Are you telling people your baby names before he/she is born ?

[oneill614]

I have told my friends and even strangers our name choices but I won't tell my family. They are too judgmental and it will piss me off if they say something negative. I also can't say 100% because sometimes they don't look like your favorite names.

 

[littlelily]

Hmm, not sure on this one. Although it is pretty unlikely, my sister is due in Dec and us in March, so there is a small possibility that she could name her baby a name we have chosen. We have very similar tastes. This is our first and their second. May tell her to avoid this happening.

 

[lau86]

Definitely not. I wouldn't want people saying they don't like it, inevitably our families would comment so I prefer the baby to be born and that be their name

 

[Amy1123]

I told with my DS and no one had anything negative to say. This time around (TTC) I don't want to tell anyone. I have talked about names I like with my sister but I've found a boy and girl name that I love, I'm not telling those. I want to have it be a surprise, because I'm pretty sure I'll find out the sex again...it's a surprise whether I'm 20 weeks pregnant or when baby is born.

 

[LaBamba]

Next time (baby number 2) we agreed to keep the sex and name a secret
Last time we told everyone we were having a girl but only my best friend knew the name

It just seems like everyone knows knows the sex and name of a baby before they're born so it would be nice to keep a surprise

 

[CandiceSj]

I was pretty open with friends and family with where we were at with our naming the first two times. I'm still not against announcing it, but I've become a little more private over the past years so I might keep that info to myself and announce it at the birth this time - not too sure!

 

[SoupDragon]

We were and named DD a couple of hours after she was born. We had a shortlist for and but we didn't share it with anyone. People asked us what names we liked/were thinking of, and we were just really noncommittal, saying we'd decide when we met her I had my heart set on one particular girl name but when I saw her it didn't suit her at all so we went with what we felt best suited her from our shortlist, and it's perfect for her

 

[Tasha]

We didn't. I honestly couldn't care less about people's opinion but I liked that it would be a surprise.

 

[Rafferty]

I agree, it's fun to surprise everyone with the name especially when the surprise of gender is gone. I also don't like to be locked in on a name, when you announce it, it is done. People start referring to that baby by the name...what if you change your mind??? That happened to us already this pregnancy twice! I was 99% sure she was going to be Katelyn now I'm 100% sure she won't! Glad I didn't announce it

 

[Eleanor ace]

We keep names a surprise, mainly because we don't choose until LO is here, but we have a short list of girl and boy names and have mentioned some of them to family/friends.

 

[crownest]

I choose to tell my family my boy and girl names but I did it in a way that made it clear I wasn't looking for opinions. I literally said my names are Faye for a girl Leo for a boy. As my friend said I wouldn't give a hoot if someone didn't like it as long as my DH and I do ☺

 

[tinkerbelle93]

We did last time.. I didn't want to but DH couldn't keep his mouth shut! It felt a bit like we had less to tell people after he was born, because for months beforehand everyone knew we were having a little boy called Oliver. Next time round we will just have a list of names and only choose one after the baby is born xx

 

[LillyFleur]

We're team so obviously won't be set on a name until baby pops out, but we have quiet a few names in mind, they're all really traditional (and because of that pretty common) names so I don't worry about anyone stealing them and because there widely in use and I haven't received any negativity - plus I like hearing what people think.

 

[LockandKey]

Not this time. In my previous pregnancies I have told people our name choices once we found out the gender, but seeing as this is my last, I want to experience something new and different, so the name is a secret until he or she is born. Also since this is my 3rd time experiencing pregnancy I have less patience for other people's b.s. so I'd rather not hear it or not deal with it

 

[Iveneverseen]

We have told our kids and may tell my sister and mil but that's it. we are keeping it a surprise to everyone else until the birth. for 2 reasons, we want it to be a surprise and we don't wish any unwanted comments/opinions. we told mil what we liked (which is what we picked and she likes it)

with our last one (3rd) he has an usual names and a few days before he was born a few people asked the name and felt the need to mock it and say they didn't like it. funnily enough a lot of people say it is a nice name with only 1 or 2 rude people passing comment.

I find it so rude when people pick a name they love and others feel the need to pass negitive opinions/comments on it. i would never do that and tbh i don't really care if anyone likes it as long as we do. xx

 

[CRWx]

Nope, keeping it a secret til baby is here.

xxx

 

[Butter Cup]

Yea, kinda sorta. We don't offer it up but if they ask, we say. We don't have a girl mn yet though.

I like Elowyn, very classic and pretty

 

[cupcakekate]

we won't be finding out the sex this time so probably not x

 

[nmpjcp2015]

We did and I wish we hadn't. Next time it will depend on the gender. If it's a girl, everyone know what girl name we like. If it's a boy, we won't be telling anyone.

Honestly, this time we told just so people (my MIL) would stop making silly suggestions. She's a little out there when it comes to names.

 

[Buttercup84]

We kept it a secret with both our girls but might share this time. We're staying team yellow this time so that aspect will be a surprise anyway