Will you be keeping baby's name secret til birth?

[kate1984]

I have his name picked out. My DF's cousin and my bf asked last week and when I told her she sort of wrinkled her nose up and said she'd have to get used to it. I got bullied last night by MIL and I'm quite scared of her to tell her the gender but I'm not telling her his name! I dont dare put it on here as she has spies on my Facebook too

 

[MrsBates]

Stick by your guns girl....

If I was your friend I would change my name choice out of respect. You've chosen it for very good reason and I would stand by that...

xxx

I will definitley stick with the name if I have a boy, but I bet my bottom dollar I will have a girl and she will have a boy now grrrrr!! She had always said if she had a boy she would call it x but now she suddenly wants my one!!

xxxx

 

[Lisa83]

We havnt decided on any names yet ( finding it very difficult to aggree ) .. But even when we do I will 100% be keeping them to myself .. Will share with bnb mums of corse lol !!!

My last pregnancy I had decided on a name and my 'best friend' decided to use it first which absoutely gutted me as she persisited to say she had never heard the name before and it just popped into her head after birth, this is completly wrong as everyone knew that was the name I had chosen .. She then got pregnant straight away again hence she had 2 pregnancy's to my one, and named her 2nd child my partners fav name !!!!

So will not even be telling my nearest and dearest till baba is here and officialy named xx

 

[xxEMZxx]

Not sure, we have decided on a first name now but it may still change so not ready to announce it to everyone just yet!

 

[Kashmir]

We told family what our girl's name was at 12 weeks (Vivienne Grace) and got so many negative comments - I was shocked people could be so rude and thought they had a right to influence the name choice!
So now that we know we are having a boy, we are keeping the name to ourselves until after he's born. It's one less thing for people to give me their opinion and 'advice' on!
Whatever name you choose, don't let others influence you (I know it's hard!). You will be the one saying the name a thousand times, so make sure you love it!

 

[littlelady23]

we were going to keep it a secret because I just knew the older people in my family would hate it. however my nana took not well, and I decided that instead of using my nanas name as our girls middle name, I wanted it as her first. so I told her and I'm so glad I did because it made her day xxx

 

[AFC84]

Yup, we did last time and will do so again this time. People seem to think their opinions are way too important!

 

[jx6]

I think it's sad when people say "they probably would have kept their mouth shut if we'd waited until after she was born to tell them her name" - because it's not always true. We didn't have a girls' name chosen for when our daughter was born, so we told our parents about the birth and the gender, but it was a day later that we told them her name, because it took that long to choose one. My dad replied saying "do I have to call her that?", and made it clear he didn't like it; as did other people. You assume people will just accept it when the baby's here, but they don't all the time.

This time around we found out the gender in the scan (we were team yellow with our first child) and we announced the name publicly to everyone. We still got negative replies, but I've stopped caring now

How can anyone NOT like your daughters names they're adorable
and good for you not caring what others say thats how I feel too

 

[Wallflower]

That is so rude!!! I also think Florence is a lovely name

It's upsetting when people say they don't like your chosen name, I have also experienced this so am trying not to tell people now. We loved the name George but my Mum said you can't call it that it's horrible!!! I also loved Esme but quite a few people said, you can't call it that, it's copying Twilight!! (I'm sure Twilight will be forgotton in 20 years time but hey ho)

Mrs Bates - I would be upset too at your friend pinching your name, that is so unfair!!

 

[Mabythistime]

We are definately keeping babies name (which we have not chosen yet) a secret till baby is born, but with a twist!

We picked two really unliked names in our country..its like from the year 1820, and if the subject comes up and people want to know about names, we give them those! Oh deary me, what fun we have with their reactions! And we dont help them right.

We doing this for exactly for the reason to avoid what the OP went through. I like the name Florence too btw!

 

[jx6]

Florence is lovely I know one little girl called it and another has it as her middle name after her great grandmother both are real little cuties

 

[Lisa83]

If you like Florence then dont listen to what anyone says ..

When I had my son Joel a few of my family actually said to me 'Joel for god sake you would have been better giving him a number'

Very hurtful but I loved my son and I loved his name .. Your baby your choice xxx

 

[Diana5241]

We're keeping the name a secret as well. I'm finding it IMPOSSIBLE to do - especially with my mom, I tell her everything - but I would just be crushed if anyone said something negative so I'm not giving them the chance.

If they do it after baby boy is born then they're just plain RUDE and can't claim they're just being helpful!

 

[patientgirl]

Definitely not telling anyone!

 

[tucker07]

the first name we have been telling people..i wish i would have kept the middle name a secret cause my mom doesnt like it so when i see her she always is suggesting middle names and it drives me crazy. my dh picked the middle name out (its a family name) and i actually like it.

 

[NewAtThis13]

I agree.. I have told my name options, but i think I want to keep the ultimate decision a secret because everyone has SUCH a strong opinion on names, and it isn't their choice, why don't they just keep quiet!

 

[kristen77]

If we ever decide on names then there's no chance we'll be telling! My cousin found out the sex, told everyone the name then had a 3D scan & showed everyone the pictures. So we knew sex, name AND what she looked like! Where's the fun in that?!! Sorry, know lots of people do this but it's definitely not for me! I love a good surprise! X

 

[MissCourtneyP]

If we ever decide on names then there's no chance we'll be telling! My cousin found out the sex, told everyone the name then had a 3D scan & showed everyone the pictures. So we knew sex, name AND what she looked like! Where's the fun in that?!! Sorry, know lots of people do this but it's definitely not for me! I love a good surprise! X

Lol we did that with my first...it was fun. it enabled everyone to feel like they knew her before she was even here.

This time, we're keeping baby's name a secret until born. I told my mom the middle name (regardless of boy or girl, it's going to be Cameron, after my best friend who passed in '09) cause I knew she'd appreciate the meaning behind it. Other than that, we're not telling a soul. We're super excited to find out the sex, but we want to keep one surprise to our selves

 

[mavsprtynpink]

Looking back I wish we had kept our name choices a secret or just told a few select people. But my husband is not good with secrets and my family is really good at getting information out of me. So pretty much everyone knows our name choices. They all love the girls name (Kensi) and are split on the boys name (Samuel). But we aren't changing our minds. We love the names we have chosen and now its just a matter of finding out the gender. Less than 3 weeks now!!! I cant wait!!!

 

[Mrs_Grissom]

Yes,you cant help but take it personal. I love the old fashioned names. We've 90% decided on the boy's name which SIL isn't keen on (Dexter Michael).

Love Willow and Theox

Dexter is our boy's choice too it'll be Grant as its middle name, same as its daddy and grandad (his side of the family, who am I to disagree )