https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 11:41:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret/page/2#post-21614 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:53:34 +0000 loveablebee 21614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we are pregnant, I don't think we will keep the name a secret. I think it is neat when family talks to your tummy and says the babies name or refers to the baby as their name instead of "the baby". Plus, it helps if someone wants to get you a personalized gift. That and I don't think I could keep it secret very long. LOL. DH and I aren't even TTC yet and we already have our favorite names! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret/page/2#post-21575 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:06:05 +0000 cupcakemama 21575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did. I subscribe to the theory that people are less inclined to be mean about the name after it has actually been given. That takes a certain amount of foot-in-mouth-ness! Our name was quite traditional anyway so I didn't expect backlash. The closest we came to telling was a dear friend who had her baby 2 days before us. We were worried that we would have the same names picked so we told each other the first letter of top choice. Different letter so crises averted! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret/page/2#post-21568 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:58:54 +0000 lemondrop 21568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, we have several teachers in our families, the last thing I want to hear is something negative about our name. It was hard enough to choose in the first place, I don't want something changing my mind at this point. </p> <p>My students have been driving me crazy asking every morning, so I gave them two clues- it is the first name of a college mascot, and it is related to a trip to Chicago that we just took. So far, no correct guesses ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret/page/2#post-20709 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:40:10 +0000 Rosie Girl 20709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes we are! we had our boy/girl names picked out before we were even pregnant, but no one knows them! When i named DS, everyone had an opinion on his name, which was really frustrating! We figured this way, no one will tell us they hate her name after she is already born and named that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret/page/2#post-20581 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:21:15 +0000 tejbee 20581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. We have 100% decided on our future daugter's name and are very excited about it. I love how it's such a great name but is uncommon enough that I haven't seen ANYONE else mention it when discussing names. I've typed it in the reply box a few times to share, but always end up deleting my comment before I even post it. lol I feel very protective of it and don't plan to share it until she is born (whenever that may be). </p> <p>On the other hand, I don't feel remotely loath to share our future son's name: Justin Daniel. So there. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret/page/2#post-20560 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:05:59 +0000 mekarual 20560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We kept it a secret. We have some family members that are very vocal in their opinions, and we don't really care what they think. It's our child, and we get to name her - if they want to name a child, then get pregnant and have one! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret/page/2#post-20522 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:02:56 +0000 afarrell 20522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>People already for the most part know what name choices my husband and I have in mind, but I plan on keeping it a secret. It gets a little annoying having family ask constantly what we want to name our baby. Not a lot of people are crazy about the boy name I have picked, and I'm still up in the air for girls names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret/page/2#post-20466 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:16:46 +0000 daniellemybelle 20466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to keep our baby name a secret, to guard against stealing and also against Judgy McJudgers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret/page/2#post-19006 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:31:07 +0000 Colekbl 19006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Katm558: I love the name Indiana! If we didn't live in Indiana I'd be tempted to use it.</p> <p>We'll keep our names secret, we've tossed some out and have gotten a little negative feedback. Since our choices are fairly unique we're not concerned about friends stealing them, we just want to keep them to ourselves. (Plus we probably won't be able to choose until our Junebug is here) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-18998 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:15:03 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 18998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are planning on keeping our baby names a secret. We might tell our mothers but that would be it. If someone is really pressing about knowing I would be willing to give them the initials as a compromise before the baby comes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-18933 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:41:17 +0000 Emela 18933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well! We have been talking about names, and we have a few nice contenders. We will probably be keeping it a secret, just for the fun of it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-18932 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:37:38 +0000 heffalump 18932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told. And I'm so glad because we got tons of personalized gifts! </p> <p>Next time we're going team green so there really won't be much to tell, but we'll probably still tell people our options. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-18915 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:51:33 +0000 runsyellowlites 18915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, we had told both my mom and MIL the name we were strongly considering for a boy and MIL has already shared it with other family members so here on out we won't be sharing those details with her.</p> <p>We haven't had any issues with my mom knowing any of the pregnancy/name details so we'll still use her to bounce names off of.</p> <p>Otherwise we aren't sharing b/c I don't want our name stolen! