I'm so glad we didn't have boys! We had our girls names chosen and set early on but boys names were up in the air and we had a couple that we liked but didn't love.
We thought we had DD2's middle name sorted but then a friend had a baby before us and named their daughter the exact same first and middle names we were going to use completely coincidentally! So we had to choose another - DD1 ended up choosing it and it was the name of our OB I think it works even better that what we were going to use!
I hear you! We don't have any boys names that we love! With the girls we had their names picked from very early, that's what they were going to be, we didn't even have any 'backup' names. But we have never had a boys name definitely picked out!! Maybe I won't have any boys. But I feel like it needs to be something I love too like the girls were. Boys names are soooo hard!!
I named DS at 9 weeks pg.... My first inkling I was having a boy was that I couldn't come up with a girls name I loved as much as my boys name. I gauged peoples responses when I suggested the name. I expected my mum to hate it, and was surprised when she said 'OMG, that's perfect.' There were a few moments when I questioned the name.. whether it was too 'out there', but when DS was finally born, and I looked at his little face (for several days lol), I just knew. He wasn't a Heath, or an Owen. He was Axel, clearly!
I'm not thinking about it this time round LOL. With DD1 we looked at our short list when asked her name about an hour after birth and dismissed them all and came up with on of the cuff. With DD2 we again dismissed our list and she was nameless for 5 days till i loved a boy name DH suggested as a joke, and it was just 'her'. So this time no list, no planning, i will just see what seems right, after the 5 day wait last time it just does not seem a panic for us.
Ahhhh don't you love when they don't like any of your suggestions but have nothing better to offer!!
We (as you know) had ONE girls name that luckily we both love, otherwise we were MILES apart on girls names - boys names were easier
Fortunately this little girl has a name, however DH still likes to remind me how much he hates my favourite girls name
Scarily though, last Friday, one of my team members tells me how her and her partner were going to look at a retired greyhound that was a bit manic that they planned on adopting - would you believe it had the same name as unborn daughters name. I was devo, didn't want my girl to be named the same as her demented dog I was so surprised as our girls name is not very common and is a very unlikely dogs name LOL
Fortunately the dog wasn't for them - whew!! Tragedy Averted!!
I think it works even better that what we were going to use!
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My first inkling I was having a boy was that I couldn't come up with a girls name I loved as much as my boys name. I gauged peoples responses when I suggested the name. I expected my mum to hate it, and was surprised when she said 'OMG, that's perfect.' There were a few moments when I questioned the name.. whether it was too 'out there', but when DS was finally born, and I looked at his little face (for several days lol), I just knew. He wasn't a Heath, or an Owen. He was Axel, clearly!
I was so surprised as our girls name is not very common and is a very unlikely dogs name LOL
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