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We waited until we found out that LO was a girl, had her name picked out, and then told people. We didn't even think about the fact that people would tell us their opinions on it..... and thankfully they only said good things. If they would have said negative things I probably would have just ignored them.

We'll probably be doing the same thing when we have our next LO. We name our LO's after deceased relatives so for us we don't need suggestions.... we just go off of our family tree.

@Smurfette: Ditto. We've decided but not sharing until he's here. Don't want unsolicited opinions before the birth, and who would tell us a name sucked afterwards?

we didnt share the name because it wasnt up for discussion. We only told our families the name when we were close to the due date. Otherwise when people ask we just say we are still undecided

We are still undecided on what we will share but we are leaning towards not really. We've talked about it with people before TTC but once we are pregnant, I think we will be more closed mouth about it. Especially since I think my mom won't like our favorite boy names at first!

We didn't share our names (we were team green and had a short list for each gender). Friends and family could suggest and speculate all they wanted, and we just smiled and thanked them for their input.

When we were straight out asked what names we were thinking about, we would respond with whatever that person's name was (i.e "Oh, we were thinking Jon if it's a boy and Connie if it's a girl"--my dad and stepmom's names, when she asked).

We won't discuss names with friends and family for Baby 2. We made that mistake with our first LO! Even after we decided on a name...friends and family would still say stuff like :

Seriously, that is the best name you could think of?

It sounds a bit weird.

I like ____ better.

Maybe you should reconsider.

But now that LO is here...we hear nothing about her name!

We kept the name a secret until LO was here. It was nice keeping that bit of "surprise" for people since they knew gender. Plus it was nice not to hear whether someone didn't like it (not that I would have cared).

We always told people that we were interesting in hearing if they had a great suggestion. It was a fun way I think for our families to feel like they were contributing and it was nice to know they were thinking of us often.

However, we shared a short list but pretty much said, these are our current top 3 and they are not up for discussion.

We have tentative names picked out for our twins for both genders that we will nail down once we know the gender. We are, however, planning on keeping that to ourselves until the LOs are born. We don't really want everyone's opinions once we've decided, but we also want to see our babies and make sure we think their names match then when they arrive. Plus, I think it adds a fun element of surprise to the birth since we'll let everyone know the gender in advance!

We have told one in real life person our boy name, because we needed an opinion. I've told some online friends our girls name. We are team green, and I figure we aren't going to be calling the baby by name in utero. It kinda freaks me out to do that. I feel like the name is for when its born. Weird, I know! Plus I don't want people to give us their opinions, which our family would since our names are kind of old fashioned. We are having a Gene or a Mabel. It sounds weird to say since we just call the baby Poppy now.

I will say that I felt kinda b1tchy saying we weren't telling. So now I say we haven't decided, which is starting to get some weird looks since I'm 31 weeks!

We shared. If LO ends up being a boy, we are locked on a name and everyone has responded positively to it.

If LO is a girl, we have it narrowed down to 4 options. We get polarizing opinions on all of the names and appreciate the input (good and bad). Ultimately though, we will choose what we like best.

We didn't tell anyone before she was born, didn't want to entice any comments from anyone. Now that she's named that, if they don't like it they keep it to themselves.

We have names picked out and won't be sharing because we don't want to hear peoples comments on them

This is such an interesting topic. I used to think it was rude not to share(I didn't get it). But, now that we're pregnant, I don't know if I want to share. Just when the family was throwing around ideas last week, they were picky about every name. While I wish everyone would just show support if we shared, I know that's probably not reality. Plus, I'm so sensitive with these hormones so I might actually take offense!

We've kept our lips sealed...but we also didn't make a short list until two nights ago! (I'm over 37 weeks, haha) We don't plan on sharing until baby arrives. We're also team green.

Names and due dates...two things people should never bug expecting parents about!