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@CastleGirl: congratulations on your boy! What a great name

@PEAPIE: I really like Rowan. I like Owen, too, but Rowan is a great name.

So...I THINK we have our names picked out, but I'm reserving the right to change my mind For now, though, I think we're going with Imogen Agnes for a girl (we'd call her Ginny), and Cyrus Matthew for a boy (we'd call him Cy). Both names are classic but still unique, which is exactly what I'm going for. I'm not telling anyone in real life the names, but I'm excited to have them picked out. It makes it feel so real!!!

@jhd: thanks! I was really nervous about it at first-naming another human is a HUGE responsibility. But I'm feeling good now

@luckypenny: thanks! Mine too, though I wasn't quite brave enough to put it as a first name (not a huge fan of Aggie as a nn). And I am head-over-heels for Cyrus. It just makes me really, really happy.

@MrsKoala: thanks It came up one day when I was at a coffee shop, and the little boy behind me with his dad was Silas. We decided we liked Cyrus better, but both are so fun. Are you sharing yours?

@MrsKoala: lol, I hear you! I'm a little paranoid, too, and I don't want to have to deal with criticism. I really don't want to tell anyone in real life, but I was *bursting*, so I took the plunge and posted on here I can't wait to hear yours!

We aren't sure. And even when we are I have decided I don't want to share with people IRL until he is born. I currently have 115 nosy teenagers at work asking me not to mention coworkers and I really just don't want to deal with all those opinions!

I'm pretty sure we'll be going with Owen Samuël.

I hesitate to declare it official before baby boy is here, but we honestly can't find a name we like better than Owen. So I'm pretty sure... ?

@PEAPIE: love it! Samuel is still one of our top choices for a first name.

We've got a list of favorites (Henry, Samuel, Nathaniel, Benjamin) and Patrick will probably be the middle name. But we'll decide for certain when he gets here.

@PEAPIE: I love it! I hear you on being hesitant to declare it, because our minds could always change. But it's great that you think you have a decision!

@PEAPIE: That's really cool! That's where we got Patrick -- it's my husband's middle name. He and his dad share a first name and have different middles, but it's been a total pain for them. So we're thinking we'll give the baby his middle name instead.

@nana87: We were hoping to pick a family name for our little guy, but we have limited choices b/c of other names. Plus our families have some recent immigrants and the names were a little TOO Italian/Irish for us But my husband's grandfather was Padraig, so Patrick's a happy medium haha.

Our girl's name has been settled since before we were married -- Nora Margaret, for both of our grandmothers -- and I just love seeing so many little Nora's being born. I hope we'll get to use it someday

@MrsSpadusa: what a sweet name!!

@MrsSpadusa: I love that name!

@gilmoregirl: and I know that you can't use it, but I do love Nora

So remember how I said our boy's name was set? Yeah...not so much anymore. DH decided he wasn't comfortable with it, so it's back to the drawing board we go. Which probably means we're having a boy

@jhd: fair And I come from a long line of indecisive namers, so I really shouldn't be surprised. I just have *no* ideas now, so we're sorta stuck. I know we'll come up with something, just not sure what!

@nana87: that's not too close, in my opinion! I love the name you picked!

@LovelyPlum: @luckypenny: thanks ladies!! we aren't going to change her name, we love it too much and even though she hasn't been born yet it feels like it's too late, she already is our little Rosalie! I already wrote my friend back (we were emailing all this) and she hasn't responded yet, but I'm sure it'll be fine. It's not really the same thing, but sort of similar in terms of what could be considered stepping on toes; we're still friends after she planned her bridal shower on the same day as mine (she got engaged after my wedding and shower dates were set). Neither of us is very dramatic so I don't think she'll be upset. And I also don't think we'll use Rose as a nickname anyway, I gravitate more towards Lee or Lee-lee, or just using her full name

@preggomeggo82: LOVE those names!

@nana87: yay! i'm glad that all worked out ok.

@jill_a55: It depends on the name, but in general, I'm with you, I prefer a full name that has a nickname. Like, calling a Katherine by the nickname Katie rather than just naming the baby Katie; I'd rather officially name Katherine in case she wants to use a full name later on professionally or whatever (not that Katie by itself is unprofessional, my bff is actually a straight up Katie with no "full" name and she has a great, professional career ). Or Dan/Daniel, Ben/Benjamin, etc; there's nothing unprofessional about a Dan or a Ben but I'd still use the full name...But on the other hand, neither my name nor dh's really has a nickname associated with it--we go by our full names all the time (I'm an Anna; my parents call me nana, hence my username, but no one else does. my grandma called me Ann but she's the only one! no one ever called me Annie...) and I think that works too! dh is an Evan, and goes by no nickname at all (he doesn't like Ev). Are there any names without set nicknames that you guys both like?