Does your baby's name feel strange?

[SmartieMeUp]

With Ava, we had her name picked out and settled on from 30 odd weeks. I didn't like calling her Ava because I felt silly. I think it'd be the same with any name tbf.

With Olivia, we had a different name picked all the way up until the end as OH suggested it after Ava was born... Then it was questioned half way through, but still chose it then had some more names pulled out the hat but nothing felt connected. We finally decided on a name 4 days after her being born but it was between Olivia and Pippa. We did have Olivia on the list but with my eldest sister wanting to use it for the girl she never got, I felt it was disrespectful but she suggested both of the final names. Still settling in 8 weeks later.

OH just calls them Avlatté and O-dogg Winds me up when he calls Olivia, Olive

 

[JumpingIn]

No. It's been his name since 13 weeks pregnant though. Sometimes I wonder if he should have been Conrad Zachary

 

[JumpingIn]

Smartie I love Olivia and Ava

 

[teal]

No, I knew my sons name since before my 12 week scan. I did have a wobble around 30 weeks with wondering if it was too different but I loved the name too much and he very much suits it.

 

[NotNic]

Both boys were decided on in their first 24hours before we left the hospital. With our second son I really wasn't convinced. My Oh wouldn't even consider my favourite and I felt like I was agreeing to the name because nothing else was right either. The name suits him but not me. I stumbled over saying it for ages and we all use a nn for him. It took until we went on holiday and Europeans pronounce it differently for me to like it. We now say it in a softer more sing-song way, and it's less clunky.

If we have a third though I'm not going to compromise with a name I'm unsure of. If we get stuck I'd rather call the baby a name privately for a few days before announcing.

 

[BabyMamma93]

i HATED Malakai's name before he was born, my OH had his heart set on it as soon as he saw it, i however couldnt think of anything worse, whenever talking about him when pregnant i would never call him by his name, it was him/he or baby, if people asked if we had a name id say no, mainly because i didnt want to tell people names anyway, but also partly bcos i hated it, or i would tell them thats what OH likes, some people liked it some didnt, most still dont, my dad being one!

in labour MW were saying 'come on baby Malakai' i was saying come on baby, never his name. but the second he was born his name felt so right, i loved it, and now i wouldnt imagine calling him anything else, i still get mixed reviews, but so what i love it..

sorry i cant help you, didnt want to read & run

 

[calm]

I had one of my twins names picked since always, as its my dad's name. However, I have a very weird experience and I'm sure I must be the only one Sometimes other names come to my tongue just before I call him. I kept wanting to say Simon for instance, I don't even know one, its like I had a baby in another life or something It doesn't happen ever with his brother, and it doesn't happen all the time. But at least once a day. It also happened a lot when in hospital after he was born, again not with his brother, and that is the weird bit, as his name was picked by hubby. I must sound completely wacko I actually think his name suits him so no idea why this happens sometimes

 

[Logan's Mum]

Calm, when I first met DH I was convinced his name was Mark, even though his name of Tim is nothing like it! Still find it odd....
We called Eric the name Seth for a while whilst a bump but I just couldn't take to it. Even his scan pics made him look like an Eric! Sooooo pleased I chose Eric. X

 

[ZooMa]

Interesting discussion. Thanks, ladies. Looks like there's a whole range here. I, too, sometimes think my son's name is Thomas, even though I never thought of the name before he was born, and I never really cared for either. I like it now because I think that's his name in another life or something ☺️. Still, I'm not convinced that I should change his name just because of these random feelings

 

[HoneyBee144]

I had one of my twins names picked since always, as its my dad's name. However, I have a very weird experience and I'm sure I must be the only one Sometimes other names come to my tongue just before I call him. I kept wanting to say Simon for instance, I don't even know one, its like I had a baby in another life or something It doesn't happen ever with his brother, and it doesn't happen all the time. But at least once a day. It also happened a lot when in hospital after he was born, again not with his brother, and that is the weird bit, as his name was picked by hubby. I must sound completely wacko I actually think his name suits him so no idea why this happens sometimes

I'm so glad you said this! I keep wanting to call DS2 Matthew...his name is Finley! We never even discussed Matthew or had it as an option, we had Finley picked out for 2 years before he came along and I love it. I never do it with my other son. It's strange!

 

[calm]

I had one of my twins names picked since always, as its my dad's name. However, I have a very weird experience and I'm sure I must be the only one Sometimes other names come to my tongue just before I call him. I kept wanting to say Simon for instance, I don't even know one, its like I had a baby in another life or something It doesn't happen ever with his brother, and it doesn't happen all the time. But at least once a day. It also happened a lot when in hospital after he was born, again not with his brother, and that is the weird bit, as his name was picked by hubby. I must sound completely wacko I actually think his name suits him so no idea why this happens sometimes

I'm so glad you said this! I keep wanting to call DS2 Matthew...his name is Finley! We never even discussed Matthew or had it as an option, we had Finley picked out for 2 years before he came along and I love it. I never do it with my other son. It's strange!

Thank goodness I'm not the only one, I felt so mad