I haven’t been able to really fall I love with a name yet. My daughter is already here and we just call her [name_u]Baby[/name_u] or little sister.
I live in a country where you have a year to name your child, but I’m really starting to want her to have a name.
My husband thinks I will fall in love with a name when we name her. [name_m]How[/name_m] has it been for you? Did you love the name and think it was perfect from the beginning? Or did it grow on you?
I really need help finding a good name!
I like names that a pretty straight forward and simple in the spelling. [name_u]Unique[/name_u] and stylish. Both long an short names.
Here are some names I like:
[name_f]Eve[/name_f] (like the simplisity and how classic it is, not a fan of the fact that everyone thinks [name_m]Adam[/name_m] and [name_f]Eve[/name_f] right away)
[name_f]Frida[/name_f] ( like it but very common where I live)
I think when you have found the perfect name you’ll just have a really good feeling about it. That’s how I knew the name was right, I just feel that really good vibe.
And if I may ask, which country are you from? Based on the names I start to think that you might be from the same country as mine, and if so I would give different suggestions as I know some are very popular here but unique other places and that some names are totally unusable here
I had my daughter’s name picked out when I was 18, and she was born when I was 32. I definitely went through a period of worrying that I was giving her a name that didn’t fit her, but now I can’t imagine her having a different name
It can be hard to give your child a potentially permanent label, when you don’t know who they are going to be. All you can do is give them a name that you feel is right.
My husband and I didn’t settle on a name until a few hours after my daughter was born. She ended up with a name that he hated when it was first mentioned, but I had always loved. Unfortunately, I was also hesitant about the name even though I adored it, because my daughter would have somewhat awkward initials (her middle name was a family name that we had already agreed upon using and was very important).
My husband went through names with me, but other names were not working, even though we both liked them. I said the first name that I really felt fit, even though I had reservations. My husband, despite his own misgivings, agreed that it seemed the best at the time. We didn’t want to leave the hospital without a name, so we used it for a little while before telling the nurse, just to make sure it would be alright. I think we both secretly questioned it for at least a week after having her. You’ve got this new person living with you who you don’t know and you’re still getting used to saying the name all the time and it feels a little weird.
I can safely say now that I can’t imagine her with any other name. I try putting the other names we considered on her and they still just don’t fit. There are other names we love, even other names that really do sound better with our surname and her middle name. But we chose the one that we both loved enough that it worked, and now we can’t imagine going back.
TLDR; there is no Perfect Name, but the one you choose will probably end up being HER perfect name. My daughter’s name is clunky and sweet and perfect for her. Also, I think Eve is just lovely (we strongly considered it!)
With my first we were both 100% on board and loved it from the beginning, but the next two there was a lot of back and forth and uncertainty. As I was filling out the birth certificate info with my second I was still feeling a little uneasy and called him “[name_u]Baby[/name_u]” most of the time those first few weeks, but it seems perfect now. I think that senario is more common than feeling a perfect fit from the beginning.