https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:24:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-843540 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:51:21 +0000 deerylou 843540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a surprise reveal at our baby shower at around 33 weeks<br /> No regrets, the reactions were all very positive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-843537 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:48:43 +0000 matador84 843537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No regrets and tons of compliments! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-843515 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:27:16 +0000 Adira 843515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, we shared the name, and it went great! We have some nice personalized items too. The only issue I had was that my mom doesn't LOVE his nickname, Xander. He's 3 months old now and I think it's finally growing on her, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-843444 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:24:41 +0000 luckypenny 843444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It went great for us! Everyone loved it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-843396 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:41:47 +0000 MrsTiz 843396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: what kind of game did you do? DH and I were talking about telling people at the shower </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-843389 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:38:15 +0000 kjpugs 843389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My SIL told everyone her son's name when they found out it was a boy and to my knowledge she only got positive reactions.</p> <p>Before we knew boy or girl we told my mom our top names for each. Later I told her we changed our mind on one and she said "oh good" and that's when I decided nope, we're keeping it a secret until baby is born now! But I don't think we'll decide til baby is here anyway. But we aren't even sharing our ideas. We are taking suggestions though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-843387 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:36:32 +0000 GrapeCrush 843387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With number one we knew what his name was going to be and didn't care what anyone thought! We got a lot of positive reactions to his name. With #2, we are down to 2 names and aren't picking one until she gets here. Because of that, we aren't saying anything on either name so it'll be a surprise. We don't want anyone to try and sway us one way or the other. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-843297 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:10:58 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 843297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: same here, we were met with very positive responses when we shared our names, so no regrets! we also got some personalized things as a result. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-843073 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:28:38 +0000 meredithNYC 843073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had pretty good luck w/ Gwendolyn and didn't have any negative reactions at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-843068 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:25:10 +0000 avivoca 843068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We go into it as, "Her name is Hyla Sophia." No questions. My mom hated it at first, but I think someone told her to keep her opinion to herself, because now I hear nothing but love for the name. Most people say they love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-843055 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:15:33 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 843055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it works better when you say "this is the name." If you give the possibilities, people feel like they have permission to weigh in.</p> <p>We told our name with no problems at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842989 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:23:30 +0000 yourekindapretty 842989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i regret ever telling anyone our name choices. next one - i'm not telling a soul until the baby is born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842960 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:07:44 +0000 Cherrybee 842960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have shared our name with quite a few people now. It has received a fair few negative responses - mostly "but that's a boy's name" - and it did make us wobble a little.... but ultimately, it worked out great because we grew more and more certain that we loved the name enough to not care what other people think! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842859 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:59:56 +0000 mynoahbear 842859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told people. We didn't get any negative feedback about it. Although, even if we did, it wouldn't have mattered, since we both liked the name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842848 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:52:36 +0000 Pepper 842848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told everyone as soon as we found out the gender. They've all been very supportive! I have no regrets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842845 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:52:16 +0000 blackbird 842845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Us too! All positive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842842 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:49:36 +0000 Anagram 842842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've told everyone,and had No negative comments! We don't regret it at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842822 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:31:31 +0000 cyndistar3 842822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no regrets, all positive responses! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842811 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:22:56 +0000 pl0508 842811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me ! No regrets ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842806 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:11:54 +0000 Mrs. Pen 842806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was fine with sharing. We did a fun baby name reveal game at my shower and everyone loved finding out early! We also included the name in our maternity pictures :)</p> <p>Some people had opinions about it but I knew that would happen whether we told them before or after and I ignored them. He is 15 months old and at least five people still voice their opinions on his name and decided to call him something other than his name because they don't like it, so it really made no difference. In addition I made sure I solidly loved the name before sharing it- so I stood up to the naysayers and didn't doubt my choice! I still LOVE my sons name and believe I couldn't have picked a better name for him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842798 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 08:53:44 +0000 Ra 842798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everyone has been really supportive of our name choice. No regrets at all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842796 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 08:51:37 +0000 rachiecakes 842796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Told friends and family. Had a great aunt tell me she like 'Joshua' instead, lol, but no issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842792 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 08:47:12 +0000 anbanan15 842792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We shared with DS with no issues. </p> <p>For this baby I am a little nervous...we only have a girls name picked out so far and the people that know it do have opinions on it (it's been the girls name for 5 years)! It is not a common name in the US, basically not use at all, and no one has really heard it before or associates with something else, but we love it and are very set on it if we have a girl so it doesn't really matter what people think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842789 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 08:36:57 +0000 Andrea 842789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We told a few people both times and didn't have any negative reactions. We also picked "normal" names so I don't think there's anything bad to say. Everyone liked our choices. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842771 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 08:05:02 +0000 Mrs D 842771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have shared since we decided on her name about 6 weeks ago - so far its gone fine with nothing but positive results. I think sometimes it depends on your preference in names. The name we chose was Katherine Lynn - which us pretty simple/classic so its hard for people to have a strong reaction to it I think.</p> <p>For people who go with more creative names I think they are more susceptible to initial shock/reaction especially when dealing with people from other generations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842768 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 08:03:26 +0000 Honeybee 842768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were Team Green both times, so we felt comfortable sharing our boy and girl names. It was fine! We did get some weird comments, but we were confident in our choices so they didn't bother us at all. Most people were very positive, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842766 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 08:01:10 +0000 aprk 842766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. We had no problems sharing. But we also picked a fairly "normal" name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842765 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 08:01:03 +0000 oliviaoblivia 842765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't have any negative reactions. We told my side of the family before birth and waited to tell DH's family until she arrived. I think what silenced the peanut gallery was our confidence in her name. When we were still debating names people felt more comfortable speaking up about what names they didn't like. As soon as we nailed it down no one said anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842764 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 07:59:57 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 842764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So far, we've told anyone who has asked us outright (but not publicized it). I haven't gotten any negative comments at all, but that's just to my face...who knows what people are actually saying! In any case, I couldn't care less what people think...once she's here, no one will give her name a second thought. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anybody-shared-their-baby-name-before-birth-with-no-regrets#post-842755 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 07:37:39 +0000 katsupgirl 842755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh gosh we told everybody! Some responses were positive others were confused. I'm a pretty silly person so a few people thought I was kidding about the name. It was mostly a generational thing. Older people were like "what? You can't name a baby that!" My age or younger thought it was cute. If I wasn't set on it or if I cared what people said I wouldn't have shared. </p>