A Name for My Baby!!!

My first little girls name is Laila Paige. I don't really know where I got that name from. It just popped into my head one day and that was it. My second little girl name is Armiley lynn. I got her name from Harry Potter. The girls name on there is Hermoine and I thought they were saying Armiley. I thought it was really different,and once I told my fiance', that was it, we both agreed.

Here are some names that I like; Nevaeh(which is heaven spelled backward), Ava, Taliah, Sara, Gabriella, Ella, Ruthie, Ruby, Olivia, Tori, Corbett, Andie, Isabella. These are just a few. Don't panic about not knowing. I have some friends that didn't name thier baby until he was 2 weeks old. Good luck and I hope these help.

Hi My daughter is 6 months old and she did not have a name til the end. I was watching a movie and I liked the character.So my daughter is named after Skylar the girl in Good will Hunting,and I was shocked when my husband actually liked it.So don't worry,It will come to you.Good luck!

my 2 girls...Brooklyn Rene' and Maci Mae. I wanted something cute but different.

Hey Steph! For my second child I had a a few names in mind but had not settled on one - I knew that I wanted the name of a relative that we lost to cancer somewhere in it. I held my baby girl and thought that none of those names I had in mind suited her. The name just came to me and she actually ended up with two middle names. Try starting with the middle name first and see what flows well with it. Good luck and CONGRATS!

A.

we chose Rachel for our daughter because it was the only name we could not come up with a funny or mean nickname. Our second choice was going to be Kelsea.
My name had many nicknames and I hated it....

surely, you've heard names in the past that you thought was beautiful.
Naming a baby is difficult but can mean so much. Just be careful with initals. My friend ALMOST named her Daughter Amanda Spring Starr (note the initals?)
My daughter is named after my favorite country song writer/singer. Matraca Berg. (pronounced MatrASa) also matraca is spanish for wrist rattle. That I didn't know when I named her lol. But, I guess it fits she does rattle me sometime lol. Her middle name is Chyann I go for spelling things little different and unique cuz I like to think they are unique kids. lol
My son on the other had was a RUSH job. We only had like 2 weeks to decide WHAT he would be named. My hubby and I went through family names, and different stuff. I liked the name Austin (I love the southwest) hubby liked Hunter So we decided Austin Hunter. Sometimes I wish we would have named him something different. But now he LOOKS and acts like an Austin. So it all worked out.
Just find names and try mixing letters and spelling them how YOU want
little girl names are wonderful. So precious and fun.
I love the name Chantae (pronouced shawntay)
I have known a few to name they little girl Heaven (This way they always have a little peice of heaven in their lives and the angel to prove it.)
YOu do well and you need to let us know what you named her!!!

First of all, using the name of a loved one as a middle name if youaren't wild about it for a first name is a great idea. We did something similar for our son and it is really nice way to comprimise with your husband and still honor your family member. My son was 4 hours old before we decided on a name for him. However, we did go to the hospital with some names in mind (my husband will try to tell you we had decided on Connor and then at the last minute I changed my mind, but that is NOT how I remember it). My suggestion would be (and this is what ultimatly worked for us) is to pick a name book and go through the girl section name by name. I know even trying to pick out a name book can seem daunting, but really unless you are looking for a specific ethinic or unusual name all name books are about the same. Go through all the girl names and highlight or write down the names you like. You will know if a name fits with your likes, dislikes, last name, etc. pretty much immediatly. Once you have your list and your husband has his go through them with each other and cross out the ones that are not an option (for example, my husband suggested "Ra-thor". I said absolutly not). You should be able to narrow it down to 5 or 6 names to like. Then spend some time trying them out. Use them in reference to your baby instead of "she" or a nickname. Eventually one will stick or sound better or worse than the rest. Then if you change your mind at the hospital you have a few others to throw around. The great think is that it is a totally personal desicion for you. Once you do fall in love with a name, DON'T TELL ANYONE. Someone will try and talk you out of it. But once the baby comes and you tell everyone the name, everyone will be sure it is the most beautiful name they ever heard. Hope this helps! Good Luck!

Hello,

It was pretty easy for me and my hubby to pick out my son name.Which is Christopher Gene Taylor Pate, Christopher after my husband,Gene after my dad and Taylor because that's what I wanted and that's what he goes by.

My little girl is Skyler Marie.That's just because I liked it and had nobody at the time to help me pick out the name.

But if I ever have another girl she will be named Faith Marie or Amber Marie.

It will come to u when u see her for the first time and hold her in yr arms, it will be easier then u think.

Yr friend,

J.