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11531 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:23:25 +0000 Mrsbells 11531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we plan to keep the name a secret and the gender will be kept a secret too. Often when you tell people the name before the baby is born they think its okay to offer opinions and tell you why they dont like they name.. etc, because they think you still have time to change it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11520 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:17:10 +0000 HabesBabe 11520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think we'll intentionally keep it as a secret-- but I have a feeling we won't know ourselves for quite awhile! We're already tossing ideas around and haven't been on the same page with anything yet! </p> <p>As soon as we know, I think we'll tell family and friends. I don't think we'll choose a "unique" name so we don't expect any backlash-- although you never know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11396 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:07:04 +0000 LaurenEC 11396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We decided on his name at about 24wks and kept is secret (well a few people found out by mistake) and there were so many ppl that couldn't believe that we were keeping it a secret! Drove my mother crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11390 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:02:03 +0000 lavender 11390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a boy and girl name picked out and the reaction we got from some people for our boy name was just plain mean. I think once we try for #2 we will be keeping it a secret. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11387 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:54:34 +0000 BananaPancakes 11387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure we'll even have a name officially picked out until birth. I just can't imagine knowing until I see him/her. But maybe after finding out the sex it will be easier to pick one out. I can't imagine keeping it a secret if we officially pick one, though. People who don't like it can suck it. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11344 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:30:41 +0000 hreichard 11344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I couldnt keep it a secret. I was so excited about my son and his name..haha. Now my next child i will keep a secret, it will be more fun that way. The first i was just so excited about everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11297 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:02:32 +0000 erinpye 11297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are keeping our name choice top secret, even from our own mothers, until baby is born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11285 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:36:57 +0000 EloiseKE 11285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are doing what we did with our daughter, announce her name to everyone when she is born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11273 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:09:45 +0000 Liesal 11273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The night we told my in-laws that we're pregnant, my MIL wanted to know if we had picked out any names. I really want to keep things a surprise. Of course my husband blabs, and the first comment my FIL makes is that he hated his aunt Eleanor, aka our top girl name. Ugh, back to square one for us. My husband finally decided that maybe we should keep quiet about the names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11267 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:59:13 +0000 mrsrain 11267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We already know what we'll name our son if we have one, and we have a short list of girls' names picked out. We're not telling anyone until baby is in our arms (and we're not even TTC quite yet)!</p> <p>We *might* give them the initials... Just to watch them go crazy trying to figure it out :)</p> <p>ETA: my grandma HATED my name. Was kicked out of the delivery room because of it. She got over it, and says she likes it now. The most important opinion is our own-- nobody else's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11244 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:47:05 +0000 eeh 11244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I go back and forth on this. On the telling hand..it might be nice to hear SOME opinions on the name. If our parents hate the name, I think I'd like to know before the baby arrives. And it can be a fun way to involve our family in the pregnancy. We might tell just our parents and siblings but I'm not sure they could keep it a secret. </p> <p>On the other hand: I'm usually pretty good about ignoring other people's opinions but I'm not sure I will be able to ignore opinions about my kids name. I don't want someone to "steal" the name. I don't particularly want a bunch of monogramed stuff with the baby's name because it limits the use of the items with future kids and I don't want my kid's name on all their clothes/bags/whatever where strangers can see when we're at the grocery store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11240 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:45:05 +0000 cvbee 11240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have learned to keep them to ourselves too, after one of our favourite baby names got trashed by our friends when we ran it by them. </p> <p>I might share on hellobee though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11236 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:42:32 +0000 jennylynn 11236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>While trying to decide on names, we got a lot of opinions we didn't necessarily want. So we learned to keep them mostly to ourselves. We've told our parents, but that's about it. People can be so rude and opinionated, but when it comes down to it, it's our baby and our opinions are the ones that matter. :) We don't want anyone talking us out of a name we really love. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11234 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:42:03 +0000 cyndistar3 11234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I don't feel the need to lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11185 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:54:26 +0000 cyneswith 11185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I find it hard to get attached to babies without names. My youngest godson didn't seem real to me until he was 3 days old (his parents FINALLY agreed on Andrew), and I couldn't get attached to my nephew until I knew his name (Carter). So I'll be telling people the names as soon as we know. (Husband refuses to decide on a boy's name until I'm pregnant, but we've talked about which names we like/dislike/most want to use, and why. His Christopher, which I don't like, trumps my Ray, which he doesn't mind, simply because of why he likes the name.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-11097 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:44:49 +0000 Mrs. D 11097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No way, we've known the names for almost two years! </p> <p>And it was really hard to keep them secret when his sister then my cousin were expecting. Everyone knew our choices, and we didn't mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-keeping-your-babys-name-a-secret#post-9973 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:38:37 +0000 sandsandmore 9973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't tell anyone the names even though people begged because they wanted to get personalized baby items. But I didn't want any comments, good or bad. </p>