Baby names!

Roesy · 24-09-2013 4:47pm

nikpmup wrote: »

Don't worry about it, names are very personal and what one person loves, another will hate. I have friends who have named their kids with monikers that make me shudder, but they are their kids, not mine! I'm really not a fan of american-style names such as Braden, Jayden, Madisson etc but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with them - they're just not for me! If it helps, as a kid I hated my name (Kerry) but I love it now (too many kids shouting Donegal! Dublin! at me!)

Name twin :P I've never met another adult with the same name as me! I've heard all the jokes over the years too. Funny, as a kid I wasn't crazy about my name either.

nikpmup · 24-09-2013 5:01pm

Roesy wrote: »

Name twin :P I've never met another adult with the same name as me! I've heard all the jokes over the years too. Funny, as a kid I wasn't crazy about my name either.

I've only met one other adult Kerry - he was a man!

MurdyWurdy · 24-09-2013 5:12pm

My little boy is Josh and that name has been said loads of times in that thread! I love it though and it really really suits him. We had reasons for picking it too that went beyond just liking the sound of it. Jamie was a very close second and I love that too. Don't be sad! Life would be boring if we all liked the same names. That thread is just full of anger and hate. Some people are just so negative.

Suucee · 24-09-2013 5:29pm

MurdyWurdy wrote: »

My little boy is Josh and that name has been said loads of times in that thread! I love it though and it really really suits him. We had reasons for picking it too that went beyond just liking the sound of it. Jamie was a very close second and I love that too. Don't be sad! Life would be boring if we all liked the same names. That thread is just full of anger and hate. Some people are just so negative.

I LOVE Josh but OH doesnt. Loved it before i even had kids before i met oh. Had always said id call my first born son Josh but oh not a fan. :-(

MurdyWurdy · 24-09-2013 5:36pm

Suucee wrote: »

I LOVE Josh but OH doesnt. Loved it before i even had kids before i met oh. Had always said id call my first born son Josh but oh not a fan. :-(

Ha - Picking names is so hard. My husband hated nearly all the names I suggested so I feel your pain. I really wanted Matthew (always wanted a boy called that) but I got super vetoed!

wolfpawnat · 24-09-2013 6:05pm

MurdyWurdy wrote: »

Ha - Picking names is so hard. My husband hated nearly all the names I suggested so I feel your pain. I really wanted Matthew (always wanted a boy called that) but I got super vetoed!

We loved Matthew. It's a family name on my OH's side. And it's nice and solid, not too common these days either!

MurdyWurdy · 24-09-2013 6:28pm

I still haven't ruled it out. Maybe if we have another one and it's a boy I might get to use. Maybe my husband will have mellowed by then!

Labelle28 · 29-09-2013 8:43pm

For boys we have:

Hugo
Rory
Gavin
Bobby

I Love the name Hugo but struggling to decide if it will go well with a surname starting with O'?

nikpmup · 29-09-2013 9:14pm

Labelle28 wrote: »

For boys we have:

Hugo
Rory
Gavin
Bobby

I Love the name Hugo but struggling to decide if it will go well with a surname starting with O'?

I love Hugo too! I just sounded it out with O'Leary, and it sounded grand.... Say it out loud a few times and see how it rolls.

John Mason · 29-09-2013 9:56pm

Sligo1 wrote: »

What do people think of the name Sebastian? When we mentioned it to MIL she kinda said... "you must be joking!". But we like it. Do ye think it sounds pretentious at all? I dont know why I like it.... Just like the sound of it. We also like the name Jamie which is probably our first choice at the moment.

this is my husbands non-negotiable name. i absolutely detest it. as for the shortened version Seb - urrrrrrrrrrrgh, we dont live in Orange Country.

if you both like it go for it

Labelle28 · 29-09-2013 10:10pm

nikpmup wrote: »

I love Hugo too! I just sounded it out with O'Leary, and it sounded grand.... Say it out loud a few times and see how it rolls.

Thanks for the feedback, of course it's just what I wanted to hear too ;-) I think it's ok with our surname too. I just need to work on DH now!!

