https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:02:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2795019 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 09:34:57 +0000 DesertDreams88 2795019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gideon (3 syllables)<br /> Asher<br /> Atlas<br /> Lucas </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794946 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 18:36:04 +0000 mdf106 2794946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have a negative association with Quentin, but I think you should choose something you like better. Some suggestions:<br /> Felix<br /> Caleb<br /> Micah<br /> Hugo<br /> August<br /> Miles </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794937 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 16:56:03 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2794937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about Quinton?</p> <p>Also, Tobias? It’s unique I feel, but still nice. It’s semi on our list for the future.</p> <p>We were team green for both babies, butnonly had one boy name we agreed on for both pregnancies and our second was a boy so he was named before birth kind of. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794836 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 12:38:01 +0000 Ina85 2794836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My nephew's name is Quentin and everytime Dh and I see or hear his name we think Quentin Tarantino, ugh. No one wants to call him Quentin, the whole family calls him Q, baby Q.<br /> I think Ethan is a good name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794790 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 10:41:01 +0000 MamaCate 2794790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: @periwinklebee: I think naming ahead of time or after the baby is born totally depends on your approach. We struggled with choosing names for both kids because DH and I are both stubborn. I know people told us to see what the baby “looks like”. But knowing myself and DH, I felt like we would both see the baby and decide it looked like each of our preferred names and we would still be disagreeing. So we finally picked in the 36 week range for both. I know this approach has worked for lots of people but I just wanted to give another perspective.</p> <p>I think whatever you decide, once you commit to it you will love t more and more as you get to know your actual baby with his actual name. It is so abstract beforehand. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794773 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 10:10:19 +0000 periwinklebee 2794773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bhbee: I definitely like the idea of getting to meet him before we decide for sure. Our insurance won't let us choose a pediatrician until he's on the plan, which requires a name, otherwise I might be one of those people who takes days :silly: </p> <p>More great suggestions - going to discuss with DH and hopefully we can narrow it down to a few finalists! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794763 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 09:49:20 +0000 nwm 2794763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm partial to elias because a dear friend's son is named that. i think it's a great name and not too common at all.<br /> another unusual one that is not too out there that i love is cormac. warren i think is another good one. i personally absolutely love the name roscoe but i think that is slightly more on the out there side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794746 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 09:13:56 +0000 bhbee 2794746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i agree on naming when the baby is born! We went in with a favorite and some backups but it wasn’t equally favorite for both of us. Husband’s choice (I was just ok with) for #1 and the middle was a name from my family. #2 we ended up with the reverse, his family for middle and my favorite for first name. I think once you name them, something you feel just ok about can seem just right because it belongs to a real person now and with that sweet baby face. But if either of you really hates it that might be hard to overcome. Good luck picking!!! Both my kids have common names so I’m no help there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794745 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 09:11:22 +0000 josina 2794745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is Ethan, love the name of course.</p> <p>Others I love that are more unique are Kylan, Holden, Hayden, Kinnick, Kipton. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794739 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 08:50:24 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2794739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: Ethan- I get, but Sawyer was cool. Lol</p> <p>Oliver is the name picked out for boy #2. DH loves it because of Arrow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794717 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 00:25:03 +0000 periwinklebee 2794717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So many great suggestions!</p> <p>@ShootingStar: My husband loves to make comments like this - I mean seriously, pretty much every name is associated with some obnoxious character. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794703 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 21:42:13 +0000 skipra 2794703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think you need to worry! I don't know how people can name a baby without first meeting him or her. Since the baby will have your DH's choice for middle and last name, I think you can be firm on making the final decision on the first name. I would probably take my top 5 or so names and have your DH eliminate the ones he hates and take 2 or 3 to the hospital. Or if he can only live with one then just go with that.<br /> No matter what though, I vote for you to have a bigger say in it. If you have a bad association with Quentin, eliminate it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794696 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 21:06:20 +0000 ShootingStar 2794696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son’s name is Declan. It’s not out there but also not very common. If we had a second boy I liked Hudson and Lucas. I also really like Ethan and Sawyer, but DH nixed them because he didn’t like either character on Lost 😂. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794670 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:34:47 +0000 jhd 2794670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don’t have any negative associations with Quentin, but I would push for something you love. Naming is so hard! