Baby Names - Corfu,NY

Hi B., First I just need to say I Know how you feel. It took me 8 of the 9 months to get A boys name picked out and a girls name narrowed down to two,(we didn't know the sex until he was born, he wouldn't hold still for the ultrasound). I'm so glad we had a boy otherwise I think we would have never named the child. He also didn't understand the unique name deal. I ended up using the online name bases to come up with more names each time he shot them down. I also resorted to movies for names. "Finale" he agreed to Alex. Just keep at it, it will get frustrating but, just think of it this way, it will all be worth it in the end when your holding that baby in your arms.:) GOOD LUCK.

Same here, I gave my favorite baby names to my pets too!
Girl - Geraldine Lotus
Boy - Buddy Sawyer

Good Luck finding a name for your little one -

Get rid of the dog, problem solved! Kidding. There is a book called 30,000 baby names, Barnes and Nobels has it. I had a similar situation as my husband already had a son and named him Kanu. Do you hoenstly think I'd trust him to name my one and only? This book had names from every nationality and clearly my husband must have been Hawiian in a past life as he kept aiming for those. We picked 5 names we both liked and waited for the baby to arrive to see what suited him. My son is 5 a handful and a 1/2 determined and spirited his name fit him perfectly. Marcus-God of war!!

good luck. A. B

Hi,
This is my first and only time I have ever responded to something like this..so..here goes (a friend at work sent me a 'flower' from this site-I'd never heard of it)
I say, an enthuiastic-- name your child, if it is a boy, "Logan"- YES just like the dog.
Really, when it comes down to it..it will NOT matter.
Those that will laugh about it..will do so..but only in the beginning and then..no one will care and stop noticing. After all, one is a human being..one an animal.
He will carry his moniker in school, and all his life and outside activities..the family dog will NOT be at his side!
and..I do not mean this in a mean way..but..a family dog is not forever..whereas your child will have this his entire long life-right?
I too, had some "name" issues with my 4 children..so I speak from some experience.
I also think that it is great that you already realize that sooo much will be different now..I have a long space as well between my first two children (girls) and the second "set" , boys. Whole different world now.
If I know of any good name sites, I can send them..off hand..I do not.
And yes, the name thing is more difficult than most folks realize.
I think, as a side not that it is awesome that your husband wants to be surprized..there is no better moment!
Hope this helps..good luck!

Hi B.! Congratulations! Sounds like we have similar lives. I have an 11-year old from a previous marriage (Chris). I didn't think we would have any more children so used people names with our animals (Molly, Casey, Grady, Luther, etc!). Then, I got pregnant, my husband drove me CRAZY. He didn't like any of the names I came up with, he wanted something original but not too "out there" and he wanted something that coincided with our backgrounds. I swear to you, we didn't decided on the name until we were in the delivery room and my husband picked his middle name two days after he was born, we settled on - Maxwell Garreth for our Welsh and English heritage. Funny thing is that now Max seems to be the hot celebrity pick so you know all the originality is gone!!!!

Good luck, I promise you will find something that you both love!

I always liked the name Landon. It's close to Logan. THere are tons of baby name websites. Just google" baby names". My 3 yr old (and THE LAST child)was born when my older girls were 11 and 16. They loved it. We have 7 girls 3-22 his, mine, and ours. Savannah was an unexpected gift also. No boys to be found in our house. Good Luck.

B.
Sell the dog!
JUST KIDDING---I love my dog my Molly and did the SAME thing...figured why not use up those names I love on the dog
If you google baby names they will come up, but here's what we did
We took a little notebook with us everywhere we went and FILLED it with names. Names from our past, people we loved and forgot about. Names of people in movies, names we saw on the street. What I found out was when you were not looking or thinking about it they just pop up
Then you can compare your lists together every week and make it fun to make fun of the others name choices and take the "pressure off"
Law of averages is that you will hit on a name you both like by making it into something you enjoy
Law of attraction applys here too; just have fun with it and imagine what kind of personality your new baby will have at 4 or 5
I would love to hear from you when you name the baby
I so enjoyed reading what you wrote
Best of luck
D. K

Congrats on your new angel! When we were thinking of names for our son, who will be 2 in April, we wanted it to be something no one else in the family had. My husband is a Jr. and didn't want to have his child be the third. He wanted his child to have his own identity. I always loved Kayla for a girl so we came up with Kyle for a boy. Kyle is actually gaelic for Handsome. Then, of course, I wanted to name him after my brother and father whom I adore so his middle name is Henry which actually means "leader of the house" so our son is Kyle Henry the "handsome leader of the house"! =)
Good luck!

It's funny you say that because it was an argument with my husband too! We used to live in a ski/ mountian town out west and everyone had at least 1-2 large dogs with which to hike & bike with. Dogs were more prevalent than children, and they were all named things like Cody, Baily, Dakota, Logan, Jackson, Baker, Mia, Shasta, Bella, Sydney, Scout, Emmy, Cooper etc. When we had our first child, the names my husband gravitated towards were those types of names, and I couldn't do it because all I could think of were my friend's dogs! We have uber traditional names for the boys now- Ryan & Alex by default.
I think girl's names are easier to come up with and be creative with. Boy's names seem to need to be more grounded to me. Regardless, whatever you select, don't let anyone tell you they don't like it. If you like it, that's all that matters.

