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Hellobee Boards Topic: When did you come up with your baby's name? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 11:06:51 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-781918 Wed, 15 May 2013 02:17:40 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 781918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ YEARS before Mr. Hedgie and I were even married or seriously considering children. Heck, in all reality, I had the name before I even met Mr. Hedgie! He just happened to love it when we were dreaming of future baby names. So, when we found out she is a girl, Kaia Lynn it is! Without a second of thought. (We had a feeling we were having a boy and were seriously struggling for a name. Thank God she isn't! Otherwise he wouldn't have ever had a name!) red_seattle on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-781914 Wed, 15 May 2013 02:05:25 +0000 red_seattle 781914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ First name was decided before X was conceived. It was a pretty easy decision. Middle name was decided while I was in early labor. We had been going back and forth between 2 really great middle names that we both really loved. But when I was in labor it felt like we had to make a decision, so we did. Springtime on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-781629 Tue, 14 May 2013 20:13:55 +0000 Springtime 781629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had our boy name the night I found out I was pregnant, I just *knew* it was a boy. Didn't have a girl name. I have no idea on future LO's though, haven't given it much thought. Ree723 on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-781622 Tue, 14 May 2013 20:11:05 +0000 Ree723 781622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We discussed names at about 5 or 6 weeks pregnant and immediately settled on two girl names. Boys were a lot harder but we eventually decided on two, although we didn't love them as much as our girl names. About 38 weeks pregnant, we scrapped our boy names and came up with a whole new one if LO turned out to be a boy (we were TG). LO was a girl and as soon as she was born, we knew which one of the girl names we were going with. lamariniere on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-781596 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:57:38 +0000 lamariniere 781596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ This is totally kooky, but I had a dream about 5 or 6 years before I had DS that I had a baby boy and gave him his name. Fast forward in time. When I met DH, I found out that his two middle names were my top two boy choices, including the one in my dream. As soon as I knew I was pregnant, I knew it was going to be a boy and 9 months later DS was given DH's two middle names as his first and middle names. sumer08 on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-781143 Tue, 14 May 2013 15:25:09 +0000 sumer08 781143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We picked LO's name before we knew if we were having a boy/girl...I think we decided on his name at about 12/13 weeks. Ra on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-780810 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:22:48 +0000 Ra 780810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had our boys name picked out before we even TTC. For girls, we had it narrowed down to three names prior to the anatomy scan. Luckily, it was a boy so it made our job easier! anbanan15 on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-780781 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:13:13 +0000 anbanan15 780781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When we first got together as a couple, long before I was pregnant, we somehow decided on a boy and a girls name. We revisited names when we found out the sex, but the conversation was short and the original names stuck. Our original boys name became DS's and if this baby is a girl we will be using our original girls name that we picked out over 5 years ago! cheesetomywhine on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-780728 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:54:53 +0000 cheesetomywhine 780728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We were team green but we did not officially decide until we saw her. My dh chose the name that we went with and we had come up with it around 37-38 weeks. We were indecisive on a boys name. Funny thing is we have names for a future boy and girl (still working on middle names). Chillybear on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-780014 Tue, 14 May 2013 09:02:29 +0000 Chillybear 780014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had a boys name picked out from a year ago (about 6 months prior to ttc) Hubs came up with it all by himself using 2 very nice family names and i loved it! Girls, however, are another story.... we tabled that discussion until we know for sure were having a girl at the anatomy scan. Rubies on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-779002 Mon, 13 May 2013 18:37:55 +0000 Rubies 779002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Currently, we already have middles names picked out for a boy or girl. JoyfulKiwi on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778787 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:36:36 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 778787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had our son's name picked out and decided on before we even started trying to have a baby. A friend made a bet with us and, if we lost, we'd have to name our first born son after him. We won the bet, but we liked the name so much that we asked if we could still use it. We asked our friend about 1,000 times if it was still okay after we found out we were having a boy. Before the anatomy scan, we had decided on a girl name. So if we have a girl in the future, we've got a name. We'll have to really think if we ever have another boy. Mrs. Oatmeal on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778771 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:28:27 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 778771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think by about 24 weeks we had decided for sure. matador84 on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778665 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:44:32 +0000 matador84 778665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Around 6 months we settled on a final name. Smurfette on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778655 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:38:10 +0000 Smurfette 778655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We discussed names before pregnant when friends had babies. We didn't discuss names once pregnant till we knew the gender. runsyellowlites on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778652 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:35:27 +0000 runsyellowlites 778652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Since we were TG the gender scan played no part in our timeline. I wanna say we had names by the time I was 20ish weeks. We have names picked out, or almost picked out, for our next already. 2PeasinaPod on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778651 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:35:11 +0000 2PeasinaPod 778651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had narrowed it down once I was in the third trimester. We wouldn't even think of names until we got through the anatomy scan since I had the prior miscarriages. We finalized it probably within the last month of pregnancy. Alivoo01 on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778648 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:33:37 +0000 Alivoo01 778648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have a girl's name picked out, but not a boy's, and luck has it. we're having a boy!! I'm currently 28 weeks, and need to decide on a name soon. travelgirl1 on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778638 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:30:22 +0000 travelgirl1 778638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Her first name about three months before she was born. Her middle name was super hard to choose and we only really decided a few days before she was born. petunia354 on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778626 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:24:18 +0000 petunia354 778626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 3 days after he was born! Running Elley on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778590 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:15:35 +0000 Running Elley 778590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I made a list with favorites, DH narrowed it down to a top 5 at 36 weeks, a top 3 at 37 weeks and I got him to commit to one at 38 weeks!!! (which is good because E was born at 38w4d :)) GrapeCrush on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778575 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:09:55 +0000 GrapeCrush 778575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We came up with a name about 2 weeks after we found out DS was a boy. With #2 we threw around a few names before we found out gender and settled on two that we'll go in with and choose when she's here BelugaBean on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778513 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:51:09 +0000 BelugaBean 778513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had names picked out before she was conceived but we narrowed it down before our elective 16 week scan. I'm so glad she was a girl because we were still undecided on a boy's name. She definitely fits her name though. marionberry on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778499 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:47:50 +0000 marionberry 778499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had our girl name all picked out but when we found out it was a boy it took us about 2 days to take our list of about 5 boy names and pick an official one. loveisstrange on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778495 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:47:12 +0000 loveisstrange 778495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had it narrowed down to where we were reasonably sure of her name by the time I was like 34 weeks. We dis t officially decide until she was born. stargal on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778492 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:46:46 +0000 stargal 778492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think around 22 weeks and we.knew for sure around 30 weeks pierson was going to be his name. lovehoneybee on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778489 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:45:28 +0000 lovehoneybee 778489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We didn't decide on his first name until I was 30-something weeks pregnant (and even then we weren't positive, although we would have used it as a middle if we didn't use it for a first). I chose his middle name after he was born. We had a girl short list, and I really have no idea how long we might have debated it if we'd ended up with a girl--we had three names we LOVED, and none more than the others. nana87 on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778474 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:41:52 +0000 nana87 778474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ we already have a girl and boy named picked out from before we were even ttc! mrs. tictactoe on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778472 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:41:38 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 778472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We had liked Liam for a long time before we got pregnant, but after we found out it was a boy, we did talk about some other options. We came back to Liam in the end, though! Mrs. Train on "When did you come up with your baby's name?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-come-up-with-your-babys-name#post-778460 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:39:33 +0000 Mrs. Train 778460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My oldest was decided before we were matched with a birth mother. My twins I would not discuss until viability. I let my husband start talking to me about it at 25 weeks. It took about three more weeks to decide. My daughter we picked the night of her anatomy scan.