Do you really like what you named your child?

Chantaya - posted on 04/02/2010

I love my son's name as well, my husband and I agreed on it. I picked it all and he just agreed or disagreed with the names I picked until we both agreed on the final product. Our son's name is Izaiah Jordan Lee. Izaiah was picked about a year before I conceived him, I just decided I really loved it and would name my son that one day, Jordan fit with Izaiah and Lee is my husband's middle name.



I'm currently 28 weeks pregnant with my second little boy and we're going to be naming him Teegan (not exactly sure of the spelling yet). It's kind of bothersome that every time I tell a friend the name we picked I get "Thats cute, my friends daughter's name is Teegan" lol. I realize it's a unisex name, but personally for me it's always been a males name more than a females.



Not sure of middle names yet. But I love my first son's full name and I love my second son's first name.

Danielle - posted on 04/02/2010

I have a daughter and i was alone through the whole pregnancy so i got to name he all by myself and i decided on Kaydence Annavine with the Annavine coming from me which i was named after my great grandma so i do love her name and wouldnt want it to be anything else

KIM - posted on 04/02/2010

I had absolutly no choice with my first sons name. He is named after his father and grandfather. ernie III. I can not stand the "where is bert" jokes! I can't stand his name so I just call him bud-bud! My 2nd son I got to name...braden william! I love his name! There father left when I was 20 weeks pregnant with my 2nd, so he did not have any say in names for him! but now I am stuck with a son named after his father...who is not in the picture very much.

Jenni - posted on 04/02/2010

We named my son Jacob Palmer, and Palmer is to honor my grandfather. I love his name and couldn't imagine him being anything else, but I wish I'd have known Jacob was such a popular name, everywhere we go there's at least one other Jake. But he thinks it's funny to play with another Jake. I'm a Jenni myself and have always had friends named Jenni, so I guess it's forced me to be more original (I'm a momma with tattoos, a mohawk and I'm a graphic designer, so haha) since my name isn't.

Since we honored my grandfather with my son's name, my husband wanted to do the same for our daughter's name to honor his grandmother who passed away on his 8th birthday. How could I say no to that? I had wanted to name her Lily Ana, but we named her Lucy Jo... Lucy after his grandmother, and my grand mother is Mary Jo, so there you go. I love her name and it fits her well because she's a spunky little tomboy, but I still like Lily Ana, plus it would have kinda been for my step-dad who's last name is Lilly. But I guess I would have had another popularly named kid, so I'm glad we chose Lucy for the originality too. :)

I also like the names Miles Christopher (Miles because my hubby is a car enthusiast and Christopher is my step-dad's name) and Zachary Ryan, just cuz I like it, haha. But since I'm not really planning on any more kids I don't think I'll get to use them.

Tamera - posted on 04/02/2010

I don't have any complaints, but i'm blessed to have a beautiful healthy daughter named Aubrey Jade

Kait - posted on 04/02/2010

with all my heart i love my son's first name, Elliot, it's very uncommon yet classic. His middle name....i really dont know where i came up with it, Parker. I wish i had gone with my dads name which is Nathan, i just think it has a better ring to it. Oh well, i got Elliot and thats all i had wanted :)

Isabel - posted on 04/02/2010

Me and my husband both agreed with the name Seth for our , but if he was a girl we would have had some trouble with names.

Elizabeth - posted on 04/02/2010

My daughter's Daddy chose her name, but I got to choose how to spell it. Her name is Joslyn Gaile (most people spell it Jocelyn.) I love her name.

Brianna - posted on 04/02/2010

My daughter's name is Leah Mary. Leah was the only girl name that my husband and I could agree on, and the middle name of Mary is for my great-grandmother and my husband's grandmother. I absolutely LOVE my daughter's name and would never change it. The funniest part is that I have a neighbor that lives across the street with a daughter that is 8 days younger than mine whose name is Leah also! (We had no idea the other was pregnant so there was no way to know we were going to name our girls the same name. Not that I would have changed it, anyway!)

Michelle - posted on 04/02/2010

My daughter name is Corina and I love it. My name (Michelle) was so prevalent in my high school there was three of us in one class it was so confusing. The name also belongs to my husband deceassed mother (died when he was two or three) and I thought it would be a nice reminder of her. Alls I wanted when I named her was I wanted something not everyone was named Like my name.

