https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 13:42:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-23490 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:15:39 +0000 SugarplumsMom 23490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to do this before we actually gotten pregnant. But haven't tried since. For some reason I'm not as curious now. Maybe I really like the names I have in mind? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-23488 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:06:38 +0000 cvbee 23488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is a great idea. Just googled one of our names....and the associations were all good. Phew! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-23459 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:32:57 +0000 808love 23459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We settled on a girl's name well before we knew the gender. So I looked the name up on Google and found someone with the same first/last name on Facebook. She seemed interesting and so I added the girl. I am not the type who adds strangers but apparently she is. Maybe it was because she recognized the last name. Anyway I checked out her page just a couple times (weird, huh!!) but as soon as we found out we were having a girl, I wrote to her and told her I was naming my baby with the same name etc etc and if she wants to delete me, I understand, but that's why I added her. She wrote back a short happy note and we never kept in contact since :) It's weird to see her name pop up on my facebook though. If she was really weird, I'd probably delete her!</p> <p>Oh and we did rule out a name for a reason I don't want to go into, but it was as a result of a Google search.</p> <p>One more thing....I learned this trick in Library Info Science school--put the name in quotes if you want the first name and middle name to stick together when you do a search. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-23389 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:39:41 +0000 Maysprout 23389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha yes I did. Once I had a first and middle name I liked I wanted to see if anyone else had that name. A woman I think I'd like in real life had a blog so I felt better about the name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-23327 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:18:31 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 23327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I indirectly did a google search to have the name definition and a standard google search popped up. We are in the clear. Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-23200 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:47:50 +0000 CameronsMomma 23200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got our from a baby book, and hadn't really thought of it. Both middle names have meanings and/or are family names so we just threw them all together. I just googled Cameron now and it seems to be fine, I'm not too worried, but I doubt I would have changed our minds anyways. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-23042 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:54:34 +0000 themcmom 23042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband did and told me about it. He found a blog of, what seemed to be, a really cool, artsy young woman (did I really just type "young woman?") But there's a ton of pictures of the character we got her name from. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-22962 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:04:02 +0000 Rosie Girl 22962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! I actually JUST googled her name the other day, and it was in a name meaning site. I was curious as to what the meaning of her name really was, not that it would change anything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-22875 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:28:49 +0000 MaisyMay 22875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We hadn't thought of this, and if we had, I don't think it would have changed anything. We both are big into names that have a special meaning and/or are connected to our families. That being said, my father's name was Jesse and his father's name is James, so any boys will not be named after both of them... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-22477 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:03:03 +0000 erinpye 22477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Of course I did! I googled her name right away to make sure it was uncommon and that no one notoriously evil or questionable has it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-22454 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:47:55 +0000 Mrs. D 22454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't until reading this question!<br /> Even if we found someone awful with the same name, it wouldn't change our minds, because she is named for family members. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-22399 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:58:17 +0000 mediagirl 22399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hadn't thought about doing this but I"m so going to do it now!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-22164 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:04:39 +0000 Panda 22164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never occurred to me either. </p> <p>I don't understand this part of the article. "It’s the rare parent, it seems, who wants a common name for a child. New parents, after all, envision future presidents, Super Bowl winners and cancer curers, not Vatican streakers or college beer-bong guzzlers. " Are kids with common names more likely to be unsuccessful or something? </p> <p>I guess I'd rather just pick names I like. There was a rapist/murderer named James Taylor in my state but I'm pretty sure no one associates the singer with the murderer ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-22103 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:29:38 +0000 pelikila 22103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That never occurred to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-22091 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:48:37 +0000 looch 22091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't do that, but we did get his gmail account! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-22047 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:40:56 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 22047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never would have thought of that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-vet-your-los-name-on-google#post-22031 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:48:11 +0000 mrbee 22031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This never occurred to me!</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/fashion/google-searches-help-parents-narrow-down-baby-names.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/fashion/google-searches-help-parents-narrow-down-baby-names.html</a></p> <p>Did you vet your LO's name on Google? </p>