What kind of things did you say when people asked you what names you are/were considering?
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We just told them we had a name already picked out but were waiting until she was born to share it.
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We said we didn't have anything yet. People thought we worried for us.
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@fancyfunction: Thank you!! I wanted something functional, to the point, honest and that was perfect. I just couldn't find the appropriate words!
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@stiletto_mom: Happy to help! And everyone respected our choice - just some name guessing by some, all in fun.
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We were Team Green, so we just said that we had a long list for both genders or that we couldn't agree.
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We said we had it narrowed down to a couple, but we wanted to meet him first
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We told them outlandish names to drive them crazy. Like Filbert and Tibor. And then grinned wickedly, so that they knew we were kidding.
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@fancyfunction: Yep, that!
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We mostly said we weren't 100% sure, but it's part of our culture to wait until a ceremony to share (we shared at birth).
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We just said we wanted to wait and surprise everyone when each was born. Drove people nuts, but we kept it a secret!
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We said we weren't sharing until she was born. Each baby in my family has been given a fetus name. I told people they were welcome to use that name if they had to call her something.
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We were team green so that helped, but I didn't really like to discuss it in general.
I usually said something along the lines of that we were tossing names around, but didn't want to make an announcement that made me feel committed to a name until after we'd gotten to know her a little.
Aaaaaaand then we didn't name her for a week after she was born, so people knew I was serious on the commitment issues.
ETA: I have a family member that jokes about naming all the babies in our family after him, so most fetus names in our family are various ridiculous versions of his name.
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@Corduroy: My family was so afraid I'd call my first one "Flipper", ha!
We just told everyone (see: my parents) that we weren't telling. In fact, the only person I told our top three names to was my sister.
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We just said we had a few ideas, but were waiting. No one gave us any grief about it.
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@Grace: We did this too!
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Said we weren't sure yet, which was mostly true.
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I said we couldn't agree, which was true. Our son wasn't officially named until his third day.
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I said we were waiting until she was born to name her and that we had a short list. Some people asked what was on it and I said we weren't sharing but we had two front runners and two sort of back up options.
For my family at least, they really just like discussing names so I was happy to hear their suggestions and tell them what I liked and didn't like. They never guessed a single one of our four names either.
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We haven't shared our adopted son's name with everyone. We just say we'll share when he comes home/when it's legal.
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We didn't actually have a name picked out and it took us a day to decide, but telling people that we had no idea and couldn't agree on anything kept them off our backs, so it should work even if you know the name you're using.
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We said that we had a name, weren't sure on the middle, but we weren't telling till she was born. It was fun hearing everyone's guesses.
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i'm currently pregnant and people have been SO annoying about this, particularly at work. i try to be really vague and say we have a list but we can't agree and they KEEP PRESSING and want to know some names on the list. i finally had to tell one lady, i am not sharing with you because i don't want your reaction so drop it.
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We said we had a name, but wouldn't tell it until he was born. It drove my grandma crazy. But I really didn't want people giving me their opinion on my son's name. My SIL told everyone she wanted to name her LO Henry and so many people gave her grief, she changed it. We now know at least 3 Henry's.
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Please please lie and say you haven't decided for sure yet. Lol. When ppl tell me "oh we know but we won't tell you." It makes me all kinds of annoyed and eye rolly.
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We just said we weren't sharing the name until she was born.
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I say it's a secret and share his nickname. Sometimes I jokingly ask for suggestions
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I tried to just keep it vague and say we had "a few top choices." Mostly people would just drop it but a few were so persistent. I found the incessant name guessing obnoxious. But despite the fact that DS has a very traditional name (and a family name as well) no one ever actually guessed it.
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I would list off a bunch of names that we WEREN'T considering! Muhahahahaha!
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I say that we have a few we like, and that we'll decide when she gets here. (Mostly true, although there's definitely a front runner.)
If people push, I tell them we're not sharing our options.
My husband, on the other hand, tells people we've decided on a completely ridiculous name and shares it with them. It's kind of hilarious when people who don't know him that well react to it...they don't know what to do. Way funnier than my answer, but I couldn't pull it off.
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We just said we hadn't decided yet! No one really pressured us at all! They accepted that easily.
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I blame it on my husband, saying he wants to keep it a surprise, or right now I say "we have no idea, we can't agree" since that is mostly the truth!
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I only kept it a secret from my family and we said we weren't sure yet.
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We just told them that we weren't sharing. It was a bit easier since we were Team Green so we couldn't pick a name before birth anyway.
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@looch: same for us. We decided the day after our son was born.
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We said we had some top contenders (true) but hadn't decided and wanted to meet her first (mostly true). We never referred to her as her name before she was born so it felt weird when we were like, yep, this is R! But I loved it. And I really didn't want to tie us down to a name. And it was so fun to announce her name once she was born!
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