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We changed from what we were planning to name her when she was born. We had the name we had planned on, the one dh originally liked, and one that I was really liking at the moment. Also a variation of the one dh liked. Dh got his name.

We had a name picked out until I was 30ish weeks and then changed it! So glad we did because C fits her name perfectly!

I think it is a beautiful name! People's opinions can certainly alter your own feelings on a name you love, plus the added pressure and anxiety of birth being on the horizon, I can see how you may be second guessing the name. Maybe see if you can come up with a second option and wait until you meet her to decide? The items that already have her name can be changed and who cares if everyone else already knows the name? She hasn't been born yet and nothing is set in stone...opinions can change and all you have to say is she looked more like an ____ once we got to meet her if you do change your mind. Good luck!

this is why we aren't sharing names this time. i'm afraid outside people will influence us(we are between two names and are going to pick when we see her). my cousin had planned on naming her DD Emily, but when she saw her, she said she didn't look like an Emily. her name is Katelyn

We had our name and a back up name just in case our girls weren't who we thought they were. Both times we stuck with the first name after we met them

We were TG and took two names per gender into delivery to decide when we met her. I'll be honest though - I think once you name a baby, they always look like that name because that IS their name. That is, once she's Gwendolyn for a few weeks, it'll be part of her and inseparable from her. The first couple of days I panicked about whether we'd picked the right name for LO, but now I can't imagine her as the other! If you love the name (and I think it's beautiful, not that that matters), I say stick with it!

My mom was going to name my older sister my name but she looked at her when she was born and thought that she didn't look like the name she had picked out. Instead, she named her Jennifer as she felt that name fit her better, When I came along, she thought that the original name that she loved would fit me.

I was also worried my LO's name wouldn't fit her. Her name is Rose and we got so many personalized things with her name and roses on them before she was born. We didn't have a backup, I loved the name and just hoped it would work for her, and I figured if it didn't I'd cross that bridge when we got there. The first thing I said when I saw her was, "Thank goodness, she looks just like a Rose!"

Personally I love the name you picked out and I would be sad if you didn't use it because other people are stupid and can't keep their opinions to themselves, when really it's not their choice or their business what you name your child.

When A was first born I thought - oh jeez, you're a Samuel. Or a Nicholas (and those names weren't even on ANY list we had). But we named him A anyway, and now it's fine. I couldn't imagine him being anything other than A.

Have you thought of nicknames, like Gwen or Wendy?
ETA: I love the name and will be so sad if it goes unused. *wags finger*

@Bookworm: I think that it is hard to have such a big name for a little girl in the beginning sometimes.... but when she gets here and you start calling her by name it will just fit. My niece has a pretty long name and my first reaction was ok, what's her nickname? But her parents never called her by a nickname (she's 6 months now) so you just get used to her name the way it is, and it makes sense for her now.

I went through a couple weeks when I was pregnant that I didn't like the name we had picked, but when looking for something else we couldn't find anything that we liked better. Now I can't imagine her not being her name! IT fits her like a glove!