I thought of people I knew and liked. Then I chose names that I liked from tv or books and my husband and I made a list and whittled it down. We also looked at the most popular list from the Social Security Administration and chose names that weren't too popular, since we have one child with a wildly popular name and she was always Alex M. Now, she goes by Allie. Anyway, hope this helps!

Mom to MaryGrace Elizabeth, Tabitha Jamison, Alexandra H., and Charles Cary (Chance)

My husband and I picked our daughter's name together, I picked the first name and he picked the middle name. Our daughter's name is Katelynd Jean, we call her Katie for short. I had to imagine myself saying that name before we had her to make sure it was the name for her and when we had her, it just fit. We did use a name book though, but we changed the spelling up to make it more unique. Good luck and it will come to you!

It took my husband and I forever to agree on a name for our daughter. I wanted a name that was different and meant something to me or my husband and sounded well with our last name. That's how we made our decision, I found a name that was unique, it meant something to me because it's a cajun-french name and I'm cajun-french, and it sounds really pretty with her middle and last name. Look for names that are special to you or just sound good with her middle and last name. Something else you could look at is what each name means, my daughter's name means "pretty" and it definitely suits her!
Good luck!

Hi S., I could not get my husband to talk a lot about names and it drove me nuts! I found an online baby name thing (sorry - can't remember the site) where you could search names and mark your faves. I did this, printed the list out, and handed it to my husband. I told him, "Here are some names I like. See what you think of them." That really helped conversation on the subject because the only girl's name he would tell me was Bethany, and it didn't help that I didn't like it! I did want to use family names, the most, though. I liked Logan (gr-gr-grandmother's maiden name) but he thought that was just a "boy's name". :P

Fortunately my sister's name is Anna, and his sister's name is Kathryn, so we took those and named her after them. Of course they were totally excited. Her full name's Anna Kathryn but we call her Anna Kate. :) I like it since it uses family names, and it sounds Southern!

I love Sydalee, and Brianna.

I was just reading your post and remember the difficulty with naming a little one. And your choice was wise using family names. It sounds perfect. So thanks for the post... just wish I would have read it last year so i felt normal too.

Naming your child is such an important time. I wish you luck in choosing just the right name! I'll share with you how my husband and I came up with our daughters name. We chose Kyleigh because his middle name is Kyle and mine is Leigh. We just combined them and came up with the perfect name for her! Maybe y'all could combine a couple names that y'all have chosen. Hope this helps.

Before our son was born my husband and I went through the baby books name by name. The boy names were easy for us to pick, but when it came to girl names we couldnt come up with even one. We wanted to have 2 boy names and 2 girl names (first and middle)incase there were any surprises at the hospital we could have a choice for each. Though we didnt need the girl name it took us MONTHS to come up with one. We finally decided to "mix" names, we took 2 girl names that we liked part of and combined those parts to make a name that we liked. Best of luck to you!!

I chose to stay with biblical names. I have malachi and hannah. You need to narrow it down by things like that. Maybe you could figure out what letter you want to to start out with. One way to do that is use the abrieviations, for instance, i have MJBF and HLF. Make sure its not something that people can make fun of.

We looked toward our faith and got our son's name out of the Bible. There are surprisingly lots of names in there. Our son is Joshua David. We named him after people in the Bible that we would like him to become like. There are also other ways....like how we picked a little girl name (we didn't know if he was a boy or a girl till he was born) we looked for meanings we liked and the name that went with them that we like the most. Jasmine Alexis is what we came up with....it means a "Beautiful flower, a precious gift from God". Feel free to e-mail me if you want to ask any other questions. Hope this helps!!

I would get on the internet and find some baby name websites. Also look at the meanings, I believe the meanings are very important. I think I started with the meanings when I was looking for a name for my daughter. Her name is Alana -we call her Lana for short, the name means light or pretty.
Select some and share them with your husband. Trust me when you see that sweet darling you will just know what to name it. Hope that helps. Get to looking.

S.,
Yeah, this can be a tough decision! I think you got a lot of good advice. I might add that when you decide on what you like, look at the initials and make sure they don't spell or stand for something bad like(S.O.B),for instance, lol. Same goes for the name that rhymes with something bad. Those are things kids will just make fun of. And, just seeing how it sounds with middle and last...do they flow or is it a tongue twister. Also, how does the name sound when you put it in a last name first type situation? Sometimes that can sound funny if your last name is a common word like Olive Green would be Green, Olive. If you are creative and want to create a spelling of a name, you might write it down and show others just to make sure they can pronounce it. It may look different to them. It will all depend on what kind of a name you like. Traditional or current. Sometimes you will know the name when you see your baby for the 1st time, it just fits! There was a name I liked a few years before we even decided to get pregnant. I told hubby and he liked that name as well, so we just had to wait about 5 years for her to be born. Her middle name is Teresa from hubby's g-ma that just passed at 105 yrs and from my great g-ma who passed only 8 days after my grandfather was born, so it was special in both ways. Best wishes for a happy, healthy baby girl, no matter what her name is!
C.

