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| MissLiss |
Posted - Jun 14 2010 : 1:07:00 PM
Hello ladies! I am about 6 months preggers and we just found out we are having our second baby girl! We are so excited that our only child will now be a big sister! But now we are having name troubles! With our first, my husband was so stubborn and after picking the name Madison, would not even consider any of the names I suggested. I was ok with Madison and was so excited just to be having my first baby that we could have named her Umby Chumby for all I cared. But this time he has picked Reagan and while I think that is a cute name, I am much more interested in having a say in the name picking. I am fond of the name Megan. I think Madison and Megan (Maddie and Meg) sound cute together and I am much more fond of traditional and old fashioned names than the more "modern" ones. I would love to name her Helen after my grandmother, but I know that is WAY too old fashioned to even present to my hubby. So I guess I'm wondering if any of you have had a problem like this, where your hubby dominated the name game and how you handled it or what. I know in the end all I really care about is having a healthy baby girl, but it would be nice to have a name that I like saying 500 times a day for the rest of my life! Also, if you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them! Maybe I'll find one that we BOTH like! By the way, our last name is Bailey, which kind of puts a limit on names like Hailey! 
Melissa ~ Farmgirl #724
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| maggie14 |
Posted - Sep 23 2010 : 11:21:12 AM
I love the name Melissa! Let us know when your sweet little one is born!
Hugs,
Hannah
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P.s. I've been playing around with the spelling of my name ( weird I know) and I've decided that I will stick with Hannah for good. Sorry I got you all confused. Hugs!! |
| knittinchick |
Posted - Sep 06 2010 : 8:34:42 PM
Oh Melissa! Please tell us when little Charlie arrives!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
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| MissLiss |
Posted - Sep 06 2010 : 6:34:13 PM
Well, we're getting down to the wire and we've decided...Charlotte Louise Bailey. We'll call her Charlie for short. Now that we've got a name all ready, I'm ready to get her out here! Only about 5 weeks left but Doc thinks she is pretty big and that she would like to induce me early...so maybe even less time than that! Wish me luck!
Melissa ~ Farmgirl #724
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| MissLiss |
Posted - Jul 09 2010 : 10:29:17 AM
Okay ladies, now we are thinking...and hubby is pretty on board with this too...Charlotte Louise. Hubby is a twin and he and his brother both have the same middle name. He said they always hated having the same name, like they weren't individuals...so he vetoed Anne (which is also our first daughter's middle name and mine and my mother's which is why I was thinking we should give it to Charlotte too). But Louise is my grandmother Helen's middle name. Since hubby won't let me use Helen in any form (as a first or middle name) I tested Louise on him and he seemed to think Charlotte Louise was ok. My grandmother gave her youngest daughter, my aunt, Louise as a middle name and my aunt gave it to her youngest, who is still in college. So it seems fitting to give it to my youngest. What do you ladies think? The other option in Lynn after the hubby's step-grandma. She is the nicest lady in his family but we both think Charlotte Lynn is a little choppy sounding. I don't know...
Melissa ~ Farmgirl #724
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| knittingmom |
Posted - Jul 05 2010 : 2:42:26 PM
I know what you mean, DH and I had a very hard time picking one of each this time around. Personally I think we go through pregnancy and labour, we should get to name the little person
There's:
Emma
Sophie
Mae
Juliana
Jennifer
Mary-Ann
I know it's hard you want to find something that's perfect for them but also one that won't be horrible when they're adults.
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| miraclewelsh |
Posted - Jul 02 2010 : 7:28:30 PM
One thought... you mentioned that you'd like to name the baby Helen, after your grandmother. How about Helena?
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| coloquilter |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 8:52:34 PM
Our first born was a boy and he liked the name Van, but with the last name Austin it looked like just a Dutch last name
Oh How funny there is a man in town with the name Van Austin ! It's an unusual name who would think there was someone else with the name
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| miraclewelsh |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 8:42:24 PM
I think Charlotte Anne is a lovely name--keep us posted on your decision!
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| Beverley |
Posted - Jun 30 2010 : 3:51:01 PM
well I think he named the first one so you should get to name this one!!!! hehehehe I know how men can be though. you'll find one you both like eventually!!! She might be 2 by then but oh well when you get tired of calling her baby you'll figure a name out!!! hehehehe
Good luck to ya!!! my daughter wanted emma and her hubby wanted emily so they compromised and spelled the emily phonectically and came up with emalea. She gets called emma for short so everyone was happy.. I just love it so, it will come...
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| MissLiss |
Posted - Jun 28 2010 : 10:13:26 AM
Thanks ladies...he said he would think about Charlotte. He didn't immediately shoot it down and that is a GREAT sign! Now I just have to get a few people on my side, you know,..put in a good word for the name. If I ask someone about it and they say "oh I hate that name" the hubby will run from it too. But if people say "oh then you could call her Charlie and that is so cute!" he'll totally love it and I'll get my little Charlotte! So keep those fingers crossed for me!!!
