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Yes. But incase we changed our mind, we always said "As of right now, we are thinking....." Most people would refer to him as Baby J or Junior (nickname we gave him when he was my belly).
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I didn't plan to, but DH wants to tell our families. I'll probably tell family and friends but not put it on Facebook. The rest of the world can find out when our LO is born. Both our boy and girl names have family middle names, so hopefully at least those won't be criticized. I feel like our boy name may catch some flack for being fairly modern, but I don't care. DH and I love it and that's all that matters!
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Yes but we waited until we were 99% sure. And even then we prefaced it with "subject to change"!
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Yes. If people asked, we shared.
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We didn't share. She was named after family and we wanted them to be surprised.
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We only shared with my third since we were both set on her name.
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We didn't tell our families with either. Mainly because they were the only names we agreed on and we didn't want anyone's opinion to put us off. They are fairly unusual names so I knew my family at least would have a few comments (and they did!!) so am glad we only announced at the births. With DS, we did tell a few friends in advance though.
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Yes, for two reasons. First, it was a family name so I knew we wouldn't get anything but positive responses from family. Second, using her name regularly in conversation really helped me bond with LO before she was born, something that made the transition to being a mom much easier for me.
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No-never. For one thing, we wanted to make sure the name fit when we met him. For another, I wanted to make sure the baby arrived safely. My husband and I didn't even use the name out loud to one another. We'll definitely keep names for future babies a secret, too!
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No, because we weren't totally certain, and LO2 wasn't even named until the day after she was born.
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Yes, with DS. His name was his name. There was no changing it. No, with DD. we went in with 2 names because we couldn't decide, and we didn't want to be 'swayed' into one or the other based on people's opinions, or reactions. People were not pleased.
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Yes, we announced it. I didn't really care what people said, that was the name. It was hard enough getting DH to find anything he liked, there was no way I was going to revisit the discussion.
Honestly, I'm kind of turned off by people who are like, "yes we know the name but we're not telling you." I had a neighbor who was due at the same time as me ask us about our name choice and then say they weren't sharing theirs. Probably a good thing they didn't, when I later found out the name I thought it was kind of a weird name. More a noun appropriated to be a name. I'm sure she would've gotten a lot of negative feedback. So now if someone refuses to share it, I assume they've picked some bizarre name that they don't want to hear is awful.
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We haven't. I'm due in 10 days, and we're still not sure on his middle name, so haven't said on anything. I think our families would have liked to have known already, but too bad. DH and I have been calling him by his name, and we probably won't decide on his full name until he's here at this point.
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We are Team Green but have already decided on a 1 name for each sex so if asked we will tell them our choices. Only positive comments so far, I've even had a couple of people say they hope we have a girl because they love our girl name (and where it comes from) so much (It's Carolina Isabel - It's the name of our hometowns in Puerto Rico)
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I didn't want to but DH had to tell his mom what we were thinking (we were not 100%) snd his mom told everyone. It was annoying.
Luckily we used the name. And next time we won't be telling anyone.
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at first we didn't tell anyone, but ended up making exceptions for our mothers
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Just to family. But then they start referring to him by name while I'm still pregnant and it weirds me out - if it were 100% my way I wouldn't share. But, alas....
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No and we will not with subsequent children.
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No, we haven't decided on a name yet
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Yes, I live in the south and it's pretty typical to monogram everything and monogrammed gifts at baby showers are a big hit so everyone does it. So if you don't people are shocked they can't have that as an option, haha!
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We kept it under tight wraps until we had her in our arms.
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yes, I had no reason to keep it a secret
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Both times we did not decide on the name until after the baby was born. We shared a short list with close friends and family if they asked. But with the first we went with a name not from the list.
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We didn't share names until after the kids were born.
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I've never heard of, or known of, anyone not to share IRL. I don't totally get it!
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I'm casually mentioning it as a contender, but will not say that it's the definite choice. Partially because I don't want to hear from the peanut gallery, and partially because we want to reserve the right to change our minds once he arrives
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