If so, did it just come to you naturally? Or perhaps it came from a list you already had? Or maybe it was your original choice?
I know a couple doing that now. They are a cute/vintage country kind of couple, and their two older kids are named [name_u]Lane[/name_u] and [name_u]Presley[/name_u]. ([name_u]Lane[/name_u] is a boy, [name_u]Presley[/name_u] a girl.) And they are having a boy and can’t agree. Their mom told me her and her husband have picked the middle [name_u]Morgan[/name_u], because that is her maiden name. But they are going to wait to see him before they decide.
Their current contenders are [name_m]Colt[/name_m], [name_m]Jeb[/name_m], [name_m]Beau[/name_m], and [name_m]Eli[/name_m]. But she said that could totally change the moment they lay eyes on him. 
No way! That would drive me insane! I wanted it determined right after the ultrasound.
We waited til the day. We had it down to two names. Her birth decided her name quite clearly, though we waited a few days to make it official, as we were so sleep deprived after a lonnnnng labour.
I have several friends who waited till after the birth to choose from their short list of names. Each one has a wonderful and unique story of how the “right” name became apparent.
Absolutely! We named DD1 the morning following her birth…the next day we changed it! The first name just didn’t feel quite right and we have never regretted the change. We waited until we left the hospital to name DD2…a name that was never even on our short list! So, don’t worry…the right name will come to you when you meet him or her!
We plan on having our little girl named before going to the hospital, however we aren’t telling friends or family the name beforehand, so we reserve the right to change it when we see her.
On her second child my sister in law wasn’t sure what they wanted to name their daughter. They had considered [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f] because they wanted the lee in the name as an honorific to a family member, only they weren’t sold on it.
Then after she was born they decided she didn’t fit the name and she picked [name_u]Haley[/name_u], though she did have some name regret because she had still been foggy from the drugs and at the time couldn’t really think of any other way to spell [name_u]Haley[/name_u], also realized later she would of preferred to of named her [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] but hadn’t thought of it under the influence of the medications.
[name_f]My[/name_f] friend and her husband went to the hospital with a short-list of their top names to decide then, and then my friend picked a completely random name straight away as soon as she saw the baby! The name she picked was a completely different style to the names they originally put together as well. [name_f]My[/name_f] friends say it was Mother’s intuition, but I’m not sure her husband sees it that way, haha! And that’s happened to a number of people I know too.
It does make me wonder, all this careful planning and preparation and debating… And then I may pick a name with no thought, and a name that I never considered anyway!
[name_f]My[/name_f] grandfather was notorious for not wanting to even discuss names AT ALL until the baby was born. It drove my grandmother crazy. They had 12 children over 24 years, from the 1940s to the 1960s. Can you imagine? I’d be bursting with names to discuss. He always said that he wanted to see them first.
OH and I plan on doing that, sort of. We will have a shortlist of 3-7 names for each sex (we won’t find out before birth) and then see what they look/feel like when bubba arrives. I’ve seen several parents do this before and they are the labours I enjoy attending the most. One set gave their daughter my name as the middle as they thought it fitted her!
Most people here not only wait until the baby is born, they usually give it another 2-4 months or so after it is born. I will definitely not be allowed to name a baby before it is born, and my bf will probably want to wait at least a month after the birth before settling on anything. I probably won’t particularly enjoy that, I admit, but at the same time I don’t see much wrong with it.
I love it in theory but so far our kids names are the ones we picked over a decade ago and held onto. We worked out a list together and there’s no getting around that our children’s names are pretty set 
as soon as I get the gender I want to know who I’m Talking to. We do not share our choices however until its on the birth certificate. None of this telling us what they think nonsense, its not up for debate. I feel a bit bad being secretive but its a special thing not having everyone talking about it beforehand. I’m contemplating next baby either not finding our gender and just having names ready for when baby comes and be suprised! Or not telling people gender and revealing both after the birth. Or finding out gender and not telling we are expecting until we know gender and reveal the baby’s gender with the birth announcement like something cute or something? Or even revealing an initial like our family would like to share some special news!!! We will be welcoming baby brother _ this _ !!! I think that could be pretty cute and everyone would annoy us with name guesses but they wouldn’t be as bad as if it were we are expecting !!! Then is it a boy? Name him
[name_m]Steven[/name_m]!!! ( everyone always wants us to name a baby [name_m]Steven[/name_m] ~ so yea there’s a suggestion for you… Or [name_m]Bodhi[/name_m] or [name_f]Calliope[/name_f] or [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] those are the biggest ones ) but I see the values of waiting to choose a name!!! A friend just did it, we were talking and the next day basically I get a message ‘picked a name’ with a baby picture ( birth announcement) they hadn’t settled on middle yet. That was really special its so hard to choose a name you know and you haven’t met the child… I think its fine however you do it!
We did–two days after the birth, and let me tell you, the social security woman loved us 
We had it narrowed down to two names. One we had a feeling we’d use and didn’t, because the other one fit her better. I’m glad we waited or else we wouldn’t have found our perfect name!
With our 3 kids we went to the hospital with our 2 favorite names…inevitably, one of the names fit so much better than the other! With our second daughter, I made the mistake of telling my Dr. our “first” choice, then we both decided to go the our second choice…and she was obviously disappointed! Oh well! I think it fits her perfectly! With this pregnancy, the name has been picked before I was even pregnant…and I am having a hard time calling my unborn child a name with certainty- I guess I’m weird or superstitious!
We waited until she was born! We didn’t know if we were having a boy or a girl, so we had short lists for both. When she was born, though, we just knew which name was for her