Melissa ~ Farmgirl #724
Mother Hen to The Knitty Gritty Farmgirls of the Inland Empire
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Jun 28 2010 : 06:38:14 AM
Charlotte Anne Bailey is a wonderful name! I just hope dh likes it ;) Good luck!!!
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| maggie14 |
Posted - Jun 27 2010 : 7:05:11 PM
That is a beautiful name Melissa!! My moms mom was named Charlotte Elinor. I really like the name Charlotte!
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Just a small town country girl trying to live her dreams. :) |
| MissLiss |
Posted - Jun 26 2010 : 10:10:22 PM
Oh Sue! I love all the girls names you threw out there! I wish I could get the hubby to agree to Olivia or Lily! But no. He seems to be quite stubborn about his name. And one of my best friends just had a baby girl a few days ago and named her Megan! I can't be upset because I didn't tell her that I was trying to get the hubby to agree to it, but that just makes it a little shorter list for us I guess. Now I'm thinking Charlotte. Old fashioned, but kind of current and we could call her Charlie, which I think the hubby will LOVE...he's a big fan of boys names for girls - very trendy. What do you think? Oh and her middle name will be Anne. My mother's, mine and my daughter's middle names are all Anne, so we can't leave the little one out! Charlotte Anne Bailey...what do you think?
Melissa ~ Farmgirl #724
Mother Hen to The Knitty Gritty Farmgirls of the Inland Empire
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| Jennifer Q. |
Posted - Jun 25 2010 : 7:21:20 PM
Congrats on the second baby! So exciting! My older sister is a Megan, but her name is actually spelled with a new twist my mom created: Maygan. Might appeal to the new and the old... |
| sue5901 |
Posted - Jun 22 2010 : 11:40:20 PM
Hi - I just love looking at babies name and making suggestions - none ever takes me up on them but I love it!!
Its a real shame you arn't here in the UK cos it really fashionable now to use really old fashioned names for girls - so it would be win-win for both of you. We are having lots of Matilda,Lily, Rose, Amelia, Olivia, Grace, Poppy, Eve.
For boys it's either really old Royal names like Harry, George, William or there is a big trend to use surnames as first names so lots of Jackson, Preston, Carlton, Riley, Marshall - my GS is a Harrison. I think this has been more common in the US in the past - over here it is very new.
And Brooklyn is the ultimate celebrity name as it is the name of David and Victoria Beckham's eldest - so noone would ever use that name!!
But I agree that when you find the right name it just clicks and you know its the right name so just keep throwing out suggestions and the right one will come
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| MissLiss |
Posted - Jun 21 2010 : 5:31:33 PM
I really wish the hubby could go for a more "old fashioned" name! I'm not a big fan of all these new trendy names that he seems to love so much and I can't think of an old-fashioned name that he might like. He totally shot down Adelaide, by the way. So I just don't know what to do. I was thinking of taking an old fashioned name and spelling it in an odd way, but I don't know if either of us would really like that. Ugh! We had a boy name picked out that we both loved and we wouldn't be having this issue at all if this was a boy! Ha!
Melissa ~ Farmgirl #724
Mother Hen to The Knitty Gritty Farmgirls of the Inland Empire
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Jun 21 2010 : 09:30:57 AM
Melissa, I think you'll find Brooklyn all over as well (I can think of 5 Brooklyn's and variations thereof) right now, but good luck to you, whatever you both decide! It will all work out and you'll be happy, regardless :)
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| MagnoliaWhisper |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 10:40:28 AM
I love older names too. Both my girls were named after grandmothers. Lela after mine, and Bell after, his, however, we added a E to Bell, and named her Belle, just so it would be more "modern". IE she may be able to find some things with her name already on them, with the extra E (like cups, key chains, etc). My mom said Lela would never find anything like that, but I'm not too sure about that. Since we had her I have met at least 20 Lela's! And now with the Sesame Street lady named Lela, it may become even more popular, who knows.
Any way, here's the deal, my husband and I made a deal, we take turns in the name game! lol
Funny enough the last few years before I had my first child, I thought I would really like to name a daughter Lela (after my grandma), but I never said anything about it. Then we found out we were having a girl, and my husband said he liked the name Lela, how about we name her that? I was like SURE! lol I didn't let on, I had been thinking that for years! lol So he thinks he got to pick number 1 child. Then we had still born twin boys. We had picked names for them, when we actually thought we would have live boys, but when they didn't make it, for some reason we both decided not to use the names we had picked (on boy names we have no problems, we always seem to agree, with out any problems!), I was so sad, and crazy at the time, I just told my husband to choose the names. He did and I'm fine with the names he chose for the boys. Then we just had our second daughter, he said since he got to name Lela and the boys it was my turn. Well, I really like Violet, Olivia, Pearl, Magnolia and Sophia. But, when I was pregnant with Lela we couldn't figure out a middle name, I asked all family members for names, including my MIL, for her parents names! And she wouldn't tell me her mothers name. And one day AFTER we had named Lela she let it out her mothers name was Bell! Well, I LOVE LOVE LOVE that name, and would of been too cute to have Lela Bell! But, I said, I liked it so much, oh well, I would use it for another girl (still makes me sick though as I think Lela Bell would of been a cute cute name!). And so that's how we named our second.