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794669 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:30:14 +0000 ElbieKay 2794669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Elias (Eli) was on our short list. We named our son Tobias (Toby) which has increased in the rankings since he was born but is still not too highly ranked. Other names on our short list were Theodore (Theo), Jonah and Jeremiah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794666 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:01:08 +0000 periwinklebee 2794666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you all, these are awesome suggestions!!! </p> <p>@LCTBQE: :wink: The baby will have my husband's last name, and I let him choose the middle name as well to honor some of his family, so yeah, I should probably express my preferences more strongly about the first name, especially since it's not that my husband has found anything he really loves. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794661 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 16:41:31 +0000 Shantuck 2794661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a son named Kellen. He's 5 and we have yet to meet another one but it isn't super unusual of a name either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794657 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 16:36:04 +0000 LCTBQE 2794657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: agree with everything you said. @periwinklebee: I know a (gorgeous, maybe that influences my opinion) guy named Corwin--have you heard it before? It's a surname, maybe like naming your kid Carter :) another name we considered that's a family name is Lucien. We didn't go with it but I still like it.<br /> ETA: I kind of let my husband in effect pick our kid's name by acquiescing to his rejection of all the ones I loved, and we ended up with a name I feel pretty lukewarm about. I strongly encourage you to not do that, you're doing the heavy lifting here :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794574 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 13:02:53 +0000 Truth Bombs 2794574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will admit I immediately think of Quentin Tarantino, but probably only because I've never met/heard of another Quentin in my life. That being said, it seems silly to pick a name your husband admittedly doesn't even like that much, when you have names you love. Better for one of you to love the name than both of you to feel meh about it just for the sake of satisfying your husband's desire to not be "boring". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794561 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:43:01 +0000 Foodnerd81 2794561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I knew someone named Quentin and always thought it was a cool name. I also know of Quentin Tarantino but it’s not an immediate or negative association for me. He sometimes went by Q which I thought was also cool (this was an adult when I knew him). </p> <p>I like Ethan and Elias too- I’ve never met an Elias so I don’t think it’s really very common at all. </p> <p>We came up with my second daughters name on the way to the hospital. The first we were team green and we never had a boy name we loved so good thing she was a girl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794548 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:20:38 +0000 autumnleaves 2794548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don’t associate Quentin with anything negative. I like Everett which someone suggested earlier. Also Xavier and Zeke for unique names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794541 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 11:43:46 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2794541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sawyer<br /> Theo<br /> Jameson<br /> Henry<br /> Carter<br /> Anders<br /> Parker<br /> Brady<br /> Arie<br /> Emmett<br /> Milo </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794540 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 11:40:22 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2794540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Boy names are hard! </p> <p>Asher<br /> Deacon<br /> Keenen<br /> Dalton<br /> Kellan </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794537 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 11:36:10 +0000 JennyPenny 2794537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS has a friend named Quentin at school and to me it just sounds British. His other favorite friends is named Everett which might be a nice contender. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794534 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 11:26:40 +0000 Rocker2014 2794534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Quentin is a family name on my husband's side, and would definitely have been a contender if LO was a boy. BUT, we have a very simple, one syllable last name, so it makes sense. I like it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794533 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 11:24:05 +0000 cnidaria 2794533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I completely agree, boy names are hard! When I was pregnant with my daughter, we had so many girl names that we both liked, but never really found a boy name that we both loved. Now that I'm pregnant again, we didn't even need to discuss girl names (we'd just use our second choice from last time), but it's back to the drawing board for boy names again.</p> <p>I have a cousin named Quinton a.k.a. "Quincy"... similar to Quentin, but perhaps without the associations that you're concerned about? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794532 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 11:13:36 +0000 Pancakes 2794532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My strongest association with Quentin is the illustrator Quentin Blake, which is a very positive association for me. Ethan and Elias are both lovely and it’s definitely nice to have a name that gives you a little thrill when you hear it or say it (not a necessary naming criteria, but always a bonus!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794530 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 11:10:48 +0000 FaithFertility 2794530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Evrick, Elliot, Easton, Anders </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794525 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 10:27:07 +0000 crazydoglady 2794525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: Easton? Kind of like Ethan but a bit more unique. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/38-weeks-pregnant-and-our-baby-boy-still-doesnt-have-a-name#post-2794524 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 10:22:04 +0000 JLC53 2794524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That was us!!! We had a few names that were okay before I went into labor. Literally during labor my husband and I were going back and forth with names. Boys names are very hard in my opinion. </p>