Brittny - posted on 04/02/2010

Yeah when I was expecting my son I had the name Jaxon picked out but his dad wanted him named after him. Stupid me I still thought there was hope for our relationship so I gave in to his childish whining... thats all he did was whine. Sadly hes stuck with his name that reminds me every time I say it of his bum father.

Ashley - posted on 04/02/2010

My husband let me pick our daughter's name, but mostly just because I put up enough of a fuss about wanting to name her after family. I love what I picked for her name (and it turns out that my husband does too!)- JOSALYN FAY HOFFMASTER (but we call her Josie for short). JOSALYN for my stepdad, who always wanted kids but could never have any. He wanted a son named Joshua, and Josalyn is a pretty close feminine version of that name. And FAY is kind of a traditional family middle name- The first-born daughter on my maternal side is always given the middle name Fay. It's my middle name, my grandma's middle name, my great-grandma's middle name, and so on. The only generation it skipped in the last 150 years is my mother, whose middle name is Marie. (Incidentally, I don't like the name Marie all that much. LOL) I also gave her my maiden name, HOFFMASTER, as a second middle name because I promised my grandpa 3 things before he died: 1. To always be proud of being a Hoffmaster, 2. That I would keep my maiden name as part of my name when I got married (Which I did), and 3. That I would give at least one of my kids the Hoffmaster name. So far I have made good on all three promises, and I am very proud of that fact.

Alicia - posted on 04/02/2010

When I had my daughter we had a hard time naming her, my husband was in the Air Force and going through tech school. I never got to see him much so picking a name together was tough. We ended up with Kenna Alexis I originally liked Brooke or Jaylen. But once she was born I realized the name suited her perfectly.

Alicia - posted on 04/02/2010

When I had my daughter we had a hard time naming her, my husband was in the Air Force and going through tech school. I never got to see him much so picking a name together was tough. We ended up with Kenna Alexis I originally liked Brooke or Jaylen. But once she was born I realized the name suited her perfectly.

Chrys - posted on 04/02/2010

Haylee is a very angelic name

Fiona - posted on 04/02/2010

I named my daughter Riley Elizabeth and I love it!

(Elizabeth after my gran who passed away before I fell pregnant)

Its unusual where we live so there wont be any other Rileys in her class!

Had always liked the name since I was younger and the fact that not many people liked it made me more determined to name her that.lol

But the name totally fits her.

Keri - posted on 04/02/2010

I love my sons name Lennox Asher...its different, but not too freakish.

Destiny - posted on 04/02/2010

Oh I love the name Raven that's what my mom was going to name my sister but my grandma wanted her to name her Gypsy instead :) I have had a boy name picked since I was younger Tristan is what I will name my son if I get to have one ever lol :) I may end up with all girls!!! You never know!

Misty - posted on 04/02/2010

I absolutely LOVE my daughters name, it was a name I had picked out since I was a little girl, I am just soo glad my husband loved the name as well. we named her Raven Moon

Destiny - posted on 04/02/2010

I had a lot of hassle with my boyfriend on what we would name the baby but in the end we finally decided on her name and once I saw her I just knew that would be it she was destined to be an Ember :) I wasn't that sure about it to begin with but like I said I just knew it was perfect for her once I saw her :)

Lorna - posted on 04/02/2010

I have a 6 year old son called josh and although i like his name very much wen he was born i have now relised that if i was to do it again i wouldnt called him the same name. I like it just something most mums go throw at some point.

Anais - posted on 04/02/2010

My sons fathers name is Harry (which I think is one of the ugliest names ever) I had always liked the names Damian & David, so when I was pregnant I came up with Davian & since his fathers middle name is Noel, I thought it went perfect together... Davian Noel... I love it!

Rachel - posted on 04/02/2010

i let my partner pick my little boys name and he chose the name wyatt, im not keen on it but its different fromall the other kids out there, i dnt know anyone called wyatt but i will just have to get use to it

Crystal - posted on 04/02/2010

Oh and my husband is not allowed to choose names. He is old timey and the names he picked for our son were REVOLTING lol. I named him Tristan and I am still just as in love with the name as I was when I chose it.

