https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:02:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-993931 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:34:02 +0000 SugarplumsMom 993931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love the name Ethan! If we had a boy, it was a serious contender except for the fact that it's my friend's son's name. Now a very close friend is naming her new baby Ethan :) </p> <p>As for my DD's name, I kind of settled. I like it, I think it's pretty, but I can't shake the original name I picked out way back when DH and I were just friends. But we didn't want a namesake and I'm happy with our choice &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-993871 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:05:47 +0000 MrsF 993871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both loved M's name from the start. I worry that I'll have to settle in the future because I'll never love another name as much! We've never found a boy name we agree on, so if we have a boy in the future hopefully something comes to us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-993654 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:52:37 +0000 cascademom 993654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I settled on our baby name of Ethan. We decided LO's name after he was born. It was on our shortlist. It's taken me some time to come around to it. Part of it was that out of all of the names we had picked out, he didn't look like my brother's name or the other ones we thought about. I love it now, but it took some adjusting over time to see my LO as an Ethan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-993645 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:50:01 +0000 blackbird 993645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We loved E's name before we had her. Then when we had her...it felt weird. Weird that it was her name. Took me a bit to warm back up to it and now it suits her perfectly. I guess i just had trouble putting a face to it once the face was HERE :)</p> <p>You have time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-993611 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:37:40 +0000 Ra 993611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was very meh about B's name when I was pregnant. Now that he is here, I love it. It suits him perfectly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-993461 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:57:49 +0000 Dandelion 993461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved S's first name...settled for her middle name.</p> <p>I love DS's middle name, but settled for his first name, lol Now he's all grown into it, though, I can't imagine him with any other name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-993433 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:50:10 +0000 Mrsbells 993433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH loved the name, I wasnt in love with it at first but I love it now. We basically agreed he would name the first child and I would name the 2nd </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-993413 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:46:25 +0000 lamariniere 993413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love DS's name. </p> <p>We don't find out the sex of baby 2 for 2 more weeks. I can't even think about names until I know what it is. I have a feeling it's going to be more if a battle this time around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-993027 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:53:04 +0000 Mrs. Twine 993027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both love both! Which is awesome since Ellie was pre-Mr. T. But it took us forever to find a name for Lorelei. Mr. T was fine but "meh" with just about every name I (or he) suggested. We had a boy name we both loved that was to honor his best friend who passed away in his 20s, but we couldn't find a girl name to save our lives. We were tentatively set on Clara until he and Ellie found the name Lorelei in a Ramona book they were reading. He came running to find me with a huge grin on his face because he liked the name so much, and I loved it, too. So there you have it. Don't get worried yet, I bet you can find a name you both love! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-992994 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:41:23 +0000 PurplePeony 992994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're team green. I love our girl name, I proposed it and DH wasn't thrilled with it at first but seems to have really come around to it (it made me so happy when he just randomly said the other day, "you know, I really like the name [girl name], I'm glad we chose it"). He came up with the boy name and I like it but don't love it...unfortunately it seems like he is also having second thoughts about it. His top choice boy name is truly hideous, though, and there's no way I'd ever in a million years agree to it, and I think he might just be still annoyed about that. It was SO HARD to come up with names that fit our specific requirements, though, and particularly the boy names, that I just can't imagine starting all over again. Here's hoping we either a) have a girl, or b) both end up happy with the boy name we've picked... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-992990 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:40:13 +0000 birdofafeather 992990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>love R's name! but DH and i have very similar naming styles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-992896 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:12:20 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 992896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love their names. They also both have a meaning, and as far as we can tell, they very much suit their personalities. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-992875 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:08:06 +0000 illumina 992875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladybee: I hope they grow on us both :) Though I swore it would never happen, I think LO is going to be a nameless baby for a week or so after she's born while we're still trying to figure it out!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-992841 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:55:48 +0000 rachiecakes 992841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved DS's name and it took a bit for DH to get on board, he definitely settled. But he loves it now. </p> <p>We never had a girl name, so we were lucky we didn't need one. I think we would've settled for one we just liked, not loved. