I'm not sure if others are as concerned about this as I am, but I don't want to give my children any really popular names, i.e., in the top 20 or even top 50. I don't want them to have to be the 4th Emily or Jacob in their class!
If you want to know about the popularity of the names you like, check the Social Security website:
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
What a great idea!!! Starting that one tonight. That way the kids can "play" too but putting up names they like. Thanks for the idea!!
With big families, I think it is pretty common to have names used more than once. Go with what you like.
Dh and I put up a dry erase board. If we liked a name, we would write it on the board and try it on for a while. See if we grew attached to it or got sick of it. We would erase and add names as we went along.
Wow everyone has such interesting names!!! I love them all. Unfortunately my hubby is all about non-interesting names for boys...he's too afraid of nicknames growing up so we're leaning towards some traditional names that take after family members...
pcarsey...our family is JUST like yours. Immediate family gatherings are no less than 60 people!!! So far no name repeats either...can you believe it? \
* Christopher William (after his bro and my dad)
* I think it was Tanker Chic that suggested Nolan?? I love that...darn hubby wasn't thrilled although I thought he would be b/c of Nolan Ryan (huge bball fan).
* Lucas (Luke) -- although it is a cousin's name
* Matthew Gerald -- cousin's name...not crazy about Gerald but it's hubby's dad's name
* Andrew William -- no one's claimed this one yet!!
* Jonathan (Jonny for short) Christopher -- no one's claimed this one yet either!
* Justin Christopher - and no one's claimed this yet, either.
Anyhoo....guess we DO have 5 more months to figure it out. Well, 5 more months God willing, that is!
Christina
16w2d
I only have a few names but here they are:
Girl:
Ellie
Eve
Kaitlyn
Reigan
Haydn Mae
Rhian
Niamh (Neve)
Boys:
Jay Ellis
Ellis Jay (original huh)
Farren
Campbell
Cory
I agree having the same name is fine
My BIL is Brian and his son is Brian nicholas (goes by nick) and he wanted to name hiw other 2 boys brian something.....my sis did talk him out of that
our boy name is...for next time
Trevor
but we also liked
Gavin
Ryland
Drew
Good luck
((Sheila))33w-Girl
I have 2 nieces named Sarahbeth, but one is spelled Sarabeth. And there are 5.. Yes 5 Steven's! I have a HUGE family. I'm the youngest of 9 and all my brothers and sister but 2 have grandchildren now. There is about 75 in my immediate family! Yeah...It's really hard coming up with different names!! But I could give ya a list of some of the names. They are interesting!! I am convinced we are having a girl and her name will be Zaria Rayne, but iffin by chance it comes out a boy then his name will be Brayden Levi!
I also Love the Boy names...
Dakota
Keegan
Cayden
Aiden
Tyler
Zachary
Seth
Mika
Naquia
Logan
.... I could go on and on...
I think it's absolutely fine naming a child the same name as a relative... Think about it this way... you always shorten the name when talking to them.. and they always seem to end up with nick names.. I would and not think anything of it if that's the name you like!
cpatow, no, I thought about my cousins names too... I think it's fine :)
Tanker, thanks, but we breed girls in my family. I probably won't ever get to use one :(
I actually like the name Jonathan, but my hubby is not sold. Unfortunately my hubby is one of seven brothers and sisters and there are 15 (almost 16) grandkids in the family, not to mention 5 on my side so all the good names are already taken!!
I like Jacob/Jake but it's already taken and my hubby would LOVE Nolan (huge bball fan).
Actually this is an interesting question...do you gals see anything wrong with naming a child a name already given to an immediate relative? Does it get confusing for grandparents??
Those are great boy names. The girl names I really like are Miranda, Camille and Manon. Good luck!!
I'm not finding out the sex but I can't find ANY girls names I like.
For boys I have:
Owen
Graham
Colin
Griffin
Congrats on the little boy, they will be the best of friends :)
hey christina,
I typed up a whole post and then hit the wrong stupid button. I hate it when that happens. Anyway. Congrats on the boy. We were the same way. We had all kinds of girl name ideas and no boy names. I think it is a lot harder to come up with good boy names. here are the ones that were on our list. You mind find it helpful.
Jacob (Jake)
Nolan
Carson
Jack
Elliot (Eli)
Sawyer
Good luck with your blood work. I think your attitude is great. Focus on the good part. Those odds are still better than when it is based on age alone. Well depending on your age. I think for 36 or 37 it is 1 in 287.
Christina,
Sorry about the name thing...I like hanna too it is my niece's name but your son mught get mad with a name like that. Are you opposed to jon? Good luck with the blood work ((sheila))32w6d-Girl