Labelle28 · 29-09-2013 10:13pm

John Mason wrote: »

this is my husbands non-negotiable name. i absolutely detest it. as for the shortened version Seb - urrrrrrrrrrrgh, we dont live in Orange Country.

if you both like it go for it

I like Sebastian, it's not on my list but it's a nice name. I do think kids will call him Seb though!

Moonbeam · 29-09-2013 10:20pm

I would call him Seb too:)
It is not the worst name out there and is the same name in many countries.
I think Hugo is kind of cute but for some reason I find it very english.
I would always presume Bobby was short for Robert.

ynwa14 · 29-09-2013 11:45pm

Well, me and the boyfriend just found out that we're expecting our first little one a few days ago

We've been avidly putting together lists already, I am soo excited.

Girls:
Lydia
Elexa
Heather
Addison
Elizabeth (OHs mums name, I really love it though)
Freya
Charlotte

Boys:
Alexander
Connor
Liam
Sebastian
Jordan
Rian

If we have a girl we both already agree Grace is a strong contender for a middle name, and quite like Lee if it's a boy. OH doesn't agree with me so much on this front, but I like Leigh as a girls name...

Sebastian and Jordan are probably my favourite boys names, I like a lot of names but all the ones I love seem to be the 'common' ones and we kind of wanna avoid that, but I get a lot of stick about wanting to call my son Sebastian. Boys names are so difficult, I remember why I grew up just wanting daughters now :P

Elexa and Lydia are my favourites for girls.

Spose we have over 7 months to figure this out, I will be scrolling this thread for inspiration

January · 30-09-2013 9:56am

ynwa14 wrote: »

Well, me and the boyfriend just found out that we're expecting our first little one a few days ago We've been avidly putting together lists already, I am soo excited.

Girls:
Lydia
Elexa
Heather
Addison
Elizabeth (OHs mums name, I really love it though)
Freya
Charlotte

Boys:
Alexander
Connor
Liam
Sebastian
Jordan
Rian

If we have a girl we both already agree Grace is a strong contender for a middle name, and quite like Lee if it's a boy. OH doesn't agree with me so much on this front, but I like Leigh as a girls name...

Sebastian and Jordan are probably my favourite boys names, I like a lot of names but all the ones I love seem to be the 'common' ones and we kind of wanna avoid that, but I get a lot of stick about wanting to call my son Sebastian. Boys names are so difficult, I remember why I grew up just wanting daughters now :P

Elexa and Lydia are my favourites for girls.

Spose we have over 7 months to figure this out, I will be scrolling this thread for inspiration

My eldest is Addison

You have good taste in names.

Xdancer · 30-09-2013 10:36am

I love the name Sebastian, but I don't like the way so many Irish seem to pronounce it like Sebas-chen....then it's awful. And I wouldn't like it shortened to Seb.

Thankfully we had a girl. If we had a boy I think we'd be still here nearly 22 months later trying to think of a name!

Synyster Shadow · 30-09-2013 11:47am

Boys names were hard to decide with us! But we got one that worked perfect now. Here I am again and we are hitting the same wall!

We wanted Lucy for a girl all along since our first and MIL said it last week and now thinks she picked it :-( so back to square 1 now

For boys I like Cory and Luke and hubby is half way there just not fully.

Girls I'm just not sure at this point

ynwa14 · 30-09-2013 12:03pm

^^ I really like Cory for a boy too.

I'm really debating the Irish name thing rn, I'm half irish and OH is english, I'd quite like to have at least an irish middle name going on since our last name is stereotypically british but I can't find anything that works with our favoured first names. I know my Mams side of the family would appreciate it though, so I shall try..

dubstarr · 30-09-2013 8:49pm

I dont believe in calling kids are after anyone.They deserve their own name.I suppose my boys names would be very American but they are the names i like.
jamie is very popular theres2 in my sons class and last year there was 3 in his playschool.
John and Gary are getting quite popular.
For my 4th boy i had Caeden/Cayden i didnt call him that.Just as well there is one in his class now.I called him Logan which suits him down to the ground.My5th boy is called Zak not short for anything just really liked the name.

chuckster · 04-10-2013 4:10pm

Any thoughts on the name Max?