Jennifer - posted on 04/02/2010

I love his first name but don't really care for his middle name. That was his dads wanting.

Janina - posted on 04/02/2010

im in love with my daughters name, Isla Rose. at first i wanted rosie as the first name, but then my partner loved Isla, and i did too, but i was hanging onto rosie, so he said "what about Isla Rose" i thought it sounded beautiful together and couldnt get it out of my head for the rest of my pregnancy!! and i do not regret it at all! my dad calls her rosie which makes me smile, but when i hear Isla, i just love it! oh, Isla is pronounced Eyela, lol. like Isla FIsher x x

Crystal - posted on 04/02/2010

Ryan is not a boys name. I know THREE girls my age named Ryan! Your husband was being close minded. At least her middle name is what you wanted.

Jess - posted on 04/02/2010

My partner and I just couldn't agree on any names at all. So we struck a deal ! If its a girl, I get to name her. If its a boy he gets to name him.... I was packing it let me tell you. He had his heart set on the name Caleb and I hate it !!! Luckily I got my girl. I really wanted to call her Olivia but I knew my partner hated it, but I also loved the name Ava and we both liked Ellysa, so after a few weeks we decided on Ava Ellysa Jordan ! I googled it and she is one of a kind !



I like boys names on girls..... But for any future children, I will remind him that if Olivia is out than so is Caleb..... But I really only want girl babies... so fingers crossed !

Carly - posted on 04/02/2010

I think you both should have considered eachothers feeling first and found a compromise, then everyone would have been happy. My son ended up with the name Mason Olivier which I absolutley love and Im now thankful I didn't call him what I was thinking about at the beginning of the pregnancy nor what my partner wanted. We sat looked through internet sites asked people about what names they liked etc.. & we decided on one which we both loved. Therefore there is no regret! :)

Erin - posted on 04/02/2010

My husband picked our daughter's name and at first I wasn't sure, but it's grown on me and I absolutely love it! Her name is Avalon Bel =) I picked the middle name for her great grandmother. But I was really hesitant at first...Avalon? What kind of person will she grow up to be? I don't know any Avalons...and will she be made fun of at school? I just had a lot of concerns that weren't really that big of a deal. But she looks like an Avalon =) And we don't call her Ava for short, since it's the wrong sound, from the long a to a short a and there are waaaaaay too many Avas and to go by her middle name Bel...everyone would think her first name is Isabella because of soooo many little girls being named that. I know like 5 under the age of 2! And when/if we have a boy, we're going with Tristan Anson. =)

Marie - posted on 04/02/2010

with my first child id piked loads of girls names bit could never decide on a boys name until i heard sum1 say it 1 day and i fell in love with it because it was really unusal and from then on i really hoped i wuld have a boy!!!!i was sooooo happy when he was born kept saying ive got my bailey then i chose my brothers name for a middle name so bailey sean it is!!!with my youngest the same again really hjad a few girls names and really liked preston for a boy and was really keen on the name preston bailey!!!when it was time for my second scan bailey came with me and wanted to no if he was having a brother or sister and he was really happy he was having a brother,then 1 day my mum asked me if i liked the name kye and it stuk so i called him kye preston and i cant imagine being called anything different it really suits him!!!!!

Veronique - posted on 04/02/2010

No actualy i really like my daughters names. My first daughter my husband wanted to name her April and i wasn't a fan of that name, so one day he was taking about he's grandma and ask ask what her name was and he said Ella. Well i just fell in love with that name so our first daughter is Ella. For our second daughter he wanted the name Rose but again i wasn't a fan so i ask him about Emma ans he didn't like that. A few days later i came up with the name Emma-Rose and he fell in love with that name. So we have 2 beautiful girls Ella & Emma-Rose

Shell - posted on 04/02/2010

hi, a was lucky enough to have 2 little girls I choose the first on Becky Louise and my husband choose the 2nd Charlotte Lynne a wasnt keen on charlotte at first but I like it now. and lynne was afer his mum who had passed away the same year.