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-992832 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:51:47 +0000 lovehoneybee 992832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were TG and loved all of our girl name choices (we had trouble narrowing the girl list down to under 3 names!) I wasn't super in love with our son's name (especially his middle) but they're both family names, Evan(s) would have been in there somehow anyway (big family name, important to DH to pass it on) and it was one of the few names that met all of our naming criteria. It's a perfectly nice name and I do like it but it doesn't give me the warm flutter that some other names did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-992806 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:46:21 +0000 ladybee 992806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: we are the opposite but in the same boat. We had girls names we loved and no boy names. Now that we know lo is a boy we've come up with a name but I never would have picked it on my own. I'm hoping it grows on me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-992795 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:43:58 +0000 MamaMoose 992795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: @Bluebonnet: That chapter of freakonomics had a big impact on me too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek/page/2#post-992790 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:43:29 +0000 illumina 992790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I'm going through a similar issue at the moment. LO will be here next month and I'm not 100% sold on the name we've picked for her. We had 2 boys names picked out that I was totally in love with and since we found out she's a she it's been so tough coming up with names! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek#post-992772 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:40:47 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 992772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: I will try nymbler. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek#post-992704 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:19:44 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 992704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We love our names. It was hard to find names we agreed I. For our second daughter, but it was worth the agonizing because we found the perfect name :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek#post-992703 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:19:43 +0000 shopaholic 992703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bluebonnet: yes! I'm the same! And Freakonomics- so true! I believe the name meaning is so important too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek#post-992694 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:15:31 +0000 Ginabean3 992694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I LOVE her name. Even though I tried to keep an open mind during my pregnancy I secretly knew this name was THE NAME. 5 months later...still love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek#post-992693 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:15:16 +0000 Bluebonnet 992693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took me a while to go from liking a name to loving a name. </p> <p>Names were so hard for me. It felt like such a huge responsibility. If you've read "Freakanomics" you really understand that people make assumptions based on the name alone. I way over analyzed names and had trouble settling on "the perfect name".</p> <p>I LOVE LO's name now, but when DH first suggested it, I didn't love it. I liked it. Then I really liked it. Then I loved it. </p> <p>But that is also my personality. I'm cautious and I think a lot and analyze a lot before making big decisions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek#post-992657 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:04:02 +0000 swurlygurl 992657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I LOVED her name, until after she was born... I didn't think it 'fit' her. I think my problem was that I had a mental image of what she'd look like when I chose that name, and then she ended up looking nothing like what I imagined, so that name didn't feel right. 6.5 months later, and I'm back to loving it though :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek#post-992631 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:57:34 +0000 mrsmenow 992631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a really hard time with our third daughter. I LOVED the names for my older two, but just couldn't find one that we both were loving, but found one that we both liked. And to be honest it has grown on me and now I love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek#post-992623 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:54:50 +0000 Alivoo01 992623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hubby loves the name, I just settled with it because we couldn't agree on anything else. His name is starting to grow on me though (he's almost 3 weeks now). Ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek#post-992608 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:49:05 +0000 anbanan15 992608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We love both names, but they are the only boy and girl name we both loved! </p> <p>If we had another boy I could totally have seen one of us (me) most likely having to settle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek#post-992602 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:46:54 +0000 ladybee 992602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I am settling. Anything I LOVE, DH hates so like you I can live with our choice. About once every 2 weeks this gives me a mini-panic attack. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek#post-992574 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:35:11 +0000 dolphin 992574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we LOVED our girls name. i find it harder with boys names though. i don't think there is a boys name that DH and i both love, so we may need to just "like" it if we ever do have a boy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lukewarm-feelings-about-babys-name-eek#post-992567 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 09:34:11 +0000 Adira 992567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We love our son's name, but when we were thinking of girl names, I had to settle because Hubs was just too darn picky! I like it well enough, but def don't LOVE it like other girl names. Oh well. </p>