Would you pick a name that has meaning over a name you just love that sound of?
Both my girls have pretty meaningful names so I felt like we should do the same for number 3 but now it’s come to making name lists, I feel a quire limited for choices especially with boys names!
… Basically, im asking if I’m valid in feeling terrible for possibly picking meaningful names for two of my babies and not this one? Or is it just pregnancy hormones? 
Personally I don’t care too much about the meanings of the names but more so if I like the name and if it sounds nice. I think that if there is a specific name that you really like and maybe don’t care too much about the meaning, it would still be worth using it as the name itself is meaningful to you and not just the meaning.
I agree with @seawillow.
I would pick the name you love the most, whether it’s the beautiful name without any significance, or the one that means something important to you.
I personally prefer a meaning behind my names but I don’t eliminate names that don’t have a meaning behind them.
If you love the name, there’s no reason to not to use it 
I think it’s a cool coincidence if names I otherwise like have a good meaning but not a dealbreaker or even a main consideration for me.
For me, a nice meaning is a bonus rather than a requirement. I put much more emphasis on sound and associations. Very few people are going to know the meaning of your child’s name unless they actively look it up. While sound is the first thing that everyone is going to notice. [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] means “dog” and it’s still a popular choice.
I like it when a name has a beautiful meaning but often I mainly like the name based on sound and associations. I wouldn’t pick a name that has meaning over a name I just love that sound of. It’s fine if both your girls have pretty meaningful names and this baby has a name you just love.
I 100% say use the names you LOVE whether the meaning is special or not. For the majority of the names I love, I love them because of the sound or what I associate it with…as far as meaning goes I don’t look into it much🤔
Thanks guys! V’s name was a definitely a plus on names we were already considering. We had names we loved for F and the ones with the most/best meaning just highlighted them for us.
I love so many girl’s names that it’s so much easier but I’m thinking do I really want to dismiss names I really love just because of their meaning now? Especially when it comes to boy names. Meaningful names just aren’t jumping out to us this time around and I don’t want to regret his/her name.
Bad meanings don’t matter to me at all. If a name has a nice meaning however, it does help with my overall opinion of the name. For example [name_m]David[/name_m], I name I’d otherwise feel meh about, means “beloved” which I really like.
All things considered though, I do feel for kids who are bummed out to learn that their name means something like “misshapen head” and not “goddess” or “warrior”. [name_f]My[/name_f] first name just means “supplanter,” and I’ve always found that terribly dull, but it hasn’t really affected my opinion of my name itself. If I gave my child a name with a lame meaning and they were disappointed about it, I’d probably just explain that it was used to describe the original bearer of the name, and that name meanings really don’t matter. And I’d tell them my name doesn’t have a great meaning and it never bothered me much.
I’m not super into meanings, though I doubt I would choose a name if it had a really negative meaning. It really just matters to me that I love the name.
I would not worry about meanings. No one is going to know the meanings or your associations with them unless you tell them.
I’m pretty sure my parents never knew the meaning of my brother’s and my names. What mattered to them was their love of the names.
I’m not worried about meanings so much when it comes to honor names for another person. I do want to include some nature names in my kids’ names, so I do pay attention to that aspect. If the honor name for a person crosses with a nature name, all the better.
I don’t personally pay attention to the meaning of names. If you love the name, I think that gives it meaning and significance.
I do consider the meaning when picking names. [name_f]My[/name_f] love for names started with looking up the meaning of names after hearing about a lot of Biblical people being given names because of the meaning (or the meaning factoring into their legacy). I still love the etymology of names (and as an amateur linguist I also love looking into how names were formed and created and why they mean what they do). I will still keep a name on my list if the meaning is subpar (most [name_f]Rose[/name_f] names mean something about roses or horses, and I’m not a personal fan of either; [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f] ultimately means tower; Rabab means broad and large) and some that other would view as being bad meanings I actually really like because of their meanings ([name_f]Persephone[/name_f] meaning to murder; Perceus meaning destroyer; Zelophehad meaning shadow of terror). There is a part of me who likes to think meaning of names does factor into who we become, but [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m] did say “a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet” and our names and their meanings are ultimately a gift from our parents, not our defining feature nor does it play a huge factor into the person we can become.
The only time I think meanings matter is when the name means brown hair and you’ve got a blonde or red head.
For naming my actual kids, the meaning is important. When it’s about names for fun, it doesn’t matter to me.