How soon is too soon, to pick names?

Im 9 weeks, 2 days today.

Ive been nagging hubby to help me think of names we both like. Sometimes he will just throw a name out there and other times he will say its to early to pick names. :wall:

When did you ladies start picking names? I dont want to have names set in stone but Id like to think we have 2 girls and 2 boys names sorted by the time 'Freckle' comes along.

Thanks

We had names picked out years before we even thought about having children :lol:

Though the names soon changed once we were pregnant. We made a definate choice when we got closer to 20 weeks when we would find out the sex.

But really any time is a good time to decide on names.

We started picking names about 14m before Liebling was born. Having said that, we needed to - we still hadn't picked a girl's name by the time he was born!

Never too soon! We were the same as LMS, had names picked for ages. Then we actually got pregnant, and didn't like any of them anymore :lol: We discussed for aaaaggggeeesss, and never could decide on a boys name. Luckily we're having a girl! I just randomly threw out a name on our way to the 20 week scan, we both loved it, and now it's not going anywhere!

But yeah, if we hadn't started early, or if we were having a boy, we probably wouldn't have had a name til the birth (not that there's anything wrong with that either!).

With our first, DH wouldn't even discuss it until we'd had the 19 weeks scan. I'm now pregnant again and we decided on the names before we even knew we were expecting again! So never too soon :D

Ha ha Freckle is what we call our DS now!!! We couldn't agree on a boy's name (we found out the sex) so we had a Baby ***** (my surname) in the hossy and only named our DS a few days after he was born. I don't think it's ever too early to have some names handy ;)

Never too soon! :lol: I had several names picked out not longer after we got our BFP. Enjoy picking names, it can take longer than you think to get your shortlist sorted!

PS: Freckle is what DH calls me!!!

I have names picked for my next two kids lol not even TTC lol never ever to early.

Thanks everyone. I've started writing down names I like. We won't be finding out Freckles gender so we need to short list for both boys and girls :)

NEVER TO SOON!!!!!
you would rather have a name early, then be like us, bub is one month old tommorow, and we only just got a short list we both like done this week, so no, its NEVER to soon!!!
eta: we found out gender at 20 weeks, so we realy have no excuse as to why theres still no name. (also the still no name and poor baby comments get a bit much!)

My cousin had names picked out when she was 5. She still doesn't have babies but she does have names.

ive had my babies named since i was a teenager. and havent had them yet. but have 2 boys and 2 girls names (complete with middle names) all sorted =) so never too soon!

hey no times too soon i picked my DD's name 10years before she was concieved ;)

We had our names picked out before DS1 was conceived. When I got pregnant I extended the list incase I had twins :lol: so we had 2 boys names but we went with the original name as it had family meaning. My daughter's name was chosen when I was about 10, DH didn't like it to start with but I insisted and won :D

The twins were the hardest to name as I only had 17 weeks to change my list from 1 girl name, 1 boy name to BB/GG/BG combinations. I felt very unorganised :lol:

I had names picked out at 17! Unfortunately my DH hated both of them :( I was talking names before conception for both my babies but DH wasn't keen to talk about it. He drove me nuts! We finally picked names for this one about 2 weeks ago. DS's name was picked by the 19 week scan but that was only because we found out he was a boy. We didn't have a girl's name picked for him.

Thanks all, got a few names listed.

I dont think we will short list until the end though :)

No time is too soon but have to say my DH was a bit blase about it all until the last few weeks. Best thing I did was just keep my own list and when he seemed responsive I would run it past him and we gradually narrowed it down!

We didn't really seriously start talking until my 20 week scan, but I set an arbitary deadline of 30 weeks to have the name chosen: I really wanted to be sure to have one to greet him with at birth, so some premmie-ness was allowed for.

We had our names all sorted out in August 2008. We started TTCing in April 2009, and our DD was born December 2010 :lol:

I agree it's never too soon, we had about 12 names for DD after our 19 week scan and still hadn't decided on one till the time she was born.

i think talking about it from the start of ttc (at least) is great!
your tastes change... and also you like to hear the name quite a few times to see if you really like it :)

I had DD's name picked 7yrs before she was born!! We had Brianna Jade if she was a girl & Benjamin John if she was a boy ;)

In DS's case, we did start thinking about names early but found it harder the second time when we found out he was a boy (I didnt want the name we had chosen for first born) I ended up hearing his name for the first time a week or 2 before I had him!! Loved it straight away & used it :)

I dont think there's such thing as it being "too early" to start choosing names, if u leave it til the last minute u might end up getting a bit stressed about it??

Good luck & congrats on ur pregnancy :)

DH hated all the names i liked for a boy with DS1.. we had names picked out by 16weeks i think Declan for a boy or Chelsea for a girl.. with DD we had Nate for a boy or Maddison for a girl.. this time around i already no im getting another DS yet we have NO names nor any desire to hurry up & choose one.. i have names i like & he has names he likes but we just can't agree but all the kids have had middle names before we knew what we were having or had even concieved

ummm.... i don't know if i'm any help because DH and i didn't name either kids until they were 3 days old!! the only difference was when we had J we picked names the night before i was induced because i didn't want him being born without a name.....but that's a bit different.

so yeah.....sorry, for me personally i like meeting our babies and seeing what they look like and getting to know them and their character for a few days before i name them....but everyone is different Lol.

We have our names already, well pretty sure they are the ones, and I'll be 9 weeks tomorrow :) Never to early! We did the same thing had names picked out before DS and they never stuck lol!

Some of ours have had their names picked since before they were conceived, others not till 18ish weeks and 1 we changed her name just weeks before she was born :)

Start choosing when you are ready i say.