Hi, Is there anything that anyone did to help figure out names? My husband and I have had a girl name we love since before I got pregnant, but no boy name seems right. We look through listes, have thought about every family name and nothing seems right. It is weird because the girl name just clicked for both of us with no effort.
I never did figure out a name that clicked for me with my 3rd daughter. One day I was visiting a lot of family and they all just kind of threw out a bunch of names and then they all sort of settled on a name they all agreed on while I just sat and listened. It was somewhat comical since I was the pregnant one. I never could settle on a name, so I ended up just using what my family decided on. It never sat totally right with me...but I kept calling my daughter her name...and somehow as she has grown (she's 2 1/2) I can't imagine her with any other name. I guess what I'm saying is I was so concerned that nothing clicked for me, even the name I named her once she was born. But the click isn't neccessary I'm happy to say...if you have a name you could be satisfied with and never find a name that clicks, don't worry...if you have a little boy I bet not long after his birth whatever his name is would be hard to imagine as anything different.
We always had trouble with girl names and have four. I always looked at the meanings and how it flowed with the middle and last name. Watch out for intials too. You don't want SOB, or something that will get them teased in school. Make it a strong name. We have a Jason which means healer and Jonathan which is a beloved gift from God.
I tell my one daughter that a Rosie by any other name would be as cute.
I hope this helps.
Cathy B
Well....Molly here's my advice. Boy names are hard, aren't they! Think of things you like. Play with the names call it out loud. I like Spiderman (always have since I was little) so we named our son "Parker" after "Peter Parker" My husbands middle name is Donald so I shortened it to Don...Parker Don
If you last name is long-try to find short names and vise versa
Here are a few ideas- these were goodies:
Clay, Tanner, Tucker, Toby, Eli, Luke, Spencer,
Stone, Cooper, Blake, Austin, Lance, Alec, Garron, etc....
Good Luck! Relax it will just come to you (maybe it's a sign that it's a girl)
Best wishes-Holly
My husband and I wanted both a boy and girl and I got 2 girls!!!! Couldn't imagine it any other way now! I named my second while dreaming...I sat up and got on to her..."Lauren Paige Archuleta, you no better" and fell in love with it!
Boys names that we picked out were
Camden Scott
Caleb Lawrence
Good Luck and let us know what you choose!
My sons name just came to me in a dream, if it always happened like that it sure would make it easier. We came up with the girl name one day we were just shooting out names and it got mentioned and we were glad that we had our little girl so we could name her. My son is Peyton and my daughter is Gwen (Gwenyth). I dont think there is anything you can really do but shoot some names out and dont listen to other people especially relatives who dont like the name you will never come up with one if you listen to them. There is always the books too and internet sites i looked at all of them and got no where. If I were to have another boy I really really like the name Sawyer (just thought I would throw one out there) Maybe you will have a girl and not have to worry about a boy name :)
When we found out we were having a boy, we started with books or the internet www.babynamer.com and just started reading A-Z and would write down names we even remotely liked. Then we each read the names and had veto power over any name. The very first name on my husband's list was Seth and it was the only one he picked that I actually liked. We ended up with about 5 names on the final list but we didn't actually decide on a name until our son was 2 days old and we ended up going with Seth. Although I think it was a couple of months before I was sure that we picked the right name (even though we never would've changed it).
You don't have to have a name right away, so just keep a running list of any name you might even consider and cross them off as you really decide you just don't like that name. You may find that a few of the names really start to grow on you. Or maybe once the baby comes a name will just click.
Michael J. Fox and his wife had picked out a very formal name for their son but when he was born, they decided the name just didn't fit and they both thought he looked like a "Sam" so that's what they named him.
Hi Molly:
Naming a child...it's only with them for their whole life-no pressure! It can be hard sometimes...
Maybe come up with a name or mix up the letters that is a combination of yours/your husband's names (first, middle, last-consider all three). Write down the letters and see what you come up with-visualize it. Think of places you have traveled and visited-I know some relatives that named their son after a waiter they had in France while on their honeymoon! Think of your family heritage-German, French, Greek etc. and pick a name of that origin. How about books you've read/movies you've watched and the names of characters and people? Think of spiritual connections.
If you have a short last name, go with a longer first name and visa/versa. Keep in mind that you can decide middle name or not or possibly initial only. I always thought of "nick names" or if I wanted my child's name to be shortened or not. You definitely need to keep in mind their initials. A lot of people have a legal name (Social Security Card/Birth Certificate) but go by something else like their initials, middle name or their name is John, but they go by Jack. I work in Human Resources and it is more common than you would think! I would stay away from names that don't define whether your child is a Boy or a Girl-like Kelly or Taylor etc. I have never been a fan of uni-sex names. All the best...Let us Mamas know what you decide. I hope some of my advice helps and isn't too overwhelming...
Kenda
You know i had the same problem when i was pregnant. We couldn't seem to find a girl name it just felt weird. But boy names were easy. Thats how i knew i was having a boy... This may not always be true but with me it was. I would say that when you see that baby you will know what name is right. So i wouldn't get hung up on the name thing, it will come.
