Names..I'm wired

[mama_luther]

So I see all these posts about telling the names your naming your babies and I am seriously terrified to tell my name for my son because the last person I told a name stole it! Lol does anyone else feel like this or am I just weird

[bebe5709]

My hubby and I love the name we picked and most people we tell say they've never heard it, but that's the point. Not many people have said they don't like it, just that it's different. We're OK with different. We also made sure that the shortened version is a perfectly normal nick name, so if anyone doesn't like his full name or he doesn't like it in the future he can go by his nick name.

[newjulymommy]

Thats why i never told people i have been friends with or even relitaves(sp) names i have liked for years,we didnt tell anyone until we found out what we were having and even then still waited a lil longer to make sure we completly agreed on the name we picked, im glad we did it this way bc no matter what anyone says we know we love the name we picked for our son and the only person who could steal it is his sister and she is 2 months behind me and having a girl, other than that anyone else i know who is pregnant and ahead of me has already picked out names for theirs

[expectin2ndbbyromo]

All my family members know wat my bby girls name is going to b.no big deal with them but it sounces so munch like 1 of my nieces name n i feel weird.. i have not posted it on here tho.. cus long time ago even b4 i was married my best friend was pregnant n so i told her the name i like for 1 of my bby girls (in a future) n she stoled it even the middle namr ughhh i was so maddd....

[Snowdin28]

Diane was popular in the 1950's and has not been revived. Harold was popular in probably the 1920's and has also not been revived. Those are horrible name ideas for a child in this era for multiple reasons. I understand you not wanting to name your child those names. If the name isn't timeless or fit today's culture then it's less likely to be a winning name for most ppl you tell it to. I'm simply saying that if you tell 10 ppl the name you've picked and all 10 ppl hate it.. maybe consider something else.

[shawna3]

I haven't posted my baby's name on here but I've gotten mixed reviews from coworkers and family about it. I think the ones who don't like it or look at me like I've grown two heads lol are the ones who don't realize that it's a Hispanic name number one and its not a common Hispanic name. I love it either way and I'm not letting the people who told me they don't like it change my mind.

[mamaMcAnulty]

@snowdin28
I understand what ur saying but my only comment to that is... my inlaws have told my husband they hate each name for his kids. Two previous now mine. They wanted our daughter to be named after them (Dianne) which isnt ugly but not for me.. and if it was a boy they wanted my son to be named harold after husbands dad. My husband said hell no those are not names my kid would be called. He hates his own name which is roy so honestly not everyones opinion should matter because they could all have a diffet choice of a name and it could be ugly as well...

[Ftm1990]

My family and different ones around in the community knows our baby girls name but I won't announce it on here or any other social community until she's here.thats just me.not bc I'm worried someone won't like it but bc that's my child's name and I can announce it whenever I want.ive never heard the name we are naming her and I've literally searched for it online and can't find anyone that has it.so:)

[Snowdin28]

Why wouldn't you care what other ppl think of the name you've picked? If you've gotten nothing but bad reviews on the name from family and friends,  isn't it quite possible that you didn't really pick that nice of a name? You child will carry the name you choose for the rest of their life and while you may think little "Mildred" has the best name ever, their friends and (when they're older) and coworkers secretly cringe when they hear the name YOU'VE chosen. Anyway, I haven't shared the name I've chosen either. If someone comes up with the same name on their own then that's fine, but with me not sharing means there may be 1 or even 50 less kids in the world with the same name as my child and I like it that way.

[bebe5709]

I am kind of the same way. My family got used to the name but my grandma still dislikes it and is rude about it. So I shy away from sharing it...

[TanyaC0516]

I don't care if people steal the name I've chosen.   I could not care less if people don't like it either.   I'm getting mixed replies from people that I know.  Some like,  some Don't.   I could not even begin to care or worry what my friends have to say.  My baby not theirs.

[squirule]

Hey we r not telling anyone the name we have picked because we dont want ppl to say the dont really like it and us second guess it we love the name we have picked and wen he is born amd thats his name noone can change it

[oct3014]

I'm the same way but with certain family it's weird lol but there was a mom on here who had the same name for a boy just like me except the middle name I didn't mind because there are millions of ppl with my name lol

[lovetianaaa]

Agree ^

[mamaMcAnulty]

Doesn't bug me because these are strangers and not family or close friends... so I would never dee their kids and my kid together.