We would love to have a little boy who we would name charlie harry/john or if it was a girl a love the name lucianna think its beutiful nickname lucy.

Abby - posted on 04/02/2010

The second we found out i was pregnant we had a girls name sorted, chloe georgina, however my mum said she was convinced i was having a boy, which was confirmed at 12 week scan. so we looked thru a book and cld not decide, we went thru, ryan, jake, jack etc, but neither were ever happy. then i read a book with a girl called Kamryn and asked my man wha the thght of Cameron and he said no. then 2 days later when trying to work out names again he said i like cameron, what about cameron james. so yeh that's how my bumble bee got his name x x

Jenna - posted on 04/02/2010

i LOVE my sons name my partner picked it out FELIX just love it

Laura - posted on 04/02/2010

I love my daughter's name! I named her Lorelei Elizabeth. (Lorelei is pronounced like this: Lor-a-lye). I literally picked the prettiest name I could think of. I got Lorelei off of an old Marilyn Monroe movie (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), and Elizabeth is the name I have always wished my parents would have given me. I also think that they sound good together. I didn't worry about naming her after any relative or anything like that. Her name was very important to me, so I just focused on finding the prettiest name I could think of. I would never let my husband choose the name. After all, I was the one who carried her for 9 months and gave birth to her! LOL. I did let him have some say though. I would never name her anything that he didn't like. I would have felt too bad about doing that. I briefly considered the name Jessilyn, but decided against it because he didn't like it. He was okay with Lorelei though, so I went with that!

Darcy - posted on 04/02/2010

I didn't get much say in the naming of my son. His name is Aidan Dean-Alan. I didn't want the Alan in there and I had a list of names I loved more than Aidan, but my boyfriend and his family stepped in and made the decision. I know I could have put whatever I wanted in the hospital but I had no other names I was set on...Plus we had already been calling him Aidan for so long. On the down side though...Everyone in my town has a baby that their name rhymes with Aidan...Jaydyn, Raedyn, Hayden...It sucks. But I think I'll just call him Dean. lol Nice to know I'm not the only one who felt like this.

Emma - posted on 04/02/2010

I love my 3 girls names and one of them is Hailey!!! She is Hailey Dawn 4 and no one else in our area has the same name, its not common and will always be Hailey, my hubby picked her name and we chose Dawn as she would always be kicking me first thing in the morning. My second daughter is Chloe Jessica 2, again my hubby chose the names as i was convinced this 1 was a boy and again no one else has the same name. My 3rd daughter is Sophie Olivia, i chose Sophie while hubby chose Olivia and even when i was in labour he wanted to change it to Olivia!!! Fair to sy he could not argue with me in labour.



I love all of my girls names, we chose them as u cant really shorten them to anything when they are so young but when they get in2 school the nicknames will come from them but they will always be Hailey, Chloe and Sophie to me and their daddy. They are what we call 'proper names' and will suit them in pre-school, high school, college/university, in there jobs and also sitting in their nursing homes when they are old ladies. I love them all too bits and wouldnt change them for the world!!!!

Jessica - posted on 04/02/2010

I think a child's name is one of the most important things you gives them, I've always hated my name and never wanted my child to feel the same way. I've even asked Caleb if he likes his name and he said yes, which made me feel better. And as far as Jakai goes, I absolutely love his name but I like to purchase things like cups, keychains, cards etc.. with names on it and abviously Jakai isn't a common name and I can't find it anywhere, but Caleb has so much with his name it's ridiculous. But over all I am very happy with what I named my boys!

Kylie-Ann - posted on 04/01/2010

Well i got to choose my sons name Tumanako pronounced to-mar-nar-core (Maori meaning Hope) we both chose our daughters name Te Rina (Maori meanig light shining on water) and i am very happy with them but the hubby gets to pick the next one and i dont really like his picks

Dionne - posted on 04/01/2010

We found it really hard finding boys names that were different & like-able. PLus we liked alot of old style names. We had two names we were tossing up, & waited until he was born to see which one seemed to "fit" the best. Hence our boy is Gene Dennis (Dennis for my father) which really suits him down to the ground :D

Meghan - posted on 04/01/2010

me and my partner had a mutual agreement, our son is Xavier James (james is simons middle name.

if we have a girl this time she will be Ashlyn kate.

