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Did you share LO's name before birth?

  • poll: Did you share your baby's name before birth?
    Yes! : (66 votes)
    36 %
    No way! : (77 votes)
    43 %
    Only with certain people. : (38 votes)
    21 %
  1. shellio

    pear / 1614 posts

    We shared names both times. They are uncommon but not particularly odd, I think, and no one made any rude comments to us directly. One of my friends who shared the name says they really liked being able to refer to the baby before he was born with his name, and she felt like it also helped her DH and probably the rest of the family to form a bond with him.

  2. coopsmama

    cantaloupe / 6059 posts

    We shared our kids' names as soon as we knew their genders. It wasn't a big deal to us for it to be a secret and it seemed to make it a lot more "real" if that makes sense.

  3. NurseDMB

    kiwi / 643 posts

    Yes - I'm not sure if we will for the next baby, though.

  4. ShootingStar

    coconut / 8472 posts

    We told everyone. I had a neighbor due at the same time as me who refused and it turned out she named her baby something kind of out there. So now that's my impression of people who don't share it - you're naming your baby something weird and don't want to hear the comments, lol.

  5. Astro Bee

    pear / 1503 posts

    I mentioned earlier that we weren't planning to share our LO's name until after he's born, but didn't really share why. It's mostly due to strong pressure on his family's (actually his grandmother) side to name him Peter, which I don't like at all, even though it's DH's legal first name, along with his dad, his grandfather, gg, etc., and an uncle on his mom's side. I'm resisting, and DH mentioned he would be okay with naming him something else. If we had a different family situation, I wouldn't mind telling. I'd rather present it fait accompli, which is maybe the coward's way out, but jeez, it's our kid!

  6. Circusbee

    apricot / 390 posts

    I really wanted to keep the name super secret from everyone, but DH slipped to his parents, boss, and a few close friends (total blabbermouth!!), so I felt like I had to tell my parents too. Baby isn't born yet, and I still feel the need to keep it a secret because we've already changed the middle name a couple times since we "decided," and I would like to meet our little one before announcing it just in case we decide that's not his name once he's here. I would hate for everyone to be stuck on a name and then change it once he's here, or worse, receive monogrammed or personalized items as gifts before his birth that may not even apply if we changed it!

  7. Mrs.Lemondrop

    coffee bean / 28 posts

    We didn't. We narrowed it down to two names, and then waited to meet her. So when people asked us, we just said that and then didn't go further. We didn't want people's opinions. Also, I'm so glad we waited to meet her, because of the two names (which we used to call her for months), one name fit perfectly and one name didn't fit her at all. So it worked out for us.

    Although, we also told our very american-mut caucasion families that we were going to name her "Khokha" (Arabic word for "peaches," the name of the Arabic equivalent of Elmo on their Sesame Street) for a few years before we ever got pregnant. They thought we were joking, but couldn't be sure. (They think DH and I are really weird, all because we move a lot) So I think they were just thrilled it was something they could say. Khokha has two of those top of the mouth noises that are really hard for English speakers to say.

  8. Raindrop

    grapefruit / 4731 posts

    We had a name but we weren't sure... we did share that name if people asked but told them "we didn't love the first name and that it might be different but by default we are going with this name" and of course we went with a different name in the end. Which we were kind of worried about but whatever we can name our kid whatever we want.

    Everyone remembered what we said except one person that wrote "I can't believe you switched the name on me!!" - I bought up the e-mail when she asked and I totally wrote that we weren't sure but here is the front runner / default name. Very weird.

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