Name him after the dog......in 10 years it won't matter. This is my thing. You will be saying the name thousands of times. Name him/her whatever you want or you will regret it if you don't. BTW, our son't name is Quentin, we call him Q and we LOVE it.

My husband and I had a similar problem. We actually agreed on boys names and thus named our first two kids Chris and Matt. However, we never agreed on girls names (good thing we had boys!)

With baby #3, I knew we would have a problem. My solution was to go through a baby name book and type up a list of every girls name that I liked along with the meanings. We had already picked out 3 possible boys names. A week before the baby was born, I handed my DH the list and said "Cross off whichever names you do not like." We were left with 5 names and when our darling daughter was born, Alexandra was the clear winner.

Turned out to be a win-win situation. FYI, the babycenter website has the most updated list of popular baby names. This could be a help to you.

Good luck!

Hi. I named my son Gage because I too have a love of unique names. It is of french origin though. I suggest going to the Social Security database. They have a ranking of the popularity of baby names - I believe they go up to 500. Maybe you and your husband can find something you agree on! Last I looked, Gage was 150 on the list and we haven't met another one yet.

i got a good laugh out of your email. check the social security website for the most common names registered last year. when my daughter was born we loved the name emily and it was ranked #1. obviously her name is now Serena. When my son was born the #1 boys name was Jake I think. My son is Austin which was around #100. you can also google by ethinc names. We found a gaelic name website but could not pronounce any of those names. but loved trying to figure them out. I think choosing a name is one of the most fun things we did together and we still love them and are not tired of them. good luck!!

Hi B.,

The website babynames.com has great, active message boards where you're likely to get tons of advice. I really recommend it.

I also agree with the other posters to this site -- if you love the name Logan, go for it.

But if you feel like that just won't fly, what about Nolan? That sounds a lot like Logan, at least to me, and would go just as nicely with your other kids names. Another name that (for me) strikes the same note is Finn. I know it's ethnic in a way (Finnish -- and it also has a long history as an Irish name), but it's also archtypically American (Huck Finn).

As you can probably tell, I love thinking about and brainstorming about names. If you want some more suggestions, please PM me.

Congratulations, and good luck!

Don't let your husband's responses discourage you. My husband was a punk too when it came to turning down all the names we came up with. I was miserable in my first two pregnancies because he always saw something wrong with all my names and wouldn't come up with any of his own.

With my third pregnancy, I didn't tell him any of my names, I just kept a mental list and after we had the baby I gave him a list of my favorites in the hospital and told him we had to decide before we took the baby home. This worked for him because that's how he likes to make decisions. Good luck!

I have 5 little boys,
Caden, Rhys (Reese), Peyton, Gabriel, and Wyatt...each harder to name than the last....I love the names Baylor and Taigue for boys and the last 2 were almost one of those....there's so much in a name but I think simple is best....something they can grow with....Enjoy your new little boy.

B.,
You are too funny! How about you compromise, let your hubby pick out the first name, since it is his first and only child, and you pick out the middle name. Also, you can name the baby Logan or Bella, since they were your desired names for children and the dog and hamster won them only by default. You can tell the kids the pets were named after them because they have such beautiful names (not to be mean but it also may not matter as your pets life span may not co exist with your child too long after they are born).
Also try going to Barnes and Noble.com and in the search box type in Baby Name Books and you can view all the books they carry and see which interests you the most and order it on line. Good Luck !!

First thing I suggest you and your husband each make a list of the names you like most. Maybe, just maybe, you'll have a couple of same ones. It feels a little different when you are writing them down instead of just throwing them out to be heard, and disagreed on immediately.

Babycenter.com has baby names listed. They also tell you the top 100 names from the previous year. That way you won't end up naming your child the same name as every other kid in their Kindergarten class. You can even set up a baby name poll and see who likes which names best. Not that you have to pick the name that John Q Public chooses, but it might be fun to see what people like.

Good luck. We have 4 children so we have gone through the names many times. It's soooo hard to agree! On the last one I just gave in. lol

Hi B.,

I'm 3 months pregnant with my first child and my husband and I were having a difficult time deciding (more like agreeing) on a name. But then I found this great book at the store called "The Baby Name Survey," by Bruce Lansky. The great thing about this book is that it has great baby name ideas, but it also tells origin, meaning, famous namesake, and the best part...peoples first impressions about that name. It's fantastic and I highly recommend it. It actually settled our dispute.

Good luck,
R. S

Congrats-I had 2 girls, but the names that we had picked out if one was a boy were, Tristan, Chad, Bailey and Casey. Good luck, I know with our second, I had to just let him name her! We couldn't agree on anything, I liked Dakota, but her name is Holly, an old name that is not used much anymore...

