Just saw an article that mentioned that grandparents often suggest names for their kids... we didn't experience that one, so was curious how common it was!
Did your parents suggest names for your LO?
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Voted the first three!
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They were really respectful! So they didn't offer, but would have if we asked. I guess MIL was going to but when we said no, she didn't. They did weigh in when we shared potential names though.
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Yup, they suggested a bunch of names, one of them we actually ended up using :). But at one point my mom was making such awful suggestions I threatened to cut her off, lol.
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Oh god, yes. My mom emailed me a list of a dozen names and also often suggested names in person.
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Oh gawd, yeah. Every other day my mom would have to let me know of a new name she came up with.
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I didn't realize it was multiple answers, but yes to the first three. My family suggested first and middle names and commented on our top contenders. Never any negative comments and we were happy to discuss.
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@lawbee11: Were there some gems in there?
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We kept his name a secret until he was born so there was no commentary
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My parents did not because they remembered how annoyed they were when their parents did that to them. We also told them we weren't really looking for opinions good or bad on the names we brainstormed.
My MIL however will not shut up with her name suggestions. We've already told her that we've picked a name and it's done. And yet she continues to call us with name suggestion constantly. So annoying.
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No suggestions from either set of parents. Not that I would have taken them into consideration anyway, lol!!
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@Mrs. Lion: Same here! The only person to know our top three was my sister, and she loved our choices.
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@mrbee: I just went back in my email and found the list. We didn't use any of the names she suggested (Emily was on our short list, though)!
Ada
Ava
Amelia
Ashley
Audrey
Amber
Britney
Eva
Emma
Emily
Hillary
Madeline
Shelby -
They only gave suggestions when we were brainstorming ideas and asked for input. Thankfully, they didn't critique our list and kept their mouths shut if they didn't like them. My dad did like to text me crazy suggestions, especially matchy matchy hilarious twin names. His never made the final list. Obviously.
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oh yeah. we get suggestions and critiques on our brainstormed names!
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Yes, my mom did. Over and over and over again.
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Uhh yeah! My dad calls lo by her middle name because I think he wanted us to pick something else!
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@yellowbird: wow...passive aggressive much? That would drive me nuts!
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My mom's a preschool teacher so she texted me names she heard all the time. My MIL wasn't so overt, but she and my FIL once dragged out a family tree "just to look at." Our LOs have family names for their middle names, but not any of the ones our family suggested.
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@Caly: My DH had twins pretty far back in his family named Maude and Claude. I think his extended family assumed that's where our twins "came from," although they are actually IVF twins! His dad and aunts told me over and over and over how great it would be to use those names. Hahahahha. NO.
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My mom texted me one day when my grandma was in the hospital. She was telling me her nurse's name and how she thought it was SO beautiful and unique. She was laying it on pretty thick.
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We got lots of suggestions, but it wasn't forced on us. It was more so in conversation. We'd mention names we liked, and someone would chime in with "ooh, what about ____!!"
It didn't bother me in that context!
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Not in an over the top way. My dad announced at Christmas that Arthur was an excellent boy name, and my mom talked a lot about Brendan (which we did really like, just not with our last name).
ETA: and I forgot my sister was obsessed with baby names ad would text me ideas all the time! It was kind of fun though because we don't always talk much! -
My mom has always been obsessed with the name Lydia. I'm still not sure why it wasn't named that! She has suggested it several times, for our daughter, and for any hypothetical future daughters.
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We asked them to pick out her middle names (Chinese and Korean), but even before that they never suggested her first name. Thankfully they liked our choice!
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Oh ya, we had so much fun brainstorming names those 9 months. Id always get random emails/texts/phone calls from my parents and sisters with suggestions
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No interference whatsoever! Since we asked my parents to come up with her Chinese name so they are busy with that!
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No, but my parents helped us narrow it down because they loved a couple in our top 5. That helped make things easier!
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My mom suggested a lot. Mostly very yuuuneek ones which is strange. "Mike spelled Myk!"
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My mom would send a lot of suggestions early in pregnancy. She worked at a school so she came across a lot of names and every day or two she'd send me her "name of the day" but never really expected me to pick one. Weirdly, my dad never said a word until we'd already told them that we'd narrowed down to a top 5 options and then my dad started sending me really weird name suggestions. Like Colvin. For a girl. lol. I felt bad because like... we were kind of past the new suggestions stage. Then both my parents pushed hard for Olivia, which was in our top 5 but didn't end up being our ultimate choice.
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They didn't for #1. We kind of asked for input from my parents this time around, but we're not going with any of their suggestions. We like a lot of the same names, but my mom tends to like trendier names than I do. My dad likes pretty much anything we like
I totally forgot that FIL really pushed a certain name on us with #1. We originally planned on using it, but he annoyed me so much that I changed my mind. I guess I blocked that out. They didn't get asked at all this time.
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Yes, both family names and just names they liked. Even after we announced our final choice. Drove me freaking CRAZY.
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My ILs sure had a lot of negative opinions about our names! My dad was neutral.
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We were pretty open for awhile that if we had a girl her name would be Elly Madison, so once we found out we were having a girl no one even questioned it or suggested anything else!
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@Mrs. Champagne: That's very yuuuneek!!
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No, but a long time ago my dad told me not to name anyone after him. My brother and I were both named after our grandparents (middle names only), so I think he was worried I would feel pressure to use his name, which he doesn't particularly like.
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My mil kept trying to give me suggestions before we found out the gender. Once we knew the gender and told close friends and family the chosen name, sil decided she hated the name, and mil increased her name suggestions tenfold "because sil hates the name and it needs to be changed..."
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They suggested first names after they told me that they would be embarrassed to tell their friends my name choices.
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My mom casually said, "What about the name William?" But never pushed or pressured us in any way. I love the name William and thinks she has great taste in names. We had decided on Noelle's name before we even found out the sex so she didn't need to offer up suggestions for her.
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Tons of suggestions!
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