Hi!
I too had the problem of coming up with a girl's name. I had two boys and named them with somewhat ease... I went into the hospital with a few names that I liked and I really did have to look at her and the boys to know what her name was... Wow! They don't tell you in the books that that is such a big task. And that most people will not agree with what you choose to name YOUR child... But with my first son, we went with his family name William and because I couldn't see making him a fourth his middle name is Hunter(that is what we call him). With my second, my husband was in Iraq and we had a bet going what color hair he would have.. (my husband is blond and Hunter is just like him, I am very much brunette) We picked out Dayton (blond) or Holden(dark)... His name is Holden Eugene. For my little girl, my husband wanted Isabella but I didn't want it as a first name, so I changed up an old fashion name and came up with Harlynn. I like boy names for girls. Dylan, Charles(call her charlie), Aidan, etc. Also, having something that flows together is good... Our last name is rose so it made it hard to find something I liked. Sorry so long, hope it helps!

HI!!
My husband and I had a name picked out, Presley Miquel...we picked it out when I was only 9 weeks pregnant...but right after she was born I changed it!! Just at instinct, I knew that her name had to be Caroline Rose. Her middle name, Rose, is after her grandmother and great-grandmother.

My suggestion to you is look for baby name searches on the internet or buy a book. Also, listen to people's names and make note of the ones that you like. Think of what you want...something original or something traditional? Make sure that you put it all together and listen to how it sounds.

GOOD LUCK!!

Hi S.,

I know how hard it is to find a name. I have had a girl's name picked out for ages. However, I had two boys and could not come up with a thing. The baby name books are so overwhelming and my husband did not want to discuss every name in the book with me.
What finally worked for us was to sit down with either a website or a book and we each picked out 1 name per letter that we liked. And then we kept narrowing it down to the ones we both agreed to. We finally got down to about 3 sets of names (first and middle). We tested them out for a little while and by the time the boys were born we had the name.

Here are a few websites that helped me.
www.whattoexpect.com/ (if you create a profile you can save the names you like)
www.babycenter.com/babyname

Good luck. I'm sure you will find something perfect.

A. K

Have you tried any web sites? Even if you go onot Baby Zone and do a name poll, maybe it will help get some idea started. There are also lists of the top 100 names so you don't have to dig through the books.

Hi S.,
My daughter's name is Ayla, a name I got from my favorite book. Also, Ayla, in Hebrew, means Oak Tree. I went on and on about names until I decided to forget about it. I did have some guidelines though. I wanted my child to have a name that was strong, gender specific without being overly male or female. I wanted to make sure my child's name was unique without being out in left field. I also made sure to use a family name to give my daughter a sense of belonging. (Ayla Darlnene Baldwin) her first name is her own, Darlene is my grandmother on my mom's side and I never married so she got to have my last name. While you still have time, read a good book or two. Sound them out on your tongue, yell the first and middle name as if you are scolding her. Trust me, these names must flow or your scolding wont sound as menacing, lol. My name is T., and my mother named me after a friend's daughter whose name was OcTavia. Think of something you want her to emulate. If you want a girly girl, give her something flowery, or if you want her to be kind of sporty, give her a girl's name that can be shortened to something more tom-boyish. Keeping in mind that if you give your child a name that is really common, she could get lost in the crowd, or if you give her a name that sounds like a tease word, she could get made fun of. Because a name should be your own and you should be proud of your name. Good luck.

Here are a couple of suggestions:

My son is named after my husband. My husband's name is Blake, and my son's name is Kaleb. If you switch the letters around in Blake, you have Kaleb.

My daughter is named after our favorite holiday, and my favorite actress (Natalie Wood). My daughter's name is Natalie, and her name means Christmas.

A relative of mine just had a baby girl, and she named her baby after their lifestyle. She and her husband are very outdoor-sy and both have a great love of nature. Their daughter is Aspen Brooke, and it suits them just perfectly!

I agree with some of the other comments. You should try to find what kind of name you like, ie., family name, biblical name, the meaning of the name, favorite memories, etc. then go from there. Picking up a baby book and just trying to pick one out of the thousands of names would be difficult without a plan.