Moonbeam · 04-10-2013 5:51pm

my 2 year old loves it as she loves Max and Ruby.
Personally I don't think it is too bad but it is also a common dogs name.
Are you thinking Max as the full name?

Labelle28 · 04-10-2013 5:58pm

I like max. I think it's a good name. While I get people saying certain names are also dogs names, I think you should take that with a pinch of salt. It seems these days people call their pets every type of name going!!

puddle duck · 04-10-2013 7:17pm

any thoughts on Rory or James? I like Rory, my husband likes James. I just feel that James is soooo popular.

JBTM · 04-10-2013 7:18pm

puddle duck wrote: »

any thoughts on Rory or James? I like Rory, my husband likes James. I just feel that James is soooo popular.

Mix them and call him Gerry

Or the French name Remès.

Labelle28 · 04-10-2013 7:24pm

puddle duck wrote: »

any thoughts on Rory or James? I like Rory, my husband likes James. I just feel that James is soooo popular.

I like both, Rory is on my final 4 list!

Moonbeam · 04-10-2013 7:26pm

Rory and James are both lovely names.

ynwa14 · 04-10-2013 7:43pm

I love both Rory and James! They'd be on my list if they didnt sound so wrong with our last name. This keeps happening to us unfortunately :P

I wish the name Alex wasnt so popular because I really like it and it fits well but I keep being told to avoid popular ones. Siiigh

Das Kitty · 04-10-2013 10:51pm

Moonbeam wrote: »

Rory and James are both lovely names.

They're my kids' names. 4 years and 4 days old respectively.

JBTM · 04-10-2013 10:54pm

Das Kitty wrote: »

They're my kids' names. 4 years and 4 days old respectively.

Congrats

nikpmup · 04-10-2013 11:39pm

My little man was born at 18.33 this evening, and he's called Hugo Nicholas

JBTM · 04-10-2013 11:55pm

nikpmup wrote: »

My little man was born at 18.33 this evening, and he's called Hugo Nicholas

Hugo is a lovely little film you'll have to show him in a few years too

Labelle28 · 05-10-2013 12:08am

nikpmup wrote: »

My little man was born at 18.33 this evening, and he's called Hugo Nicholas

Congrats and I love the name :-)

chuckster · 05-10-2013 12:08pm

Labelle28 wrote: »

I like max. I think it's a good name. While I get people saying certain names are also dogs names, I think you should take that with a pinch of salt. It seems these days people call their pets every type of name going!!

Yea it's the dog name bit that's in the back of my mind... though it's really growing on me and the only name me and oh can agree on... the dog aspect aside I think it's a nice name for a baby, then kid & adult. I think i would christen the baby Max, not Maxwell or Maximillion.
agh decisions... 4 weeks to decide :-/

Labelle28 · 05-10-2013 3:20pm

chuckster wrote: »

Yea it's the dog name bit that's in the back of my mind... though it's really growing on me and the only name me and oh can agree on... the dog aspect aside I think it's a nice name for a baby, then kid & adult. I think i would christen the baby Max, not Maxwell or Maximillion.
agh decisions... 4 weeks to decide :-/

I would go with max, don't even consider the dog name part. My Friends son is max and it's a great strong name and never once did the dog association cross my mind. Like you she christened him Max, as that's the name they liked. Good luck

Rachel_Ann · 05-10-2013 6:58pm

I give up! I can't pick a name I like or he agrees with. He's pretty quick to tell me what he doesn't like but doesn't put suggestions forward - I could choke him!!

My picks & his reactions

Rosie - 'She sounds like a million years old'
Jacob - 'Too religious'
Leo - 'Howya I'm Leo Dowling from Fair City'
Cora - 'Yuck'
Evan - 'Too much like even'
Bella - 'His Gran had a dog called Bella'

Honestly, I hate that man!

