I agree. This is YOUR baby. It is a little ridiculous to let your toddler choose a name. I am sure it won’t be the first time you will have to tell him that you make the adult decisions in the house.
My daughter was 4 and a half when my son was born and she wanted to name him [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] or [name_m]Zeek[/name_m]. Everyone thought it was cute how she was opinionated but my husband and I picked the name [name_u]Blake[/name_u]. She said she would not call him [name_u]Blake[/name_u] she would call him [name_m]Zeek[/name_m]. She has never called him [name_m]Zeek[/name_m], ever. She is now almost 7 and I tell her those 2 names that she wanted to name her brother and she says “yuck I did not”. So pick a name that you like, your son will be just fine, that is my opinion anyway.
Although now that my daughter is 7 she wants to help name this baby and her and my husband are on the same page and not on my page. I have caved to them. So easier said than done! Good luck!
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Everyone had good ideas on how to handle the situation. (I like the hamster one) jut a small story .
My hubby is named [name_m]Louie[/name_m] [name_u]Dean[/name_u] and called [name_m]Louie[/name_m] [name_u]Dean[/name_u] by the family except for me (I call him [name_u]Lou[/name_u]) He was the 12th child of 13 and his Parents let his older sisters name him. Not exactly the same situation as they were grown not children, but funny in how they always call him [name_m]Louie[/name_m] [name_u]Dean[/name_u]!
This story is so cute! I can totally understand you not wanting to disappoint him.
My suggestion would be to use [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] as a middle name then he could still call her [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] if he wanted too, you could tell him that it would be his ‘special’ or ‘secret’ name for her.
I would suggest looking at [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] as a middle name! Or making it her first name and calling her by her middle (if your into that). Its sweet that your boy is so excited and stuff, but I would think as a woman would you want to be like the 4th [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] in the class? or everyone calls you [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] G. because there’s already a [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] L. and a [name_f]Hanna[/name_f] W.
Good luck and God bless!
I agree with many posters that it is best if you and your husband choose her name, not her brother (however cute it is that he is so involved with his little sister already!).
As a little sister to a (tad overbearing and overprotective) older brother, the only two cents I can add from my personal experience is that it is nice to feel that you do exist independently from your siblings and that you’re “as much” your parents’ child as the older child(ten). It goes without saying that I’m not implying AT ALL that you’re not going to love her as much as her brothers or that you favour your oldest, it’s just a matter of how she might feel when she’s older and her (future) sensitivity is as important as his, if it makes any sense. She may actually be pleased to find out one day that her older brother really wanted to name her (which shows that he was interested in her, and that’s a good thing!) but that her parents also really looked for a name for her that was special and that THEY liked as much as their other children’s names.
Besides, you were so looking forward to discussing girl names with your husband when you found out the gender that I think you definitely should allow yourselves to have that discussion and enjoy it!
Good luck and don’t worry too much – you’ll end up making the right decision for your family, whatever it is, that’s for sure!
This story is so familiar to me! What a coincidence!
I was three when my mom was pregnant with my little sister, and I was obsessed with the name [name_f]Hannah[/name_f]. [name_f]My[/name_f] parents have no idea where I got it, because I had no playmates by the name. [name_f]My[/name_f] parents wern’t too keen on the name [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] either though. They ended up giving her another name, and made her middle name [name_f]Hannah[/name_f]. [name_f]My[/name_f] dad has a home movie from the day my mom gave birth where he asks me, “What is your little sister going to be named” and I yell, “[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]!.” I was really proud of the fact that I got to name her even though it was the middle spot. It also makes for a great story and connects us in a nice way. Honestly though, if they had chosen to not use [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] at all I don’t think I would have minded. Having a new baby in the family is so exciting that I probably would have forgotten all about my name for her in no time.
This is definitely a tricky situation. I think it’s important for the whole family to be involved in the pregnancy, especially naming the baby. It’s absolutely adorable that your son is so set on [name_f]Hannah[/name_f], and, honestly, I wouldn’t worry about popularity because your naming story is fabulous and [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] checks off all of your criteria. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t let popularity get in the way of a name you love, it’s popular for a reason!
Your title kind of makes me think you like [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] and had decided on it. But reading your post I git a different feeling. I love the name [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] and came very close to naming our daughter [name_f]Hana[/name_f] ( Hawn-a) as I love the name [name_f]Ana[/name_f] and it has huge significance to me. [name_f]Hana[/name_f] is not overly used and is barely in the top 1000 so I felt fine with it. At the last minute we went with a variation of a family name which is a name I don’t love…it’s just OK, and really I’m OK with it. I guess you have to decide if another name is better for your family.
We have this situation going on as well my nephew [name_u]Tyler[/name_u], he is about to become a big brother, and we don’t know the sex of the new baby but [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] tells everyone that he is going to have a baby sister called rainbow. So be thankful that [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] is a usable name. [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] is only 3 so it will be easier to sway him from [name_f]Rainbow[/name_f], although I do refer to baby as [name_f]Rainbow[/name_f] all the time.
If you don’t love it. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t use it. Either your son will be upset for a short while, or he will understand. Either way, its not like he will grow up resenting you for the rest of his life.
Another option. Use [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] as a middle name. That way he still feels special that the name he chose made it in there, but you still get the say on the first (and what she most likely will be called).
If you don’t love it, don’t use it. [name_f]My[/name_f] older sister was allowed to name me. A college housemate also had a name her older siblings were allowed to choose. Neither of us loved our names, and they were both extremely popular the years we were born. We both had the feeling our parents couldn’t be bothered coming up with a name, so gave in to spoiled children.
Choose a name you love, and let him keep [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] for his future children.
[name_f]My[/name_f] daughter was almost 7 when her sister was born. [name_f]Jemima[/name_f] was the name I had chosen as a girl’s name. One day, [name_f]Jessica[/name_f] suggested to me that I name the baby [name_f]Jamaica[/name_f] instead. I told her gently that it was lovely that she was thinking about names, and suggested she keep it for her babies. She’s happy to do that.
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I would go with a name you and your husband love. Your son can always call her [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] as a nickname if he’s so attached to the name. Nicknames don’t have to make sense. 
You need to pick the name that’s right for you. You can, as many people suggested, make it a middle name choice.
[name_f]My[/name_f] sister is roughly six years older than me. When my parents were naming me, they wanted her opinions. Her first choice was her own name, which was obviously not going to happen. Her second was [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u].
[name_f]My[/name_f] mom one night took all the list of names she’d come up with and all of my sister’s suggestions and put them in a bowl. She said, “We love the name [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u], but this is how we decided your name, and since you have a great name, we think we should stick to this method.” She shook the names in the bowl. “I’ll let you do the honor of picking a name for your sister.”
[name_f]My[/name_f] sister was excited because she got to partake in a ‘tradition’ of sorts. [name_f]My[/name_f] mom then exchanged the slips of paper for slips of paper that all had my name on it. She drew my name, and voila, she picked it.
I don’t know if I’d do that to my own kids, but that’s always an option. She also didn’t learn about this until she was about 15.