Curious about when you "knew" you had "the name"

General Name Discussion
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See the results of this poll: When did you know you had the one?

Respondents: 6 (This poll is closed)

  • Always knew/never waivered!: 2 (33%)
  • Before preg/adopted but not sure til baby arrived.: 1 (17%)
  • Found while preg and never waivered.: 2 (33%)
  • Found while preg but not sure until baby arrived.: 1 (17%)
  • Thought I had a name but baby arrived and changed my mind!: 0 (0%)
  • Had no name when baby arrived!: 0 (0%)
  • Had naming remorse after giving baby his/her name!: 0 (0%)
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[name]Hi[/name],

First time round we were expecting twins. We had some name combos we liked and then we found out we were expecting 2 boys at 20 weeks. We decided on [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]James[/name] and [name]Theodore[/name] [name]Matthew[/name] ([name]Nate[/name] and [name]Theo[/name]) but were put off by peoples rude facial expressions etc when we told them.

From about 28 weeks we found the combo [name]Oscar[/name] [name]Matthew[/name] and [name]Fintan[/name] [name]James[/name] ([name]Oz[/name] and [name]Finn[/name]) and these were perfect for each other. Needless to say, these names remained a secret until babies were introduced as their name!
It was also easy to allocate a name to a baby within the womb as twin 2 was a lot smaller than twin 2, and as [name]Fintan[/name] means ‘little fair one’ - he became Finny.

This time round is harder because of the ‘rules’ i have set myself and the need for the name to ‘go with’ the names i already have. Plus we aren’t finding out the sex so there is that added surprise, and need to prepare! I am pretty stuck on my boys name, but not 100% on girls names…its so difficult!

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I had the names [name]Zoe[/name] and [name]Innes[/name] picked out since I was a teenager. [name]Zoe[/name] ended up being a preemie and when they came around with the birth certificate, my husband picked the mn [name]Juniper[/name] off the top of his head because we hadn’t even thought about it yet. Now I’m pg again and I’m thinking [name]Penelope[/name] for a girl but I’m not 100% sure. I don’t like [name]Innes[/name] anymore though, or any boy’s names, really, so if it’s a boy I foresee a lot of agonizing about the name.