Funny, my husband picked my grandma, and I picked his!
Any way, I say strike a deal with your husband that it's your turn!
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| MissLiss |
Posted - Jun 18 2010 : 10:05:28 AM
Well the hubby didn't go for Adelaide (Ada), but after hearing Brooklyn as some character's name on t.v. he has decided that it is also acceptable. So maybe I could convince him to make it Brooke-Lynn or Brooke Lynn. I don't know if Brooklyn is a name I'm really excited about, but Madison and Brooklyn don't sound too bad together...Maddie and Brooke...I don't know.
Melissa ~ Farmgirl #724
Mother Hen to The Knitty Gritty Farmgirls of the Inland Empire
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| Kirksmom71 |
Posted - Jun 16 2010 : 6:50:08 PM
My nephew and niece just had a baby girl about two weeks ago and they named her Bindy Lynn. Her brothers' names also begin with B's. Sounds like a theme but I don't think they originally had intended that. They were calling her Precious before she was born.....so I'd say it just seems to click when its right.
My best to all,
Mel
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| EarthMamaJEM |
Posted - Jun 16 2010 : 10:19:08 AM
Congrats! I grew up a Jennifer in the 80's so I chose unusual yet heard of (except my oldest dd's name, many people have not heard of it but many have) names for all my children. I ditto whoever said Margaret...you can get lots of cute nn's from that. Maisie is my favorite nn for it, but Meg and Maggie are cute as well.
With our boys, we found out the gender before hand and chose names together. With our girls, we did not find out the gender before hand and had a "list" approved by both of us...my DH chose for the oldest and I chose for the youngest. Actually, the name of the youngest was not even on our list, I had nixed the first name during my pregnancy but at birth she just looked like that name. And then she had to be born on her great-grandfathers birthday so I chose the mn to honor him. All this to say, her name "came to me", the boys were chosen when they were in utero, and my other daughters was chosen from a list by my husband at birth. I say wait and see what your baby looks like and go from there...I really enjoyed waiting until after birth personally.
And Violet's mom...that is the name of my youngest as well! :) You have great taste in names! |
| MaryLD |
Posted - Jun 16 2010 : 08:52:14 AM
Howdy, Y'all!
Mellisa, thank for sharing the baby naming fun!
I have a son, named after his G grandpa and his Grandpa. It took a week to name him.
" Gordon Denya" ( Denya is Slavic for my dad's name, Dennis. We are Croation.)
I have always, always wanted the name Violet for a girl. I am remarried, and taking my husband's name, Devine. The initials " VD" are just not going to work!!!! Now that we no longer live in California, celebrity names don't pop up us much. Violet would be fine here in TX except for the initials thing!
People are using very, very different names now, for sure- Ecstacy, Miracle, Apple, etc. I'm not used to it yet!
I guess I've not come up with any names to help out.
Monika
Geneivive ( spelling?)
Vera
Melena
Tatiana
How is it going with the name Ada?
MaryLD
Haflingers- You can't have just one!
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| maggie14 |
Posted - Jun 15 2010 : 9:36:01 PM
I am so happy for you Melissa!! Being pregnant is a beautiful thing!
I love your names too.
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
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| MissLiss |
Posted - Jun 15 2010 : 9:25:09 PM
This is SO great! You guys are coming up with some great ones for me! I totally agree with you Melissa (great name BTW :-) ) about the Grandma thing. We did that with Madison, our first daughter. A teen named Maddie is just fine and so is Grandma Maddie. Not too bad. Ecstasy is going to be an interesting one to explain to the boyfriend at his first family dinner. "And this is my Grandma Ecstacy" How can you expect someone not to laugh at that? And we have heard too, about people waiting to name the child for a while, but I would be afraid that I would just never do it! If I gave myself that extra time, I would just keep thinking of names and "trying" them out for a few days and never settle on one! I'd have the poor nameless baby forever! Jonni, I think Ada is a PERFECT nickname for Adelaide! My hubby immediately shot it down because Maddie and Addie just wouldn't work together. But I don't see a problem with Ada! I'm going to propose it right now!
Melissa ~ Farmgirl #724
Mother Hen to The Knitty Gritty Farmgirls of the Inland Empire
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| nubidane |
Posted - Jun 15 2010 : 11:57:10 AM
Tessa & Beatrice(Bea-Bea, Treesy nciknames)
or for M-- How about Mary or Marilyn?? |
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