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We're not sharing our names until birth and part of the reason for this is that we want to minimize negative reactions from others. That being said we won't change our minds if someone doesn't like one of our names.
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@MrsF: people tell me all the time that they love the name. Honestly hearing people say that makes me much happier than when they tell me how cute she is. Don't get me wrong, I love hearing that she's cute but I didn't have much control over that. I found picking a name to be SO stressful (she'll be stuck with it her whole life!). So when people give me positive feedback it makes me really happy : ) I think we made an excellent choice!!
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Not too much. Though, we've agreed to not broadcast our children's names until birth so that people can make faces when they get the announcement email and then smile when they see us. It's annoying if a family member says something negative, but that could make me more stubborn, depending on who's commenting. When we announced LO's name a week or two before she was born, FIL made a "Well, it's no (insert name he assumed we would choose because he mentioned it in passing once)" comment. That definitely made me more set on her name!
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I cared before she was born, so we didn't announce her name to anyone until she was here. Now it's officially her name, I don't care what anyone else thinks - I love it !
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@kjpugs: That's one of my grandma's names too, and was so close to being my name!
I care to an extent because I don't want dd to deal with people saying things about her name...but since I don't think adults really do that, especially given all the unique names floating around these days, not too much..
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@Mrs. Pen: I had no clue that's how his name was pronounced, is it Biblical in origin?
We wanted something that wasn't unheard of, but also wasn't super common. I regretted telling family ahead of time because we changed our mind on the middle name, and they liked the first choice better. Live and learn!
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Only if they thought we picked a namesake and kept referring to it since it's part of a family member's name. That's the reason why I couldn't pick the name I'd previously envisioned our daughter to have (pre-TTC). What really ruined it for me is the person isn't particularly nice. So yeh.
But if it was a name I really liked, I wouldn't want to share it because a lot of ppl seem to lack a filter. It would end up bugging me if ppl I know commented negatively. Now if I'd already named my LO and ppl commented after the fact, then they can suck it. I have low tolerance for mean ppl when it comes to my LO.
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I cared to the extent that I gave consideration to the impression that I thought LO's name would give, and avoided certain names, and didn't want to be completely ridiculous like Hashtag or something. But I think it's good that not everybody loves the same name or we'd all be named John and Mary.
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Not one iota. If they said something negative, they can shove it where the sun don't shine
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Nope. Not at all. My mom didn't care for the name Sadie, and kept accidentally calling her Sophie until she was like 2 weeks old. haha
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@scg00387: oh really? Did you think it was Jacob-ee? Some people do if they see his name written first.
It doesn't have biblical origin that I know of- unless you count the Jacob part and I don't know where the I/y came from. It does mean the same thing as Jacob. And I have heard it more often as a surname. When researching it we also found that there is a mathematician from the 1500's with the name- DH loved that because he is a math teacher
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Not really. My mom hated my #1 choice (Norah) and I told her to suck it up. I've gotten some flak for Cs middle name (June) with people saying they hate month names and don't understand why people use them, but she's named after her great-grandma so I bet they can guess what they can go kiss.
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@googly-eyes: too funny!!!
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@Mrs. Pen: yep, I thought it was Jacob-ee! It's weird, I asked my husband how he'd say it and he said it correctly right off the bat. I guess there is a football player with a similar name/nickname? Anyways, I like it
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besides my husband's and if family members have a very valid argument ; no. That's why I've never posted a name post. I really don't care what other people think of our name choices.
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No, I didn't. DH and I went through our name likes and dislikes and just decided what her name has to be, right after I got pregnant. This was before we even found out we were having a girl. There was no waffling or do you like this name or that name with others.
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I don't care what anyone thinks but also there is a reason I haven't shared my names yet. I won't share them until the birth certificate is filled out and everything.
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I'll admit that I totally care. Ultimately I have to love the name, of course. But I think I'd love a name less if I knew the public at large would dislike it or think it was weird. I don't care so much what any specific person thinks, but I do want to pick a name that will be generally well received by my LO's future peers and employers!
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@scg00387: yeah a whole slew of athletes with the name! Jacoby Ellsbury, Jacoby Shaddox and Jacoby Jones. And for his nickname, there is Kobe Bryant! (We spell it Coby though)
@loveisstrange: I love Norah. It is my little sisters name so I'm slightly partial but I think it's a gorgeous name.
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@MamaMoose: Just found this response notification in my spam folder!
Agree with everything you said. Excellent choice indeed
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In my head I would say no but when I was was preg with my 1st I loved the name Tristan but so many people joked that he would be called "Triscut" like the cracker and it wore me down.... we picked a different name
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@Mamaof2: my a nephews name is Tristan and my dad called him trisket when he was first born! My brother was not pleased haha
@Mrs. Pen: I can't believe people say things about his name. It's cute!
I cared only what my husband thought. With DS we shared his name and nobody said anything negative about it, more that they has never heard of it before. With DD we didn't share our top 2 choices because I didnt want to hear 'well I like this name better' or 'really?' We didn't name her until we saw her and nobody said anything.
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Nope, I didn't care what so ever what our families/friends thought. We knew we loved the name and knew it fit our child, and that's what mattered to me.
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I think naming is something that is very personal and very public at the same time, which is what makes it so controversial. If you think about it, people have strong opinions colored by their experiences and I think sometimes it gets the better of them.
As an example, I have a rather ethnic name and as a child, I hated it! I have since grown into it and found that it's memorable and people rarely forget it, which has served me really well. As a child, though, i wanted nothing more than the license plate for the back of my bike!
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