https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 20:47:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2077866 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:01:41 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2077866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>#1 Family names, but we loved the era and the symbolism. Easiest name to pick.<br /> #2 I think we first found it on nameberry, but I found a British singer with the name and she was so dear that it sealed the deal.<br /> #3 was a grinding ordeal through every baby naming site focusing primarily on baby name wizard, nameberry and nymbler. We went away from the name and came back to it 1,000 times. We didn't have middle names until a couple days after birth. I was exhausted by names when we were done. The pressure was on and boy names are hard! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2077854 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:53:50 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2077854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@msplatypus: great name and great reasoning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2077849 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:51:45 +0000 shortcake 2077849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used nameberry and entered a list of the names we liked along with DD1's name and up popped the name we eventually used. It was not something that I had thought about before I saw it on there. DD1 was named after my grandfather and was also the name of a musician we both love. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2077830 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:38:51 +0000 AggieDaze 2077830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've always loved H names and LO1's name first came to us from a Texas country musician that we loved in college. But, I also liked it because it's the last name of a former president and happens to be the maiden name of one of our best friends/LOs godmother. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076935 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:58:12 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2076935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dd1, dh suggested a variation of the name but i thought it maybe had too many syllables. I found a shorter version and i loved it. Its very uncommon but has a very common, shorter variation.</p> <p>Dd2, i knew a girl through my job with the name and it is not terribly common for someone our age. We had it on our short list for dd1 too. Our list of girl names didn't change at all between dd1 and dd2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076903 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:51:37 +0000 lamariniere 2076903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: that was my favorite book as a kid! I never made the connection with your DD's name though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076766 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:56:10 +0000 Orchid 2076766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I liked our lo's name for such a long time that I don't even remember the source. It's a Biblical name, but not of a popular character. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076763 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:54:54 +0000 Mrs. Milk 2076763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's named after my husband's late father! We took his full name, and flipped the middle and first names. It works too because his name (William) is also my husband's, his brother's, and his uncle's middle name, as well as the name of a late great-uncle. Whew!</p> <p>That being said, our next kid (not pregnant, just planning) will be named after my side, boy or girl. We've got those names picked out too - if he's a boy, his first will be my grandfather's name and my mother's maiden name as a middle; if it's a girl, she'll be my mother's middle name in a longer form, with my name as middle.</p> <p>We decided after Will was born to go strictly with family names. It works for me because I LURVE baby name books/sites and I would STILL be choosing my LO's name if we hadn't gone with that as a rule. Ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076747 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:49:52 +0000 msplatypus 2076747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter's name is Persephone, Effie for short. We were attracted to Greek mythology for names because my partner is a playwriting and a former theater historian with a focus on Greek and Roman lit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076727 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:44:27 +0000 smocks 2076727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha. DD's name came from the name of a sweater in an Abercrombie &amp; Fitch catalog that I saw when I was in 7th grade. I wrote it on a post it note and it stuck with me since then, plus DH loved it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076688 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:33:08 +0000 Torchwood 2076688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R's first name came from Game of Thrones and middle was from Doctor Who and Firefly. Current LO's tentative name- first is from Sword of Truth series, middle is from Battlestar Galactica, and nickname is from Harry Potter. But of a nerd. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076630 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:00:01 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2076630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1's name I like from childhood reading A Little Princess. It came up during a search on name berry.com.</p> <p>DD2's name is a name recommended on nameberry..."people that liked DD1's name also liked these names.."<br /> They are both names from the Aeneid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076623 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:55:56 +0000 LovelyPlum 2076623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I found it on a website somewhere, I think. It may actually have been in a HB list :) I really liked it, but I didn't think DH would go for it. Turns out that we both really loved it, so that was our girl's choice. We were :teamgreen: and both really excited that we got to use her name :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076612 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:52:34 +0000 ValentineMommy 2076612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 -<br /> 1st name: Desmond -from "Lost", DH and I binge watched the series together when we first started dating and just liked it<br /> middle name: Elliott - from musician Elliott Smith, DS would always move around my belly when he heard the music, so it stuck</p> <p>DS2 -<br /> 1st name: Gideon - heard the name on Criminal Minds and liked it, as well as how it sounded with Desmond. Both masculine, non unisex names. DS1 liked to say it too, which helped (and is so cute!)