What a story!! There are many naming sites on the web, sit down one night together and go through them. Maybe there is someone you might want to name after, you can take the first letter and find a different name. This should be the worst of your problems, you will have a beautiful family with beautiful names, whatever you might choose. Good Luck and I hope you have an easy delivery.

J.

Hello B. and Congratulations!

Just to tell you a little about myself, I am a mother of three older children, ages 14, 13 and 10. I am not in the same situation as you, but I have some ideas for you.

First of all, with writing stories as one of my hobbies, I enjoy finding names for my characters, though I admit my names tend to be way off the usual track since my stories are fantasy. However, have you looked on any websites? They might provide you with a name, or at least some inspiration to create an original name of your own.

Secondly, maybe you can involve your other children in the baby-naming process. Have a sort of family meeting and let them give some input.

Last, do you or your husband have either a relative you would like to nanme your baby after, or at least use a relative's name as inspiration. Or perhaps you and/or your husband have favorite character from a book or movie?

I hope I could help. Again, congratulations!!!

L.

First off I have to say that you totally cracked me up...
way to go on taking on the task f another baby after so long. I was in a simular boat 2 years ago when my son was born and my daughter (9 at the time) is also from a previous relationship. Unfortunately not as cordial a situation as yours. All that aside, don't worry it will all come back to you, like little time has passed. You never forget, and a few years has probibly mellowed you a bit too( which always helps). You know better than to sweat
the small stuff. As far as baby names goes my husband and I got a book, and went through it seperately and made list,
then we checked out both our list and saw what we had in common, or what grew on us. My daugter is Kathryn Rose, my son Tristin Samuel, I have a third on the way in July who will be Gavin Todd and if there's a fourth ever it will be Isabelle May or Kierin Nathaniel. All good Irish names which suits us, but several of the names Kathryn, Rose, and Todd were after loved ones. Good luck, let us know what you picked.

My son's name is EMERY, which is not a very common name. We love the name Logan as well and we're actually going to name our third child that in July! Good luck!

logan was the 24th most popular name in 2007 according to babynames.com. maybe you can change the name of the dog.:) my husband was the same way about names...the name reminds me of a girl that lived down the block, oh that was the name of an aunt on my father's side that my mother didn't like, oh that was the name of the bartender at the bar in college, etc, etc, etc. he really wanted to name the baby, if it was a boy, (which it was) john and call him jack. it is so common in our town so i got books and went on line and gave him every chance to change his mind. then i overheard him talking to a friend of ours who's son is jack and he said he really like that name. well, that did it for me. i gave in right then in there. i do like the name but my husband doesn't really talk to friends about things like this so i knew he must really like the name. anyway, my point is, you have plenty of time and just be patient and listen to what he has to say. i'm sure you will come up with a beautiful name. you'll probably have a girl, anyway!!

my opinion(not that you asked)...when i hear the name logan, i think of the airport. sorry!

Hi B.,
I found this site very helpful - it tells you how popular each name was within the last century. Best of luck!

http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

Ellie

My husband suggested Bjorn for a boy, I thought no way. But when he told me it meant Bear, I fell in love with it since we called each other Bear and our Ferrets bears. We left out the dots over the o to Americanize it a little bit. =>
I wanted to name my daughter Sabrina, however, we had a ferret named Sabrina whom we loved dearly. He suggested Violet, old yet not too common, and when I saw the history behind the name Sydney (Saint Sydney was sent to Australia because he defied the church, to do the right thing), I knew it was a strong name. And she certainly lives up to her name, at least the defiant part!!! =>
Congrats!!!

check out the website
http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html
it lets you see the popularity of names over decades.

- M.

Good luck on naming your child and congrats on your pregnancy! This site is a lot of fun when searching names: http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

I went through this four years ago, when my daughter was born. My husband and I have different ideas about names. I was suggesting things like Zoe and Fallon, and he liked Jennifer and Samantha. I had liked the name Isabella, but that unfortunately had become the name du jour. We then chose Madeleine (pronounced Madalin)another name I always liked. The old-fashioned quality made it different without being weird, but the French spelling gave it that unique twist I was looking for. Of course now there's a Maddie in every class...
Maybe you could give him a big book of names, have him highlight what he likes, then you could narrow it down from there. I can understand wanting him to choose the name since it will be his only one, however that's your baby too and you have to love what you call them since you're going to be saying it A LOT.
Good luck!

C.

What about giving your child the middle name Logan? We were going to name our daughter after our dog (died 3 months before she was born) because she was like our first baby but we decided to use it as a middle name. Luckily her name was Jacqueline and not Fido!

Our son is turning four years old this month and his name has been getting high ratings since birth...Luca. As parents, we love hearing it as well. You need to pick a name that satisfies you first and always; Not one that has to "grow on you" in time. Good luck and congratulations!
J., Brooklyn, NY

www.thinkbabynames.com that was my favorite site when trying to name our latest. We could not agree on any names. We named her the morning of discharge from hospital.