Stina - posted on 04/01/2010

My 5 yo son's name suits him but is VERY common. Jonathan. It was his Dad's choice b/c Dad didn't like Josiah.



The names of our daughters I like. Katrina- although, we did consider changing our choice since she was born in 2006 after hurricane Katrina. But we had chosen that name for a girl after much debate while we were pregnant with our son.... so we stuck with it and call her Trina Bean.



Third child Eliana... I adore her name. Means "God has answered my prayers" and at the time, I took it as a faith statement... once she was born, there was some time when I looked at her and the name just didn't seem to fit during those first weeks. But now, I can't imagine any other name for her.

Justine - posted on 04/01/2010

honestly i love my daughters first name its the middle name i HATE! Her name is Camryn Leigh... Leigh ughh... you know when you know someone with the name so it just drives you nuts! kinda one of those deals. this girl was in my sunday school class and i just remember how annoying she was. i wanted to name her Camryn Elizabeth but its actually kinda common. i have 2 friends from my high school class that named their kids that so we decided to keep it a little different. Plus i thought it would be kinda cute if her and daddy had the same initals/middle name so they do but i guess we coulda just gave her Lynn or something else oh well. Cam totally fits her though

Kathy - posted on 04/01/2010

I actually have gotten to choose all my children's names guess I just have a great husband. He said since I had to carry them for nine months and then take care of them for 18 years it could be my choice he just had to know ahead of time so it wouldn't be a stupid name and he loved them all. I even have a theme to my kids' names. They all have an " i " as the fourth letter in thier name. Rylie James, Levi Nathaniel, Braiden Harrison, and Jerimiah Christian. I just know wish that I would have put something bibical in Braiden's name all the other's have something and didn't even think to give him one.

Elizabeth - posted on 04/01/2010

I had the same situation with my oldest child I wanted to name him Michael Kristopher,but his dad thought it was too common and granted it is but I had promised my uncle on his death bed that I would name a son after him but only his first name and middle inital cause I hated his middle name and didnt want my son to be teased his middle name was Kelly so ya...neways my sons father hated the name and I didnt feel like arguing so I just said name him then and do it quick cause they'll be back for the paperwork...2 yrs later I found out I was pregnant again and this time there was no daddy in the picture so I got to keep on my word 2 my uncle..when i got married to my ex husband however and we had our daughters we decided he would name our first daughter and I would name the second...so now I have 4 kids 2 boys and 2 girls and thier names are Kyle Lee, Micheal Kristopher, Deztiney Jo, and Heaven Marie Nevaeh

Nikkole - posted on 04/01/2010

i just love my lil girls name. her name is rylie ann. i have always loved the name rylie for a girl or boy. My mom came up with the spelling for her name. My mom took my name and my boyfriends name and pick different letters out of them and came up with her first name. and ann is my bestfriend middle name. She died 5 years ago today. we where in are last year of high school.

Angela - posted on 04/01/2010

With my son, my husband and I had the hardest time picking out a name, we could not agree on anything. Everything I liked he didn't and what he liked I didn't. It took a while, but finally we agreed on Brandon Joseph. I know it is common, but I love it and it fits him perfectly. My husband's name is Joesph, so I wanted that to be the middle name, and neither of us wanted a Jr.

Stephanie - posted on 04/01/2010

i LOVE my daughter's name KAYLEE ELINA ANN. i was looking thru the book and we had a list of names and then i saw Kaylee and told my fiance and he really liked it so we agreed on her name thank goodness lol, ELINA is his moms middle name and it runs in his moms family for the girls and then ANN is my aunts middle name. if we have a son down the road we agreed on AIDEN FREDERICK SCOTT, FREDERICK for my grandpa who passed and Scott is my fiance middle name and his dads.

Kristi - posted on 04/01/2010

My oldest son's name is Joshua Levi, which was chosen even before I met my husband or had kids! I just loved the name and it turned out great when I met my husband and his middle name is Joshua! My youngest sons name is Adam Lane. Adam being my step dad's last name and Lane, I just loved, plus both my boys middle names start with L and have 4 letters! :)