Seems like girl names come to me like crazy while I only have about 2 boy names that I like. We aren't even pregnant yet, but I have list for both. (I'm a planner!!)
Did you have a harder time with boy names than girl names?
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Totally agree! We already have 2 girl names but can't decide on any boy names!
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Yes! We already have our girl name picked out and I can't even find ONE boy name that I like.
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Agreed! DH and I also had a hard time agreeing.
It was hard to find a name I loved that wasn't too common but not too obscure. That line is pretty fine.
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Agreed! We had a girl name all picked up and now are having a boy in July! And no names on the list, eek!
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Yup! We had our girl name picked out before getting pregnant but didn't have a boy name picked out. We did end up discussing a favorite before we found out what we were having, but it wasn't a done deal like our girl name was! Once we found it was a boy we made the official decision, but it was hard!
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Agreed! I was relieved when we had a girl, because boy names are hard!
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We had a short list and an idea of what we both liked left over from last time. Now we are atuck on girls names.
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Agreed! We had names for twin girls picked out right within a couple weeks of finding out we were expecting identical twins. We found out we were expecting boys at 20 weeks. We finally decided on names about 12 hours AFTER they were born! So, yeah, we think boy names are hard. Surprisingly, now I think we know what we would name a boy if we had another one.
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Boy names were much harder for us!
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We were the opposite, couldn't agree on girl names but boys came easier.
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Boy names are way easier for us, but that is partly because we wanted to name after family members so it was a pretty easy decision.
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I totally agree. I love finding girl names, but boy names are not as easy for me!
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I have a harder time with girl names!
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I sort of agree. We have a top contender for a boy plus two more that I like more than the top contender but my husband isn't convinced. I like so many girls names though that it is almost harder to pick!
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We felt that way too...there were so many girl names we liked and no boy names. And once we found out we were having a boy, we struggled. But when we decided on a name (and especially once we finally found a middle name), we LOVED our boy name! So don't give up!
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Yes! We had a girls name picked out before we were pregnant. Then #1 was a boy but it was pretty easy to come up with a name. Then #2 was also a boy (which I actually preferred!) and it was so hard to come up with another meaningful boy name. Names we liked the first time I didn't even consider the second time around, it's so funny how that works.
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I find girl names harder. I have 6 boy names I love plus some runner ups, but I only have 3 girl names I love
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I equate picking names to picking clothes! Not as much choice or variety with boys names, but I would have been happy with several. Girls names, the selection is overwhelming but I'm way too picky! So both were hard for me!
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We had a similar experience and had some difficulties coming up with a boys name we liked, let alone agreed upon. We were Team Green so had two lists... well, LO is a boy and thankfully we came up with a name that we loved and which suits him quite well (I think!).
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We were the opposite! Good thing we enddd up w a boy!
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Girls names are so hard for me. I have a good number of boys names I would be perfectly happy with.
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Boy names are hard!
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My girl list was one name I loved and a million I really really liked! My boy list was a handful I liked and another handful that were just okay.
When we did find out boy for sure, we tried first and middle name combos and one stood out immediately!
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We had a lot of trouble with boy names, in large part because there are no girls in the family and me and D and his brothers and their wives all have pretty similar naming styles.
Very, very few names met our criteria that we both agreed on.
Girl names, on the other hand, were super easy. We struggled to trim our girl short list (we were team green) down to 3 names, and even those had some variables--different middle names for at least one of the first names.
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Yep, we had a harder time with DS' name!
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We had a horrible time trying to settle on boys names. Our taste overlapped less, and there were fewer names that sounded like "our" kid.
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Definitely agree. Especially when you are trying to please 2 languages!
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@californiadreams: exactly! I wanted the names to sound good in both Spanish and English. There was only one name I loved and DS got it. When we found out we were having another boy, we resorted to family names. I love it because it's my grandfather's name, but other than that I wouldn't have picked it.
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I find girl names harder as once I used my absolute favorite one nothing could compare.
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I thought boy names were easier. I picked DS's name YEARS before getting pregnant. There are so many pretty girls names that I find it hard to narrow down to just one. Our DD spent her first night nameless until we finally agreed the next day.
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I found it very difficult to pick a girl's name but completely impossible to find a boy's name!! When we went for our 20 week scan, we had a couple of girl's names on the list and no boy's names at all. It was a good job she was a girl!! I don't know what we will do if we have a boy next - I've got a few potential girl's names in my mind for #2 but, again, no boy's names at all!
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I thought boy names were easier! We had two top contenders if N was a girl and I went back and forth forever about which one I liked best! However, our top boy name was so easy to decide on!
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We absolutely cannot agree on a boy name. We never have. So that's three years of talking about boy names and never once agreeing on one.
I love the name Blake. I think it sounds awesome with our last name. I think it sounds like a badass lawyer or a linebacker and told DH we were setting the kid up for success.
He hates the name. I'm sick of talking about it because he has bad taste in names
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Definitely!! We'd come up with 10 girl names for every 1 boy name. And we were having a boy! haha!
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We're the opposite. Also not pregnant yet, but I've known since we were dating if we had a boy it'd be named after DH (he's a junior), so I get dibs on female names and it's hard to pick just one!
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Yes! We had DS first and we only agreed on two names really. When we found out we were having a girl for #2, we were relieved we didn't have to try and come up with a boy name. My husband is extremely picky, and didn't like anything I liked!
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It's always so funny to me how divided people are on this issue. I am definitely in the "boys are easy!!" camp... we had a boy's name as soon as we found out we were KU. I said to DH, "If we have a boy, I really want to name him Owen." DH loved it and that was the end of the conversation.
Girl names, on the other hand - whew. We went through list after list and could never make a decision. From about 25 weeks, we had a list of 8 we kept tossing around, but in the end, we named DD something that was a total dark horse candidate. DH came up with it at about 37 weeks and it stuck.
I *think* the issue for me is that there is so much more riding on a girl's name. I want something strong but feminine, something that is clearly a name but not super popular, something that will look good on a resume, something that will grow with her... For a boy, the options are (1) significantly fewer, and (2) generally stronger and more "acceptable," if that makes any sense.
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Yep, DS didn't officially get names for several hours after birth whereas DD was named within minutes. Had DS been a girl he too would have been named in minutes.
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We were the opposite too. We could think of a ton of boy's names we loved and agreed on but not one girl. Once we found out we were having a girl, it took us the rest of my pregnancy to find a name we liked.
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