Picking your kid’s name is a big deal. That’s one heck of a commitment. There’s a lot of pressure riding on it and we put a lot of pressure on ourselves. With the recent birth of Prince of Cambridge George Alexander Louis Windsor, on the same day we found out we’re expecting a boy, it got us thinking about what we should name our baby boy. Granted, I don’t think media will be holding their breath until we announce it, picking his name is a big deal.
Looking back at how we named our daughter, we went through the name book, went through family names… but we just happened to stumble across our daughter’s name in an unconventional way. Confession time. After moving to Charlotte, we were touring a local historical cemetery and came across a headstone from the 1800s with the name Adeline. We loved the name instantly; however, felt immediately creeped out naming our kid after a dead woman we didn’t know. We ended up changing the spelling of the name slightly and decided to make up a story of a very distant cousin. Done and done.
Now we find ourselves in a predicament. With almost half our pregnancy done we just started to broach the naming subject. We’re going through the same routine of picking our names, looking through books, going through family names, etc – minus the historical cemetery walk. Of course, we already had another girl’s name ready to go when we found out we’re pregnant with a boy. We’ll just have to keep that one stashed away for now. The good news is we have another 20 or so weeks before letting the ink dry for the birth certificate!
Smarties, how did you pick your kids’ names? Did you go with a family name? A favorite actor? A character in a book? Please share in the comments below…and advise us!
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Both of our girls are family names, but from BOTH sides, so as not to offend. We just got lucky that there were good options to choose from!
That’s awesome, Christine! Our daughter’s middle name is from my husband’s side of the family, so that worked out nicely for us, too! We’re still going through the family tree for boys names.
While pregnant with my 2nd, I had named her, Lila Grace. Molly called my tummy “Lala” too. Fast forward to a week before my delivery and my husband says, “Really, isn’t that a bit southern? (And he was born here in Charlotte too BTW.) Then when he finally paid attention to learn that I wanted to call her Lila Grace, he tells me no. After she was born, the records department called daily, we had no name. My grandmother called me and asked about her name and I told her we were stuck, I was sooo scared she was going to suggest hers, (Irene Minnie), but no, she suggested my maternal grandmother that passed away when I was in middle school.
Viktoria. Grace Viktoria, my grandmother was Lithuanian, so the spelling is as hers was spelt and it honors her memory,
What a great story, Tina!! So sweet!
I have boy names, but I don’t have girl names. So that means we are probably having a girl. (The boy name I like is actually the name of my high school crush!)
Oops! You are destined to have a girl now!I think I would giggle every time I said their name if it was my high school crush!
KRK is all family names and very special. Found out #2 was coming and the only girl names left in the family were Phyllis and Ester. Ummm no! So I went with a boy name I loved and was family – Reid Joseph (RJ) for short. Of course #2 was a girl. Picked a name I loved and then picked the month me and my husband met and got married as the middle name. Bam! It is soooooo hard though. And people always are so negative when you tell them your choice. I almost named Courtney Casey and then someone said like the baby killer and there that went.
It’s not very romantic but when we found out our second was a girl (our first was a boy), we had nothing on the radar, we were so convinced we’d have another boy! So I came across the “Baby Names Finder” on BabyCenter.com. You can plug in your child’s name and it will give you ones that compliment it – tons and tons! We picked our daughter’s name that way and find it hilarious telling people we “found it on the internet!”
A work mate linked me to your site. Thanks for the resources.
Our first was named after my grandmother. We took the very deep and meaningful route when naming our second and named his after an actor we like. 😉
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