<br /> middle name: Everett - wanted to stick with "E" middle initials (my middle initial is E) and just liked it. It was in the initial running for first names </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076566 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:38:29 +0000 Chillybear 2076566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wrkbrk: Thanks! we got a lot of very positive feedback from friends and family.... My one uncle even thought it sounded italian </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076564 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:38:18 +0000 wrkbrk 2076564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If we have a boy we have a very unusual family name we agree on. If it's a girl it will be a bit trickier because our taste is quite different - DW likes classic names (Elizabeth, Sarah, Margaret) and I like more unusual names (Sydney, Felicity, Isla). We shall see. Only ttc now so we have time!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076528 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:26:57 +0000 wrkbrk 2076528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: I love Fiona so much! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076523 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:26:18 +0000 lawbee11 2076523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always loved the name since I saw the movie Ghost several years ago. It kinda just stuck with me and when I suggested it to DH he loved it as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076477 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:09:55 +0000 MrsKoala 2076477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We made a list of names we both liked before I got pregnant. My husband suggested the name we used and we both loved it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076475 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:09:43 +0000 hellocupcake 2076475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to be a substitute; when I was taking roll one day I read the name "Sophia" and the most adorable little girl replied "my name is SoPHIE!" A couple years later when we got pregnant I mentioned to DH how I wonder if names shape personalities...he said maybe in some way. I then joked that I want our daughter to be as adorable and confidant as that little girl. I told him the name and he said he liked it too. It sat on the back burner and when we went through a thousand other names, it was the only one we kept coming back to.</p> <p>With DS, it's a family name. He's the fourth and one day I'll make my daughter in law so mad when I insist she use the name too :) haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076465 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:03:33 +0000 lemondrop 2076465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>#1- Ferris Bueller's Day Off </p> <p>#2- the little dating wheel at the OB's office, but we went for a more old fashioned spelling at my husband's request. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076462 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:01:57 +0000 CocoLoco523 2076462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a name picked out before I became pregnant. However, once I was pregnant, I didn't feel it was "right".<br /> So I spent a lot of time on nameberry.com. We came up with a short list and eventually kept coming back to the same name.<br /> My favorite was when it was solidified by my DH. He ordered a latte using the potential name. We loved hearing the barista call it out and seeing it written on the cup. :)<br /> Actually I think it was solidified by my sisters' reactions. They LOVED it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076387 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:32:45 +0000 youboots 2076387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M suggested it and I loved it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076358 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:23:56 +0000 hellobeeboston 2076358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Heard it on the beach. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076356 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:23:42 +0000 travelgirl1 2076356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were playing around with sounds that we liked and came up with it, then googled it and it was actually a name! I chose her middle name based upon meaning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076335 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:15:26 +0000 Rubies 2076335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both my daughters have Biblical names. D1's middle name is a favourite name of mine that DH vetoed as a first name, and D2's middle name is after DH's aunt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076332 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:14:20 +0000 Mommy Finger 2076332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1: It's DH's paternal grandmother's maiden name. He told me even before we were engaged that he always wanted to name his son this. I instantly fell in love.</p> <p>DS2: My friend had twins a month after DS1 was born and when she told me one of their names, I also instantly fell in love. It's been really hard to find a name that beats it so we're going with it. And I love that my friend is super excited about it too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076315 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:07:19 +0000 sapphire 2076315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: similar to you, DH suggested a name and I suggested a variation that we both like better. Not sure where he got his original inspiration! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076307 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:05:49 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2076307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once I found out DHs grandpas original named (he changed it to somethingn else when he moved to Canada) I told DH we should name our first son his grandpas original name. It was like 6 years before we had our son but we always knew that would be the name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/where-did-you-find-your-babys-name#post-2076299 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:01:29 +0000 psw27 2076299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It is a last name in our family. </p>