Moonbeam · 05-10-2013 7:26pm

Rachel_Ann wrote: »

I give up! I can't pick a name I like or he agrees with. He's pretty quick to tell me what he doesn't like but doesn't put suggestions forward - I could choke him!!

My picks & his reactions

Rosie - 'She sounds like a million years old'
Jacob - 'Too religious'
Leo - 'Howya I'm Leo Dowling from Fair City'
Cora - 'Yuck'
Evan - 'Too much like even'
Bella - 'His Gran had a dog called Bella'

Honestly, I hate that man!

Evan and Leo aren't too bad.
I would have to agree with him on the rest of them.
What names does he like?

MurdyWurdy · 05-10-2013 8:14pm

My husband was like that - vetoed almost every name but would never suggest any of his own. It drove me around the bend! In the end we managed to agree on a name but it was tough going!

ynwa14 · 05-10-2013 8:26pm

Any thoughts on the name Hazel? We both really like it all of a sudden, can't really think of a good middle name to go with it though... Also if we went with hazel the initials would be HH so def need something to break that up :P

Suucee · 05-10-2013 8:30pm

My OH is the same. Just went through the whole alphabet for boys and girls and only names we agree are Sean or Roisin.
Even at that not names that i totally LOVE just like.
At least we have loads of time. We will know tge genderbin a few weeks sovthat will make it a bit easier. I hope

Chattastrophe! · 05-10-2013 8:36pm

ynwa14 wrote: »

Any thoughts on the name Hazel? We both really like it all of a sudden, can't really think of a good middle name to go with it though... Also if we went with hazel the initials would be HH so def need something to break that up :P

I absolutely love Hazel, it's really pretty. And it's definitely not a very common name, but not at all "weird" at the same time!

Moonbeam · 05-10-2013 8:42pm

Hazel is really pretty and quite unusual now:)
I also love Róisín but we know to many adult ones to use it:(

MurdyWurdy · 05-10-2013 8:45pm

What about something like Hazel Jane? I think a plain one syllable middle name would be good, it's a nice name, unusual but not made up or too weird

wolfpawnat · 06-10-2013 10:55am

Hazel is beautiful.

My OH and I argued names, so I gave him the job of naming the kids and I would just say yes or no.

livinsane · 06-10-2013 11:04am

ynwa14 wrote: »

Any thoughts on the name Hazel? We both really like it all of a sudden, can't really think of a good middle name to go with it though... Also if we went with hazel the initials would be HH so def need something to break that up :P

Absolutely love that name and have it on our list too.

lilmissprincess · 06-10-2013 3:57pm

ynwa14 wrote: »

Any thoughts on the name Hazel? We both really like it all of a sudden, can't really think of a good middle name to go with it though... Also if we went with hazel the initials would be HH so def need something to break that up :P

Definitely something beginning with R, you'll have your own little HRH. :P

pwurple · 06-10-2013 6:39pm

Hazel is lovely. I always liked that, we even put it in our house name.

clappyhappy · 06-10-2013 6:49pm

JBTM wrote: »

Hugo is a lovely little film you'll have to show him in a few years too

Congratulations to you, our youngest is called Hugo and it really suits him. Although we usually refer to him as hurricane Hugo, but he is really lovable and a real charmer, and he is only turning 4 next week. Enjoy your little bundle 😊

ynwa14 · 13-10-2013 10:21pm

We've decided on Addison Olivia for a girl! We both really love it so I'm gonna ignore our families who will probably disagree. We'll probably use Addie while she's growing up

I'm pretty sure we're having a girl, but we chose Sebastian as our boy name! Still cannot for the life of me think of a middle name though

Moonbeam · 13-10-2013 10:35pm

I like the sound of that:)
I am completely stuck for future names! I dunno what I would call another boy.

Rachineire · 13-10-2013 10:41pm

ynwa14 wrote: »

We've decided on Addison Olivia for a girl! We both really love it so I'm gonna ignore our families who will probably disagree. We'll probably use Addie while she's growing up

I'm pretty sure we're having a girl, but we chose Sebastian as our boy name! Still cannot for the life of me think of a middle name though

Sebastian is a great name for a boy....its what we named our lo!

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