a guy with a sucky last name. So, nearly all my names went out the window. The names that didn't go out the window were things like his sister's name, ex's name and bed buddy's name. So, out the window they went.
DH had a boys name picked out for years, and I liked it. We were on holiday and he turned around and said "What about Hannah?"....."OK. Cool." and that's how we got Hannah.
Our boy's name we haven't kept for this bub because I learned later that DH and his ex had always said that if they had a baby they would use that name....
This time, the girl's name took some convincing but we love it so much. We heard it when DD was in hospital and we've always remembered it. It's not very common at all.
The boy's name took a while and it started as one name, then suggested a different version of it, then something slightly different. The middle name started off as a joke, but now quickly fell in love with it.
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WHOA! I'd have more to say than ......!! Could you use still though, with the past being the past?
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The past is well and truly the past, he knew after 18mos in that relationship that it wasn't going to work out. But he stayed with her for another 18mos, living 3 hours away. Long story, but I just don't want to use that name.
I really prefer the boy's name we've got picked out this time anyway. It's a name DH and I came across and fell in love with together.
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I cant wait to see your BA charlotte and discover 'his' name!
Thanks for replying too, I hope I didn't offend in the process of my question :/
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About halfway through my pregnancy with DD2 we had decided she was "April". DP loved the name, I was only a like but since I got to pick "Imogen" (DD1) with noone else to weigh in and it was my in love name I thought it seemed fair. As time went on though, I was less and less keen on April and suddenly, pretty close to her birth, Aubrey popped into my head and I loved it... lucky DP did too. So you never know when THE name will come!
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