How long did it take you and your significant other to agree on baby names?

The twins will be here very very soon... any time now, really. So far, these little boys are remaining nameless, because Proud Pappy and Hormonal Mommy have nearly engaged in bare knuckle fighting over names. When MUST a child be named in Utah? I seriously think it will come to this. :( ( we are both ENTIRELY too stubborn)

How long did it take you and your significant other to agree on baby names?
Twenty minutes before I gave birth we decided we should probably have a name. Nothing like a little pressure to speed the decision making along!
Reply:With my ex, we didn't agree on anything at all. With our oldest son, I wouldn't budge for anything, I had a name picked and I stuck with it. With our 2nd son, I did give a little but only because my dad wanted me to and wanted the name Michael in his name. So our 2nd son ended up with 3 names. I guess I was more stubborn than my exhusband, but he was an asshole so I really didn't care what he thought.





I agree with the others you could name 1 and he could name the other. Or you could pick the 1st name for 1 of the boys and he could pick the middle name, and he could pick the other's 1st name and you pick the middle. And before you sit down and actually pick out the names agree that no matter what you have to accept what the other picks!
Reply:You have the best situation possible, twin boys! So why don't you name one and your hubby names one. Win win.


As for our 1st daughter we just couldn't make our minds up and she was 2 days old before she had a name, we kept saying it's either Kiara or Kira, so in the end she was Kiara. for our second daughter it was no guesses she was going to be Kira but due to having Kiara already we added Lee to the name so it wasn't so close, so it was Kiralee and we decided on that a good month before she was born (3 weeks early).


and Now we are TTC #3 and we have a boy's name already (Hubby's choice) but no idea how we will go on another girls name if we were to have another girl.
Reply:We chatted about it a little for several months, and by the time our daughter was born, we had 2 or 3 that each of us thought was okay. We chose one that "felt right" when we saw her. I think my husband was flexible because it was a girl.





For our son, I didn't like any of the names my husband did, and he didn't like any of my SIX top favorites... my whole list, basically, and since it was a boy, I wanted his father to like and approve of his name. So I was studying other names, and whenever I found one I would not mind using, I'd run it by him, one a week or so. It was hard. I really wanted to call him Drew. My husband accepted Andrew but would call him Andy ... which was not happening, us each calling the kid something different! Anyway, the baby came early and we were in shock. They asked us for a name and we could only think of the last one I'd proposed, and it suited the baby okay so we used it. I still want to call him Drew, although I like his name fine.





Yes, you're both too stubborn. Try imagining what it'd be like if the other person gave in to what you want, knowing that s/he would dislike your child's name! You don't really want your child's other parent to dislike the names, do you? It's not worth it. Throw out all the names you disagree on, and start over. Come up with a few that each of you can accept, even if you don't LOVE them. It will be easier to compromise when you see the babies -- you'll have a lot less ego invested in the name, when you see with your own eyes that it'll belong to that other person over there.





Oh, I dunno about Utah, but in Texas, you have like 3 months but you have to pay a big paperwork fee if it's after one week. Because they finalize a birth record with "Baby Boy" on it, and that has to be changed.
Reply:Out of 3, my 2 older boys were given names when they were born. My oldest Shaun, I mnaged to convince my wife when he wass born and then she gave in. My second son Preston she managed to persuade my after he was born and so I gave in. Our youngest Gavin had a name that we both liked so he was named when she was pregnant with him. Why don't you name one twin and let him name the other?
Reply:We decided on my first daughter's name a week before she was born but we didn't name our second until two weeks after she was born! I don't know how long you have to name a child in Utah, I looked it up on Google but I couldn't find anything. In England you have six weeks and I'm sure you'll have someting similar to that so don't worry about it, you will find the perfect name soon!


Good luck and best wishes!
Reply:I have a 2yr old little girl, Alana May.


Im very close to my heritage, i wanted her middle name from my family, and my maiden name hyphoned.


We didnt end up hyphoning, but her middle name, is my mothers.


Dont worry, you will agree on one when you see him. i bet.


*please dont let it be utah* haha


Good luck! x
Reply:After many suggestions and arguments, it took us months. In fact, we started discussing even before we conceived because we knew it would be an ordeal! We both found that we could persuade each other if we had a reson behind why we liked a name, ie. an origin from our ancestors, a family name, etc.
Reply:MY HUSBAND LOVED TO HEAR MY NAMES THEN I LISENED TO HIS AND WE SAID WHAT WE THAUGHT AND THE ONES HE SAID I PICKED3 I LIKED THE ONES I SAID HE PICKED TREE HE LIKED AND THATS WHAT WE NAMED OUR KIDS I WAS ONLY 5 MONTH PREGNANT WHEN WE PICKED NAMES AND I HAD 6 BABIES 3 BOYS 3 GIRL NOW THEY ARE HEALTHY 2 MONTH OLDS. LAKE DORDON=BOY, LEAH NICOLE=GIRL, FAITH ALEXIS=GIRL, HOPE MARRIE-GIRL, NOAH PATRICK=BOY,AND CALEB MICHEAL=BOY AND THEY ARE NOW 5 MONTH OLD
Reply:As you may have guessed, it didn't take long for us. I told him the names and he agreed! LOL


It took a while for the boys names and I am still not happy with them, who knows we could have 3 girls :D
Reply:Options:





Name a twin each.


Ban the names you don't like and start again.


Do what my cousin: put all the names in a hat and let the baby choose. That way, she can't protest in later years.
Reply:Me and my fiance fought over names for months with my twins! But after they were born we ended up not really caring so much and naming one each with names we had considered months earlier :) Ryder and Harlow, Good luck you need it!!
Reply:dont worry with my 1st daughter it wasnt in till i held her that i decided on her name (Faith marie)





Cant you combine the names you like?





All the best





Esmee x
Reply:it didnt take long. although i never really budged on the girl names.
Reply:lol we didn't settle on a name for our boy until the day after he was born. (Ihad my mind made up, just had to convince my hubby)