We had the same thing with my last pregnancy--we decided on a boy name right away, but couldn't agree on a girl's name...and lucky for us, we had a boy. So maybe you will have a girl, since you are ready for her!
Otherwise, I think there are a lot of boys names out there that are great--I had a much easier time picking a boy's name than a girl's...What do you like, contemporary or traditional? There are so many good old standbys for boys. John, Michael, William, James, Ryan...and so many good newer names. We have a book called The Baby Name Wizard, and there is a website by the same name. It is a really unique kind of name book, and more helpful than the others. Good luck--if you do have a boy, a name will come to you!
If it's any encouragement, if you're having a hard time, maybe you don't need to be so worried. We have found two boys names we liked in our need for 4. We've only needed two. This time, we were at a complete loss, and we're having a girl. Girls names have been easier for us. As much as I hate the really popular names, our older son shares a name with two of his good friends. It is easier if you have an older child, so next time might not be so hard. Our older son picked out our younger son's middle name and we loved it. I did read a story, supposedly true, about a family where the mom or mom in law kept saying they needed a boys name, just in case. They couldn't get one, and the boy's name ended up being Justin Case. Cute, even if not true.
My husband and I could never agree on a boy's name when I was pregnant with our first child. We had no problem picking a girl's name. We are those who like to be surprised with what gender our babies will be, and wouldn't you know, we got a boy first. So, for 2 days, while I was in the hospital, our son didn't have a name. By this time, I would have agreed on just about anything. My husband found "Jaden" in the huge book of names, and it stuck. We then had to pick a middle name. Just after we agreed on his first name, the lady who cleans the rooms came in and asked what our baby's name is. We told her, and said we were looking for a middle name. She immediately suggested "Nicolas." We looked at each other, smiled and said, "that fits." Point being, you never know how you are going to come up with the names for your kids, unless you already have them picked out. So, it really wasn't worth stressing over with my husband, plus we have a funny story to tell about how our son got his name, the janitor named him. Good luck!
Hi Molly,
Well, we have 3 boys, so it was challenging for us, anyway. We utilized the Social Security Administration's website. There's all (and I mean ALL) the names of registered children in the US there for years. Your name HAS to be on this exhaustive list! :) I just started a list with every name that I liked- got about 20 this last time, and then went over them one at a time with my husband- It worked for us! :)
We got our boy name because it was the only one we both agreed on! I let my fiance pick the spelling. (Jaxon) because I thought Jackson was too close to Jackie (my nickname). It's still too close but Jack/Jax/etc is a family name so it worked out.
We went through the baby name book with my going through it (in order) and reading out the names I liked. We ended up with two names (zachery and jackson) and he changed his mind on Zachery later.
You can look into family genealogy... and try to find a name of someone you admire or traits you would like your son to have. There are also some rules that you can find on babyname sites... like if your last name starts with an S. Don't name your baby a name that ends with S or it will run together.
Good luck! let us know what you decide!
I'll bet this means you're having a girl!! This same thing happened with my husband and I when we were having a girl. Lots of girl names but no boy's names and when we were having a boy, we couldn't think of any girl's names! Personally, we googled "Baby Names" and went through the lists. Also, we thought of words that had meaning we wanted to bestow upon our kids and looked up the meanings. We ended up choosing Caley because it meant "Brave Warrior" and Luke because it meant "Bringer of Light". Best wishes!!
My parents live in Kansas City, so we drove there and just went through all the names we could think of going from a-z. Kansas is a pretty boring state to drive through (no offense to anyone)and we had lots of free time. I'm sure you don't need to drive through ks to do this though ;) Good luck!
My husband and I had the same problem. For our first child we had a girl name right away, and then she came out a girl. The second time we knew we were having a boy so it took us right up until I had about a week to go to figure out a name. We wanted to name him Jack but that is the dog's name so no go there. Then one day we saw and advertisment for "Super-size Me" by Morgan Sporlock (spelling?) and decided on Morgan Jackson. More often than not, he goes by Moe. Definitely not a name we would have chosen at all. Now I am glad that we didn't name him Jack because there are two Jacksons and a Jack in his daycare class. You never know where you will get your inspiration from. It might take just seeing the baby first to get one that fits. Good luck.
I have a hard time with boy names too, I have two sons. The first one we used a baby name book, (named him Logan Samuel) the second came by accident, we were at the movies at ran into a high-school friend of my husband's with the last name Bronson. (named him Bronson Max). Just keep your ears open and you may find your name when you least expect it. Good luck!
This is what worked for us...I would go through an entire baby name book, write down ALL the name that I DIDN'T hate, then I would give that list to my husband who would then cross out all the names that were absolute NO for him. That would narrow the list quite a bit, then we would just take time to keep making that list smaller. Once you get it down to 5 or 10, it is easier to see what you like, and then start playing with middle names, and seeing what fits well with you last name. The way names sound together is very important.
Hi there! My hubby and I had the exact same issues with both of our pregnancies. We decided not to figure out the sex of the baby either time. Both times we came up with girl names fairly early, but struggled with boy names the whole pregnancy! Turns out, we had a girl each time! I really liked Irish names, so I bought a bunch of Irish baby name books on Half.com.